Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen families and improve the physical and

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1 Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen families and improve the physical and emotional wellbeing of residents of Placer County by providing counseling, education, and easy access to community based resources.

2 When Ms. L arrived at Lighthouse she had experienced severe domestic violence, recently leaving her abuser. She was forced to begin living with her children on the floor of a garage. Feeling depressed and overwhelmed, she had no secure housing, no bed, and no job. She had hit rock bottom. Seeing this as a turning point in her life she enrolled in services at Lighthouse, which included case management, counseling for herself and her children, employment readiness training, and budgeting workshops. She soon was awarded with a scholarship to further her education from a local service organization. She now has stable housing, a professional office job, is close to completing her degree, and her teenage child also gained employment at a respected retail store. Through hard work and the help of Lighthouse Ms. L and her family have achieved self-sufficiency and independence. Stories like Ms. L's are only one of many benefits of sponsoring Lighthouse. Sponsoring Lighthouse is not simply a donation, it is truly an investment in the community. An investment that your company will see returns on. "An investment in Lighthouse is an investment in the community and in your business." Benefits of sponsoring Lighthouse include: Tangible Change in the Community Where You Do Business Brand Building & Recognition Community Awareness & Visibility Increased Employee Engagement, Morale, Retention & Skill Development Increased Customer & Brand Loyalty Attract New Business Partners & Relationships In addition, to all of these incredible benefits to your business and our community, every donation or sponsorship of Lighthouse is tax deductible. With every sponsorship, your business will also receive recognition on our website, in our monthly newsletter, and through multiple social media channels. Each sponsorship levels also comes with tickets to our annual events where your company will be recognized even further.

3 Platinum Sponsorship - $10,000 Platinum Sponsorship at two Lighthouse events Premier Signage at events. Full page ad in both event programs. Logo on print materials Verbal acknowledgement throughout events. Recognition throughout 2014 on the home page of Lighthouse's website and a link to your website on Lighthouse's Sponsor Page. Monthly newsletter recognition with your logo to 1,000 local recipients. Events Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Preferred Seating; Choice of Waiter; Private Reception with the Waiters and 8 Complimentary tickets. Celebrity Roast - Reserved seating; 8 Complimentary tickets and Opportunity to speak at the microphone. Gold Sponsorship - $7,500 Gold Sponsorship at two Lighthouse events Signage at events Logo on print materials Verbal acknowledgement throughout events Events Celebrity Waiter Luncheon - Preferred seating; Choice of Waiter; Private Reception with Waiters and 6 Complimentary tickets. Celebrity Roast Reserved seating and 6 Complimentary tickets. Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center 2015 Sponsorship Opportunities Silver Sponsorship - $5,000 Silver Sponsorship at two Lighthouse events. Signage at events. Logo on print materials. Verbal acknowledgement throughout events. Events Celebrity Waiter Luncheon - Preferred Seating and 4 Complimentary tickets. Celebrity Roast Preferred Seating and 4 Complimentary tickets. Bronze Sponsorship - $2,500 Bronze Sponsorship at two Lighthouse events Signage at events. Logo on print materials. Verbal acknowledgement throughout events. Events Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Preferred Seating and 2 Complimentary tickets. Celebrity Roast Preferred Seating and 2 Complimentary tickets. By buying a sponsorship, your organization will help Lighthouse to carry out its mission to strengthen families and improve the physical and emotional wellbeing of those in our community by providing counseling, educational classes and easy access to community based resources. Together, we create a stronger community!

4 2015 Sponsorship Opportunities Yes, we want to participate at the following level: Platinum Sponsor - $10,000 Gold Sponsor -$7, 500 Silver Sponsor - $5,000 Bronze Sponsor - $2,500 In addition to annual sponsorships, individual event sponsorships and marketing options are also available! For more information on individual event sponsorship opportunities, please contact Barbara Besana, Interim Executive Director, by phone at or by at barbara@lighthousefrc.com. Name(s): Company: Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Payment: Check (payable to Lighthouse) AMEX Visa Master Card Discover Credit Card #: Total Amount Authorized: $ Signature: Date: To ensure maximum recognition, please return this form as soon as possible to Barbara Besana, Interim Executive Director. Scan & to barbara@lighthousefrc.com; fax to ; or mail to Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center at 427 A Street, Suite 400, Lincoln, CA Questions? Contact Barbara Besana at Sponsorships are tax deductible. Please contact Lighthouse for further details.

5 About Us Lighthouse is passionate about providing easily accessible, community-based services. Lighthouse provides a holistic approach to meeting client needs. Our programs assist clients in obtaining needed resources that help them through a challenging time. Lighthouse connects people with jobs to prevent future financial struggle. Lighthouse also helps clients gain practical skills that are intended to increase healthy living, overall well-being and self-sufficiency. All of our services are offered at no charge to the client. We want people to receive the help they need when they need it, not when they can afford it. Each year, Lighthouse helps more than 3,000 people by providing the following services: Basic Needs Referrals & Direct Assistance 2, 260 needs met. When people go through financial challenges, navigating systems can be difficult. Lighthouse is a trusted guide to help families become knowledgeable about what community resources are available to them, while encouraging and supporting families to reach a state of self-sufficiency. Lighthouse works with community partners to help meet challenges with basic needs including food, clothing, transportation, housing/shelter, utilities and more. Lighthouse also coordinates and distributes basic needs such as baby supplies, back to school supplies, mattresses, and gift cards. Counseling Services 351 people counseled. Counseling services are directly provided by Lighthouse staff. These services are intended to strengthen individuals and families. Counseling is provided to adults, children, couples, families and groups. Most of the more than 300 people counseled received a minimum of 12 counseling sessions. Educational Services people completed one or more educational classes. Educational services are offered weekly. Some classes are offered for multiple weeks and some are one day workshops. Classes include budgeting, Love & Logic parenting, Family Wellness, car seat safety trainings, job readiness and nutrition. Other services: people each month. Other services include the Women, Infant & Children Program (WIC), Diaper Bank, Latino Women s Support Group, Single Parent Support Group, Case Management and outreach at Community Resource Events. Our demographics indicate 42% of our clientele are Latino and 58% are Caucasian, 83% are at poverty level or below, 46% are male and 54% female. Our funding is dependent upon grants, contracts, fundraising events and donations. It costs $375 to meet a client s resource and counseling needs with the average client coming to our office 10 times. Your support makes this work possible.

6 Vision, Purpose & Mission At Lighthouse, our culture demonstrates personal growth, respect, honesty, openness and humility. As members of the staff and Board of Directors, we are privileged to work on behalf of Lighthouse and serve as a resource in our community. We are led by the following values: Respect We are sustained by supporting each other professionally and personally; and by respecting our roles and the value of our clients, supporters, and friends. Dignity We treat everyone with compassion, focusing on the strengths of our clients and each other. Stewardship We are responsible for making prudent and wise use of our resources in ways that achieve goals efficiently. Community Focus We make a meaningful difference by recognizing and pursuing opportunities, thinking creatively, and taking thoughtful action that supports the health and vitality of our community. Excellence We pursue excellence in everything we do; and recognize that excellence must be driven from within each of us. Vision Statement At the Lighthouse, we envision a community with resources for every resident, an economy that provides jobs and opportunities for every individual, and a regional quality of life that allows everyone to pursue their dreams, thrive, and give back. Purpose Statement Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center exists to build the health and vitality of individuals and families for a strong community. Mission Statement Our mission is to strengthen families and improve the physical and emotional well-being of residents of Placer County by providing counseling, education, and easy access to community based resources.

7 Programs & Services Family Resource Services Resource Assistance Basic Needs Referrals Employment Readiness CalFresh Education & Assistance Case Management Services Co-Parenting Class Vouchers Healthcare Education & Enrollments Legal Referrals Differential Response Supervised Visitation Vouchers Housing Assistance & Referrals Transportation Resources Diaper Bank Educational Classes Love & Logic Parenting: All Ages Car Seat Safety Budgeting Workshops Seasonal Resources Backpack Program Holiday Referrals Counseling Services Lighthouse is a full-service counseling center providing services to children, youth, adults, couples, and families. Evidenced Based Counseling Practices Attachment Based Family Therapy Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Psycho-Educational Support Groups Teaching Pro- Social Skills Back in The Driver's Seat (Emotion Regulation/Anger Management) Road to Wellness (Depression/Anxiety/Stress Management) Women's Empowerment (Self-Esteem Building/Connections/Education) Signs of Suicide

8 Testimonials We help our residents stabilize housing Recently, we had a mother, father and three children sleeping in a car in Lincoln. The father came into Lighthouse for help. The Lighthouse staff not only helped the father obtain a job, but Lighthouse helped this father get his family off the street and into a safe apartment, by providing the apartment complex with the rental deposit. This father was able to sign a one year lease and with the job he obtained, he can now support his family and they are self-sufficient. We help our residents obtain medical and dental care One of our case manager s recently received a call from a woman with four children, who needed knee surgery. Though she had medical insurance, she could not schedule the knee surgery because she had 9 dental cavities that were causing her to have an infection run throughout her body. Antibiotics were ineffective, and she did not have dental insurance and could not afford dental care. Lighthouse connected her to a local dentist who offered to provide the nine fillings, free of charge. Today, she is free of infection and able to schedule her much needed knee surgery. Furthermore, with the health problems resolved, she can be present for her children again and return to work. We help our residents resolve conflict through counseling Currently, we have a couple in counseling who were physically abusing one another. They came to Lighthouse, because their children were in danger of being removed from the home due to the domestic violence. The mother had been incarcerated for hitting the father, leaving visible marks. After 12 counseling session, the couple is learning to resolve their issues in a healthy way and there is no longer any violence in the home. We help the children of this community grow and remain in school Lighthouse has been counseling an elementary school boy who was demonstrating angry behavior in the classroom, low self-esteem and struggled with abandonment issues. Through counseling, this child has begun to open up and express his emotions. He has learned some of his strengths which helped raise his self-esteem. He has also learned new problem solving skills. Today, this child is motivated to come to counseling and motivated to grow and change. However, without Lighthouse s intervention, this child might have remained in an isolated, angry world that could have prevented him from becoming the productive individual that he is capable of being.

9 Community Recognition Lighthouse has received the following Awards: Best Non-Profit 2010, 2012 & 2013 Business Excellence Awards, Awarded by Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce Best Non-Profit 2013 & 2014 Best of the Best, Awarded by the Lincoln News Messenger Best Customer Service 2013 & 2014 Best of the Best, Awarded by the Lincoln News Messenger Best Office Staff 2014 Best of the Best, Awarded by the Lincoln News Messenger Best Website 2014 Best of the Best, Awarded by the Lincoln News Messenger Best in Long Term Collaboration 2012 Awarded by the Placer Collaborative Network

10 What A Dollar Buys Your donation ensures that Lighthouse continues to provide essential prevention and intervention services to struggling families and children throughout Placer County. $5 provides diapers for one family $25 helps one person attend a budgeting workshop $50 provides individual resource support & referrals for financial hardship, including health referrals, mattresses, clothing or gas cards $100 provides individual job readiness assistance and work referrals $150 provides a child car seat, as well as installation class for a parent $200 provides individual attendance for any series of groups or classes we offer, such as Women s Empowerment, Road to Wellness, and Love & Logic $500 provides 12-counseling sessions for a child, adult or family $1,000 provides full benefits of our counseling, resources and educational classes for an entire family. This program saves taxpayers and the County millions of dollars each year.

11 For Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center, 2014 was another amazing year of growth. Lighthouse grew in the following ways: We received funding from the Mental Health Services Act, allowing us to grow substantially in our Counseling Department, as well as in our Family Resource Center leading to the hire of 6 new staff members. We hosted our third Community Wellness Fair reaching hundreds of families in our area with health and human service education. We continued to work closely with the Placer County Children s System of Care and began working closely with Placer County Family Court and MDIC (the Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center of Placer County), engaging Placer s most at-risk families in Lighthouse services. We integrated our Teaching Pro-Social Skills and other services into school sites throughout Placer County. We grew our partnerships with other non-profits and service agencies, giving clients scholarships to services offered elsewhere, in order to not duplicate efforts and create community efficiency. We started utilizing social media in a greater way and re-designed our website, engaging our community in the latest and greatest events and programs that were happening internally and externally. We strengthened internal controls. We kept our administrative costs low, finalized the fiscal year with positive income and obtained a clean financial review from our outside auditors. We increased the upcoming year s budget to over $1 million for the first time. Though growth can have challenges, we ended 2014 with great success. The Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce awarded Lighthouse with the Best Non -Profit award and The Lincoln News Messenger named us Best Non- Profit, Best Office Staff, Best in Customer Service, and Best Website. To our staff and supporters, thank you! You make it possible for Lighthouse to shine brightly as we carry out our mission in integrity, ensuring people in need receive comprehensive, holistic help that truly makes a difference. Sincerely, Barbara Besana Interim Executive Director Services & Statistics for 2014 TOTAL SERVED Lighthouse saw over 3,000 unduplicated clients in Males Females SERVICES PROVIDED Basic Needs Assistance: 2, 260 Counseling Services: 351 Educational Services: 155 Other Family Resources: 720 4% Females 54% 10% 21% Males 46% Latino: 42% Non- Latino: 58% 65%

12 A Lighthouse Success Story At Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center we see many families in the midst of their hardest times. No matter the circumstances, we strive to meet the needs of all who walk through our doors. In 2014, Lighthouse received into case management a homeless, single mother of two with no transportation outside of a bicycle. On the date she came in, Elaine* was less than a week away from her family living on the street. She and her children were currently staying at a hotel in Rocklin with vouchers from the County that were set to run out. Despite these challenges, Elaine biked diligently everyday from the hotel in Rocklin, to her college classes in Roseville, to her internship in Lincoln. As a first step in assisting Elaine, one of our family advocates called a local low-income apartment complex to find housing for Elaine and her family. Although the complex had a long wait list, after hearing Elaine's story, the manager got Elaine and her family into an apartment within the week. Lighthouse was also able to provide Elaine with bus passes, so she no longer had to spend hours on her bicycle every day. She was also given a "Birthday Basket" with party supplies and a Target gift card to celebrate her son's birthday, which happened to be the same day Elaine came to Lighthouse seeking help. Elaine now has stable housing and transportation, and participates in our job readiness program, using our resume writing software and other computer services regularly to help her in continuing her positive progress forward. Lighthouse continually strives to create this real and lasting change in all of our clients through our carefully chosen programs and services. * To protect the family s confidentiality, the names of the parties have been changed. Lighthouse FY Financials Expenses: $1,070,779 Revenue: Donations $40,00 3% Yearly Sponsorships $35,000 3% Grants/Contracts: $973,401 88% Other: $2,500 1% Events: $50,000 5% Total: $1,100,901 lighthousefrc.com (Tax ID# )