Second Chance Society Happenings

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click to enlarge	GOLF CLASSIC A GREAT SUCCESS The Second Chance Society in partnership with Shepard’s Way held the first annual Denis Watson Golf Classic at the Coral Ridge Country Club on and raised much needed funding to support two charities that contribute greatly to the continuum of care for the homeless in our community. Senior PGA Champion golfer Denis Watson spoke of his great satisfaction to be able to lend his name to this fun filled day, which benefits projects to assist those less fortunate among us.
LORI PARISH TO SPEAK Mark your Calender to join us at our January 2008 Second Chance Society Quarterly Fellowship Dinner, when our keynote speaker will be Broward County Property Appraiser Lori Parish. The dinner will be held at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on January 29, 2008. Dine on a delightful dinner prepared by volunteer chefs, enjoy fellowship with people who care, and hear brief success stories from some of Second Chance Society’s clients who have been helped along the path to economic selfsufficiency by the Second Chance programs.
Clients who are helped by the Second Chance Society programs are encouraged to give back to their community. One way this is accomplished is through Second Chance Society work days on which Second Chance Society staff and volunteers join with Second Chance Society clients to put in a few hours working on a Habitat for Humanity construction project. The most recent Habitat event was on November 10th. The next Second Chance Society Habitat for Humanity day is tentatively set for Saturday, February 2, 2007. All are invited to participate and to contribute their energy and skills to helping build a home for a low income family which could not otherwise achieve the dream of owning a home.
Legal Aid’s Sharon Bourassa Moves Dinner Attendees Keynote Speaker Sharon Bourassa struck a chord with her personal story of having been mentored to come from welfare mom to accomplished defender of the poor in her work as an impassioned attorney litigator and now the Director of Special Projects for Legal Aid of Broward County. She drove home just how much it means to be helped to achieve personal selfsufficiency, just as homeless and struggling people are today through the Second Chance Society Hand Up Program. Those in attendance at the Fall Fellowship Dinner, and who braved the blustery winds of passing storm Noel were so well rewarded by Sharon, and by the opportunity to hear recent testimonials of success and gratitude by several SCS clients.