Hopefully by now you have taken down your Halloween decorations and you are getting ready for November’s Thanksgiving feast. I know at this time of year I struggle endlessly to not eat my children’s “left over” trick-or-treat candy. Yes, I have been known to eat some of my children’s trick-or-treat candy but I only do it for their benefit. I see it as a little way that I can look out for their health and make sure they do not consume too much of that “unhealthy” but delicious Halloween candy.
Please do not forget to mark your calendars for this year’s Fall Frolic. As many of you are aware the Camden County Bar Foundation is earmarking money from our fundraising events to benefit specific charitable efforts. This year, as in past years, proceeds from the Fall Frolic will be used to purchase the gifts for our annual children’s holiday party. On average the foundation spends $6,200 to purchase Christmas gifts for the most needy of children in our community.
The Fall Frolic is Tuesday, November 15th from 6 to 8 PM and, as is our tradition, the event will be held at the Coastline Restaurant in Cherry Hill. Tickets for this event are only $15 and that includes the first drink. Please consider buying 20 tickets and asking your friends, clients, and colleagues to join you for a good time that benefits a worthy cause.
While we are on the subject of great charitable causes, we need your help with the Foundation’s Adopt-A- Family. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Adopt-A-Family matches up law firms, groups and individuals with needy families in Camden County. The donors get a wish list from the families and make sure that “Santa and his elves” do not miss a needy family in our community. The recipient families not only receive toys for their children but food for the Christmas dinner table as well as clothing and outerwear for the coming cold months.
This year the Foundation will return to St. Joe’s Pro-Cathedral Church in Camden to organize and distribute Adopt-A-Family donations. It is truly inspiring to see the church basement filled with donations. This year we are hopeful to adopt 100 families. Please talk to your law firm, your family, and your friends about adopting a needy family this year. The warm feeling you get from helping someone else is well worth the effort.
So this year as you are planning your Thanksgiving dinner and trying to figure out how long to cook a 30 pound turkey without drying it out or digging for your grandmother’s oyster stuffing recipe take a moment to consider that part of Thanksgiving is “giving.”
What better way to give a little bit in November than to participate in your Bar Foundation’s most worthy charitable functions.
Rick A. DeMichele, Jr.
President – Camden County Bar Foundation
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