Broward County Courthouse annual Christmas party benefits Broward’s most vulnerable

Release date: 2/24/2009

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., January 29, 2009-- The Law Offices of Roger P. Foley hosted the 2nd Annual Broward County Courthouse Christmas Party and raised more than $1,600 to benefit the I. Lorraine Thomas Children’s Emergency Home and Family Support Center. This festive holiday party took place on December 12, 2008, after being postponed one week due to flooding in the Courthouse.

“We wanted to make the party a resounding success enabling us to extend the holiday spirit to this worthy charity. I feel we accomplished this, as more than 30 participants donated,” Foley says.

Founded in 1902 in Jacksonville, CHS is the largest and oldest statewide not-for-profit child- and family-serving organization in Florida. Last year alone, CHS helped turn the lives around for more than 86,000 children and families. For 42 years, the Intercoastal Division, a United Way member organization, has served Broward County and currently offers a unique spectrum of human services such as adoption assistance, foster care, family preservation, substance abuse outpatient, a children’s emergency home, individual and family mental health therapy, legal advocacy for children with special needs, and child abuse prevention programs. CHS has been fully accredited by Council on Accreditation since 1982 and maintains a 3-Star rating on Charity Navigator.

For more information about CHS, please call (954) 453-6400.

No clients shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Clients needing accommodations for a disability and/or clients with special communications needs should contact their Children’s Home Society of Florida worker or make their request for accommodation at the time of admission into a Children’s Home Society of Florida program.

CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, REGISTRATION #CH180, IS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE UNDER THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACT. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.