Spring 2012 Then & Now... This year marks our 20th anniversary serving LA County’s most vulnerable children. To celebrate, we have taken a moment to revisit a few of our inspiring clients to see where they are today.

Angela n 2006, Angela Villegas Iwas a 19-year-old attending community The Villegas family celebrates Danny’s graduation from college when tragedy struck her family. Her mother lost her high school and acceptance to college in June 2011 battle with cancer, leaving Angela to care for her five siblings ranging in age from five to fifteen, including Fernando who has Down Syndrome. Angela called The therapy. We also advocated for Fernando to obtain special Alliance for Children's education services. Through the years, we have linked the family Rights terrified the with an array of services and have introduced Angela to caring children were going volunteers who have provided ongoing assistance and friendship to be split up and sent to her family. into various foster As the “parent” of five children, Angela has never stopped homes. Despite the emphasizing the importance of education. After several years of drastic changes this struggling to care for 5 children and putting her own life on hold, meant in her life and Angela was able to transfer to Cal State Los Angeles. Her brother the need to postpone Danny is now a freshman at Loyola Marymount University. Her her own goals, Angela younger siblings are doing well in school, including Fernando was determined who is thriving in a special private school suited to his needs. to keep her family Angela’s family has faced many challenges and taken on The LA Times highlights Angela’s together. remarkable decision to take custody responsibilities that most children don’t assume until adulthood. of her siblings in November 2006 The Alliance helped The Alliance for Children's Rights has been proud to help them Angela obtain legal guardianship obtain the services, support and resources they needed to stay of her siblings as well as housing assistance so that the family together as one family and pursue their dreams as individuals. of six could move to an apartment in a safer neighborhood Continued on page six. with good schools. We then connected the children to medical and dental providers, as well as grief counseling and on-going Annual Dinner Raises $1.2 million Honoring Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company, and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLC, (See page 8)

Pictured left to right: Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Reilly, Zooey Deschanel and Jane Lynch ~ BOARD OF DIRECTORS ~

CHAIR Angie Harmon Harriet S. Posner Bart H. Williams Actress & Advocate Skadden, Arps, Slate, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Meagher & Flom LLP Craig Hunegs SECRETARY Warner Bros. Television Group Phillip Rudolph Jack in the Box, Inc. Robert J. Woolway Jo Kaplan Trinity Capital LLC Referee/Juvenile Court José F. Sanchez Sidley Austin LLP TREASURER Mitchell T. Kaplan Amy M. Hawkes Kaplan Stahler Agency Toni M. Schulman* Ernst & Young LLP Child Advocate Gwyn Lurie James P. Clark Screenwriter/Alcove Films Susan Simon Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Pediatric Physical Therapist Karen Mack Nancy de Brier Executive Producer Robert G. Splawn Attorney & Child Advocate PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Steven A. Marenberg Michael Downer Irell & Manella LLP Chris B. Walther Capital Research & Management Activision Blizzard, Inc. Company Sue Naegle Home Box Office Sandra Williams Susan F. Friedman CBS Television Producer/Director Sean Perry William Morris Endeavor Noelle Wolf Message from the CEO Janis Spire Clifford Gilbert-Lurie Entertainment Child Advocate Ziffren Brittenham LLP and Board Chair Bart Williams Daniel M. Petrocelli * Past Chairs Leslie Gilbert-Lurie* O’Melveny & Myers LLP Writer/Child Advocate/Teacher Barbara Grushow Bujold his year, we celebrate 20 years and the lives of more Barbara Grushow Designs Founder, Francis M. Wheat, Esq. Tthan 100,000 children. You have enabled us to make a significant difference in the lives of our LA neighbors The Alliance welcomes 2 new board members who are often invisible: the children and youth who live in poverty, those without a stable place to call home, sick children who lack medical care, and those who can’t Harriet S. Posner is a partner at Skadden, exercise their right to an equitable education. Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. A grad- uate of UCLA Law, her practice focuses on As a board member, I (Bart) have been proud to complex commercial litigation. Harriet represent and serve the Alliance for the last 13 years. serves on the board of the Center for Early And as the Alliance CEO for the last ten years, I (Janis) Education, where she was elected presi- wake up every day motivated to come into the office dent in 2011. She has also served on the and witness the tireless work that our staff, pro bono board of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los attorneys and other volunteers do to ensure that kids Angeles for the last 10 years. have the stability and access to the consistent services all kids need and deserve. Chris B. Walther is the Chief Legal Offi- We all know that economic times are tough. We have cer of Activision Blizzard, Inc. Previously seen the budgets of our schools and critical public he was General Counsel for The Proctor & Gamble Company’s worldwide division. programs slashed and an increase in poverty among A graduate of the University of Kentucky some of Los Angeles’ most vulnerable children. Despite College of Law, Chris has served on the these cutbacks, The Alliance has been able to reinforce Board of Trustees of the Mercantile Li- our services in response to the growing demand. We are brary in Cincinnati, as well as the Kobe the phone call that always gets answered as the needs Union Church Charitable Foundation in of our kids increase. Japan. It has been so moving to look back on the lives of some of the families we have helped over the years. We hope you will enjoy reading about a few of them beginning on page 1 and take heart knowing the part you have played in their journey. We would like to thank each and every one of our supporters for helping us accomplish all that we do and for your continued support as the phone continues to ring and our caseloads increase.

2 Around The Alliance Program Update Turning policy into practice

marks the beginning of landmark changes to 2012 California’s Child Welfare System! The Alliance co-sponsored California’s Fostering Connections to Success Act (AB 12) which went into effect on January 1st and promises young people the right to stay in care until age 20. Instead of being kicked out of the system at 18, youth can choose to receive housing, support from a social worker and resources to help with school and employment. Alliance Policy Director Angie Schwartz has chaired a number of implementation committees here in LA and in Sacramento. She and several Alliance attorneys have also lead a statewide training effort to ensure that accurate and timely information about the new law is reaching youth and providers directly. Our NextSTEP Program has also broadened its scope to incorporate the changes brought by AB12. As young people turn 18 and are able to extend their stay in foster Alliance Policy Director, Angie Schwartz fields questions at a recent AB12 training care, we will help them make an informed decision and access housing and other resources to better prepare them for adulthood, such as assistance with high school completion, help enrolling in college and connections to employment programs. We don’t expect our own kids to live independently at 18 and now foster kids finally get a few more years to prepare for their own independence.

AB 12 Case Review Name: Jennifer Age: 17 Case Summary: Jennifer was about to turn 18 and wanted her This can include an case closed! She was miserable in her foster home and felt ready apartment, a room in to be on her own. She wanted to move out, live with a friend a house or a college and finish up high school. Once she graduated, she was going to dorm. Instead of being enroll in college. totally alone, however, these youth still meet We have seen this numerous times over the years. Young people with a counselor monthly think they are ready to live on their own and believe they can and provide progress juggle work and school. Then one crisis hits and the entire plan reports to the court on falls apart. The Alliance helped Jennifer understand how the their education or employment goals. benefits of AB 12 could give her a safety net to accomplish her goals as well as independence. Outcome: With The Alliance as her advocate, Jennifer petitioned for a SILP evaluation. She was approved and moved into her own We discussed an AB 12 housing option with her. A Supervised apartment, one of LA County’s first SILPs! Independent Living Placement (SILP) allows youth, who prove that they are ready to live on their own, to find independent housing. 3 Pro Bono Spotlight Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP: Spotlight on Ed Lodgen

ttorneys from Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP have Ademonstrated a longstanding commitment to Alliance youth by representing clients across our programs. In 2005, Ed Lodgen, a partner at the firm, was key in helping start The Alliance’s new NextSTEP Program for youth “aging out” of foster care. Ed and his colleagues continue to provide one-on-one representation for these clients, often presenting at legal clinics and assisting them with sealing their juvenile records, identity theft or consumer fraud issues. Ed has made it his mission to improve the future of our transitioning youth. When he noticed that most of these unemployed young clients could not maintain cell phone accounts, he wondered how Ed Lodgen helps run a car maintenance class for they would ever obtain jobs. Ed’s attention to this circular problem former foster youth with a volunteer from PepBoys. led The Alliance to partner with another agency that now provides former foster youth free voicemail services. Today even without their own phones, our clients can hand out a number that will allow people to reach them. Most recently, Ed helped organize The Alliance’s First Annual “Survival Saturday” – a skill-building event for former foster youth that offered car maintenance, interviewing techniques, money management, and basic cooking. This was led by the Friends of the Alliance, a group that Ed co-chairs. Thank you, Ed, and everyone from Robins, Kaplan, Miller, Ciresi, LLP!

The Alliance welcomes Ted Farley, new Pro Bono Manager recent New York transplant, Ted joins The Alliance with a recognized Acommitment to social justice. A George Washington University graduate, Ted coordinated media campaigns for Children’s Rights in New York to publicize the organization’s national child welfare reform and litigation efforts. That experience inspired his enrollment at Brooklyn Law School and subsequent employment with the Urban Justice Center. There he represented survivors of domestic violence and worked in tandem with the child welfare system to address the needs of at-risk children in those situations. Ted founded the Center’s Domestic Violence Project’s LGBTQ Initiative in recognition of this population’s disparate legal treatment. For this effort he received the “Courage Award” for outstanding service to the LGBTQ population. “I have always maintained an interest in returning to child advocacy. I’m thrilled by the opportunity to join the staff at The Alliance for Children’s Rights and to work in partnership with the exceptional pro bono attorneys who are so essential to the work we do.”–Ted

4 Program Highlights Dispelling Myth of Adoption The security of With Mikey a forever family we are a family

For every “security Ian Smith and Ted Peterson adopted their son Mikey, now age 3½, on blanket” purchased National Adoption Day in November 2010. They hope to inspire others at our dinner, a child receives a “pocket to adopt from foster care by dispelling some of the myths that prohibit buddy” to take home people from considering this path towards parenthood. after their adoption. Here the American Myth: Same sex couples cannot adopt. Idol judges sign “pocket buddies” Fact: It’s just not true. California’s laws are very clear. Foster care adoption is open to gay couples, and for us, it was our first choice. The route we took towards adoption was no different than opposite sex couples, from the initial home study to waiting for that first phone call matching us with a child. Myth: Foster children can be taken away from you at any time, even after you’ve bonded with them. Fact: It’s important to be honest about this. California does everything it can to reunify children with their birth parents, but they must adhere to a specific timeframe. In the early months there is a 50/50 chance of reunification. You know this upfront and no one sugarcoats it. Michelle celebrates her adoption with If reunification is not possible, the court moves ahead and terminates her new mom, parental rights, legally freeing a child for adoption. Children CANNOT be Trina taken away from their new parents once an adoption is final. Mikey was our third child; we had two before him who were reunited with their birth parents. As heartbreaking as it was, we were in it for the long run and we knew our child would eventually find us.

Sisters Mimi Myth: Foster children are and Isabel “damaged goods.” with their “pocket buddies” Fact: Mikey was classified as a “problem child” because he was still non-verbal and hardly smiled when Ted and Ian with Mikey on he came to live with us at 20 months the day of his adoption. old. We did not give up, we were proactive. We set play dates with other children to help him socialize, we received specialized services thanks to The Alliance’s help, and we Judge Amy Pellman’s did everything else we could to help him thrive. Southwest Law Students get At our next meeting with his social worker, he ran through the door courtroom experience giggling and smiling. The social worker started crying and said, “This is working alongside attorneys from not the same child I saw two months ago.” Dickstein Shapiro, LLP Many children in foster care have physical or mental health needs. But the “damage” is often not permanent. They’ve been through so much at such a young age! It’s pretty amazing what love and attention can do for a child who has known neither. hanks to the generous support of donors who For more information on adopting from foster care, please visit Tpurchased “security blankets” at our recent www.kids-alliance.org or www.childwelfare.gov/adoption annual dinner, The Alliance and our pro bono or call The Alliance at (213) 368-6010. attorneys were able to finalize 70 children’s adoptions on April 13th.

Upcoming Adoption Dates: June 15th and August 3rd, 2012. 5 A. Life Before AB 1

Continued from page one. Then & Now: 20 Years of Alliance Families Perry Family

wenty years ago, Dona and Jim when The Alliance and our pro bono TPerry had raised three children and partner Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher were planning the next chapter of their became the Perrys' advocates. lives. They decided that instead of Dona says, “The Alliance allowed me to traveling, they’d have a different kind of be the mother I needed to be. And by adventure. They became foster parents the magic of Gibson Dunn, we won the for kids with special needs. Their first case. If they had not been with us we child, Shawn, was a beautiful infant with would not have won. Gibson scared Down Syndrome. The growing Perry family on the day the bejeezus out of the County.” of their adoptions in June 1999 He was so easy that when the County Then, The Alliance provided Dona and called four weeks later they took home Jim the legal support they needed to adopt their six Roberta who weighted one pound, 9 ounces at birth. They foster kids, who today, are all grown up. slept in shifts to take care of her all night. When she smiled at 6 months they opened a bottle of champagne. Azeal, who is deaf, just graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in psychology. Roberta works The Perrys eventually had six special at the local YMCA. Myia works full- needs foster children in their home. time at a nursery school. Kimba is in They were coping with fetal alcohol cosmetology school. Shawn was the syndrome, prenatal exposure to crack, most popular kid in his high school. deafness, sexual abuse and brain injury. And Rick, who was diagnosed with They learned how to deal with learning autism, is a super athlete and waiting disabilities, ADHD, uncontrollable to hear from colleges. rages, abandonment and anger issues. Despite their many disabilities, the The Perrys are a remarkable example Perry kids thrived. of how real families can be born from the foster care system. Now their Soon the Perrys' outgrew their house nine children, many from different and moved to Camarillo. The state biological parents, call each other initially agreed to continue to provide A recent family photo of the Perrys “brother” and “sister” and know Dona the kids with their mandated benefits. and Jim as “mom” and “dad.” But instead it cut off support. That’s

t 19 Trayvon exited the foster care system, his “home” since the age of 2. Trayvon ATrayvon actually lived in more than twenty different foster and group homes and changed schools countless times along the way. When he acted out, doctors prescribed psychotropic medications to manage his behavior instead of working on the root cause of his problems. The drugs left Trayvon heavily medicated and years of his adolescence are a blur. Trayvon found his way to The Alliance shortly after we started our NextSTEP Program for transitioning youth in 2005. He was struggling to find housing and was desperately trying to stay in contact with his siblings, who were still in the system in homes across LA County. The Alliance was able to establish sibling visitations with his five brothers and sisters. That was just the beginning. Trayvon had no safety net and as he hit one obstacle after the next, The Alliance continued to assist him with everything from obtaining medical care to securing

6 Then & Now A. Life Before AB 1 20 Years of Alliance Families

Monshawn

onshawn entered foster care when she was 4½ years Mold after years of neglect. She arrived at the home of Lillie Allen, her paternal great aunt, dehydrated and starved. Monshawn was still in diapers and drinking from a bottle. She was not speaking. Doctors diagnosed her with mild mental retardation. Lillie Allen was determined to see Monshawn develop and reach her potential regardless of any diagnosis. They spent that first summer together learning – colors, the alphabet, numbers. Monshawn celebrates her graduation with Alliance Public Health Nurse, Sherry Rendel. Struggling to receive the right level of benefits to provide for Monshawn’s special needs, Lillie Allen contacted The Alliance through our Public Health Nurse, Sherry Rendel. great capacity for learning. Lillie Allen, overjoyed with Upon evaluation of the case, our Special the outcome, enrolled Monshawn in their local school and Education Program also requested that she be mainstreamed with her peers. got involved. Despite her disorder, Monshawn has thrived personally Like Lillie Allen, we were and academically. She graduated from high school on convinced that Monshawn’s time in 2011, which is a remarkable testament to Lillie capabilities could surpass Allen's dedication to her education. Monshawn is attending her original diagnosis community college where she is doing very well. She is and requested a new president of the youth leadership group at her church and evaluation. Monshawn’s will travel to Atlanta this summer to speak on behalf of her mental retardation congregation at a national conference. diagnosis was reversed! The new tests showed that while she was on the autism spectrum, Monshawn had a hese stories remind us that Tit often takes more than just Monshawn with her cousin, a quick fix to make a permanent shortly after she moved in with Lillie Allen. impact in the lives of the children and youth we serve. They come to us with one legal issue but as the case unravels, it becomes clear that stable housing and resolving an identity theft issue. “The Alliance is so many more services are needed like a one-stop shop where youth can get multiple services. If there to make a real change. is something they can’t help you with, they find you someone or some place that can,” says Trayvon. In twenty years we have served For the past several years, Trayvon has been an active member of The over 100,000 children and youth. Alliance Youth Council and participated in our documentary project. There We could not have done this work he found his voice. He directed a short film on his time in care, focusing alone. It takes committed staff and on the overuse of medication to treat his “problems.” hundreds of pro bono attorneys, Today, in addition to being a college student, he speaks on panels at donors and volunteers dedicated an array of venues for law students, doctors and congressional members to leveling the playing field for where the documentaries are screened. Trayvon now uses his difficult children throughout all of LA childhood memories to benefit those still in foster care. County. Thank you - our successes are your successes.

7 Kevin Reilly and his wife Cristan attend with their three sons Dinner co-chairs Leslie & Cliff Gilbert-Lurie and Sue Naegle welcome guests

Alliance Board Chair Bart Williams, with Board Member Jim Clark, Dinner co-chairs Toni Schulman, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Susan Friedman, Honoree Scott Edelman and Board Member Steve Marenberg with fellow Board Members Nancy de Brier and Susan Simon Alliance’s 20th Anniversary Gala

The stars came out in force to support to The Alliance over the last 20 years, and The Alliance’s 20th Anniversary Dinner, the award was received by Gibson Dunn which honored Kevin Reilly, President Partner and National Pro Bono Chair, Scott of Entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Edelman. Company, as recipient of the National Champion for Children Award. Seth The evening served as a living timeline MacFarlane, creator of “Family Guy,” of The Alliance’s two decades of service. presented Kevin the award for his A number of clients took to the stage commitment to the health and well-being to share their stories of hardship and of underserved families. triumph, like Dona and Jim Perry, one of Alliance Youth Council strikes a pose surrounding the first families helped by The Alliance’s Jane Lynch, star of Fox’s “Glee,” emceed Mentor Director, Vinny D’Averso Benefits Program. the evening and “New Girl” star Zooey Deschanel gave a captivating musical performance. The dinner was co-chaired by Board Members Susan Friedman, Leslie and Cliff Gilbert-Laurie, Sue Naegle and Toni Schulman who were proud The Francis M. Wheat Community Service Award was given to the law to share the evening’s success with 1000 generous supporters and firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP for their unparalleled contributions clients.

8 Events Events

New Girl cast Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Hannah Chris Chase, Kate Walsh, Les Firestein and Gwyn Lurie Simone, Lamome Morris and Zooey Deschanel

Tina Wolfson and Robert Ahdoot Nicole & Sean Perry, Amy Hawkes, Ed Begley, Jr Martha Plimpton with Jane Lynch and Rachelle Carson

Jim Gianopulos congratulates honoree, Greg Meidel and Gary Newman Alliance Board Chair Bart Williams, Oren and Katie Aviv Kevin Reilly Lizzy Thomas and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

The Alliance “Goes the Distance for Kids”

Team Alliance raised $70,000 in this year’s Honda LA Big 5 and Marathon, sponsored by Dickstein Shapiro, LLP and Rebecca Malamed, M.D.

Marathon co-chairs Laird Malamed (USC) and Kirk Pasich (Dickstein Shapiro, LLP) led 72 runners that included Alliance donors, staff,

Youth Council members and former clients like Marathon Runner, Alexus Ortiz, pictured right. Starr Silver-Baker Thanks to all the runners who trained for Co-Chairs and runners, Kirk Pasich Pro Bono Attorney Rachel Sanders and Laird Malamed runs alongside Alliance Youth Council months and solicited donations from friends Member Alexus Ortiz and family in order to cross the finish line despite the unpredictable weather in support of LA’s impoverished children! 9 Sponsors (continued) Partners (continued) Thank You to Our Donors Mayer Brown, LLP Adam Berkowitz Your generosity and commitment enable us to Wendy B. Smith and Barry Meyer Emily and Shai Blakeney Dianne and Jonathan Moonves Katherine Bond protect the health and well-being of children. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Ian Brennan Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP Melanie and Alan Brunswick Angels Defenders (continued) Nicole and Sean Perry Sandra Bullock The Eisner Foundation Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Philpott Bills Stoll & Meeks, LLP Karey Burke Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. Finkelstein & Lezcano Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Debbie and Jim Burrows Walter S. Johnson Foundation Linda M. and Jeff L. Eisikowitz Gavin Polone Raquelle de la Rocha and Daniel l Bussel Kaiser Permanente Ernst & Young LLP Stella and William H. Robinson Trisha Cardoso The W.M. Keck Foundation Sue Naegle and Dana Gould Seyfarth Shaw, LLP Castruccio Family Foundation Legal Services Trust Fund Hedge Funds Care Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP Dennis P.R. Codon The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Inclusive Education and Community Beth Roberts and Warren B. Smith Richard Cotton Gary Saltz Foundation Partnership, Inc. Ana Marie Stern The CW Network, LLC The Serpentine Project, Inc. In-N-Out Burger Foundation Kymberly Marciano-Strauss and Evan Strauss Susanne and Greg Daniels The Stuart Foundation International Creative Management, Inc. Tanner Mainstain Blatt Glynn & Johnson, LLP Laura B. Dawson UniHealth Foundation Jack in the Box Inc. Turner Network Television Dawn DeNoon Noelle and Dick Wolf Yasmine Delawari Johnson and Candice and Barak Vaughn Vin Di Bona Matthew Johnson Vinson & Elkins, LLP DLA Piper LLP (US) Benefactors Lavely & Singer Jeffrey Wachtel Jessica Johnson and Michael Downer The Ahmanson Foundation Lionsgate Entertainment Laura L. and Michael J. Wallace Kevin Durkin California Community Foundation Sandra and Kenneth Malamed Marilyn and John Wells Scott A. Edelman John W. Carson Foundation Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Lisa and Gregory W. Wendt Ilanit and Michael Fallas The Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation Alison M. Whalen and Steve A. Marenberg Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP Gwyn Lurie and Les Firestein Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP WWE Inc. Thomas M. Fontana Conrad N. Hilton Foundation National Geographic Channel Julie Waxman and Seth Freeman Rose Hills Foundation NBC Universal Sustainers Francine and Manley Freid Weingart Foundation Paradigm Marty Adelstein Susan F. and Alan V. Friedman Zellerbach Family Foundation Kirk A. Pasich Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Dona and Jim R. Perry Barbara Grushow Bujold and Emmanuel Bujold Goodwin Gaw Champions Pfaffinger Foundation Julie and Sam Catlin Karen and Rich Gershen CBS Television Network Jeanne K. and Anthony N. Pritzker Deborah and Daniel Clark Elaine and Bram Goldsmith City National Bank Resnick Family Foundation Erin and Trent Copeland Marc Gurvitz Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Janet and Robert E. Daily Sarah E. and David M. Hackel Nancy and Donald de Brier Leslie and Carl Schuster/ Larry David Margo Hall Dickstein Shapiro, LLP Wolfgang Puck Catering Disney-ABC Television Group Noreen Halpern Equal Justice Works (Munger, Tolles & Sidley Austin, LLP Equal Justice America Chris Harbert Olson, LLP and Edison International) Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Jo Kaplan and Larry Feldman Andrea R. Hartman Leslie and Clifford Gilbert-Lurie Janet G. Garrison and Michael Swanson Leah and Sam Fischer Martha Henderson Nancy and Jon Glaser Rachel Tabori Myerson Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox Teri and Kenneth Hertz Karen Mack and Russell Goldsmith Maria Hummer-Tuttle and The Honorable Gregory T. Garcia Susan and Tom Hertz The Green Foundation Robert Tuttle The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Daniela M. Roveda and Craig Hunegs Home Box Office Casey Wasserman Scott Greenberg Michele and James R. Jackoway The Mark Hughes Foundation William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Jeanne Hayden and Gary Greenberg Grace Jamra Logan Blair Hull Joan L. Lesser and Ronald L. Johnston Marcled Foundation Sponsors Peter F. Jankowski Lucy and Mitchell Kanner Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP Richard Appel Ligia and Dennis Korn Heidi Schulman and Mickey Kantor Newman's Own Foundation Tom Appleton Nathalie Marciano Cindy Chvatal-Keane and John M. Keane Occidental Petroleum Corporation Arent Fox LLP Mintz Levin LLP Philip Klein South Los Angeles Child Welfare Initiative Arnold & Porter, LLP Peter Nichols Jason B. Komorsky Swat Fame, Inc. Benson Family Foundation Sarah and Bill Odenkirk Sami Kriegstein Ziffren Brittenham LLP Thomas Bezucha Susan Duffy and Steven Peterman Linda L. and Benjamin V. Lambert Jerry Bruckheimer Alison and Daniel M. Petrocelli Nancy and Stephen Land Patrons Bryan Cave, LLP Beth Bornhurst and Jim Preminger Nina Lederman Katie Jacobs and Paul Attanasio Rosie and Peter Casey Susan Saltz Jonathan R. Levey Shelli and Irving Azoff P.J. and James P. Clark Elisa Fernandez and José F. Sanchez Michael J. Levitt Megan and Peter Chernin Kathryn Price and Michael Converse Judith and David Shore Barbara and Rich Levy Creative Artists Agency Fredda K. Evans Riva R. Slifka Robert L. Levy DreamWorks SKG Willie Garson Mary R. Shirkey-Sloan and Robert B. Sloan Robert Lichtenstein Max Factor Family Foundation The Gersh Agency SNR Denton Longo Toyota Scion Frito-Lay Valerie Cabrera and Richard B. Goldberg Geert de Turck and Eugene B. Stein Dana and Keith Lupton The George Hoag Family Foundation Greenberg Glusker Mandy and Brian Teefey Larry Lyttle Irell & Manella, LLP Guess Foundation Bridget Sampson and Neal Thornhill Lauren Lexton and Kevin MacCarthy Marilyn Jones and Mitchell T. Kaplan Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Dana and Matt Walden Jennifer and John MacDougall Lifetime Television Newman, et al. LLP Debbie and Henry Weissmann Barry MacLean O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Amy M. Hawkes Theressa Shields and Sandra Williams D. Lucas McDonough Toni and John Schulman Mike Henry Ellen and Ken Ziffren Bill McGoldrick United Talent Agency Hogan Lovells Jonathan Mead Warner Bros. Hunton & Williams LLP Partners Nancy and Greg Meidel Bart H. Williams Joseph Kibre Sara and Robert L. Adler David Miner Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, LLP Robert R. Ahdoot Mark Mullen Defenders Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Diana and Tad Allan Jeanne and Gary Newman 3 Arts Entertainment Latham & Watkins, LLP Katie Locke Aviv and Oren Aviv James Nicolay J.J. Abrams Lyn and Norman Lear Christopher and Paris KC Barclay Timothy J. Noonan The Capital Group Companies Mark Nichols and David Lee Jessica Bendinger Jim Packer 10 Donors Donors

Partners (continued) Advocates (continued) Advocates (continued) Friends (continued) Brett Paul Todd Garner Michael Wolf Beverley Kruskol Edward L. Plummer Jack Giarraputo Harriet Zaretsky Gilbert Lee Harriet S. Posner Rose and Sam Gilbert Jed Zatzkin Stella Jeong and Randall R. Lee Jodi and Michael A. Price Nicola and Steven Marc Glick Julie S. and Maury Leff Kathleen A. Rains and Cameron Jay Rains Mr. and Mrs. Brad Globe Friends Michael Lemkin Bari and Ken Ramberg Dave N. Goldstein Harry Abrams The Honorable Jan Greenberg Levine Cristan and Kevin Reilly Cambria and Howard Gordon JJ Adams Deborah Liebling Marissa and Matthew D. Rice Randy Gordon Sara and Jim N. Adler Lori Valesko and Holly Light Glenn R. Robson Marc Greenberg Colette and Gerald Ament Robert Lohmar Murphy and Ed Romano Josephine Habiby Ameriprise Financial Cara Maggioni Michael A. Rosenfeld Astrid H. Heger, M.D. Robert D. Arenson Steve Maghsoodi Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal Murray Heltzer Bob Armstrong Diane H. and Mark H. McNabb Kimberly A. and Quetzal Roura Susannah Grant and Christopher S. Henrikson Carmela Atkins Kenneth Meersand Dawn E. and Phillip H. Rudolph James Hornstein Hank Azaria Carol S. Mendelsohn Jennifer Russon-Carter Horvitz & Levy, LLP Jim K. Baer Sandy Mendelson Elizabeth Gottainer and David Sadkin Laurie Dann and Thomas C. Hunt Chelsey Bawot Thomas G. Messner Chris Thornton Schmidt Valerie C. Smith Hunt Dr. Stephen Beck Gregory V. Metchikian Margie and John Sharer The Drew A. Katz Foundation Jordan Bekier Alessandro Minoli Katherine and David Siegel Jodi Kaufmann Peter M. Benedek Lamorne L. Morris Anne Simon, M.D. Sandra Kimberling Marisa A. Berry Nancy Mullenax Susan and Perry Simon Eric Kissack Pete Blumel Brooke Myers Deena A. and Martin D. Singer Linda Kornfeld Patricia Bowie Deborah and Robert Myman Marta Kauffman and Michael Skloff Spencer Laudiero Kim Brettschneider Neidorf Family Foundation Lois Smith Margaret Shanley and Trevor Lavin Robert Brewer Susan Bay-Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy Matthew Solo Alaina and Alex Leb Cindy and Robert Broder Kyle L. Pagach Kathy Meherin and Janis Spire Monica Levinson Marcia and Paul Bronkar Alan Perry Tricia Small and Nicholas F. Stabile, III Anahita and Jim Lovelace James L. Brooks Tom A. Polenzani Elliot Stahler David Mallel Brett Carducci Marc Provissiero Jesse Stern Jane Mazzoni Jennifer Celotta Jeremy Ratchford Sandra Stern Marc L. McCulloch Bailey Chase Kenneth Remson Rita Streimer Christopher McDavid Marc Cherry Ronald Rosenfeld Kim and Eric Tannenbaum Jennifer and Steve A. McPherson Jerome L. and Carol Coben Donna J. Ross Paninee Theeranuntawat and Gary Tarpinian Lawrence Meyers Vincent Cox Terry Rowland Sarah Bowman and William D. 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Upcoming Adoption Days June 15 & August 3, 2012 Honor A 13th Annual David and Lynn Angell Memorial Graduate! What could be a better gift to a successful graduate than to help a foster youth who dreams of going to college? Birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs & other special occasions are also great time to honor someone with a donation to help a child in need. Saturday, September 24, 2012

presents the 9th annual "All-in" for Kids Celebrity Poker Tournament Donate Your Car benefiting Contact Donate for Charity and select The Alliance for Children's Rights The Alliance for Children's Rights to receive the

Save The Dates Save proceeds - car can be in any condition, it's tax deductible and they take care of everything! Sunday, October 21, 2012 www.donateforcharity.com or call (888) 392-4483

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