Patty O’Sullivan 2nd Annual Fundraiser “Construction” Party” fundraised $8,000.00
June 6, 2008--San Jose, CA--Patty O’Sullivan generously opened her home to guests for her “Construction” Party. Many patrons, especially Ms. O’Sullivan and her committee, were dressed up in overalls, carrying hammers. SNAP VRS surprised everyone with their generous donation of an Ojo to DeafHope. There were delicious food with construction themes. The party alone raised $4,000.00.
A secret donor donated $3,000.00 and a gentleman named Stan Smith donated $1,000.00. The total amount fundraised was over a smashing $8,000.00. The proceeds went to DeafHope’s “Door to Hope” Capital Campaign. On June 6, 2009, Patty O’Sullivan will host a party celebrating Barbie Doll’s 50th Birthday. Barbie happens to be the same age as Patty O’Sullivan--the Big 50 in 2009!! More information will be posted soon about this Barbie fun. Thank you Patty’ O’Sullivan and your awesome team for supporting DeafHope!
She-Devils Motorcycle Club (SDMC) has been our group of ANGELS!
July 26, 2008--Livermore, CA--She-Devils Motorcycle Club hosted its fourth annual outdoor event with Creole food, booths, music and games. The parking lot was packed with over 300 motorcycles, mostly Harley 
Davidsons. Several women bikers had purple motorcycles. The bikers fundraised close to $5,000.00. Karen Lupo, treasurer for She-Devils presented the the donation at DeafHope’s Golf Charity. More pics are here: She-Devils pics
PICCOLO- Hidden Angel in Benicia Donates Designer Clothes To Survivors at DeafHope
September 30, 2008--Benicia, CA--A very trendy chic women clothing store in Benicia called Piccolo,
owned by Laurie Johnsen, donated $11,000.00 worth of designer clothes to Deaf women survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Ms. Johnsen also is a creator of a line of jewelry called Hidden Angels. She also learned American Sign Language during her college days in Berkeley. During the support group, the survivors were in awe with the quality of clothes and they went home with bags of new clothes, which greatly built their self esteem. Piccolo is a wonderful showcase of beautiful, high-end trendy clothes worth visiting while you are in Bencia. Please do stop by and say thank you to the owner, Ms. Johnsen, for her heart of gold to make a positive, uplifting difference in many Deaf survivors’ lives: 374 1st St., Benicia, CA 94510 or contact Laurie at laurieabs@mac.com
Fourth Annual DeafHope Golf Charity
October 23, 2008, Pleasanton, CA--DeafNation partnered with DeafHope to host the 4th Annual Golf Charity with proceeds going to DeafHope. Eagle Sponsors, Purple and East Bay Sutter Medica Center, greatly helped make this event a great success which included banquet, entertainment and cake auction. After a long day at the golf course, 70 patrons were seated for the evening of scrumptious food and fun. 
Deaf people from the community baked cakes for the cake auction such as John Moore and his son, Ken Arcia, and Trina Licht. Cakes were also donated by Cold Stone Creamery, Vienne Bakery and Cafe, Rising Loafer, and Prolific Oven and Palo Alto Baking Company. The golfers were entertained by Jon Kovacs’ eloquent ABC story telling and ASL song. The winning golf teams were recognized with trophies-- First place--Brite Electric, Second place-- Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, Third place--ThoughtMatrix. It was also DeafHope’s 5th birthday, so we all sang Happy Birthday to DeafHope. Everyone is already looking forward to next year’s golfing event! More pictures are posted here: Golf Charity pics
Ken Arcia captured some fun moments of the golfing event
DeafHope CEO Honored at IMPACT Bay Area’s Advocates for Women Awards Luncheon
November 8, 2008, Oakland, CA--Julie Rems-Smario, DeafHope’s Executive Director, was honored with the Healing Advocate Award at Scott’s Seafood Restaurant in Oakland. The luncheon is an annual event to 
celebrate and recognize individuals and organizations throughtout the Bay Area who advocate for women by working everyday to prevent and end all forms of violence against women and girls. Ms. Rems-Smario said, “This award is a reflection of an incredible team of talented, passionate individuals with shared dream to end domestic and sexual violence.” More pictures are here: Pix
Halloween Party in San Jose Fundraises $1,200.00 Dollars
October 18, 2008, San Jose, CA--Michael Lieberman and Larry Staudte generously opened their home with state of art halloween decoration. It was not your typical haunted house. The jacuzzi was blood red and the yard decorated with humorous tombstones and skeletons. Creepy life-sized figures stood throughout the house freaking out the party-goers. There was great food with Halloween theme and all were heartily, or scarily, 
consumed. People dressed up in creative constumes which were hard to compete with. One of our board members, Ken Arcia, showed up as Elvis! Our executive director, Julie Rems-Smario, showed up dressed like Super Nanny, with “Behave” sign, but everyone thought she was Sarah Palin! It was an evening filled with scary FUN! Thank you Mike and Larry for fundraising $1,200.00 for DeafHope!! We look forward to next year!
Enjoy the pictures of the Halloween party taken by Ken Arcia here: Halloween pics
Target Awards DeafHope Grant for Hotline Services
October 2008, Oakland, CA--Target Awards DeafHope $3,000.00 grant. The funds will go to hotline redevelopment with new technology upgrades. Brigette Kozlowski is now our new hotline coordinator to steer the new development. 
Deep gratitude goes to Amber Hodson who volunteered for the hotline during past five years. Thank you Target for supporting us four years in row! We greatly appreciate our ongoing partnership in providing services to Deaf survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
