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LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC.

Building healthy communities by helping families and individuals achieve self-sufficiency

A Non-Profit 501 ( c ) ( 3) Organization

LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC. Building healthy communities by helping families and individuals achieve self-sufficiency

Chaosarn S. Chao President / C.E.O.

Lao Family Community Development, Inc. 2325 East 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94601 Tel: (510) 533-8850 Fax: (510) 533-1516 www.lfcd.org

October, 2009 Dear Community Supporter: Lao Family Community Development was founded 29 years ago with the goal of helping strug-gling families, especially newly arrived refugees and immigrants, achieve self-sufficiency. Today we provide employment and housing counseling, foreclosure intervention, financial education, youth and senior programs and other family supports for over 10,000 clients in over 15 lan-guages. We are writing today to ask you to contribute an item or gift certificate for an online eBay

auction that we are holding to raise funds to help struggling families in the East Bay work

their way out of poverty. Your support will come at a critical time for Oakland’s struggling families. Times are tough, and for those of us on the front lines of fighting poverty, business is unfortunately booming. Our programs have grown by 20% in the past 6 months, but our current funding isn’t flexible or ade-quate enough to meet the demand. We need your support to ensure that our organization is healthy and able to respond to the growing needs of our community. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support our programs, but we also want to raise awareness of Lao Family’s work. And as we promote our work through this online auction, we will happily promote your

generous support.

We will work hard to ensure that your current and future customers know about your commit-ment to the community. Your donation will be featured on our new website’s auction page, pro-moted locally via postcards, email newsletters, fliers, and online promotions. It will also be searchable by eBay’s 2million users from around the globe. We offer our contributors the option to help us promote your participation in this great philanthropic event with posters, table tents, and a badge on your website that showcases your donated item and links to our auction page. We will also be happy to also provide a link on www.lfcd.org to your website for a minimum of one year, as well as listing your business on our 2010 Annual Report. We make it fun and easy to provide a helping hand to those who need it most!

We hope you will get involved in this worth-while event by donating an item or gift certificate worth $50 or more. The more creative the better! Please review the enclosed package for ideas and details, and fill out the form at the back and return it to us, or log on to www.lfcd.org to fill it out online. We’ll get in touch and have volunteers coordinate pick up and other details. If you can’t help with an item this time, please consider passing this request on to someone who can, and help us spread the word! Thank your for your generous support, Chaosarn S. Chao Kathy C. Rothberg Founder, President, & C.E.O. Executive Director

Kathy C. Rothberg Executive Director


WHO Lao Family Community Development, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Lao refugee leaders to help new arrivals establish roots and gain self sufficiency in the Bay Area. Today we deliver asset development, financial education, employment services, youth and senior programs and family support to over 10,000 immigrants, refugees, asylees, and low-income U.S. nation-als in over 15 languages each year. WHAT We are hosting an online auction on eBay to raise funds to support Lao Family and its programs. WHEN The Auction will take place from December 1—10, 2009. We ask that all donations for the auction be submitted and de-livered or picked up by November 20, 2009. WHERE Online at www.lfcd.org/2009-online-auction WHAT KIND OF ITEMS OR SERVICES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? We are looking for items with a minimum market value of $50. We are particularly interested in useful items that people might need, luxury items, and unique experiences they might not be able to have otherwise. Examples could include:

FUNDRAISING GOAL We hope to raise at least $15,000 with this online auction. For this reason, high-value contributions are very appreciated. HOW DO I GET INVOLVED? ♦ Donate an item, service, or gift certificate: fill out the attached form or log onto our website: www.lfcd.org/2009-

online-auction to do it online.

♦ Volunteer: We need people to help us solicit auction items, post them to eBay, pack and ship, and promote the event.

♦ Spread the word: Log onto our website: www.lfcd.org/2009-online-auction where you can find a number of re-sources such as downloadable flyers, email templates and more to help us make sure as many people as possible are donating to or bidding on the auction!

♦ Bid! Log onto our website between December 1—10 to bid on items. Your bid will help us get us closer to our goals!

♦ Hotel Stays – "In-Town Getaways" or "Romantic Es-capes” at hotels and Bed-and-breakfasts

♦ Travel Packages – frequent flier miles, Cruises, and more

♦ Restaurant Donations – Gift certificates, Dinner for two, Dinner for four, room rentals, bakeries and gour-met groceries with prepared foods.

♦ Retail Donations – actual items and/or gift certificates from Local boutiques, gift stores, grocery stores, inde-pendent toy or drug stores, or hardware stores

♦ Services – Chiropractic care, acupuncture, dentistry, salons, lasic surgery, massage therapy, yoga sessions, health club memberships, accounting services, veteri-narian care, manicures, graphic design, etc

♦ Entertainment and Recreation – Tickets to sporting events, concerts, the theater (stage and screen), theme parks, golf courses, mini-golf, kids' classes (ballet stu-dios, karate classes, etc.), children's museums, art or history museums, boat cruises or fishing charters, festi-vals and fairs, hot air balloon rides… the sky’s the limit!

♦ Experiences - Lunch with important people, “dates” with celebrities, behind the scenes tours of special at-tractions, getting your name included in a new novel, have a song written about you, sit for a self-portrait, gallery tour by curator, etc.

♦ Celebrity items - Items used by or formerly belonging to celebrities.

♦ Art – Fine art, wearable art, sculpture

Lao Family Community

Development, Inc. was

founded in 1980 by

Southeast Asian refugees

as a Mutual Assistance

Association (MAA) to help

their fellow refugees re-

build their lives in the Bay

Area after escaping the

political and social up-

heaval that ravaged their

home countries.

Almost 30 years later, we have grown from the three-

bedroom apartment where we were founded to a 30,000

square foot headquarters in the San Antonio/Fruitvale

district in Oakland and two satellite offices which serve

Sacramento and Contra Costa Counties.

Our 45-person staff serves over 10,000 clients each year

in over 15 languages. We offer assistance with eco-

nomic development, employment, housing, ESL classes,

financial literacy, homeownership education and foreclo-

sure intervention, small business assistance, tax assis-

tance, youth and senior programs, special crime victim

assistance, and social adjustment for immigrants and

refugees. We deliver these services in an integrated

manner, meaning that case managers assess clients’

needs broadly, and link them to other Lao Family de-

partments or other agencies for comprehensive care.

Over the past 30 years, our services have expanded and

diversified to meet the needs of the broader community,

but our mission remains true to the spirit our founding:

We build healthy communities by helping indi-

viduals and families achieve self-sufficiency.

Our Mission & History


Asset Development Home Ownership Education Foreclosure Intervention Rental Counseling Financial Education, Counseling, and Mentorship Refugee/AFI Individual Develop-ment Account (IDA) VITA/EITC Tax Assistance Ser-vice

Economic Development Low Income Housing Develop-ment Commercial Revitalization

Employment

EAST Bay Works Affiliate One-Stop Career Center Refugee Employment Services Vocational ESL CalWORKs/Welfare-to-Work Em-ployment Services

Youth Services

Summer Youth Employment Training and Placement After School Leadership and De-velopment After School Tutoring/Mentoring

Senior Services

Southeast Asian Seniors Program

Family Support

Social Adjustment Services for refugees and immigrants Citizenship Assistance Refugee Healthy Marriage Special Crime Victim Assistance Information, Referral, Transprota-tion, and Translation Hand to Hand Project for low-income mothers of small children

Lao Family's programs are diverse, but they are all designed to build community by helping families and individu-als achieve self-sufficiency. Each year we deliver asset development, financial education, employment services, and family support to over 10,000 immigrants, refugees, asylees, and low-income U.S. nationals in over 15 languages.


Alameda County Social Services Agency Alba Witkin Trust Funds Annie E. Casey Foundation – Making Connections Oakland Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) California Reinvestment Coalition Citi Citigroup Foundation City of Oakland/OFCY City of Richmond Redevelopment Agency Consumer Action Contra Costa County Contra Costa County CDBG Department of Education Department of Health & Human Services East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. East Bay Community Foundation First Five – Contra Costa County Friedman Family Foundation Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Individual Donors National Community Development Institute (NCDI) Making Connections Oakland National Realtor Association National Council of La Raza Oakland Housing Authority Oakland Private Industrial Council San Francisco Foundation Sierra Health Foundation State Street Foundation Thomas J. Long Foundation U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development United Way of the Bay Area Walter and Elise Haas Fund Washington Mutual Foundation Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Foundation

We are fortunate to have a number of generous supporters who have allowed us to grow and expand our work over the past 29 years. We have seen the demand for our services skyrocket as economic conditions deteriorate, and we need your help to make sure we can keep up. Please consider joining this list of conscientious supporters:


FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Mary Fuller: [email protected] or 510-533-8850

Rainmaker Circle

President's Circle

Executive Director's

Circle Donor Circle

Community Circle

BENEFITS Cash or goods worth: $ 5,000+ $ 1,000+ $ 500+ $ 100+ $ 50+

NEWSLETTER FEATURE: feature article showcasing your work in the community in Lao Family print and email/online newsletters

PUBLIC RELATIONS: featured in all public relations announce-ments to press and media regarding auction.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP BADGE: proudly display the Lao Family Community Leadership Badge on your website, which will link to a page on our website commending you for your generous donation.

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION: proudly display your com-munity involvement in your place of business with a frameable certificate of appreciation signed by Lao Family's President and Executive Director.

CROSS PROMOTION: all donors have the opportunity to cross-promote your participation in the auction by placing an auction badge on your website, highlighting the item you have donated and linking to the online auction.

ONLINE DONATION PROMOTION– EBAY: Donated item descrip-tion and photo listed on Ebay in our charity’s store with an acknowl-edgment and a link to your website.

ONLINE DONATION PROMOTION– LFCD.ORG: Donated item description, photo, and donor acknowledgement listed with a link to your website.

DONATION PROMOTION– LFCD.ORG HOMEPAGE: Special badge featuring your donated item prominently featured on our homepage

NEWSLETTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Acknowledgement in the Lao Family email/online newsletter

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WEBSITE: Year-round acknowledgment on Lao Family website Linked Logo

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TAX DEDUCTION: Your cash donations are fully-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. In-kind donations may also be tax deductible according to market value. Please contact us or your tax professional for more information.


Due November 20, 2009

Please use the form below to pledge an item for our 2009 Online Auction.

You can also find this form online at: http://www.lfcd.org/2009-online-auction

Date of Auction: December 1—10, 2009

Deadline for Entries: November 20, 2009

For more information: Mary Fuller, Fund Development Director (510) 533-8850 or [email protected]

Contact Name and Title:

Company Name:

Address:

City/State/Zip:

Phone:

Email:

Who should we acknowledge for the gift? (Name, company

or “Anonymous”)

Donated Item or Service Name/ Title:

Description:

How should we describe this item on eBay? Any special de-

tails for the buyer to know? Any stories about the item that

will connect with buyers and bring the item to life?

Date available or pickup:

Estimated value: (if applicable)

$

Donate with a check: Please make check payable to Lao Family Community Development and mail it in with this form to LFCD at 2325 East 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94601. Be sure to give us your mail-ing address so we can send you a tax deductible letter.

Donate with a credit card: Log on to our website at http://www.lfcd.org/donate to donate securely using PayPal. (no PayPal account necessary.)

Lao Family Community Development, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and offers no goods or services in exchange for this contribution, so your gift is fully tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Please see your tax professional for details. Our tax ID# is 94-3115164

Can’t participate but would like to make a cash contribution?

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2009 LFCD_online_auction_package