ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION | November/December 2024 | BAEC Bulletin 6
BAEC Bulletin | November/December 2024 |
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ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION CAMPAIGN: OUR 2025 CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY
The ECBF exists to do one thing: help lawyers in need. The Foundation is distinct from our Association and does not provide legal aid. We help lawyers in need—with many needs. People often ask, why do lawyers need help? The simple answer is that life often delivers the unexpected: job loss, divorce, incapacity, and serious physical or mental illness. Despite our education and high expectations of financially lucrative careers, like everyone else, law- yers experience bumps in the road. What makes lawyers different is that we are trained to serve and help others, not necessarily to ask for help ourselves. So, the Foundation is here for all of you to make sure you can get the help you need when you cannot do it all yourself. Many of the hundreds of lawyers we have helped move through their crisis and pay it forward. ECBF help is confidential. If you don’t need help yourself, you can ensure a colleague in need knows where to turn. No judgment. No shame. Ever. The Foundation relies primarily on other lawyers for funding. We conduct an annual campaign and receive memori- al contributions upon the passing of lawyers, and sometimes in celebration of lawyers. We ask that you remember your colleagues in your year-end giving and throughout the year. There is no more impactful way to honor a college than through a donation to the Foundation. Thank you for your support and love.
ECBF 2024-2025 Board of Directors Helen Ferraro-Zaffram, President Jesslyn A. Holbrook, Vice President Michael F. Perley, Treasurer
Penny B. Selmonsky, Secretary Laurie Styka Bloom, Director Terrence M. Connors, Director Carin S. Gordon, Director David E. Gutowski, Director Marianne Mariano, Director Mary Moorman Penn, Director Jeffrey M. Priore, Director John E. Richmond, Director Hugh M. Russ III, Director Kathleen M. Sellers, Director Kevin W. Spitler, Director Pamela H. Thibodeau, Director
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Kelly Bainbridge, Resource Counselor Anne M. Noble, Executive Director Stephanie C. Belasik, Director of Marketing, Communications, and Operations Heidi J. Mahon, Comptroller
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