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Win a brand new Mercedes or a spectacular wine country getaway! |
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Monterey County Event Calendar
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For the 1 0th year, Kinship Center is a selected charity of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will be selling opportunity tickets to win the brand new Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 (value $41,930) or a Napa wine getaway package with private jet service (value $31,800).
Tickets are $100 and may be purchased by downloading the order form here or by calling (831) 455-4712. The winning tickets will be drawn on August 16; ticket holders may designate Kinship Center to be present on their behalf. Proceeds from ticket sales will directly support Kinship Center 's services for abused and abandoned children.
Click here to read Kinship Center's Charity Spotlight in the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Insider Magazine.
For more detail on the opportunity drawing prizes, please
call (831) 455-9965.
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Coming October 24 - 3rd Annual Harvest Moon Festival |
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Monterey County Event Calendar
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 Kinship Center's Third Annual Harvest Moon Festival on October 24, 2009 will celebrate the agency's 25th Anniversary by bringing the flavors of Monterey County’s best chefs and award winning wines to Kinship Center's headquarters on River Road in Salinas. This popular event, which includes strolling dining, live music, entertainment and dancing under the stars to The Wild Turkeys, also features silent and live auctions to raise funds for the agency's programs serving abused and abandoned children. Click here to purchase tickets.
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Coming September 12 - 53rd Wine & Food Tasting at Paicines Ranch |
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San Benito County Event Calendar
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 Kinship Center Gabilan Chapter Women’s Auxiliary will host their signature Wine & Food Tasting event at San Benito County’s historic Paicines Ranch on September 12, 2009.
This fall marks the 53rd year for this unique annual event, the oldest of its kind in the region. Each year some 1,000 guests enjoy fine food and drink from leading vintners and restaurateurs, and bid for silent auction items to raise funds for Kinship Center programs in San Benito County. Click here to purchase a ticket through our secure online site. For more information about this event, please call (831) 634-0238.
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Coming November 15 - Kinship Center Celebration Honors Families! |
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Orange County Event Calendar
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 Hundreds of guests from the Kinship Center adoptive family constellation will gather in Orange County to celebrate National Adoption Month on November 15, 2009. This annual event gives attendees the chance to renew, share, network and learn, as they celebrate adoption and other family successes.
The theme this year will be Kinship Center's 25th Anniversary of building stable, permanent families and looking forward to the agency's next quarter century. "This event is a joyous occasion for parents and children, including grown adoptees who love to return each year," says Kinship Center Southern California Vice President Deborah Silverstein. More information will be available soon.
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Kinship Center CEO Presents at Oxford |
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Kinship Center News
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 Kinship Center President and CEO Carol Biddle recently returned from England where she celebrated Kinship Center's 25th Anniversary as an invited speaker at the Oxford University Roundtable Conference: "The Next Generation Besieged: Violence, Sex and Substance Abuse."
The invitation reflects the groundbreaking work that Carol Biddle and Executive Vice President Carol Bishop have spearheaded since they founded Kinship Center in 1984.
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Kinship Center Collaborates to Build Knowledge |
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Kinship Center News
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 Recently released to wide acclaim is Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care, by collaborating authors Kinship Center VIce President Deborah Silverstein (with contributing Kinship Center experts) and Susan L. Smith, Professor Emerita of Social Work at Illinois State University.
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Kinship Center News
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 Two Kinship Center Program Directors were selected as 2008 “Angels in Adoption” by their Congressmen, as part of a program by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. The program allows members of the U.S. Congress to honor significant achievements by child welfare professionals; Kinship Center staff are regularly among those recognized. |
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Available Now: A Taste of San Benito County! |
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Kinship Center News
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 Kinship Center's Gabilan Chapter Auxiliary has compiled a beautiful, hard-bound collection of half-century of recipes from the best cooks in San Benito County.
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Education Institute Announces its Newest DVDs |
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