Proceeds from Fair Chance's 5th Annual Butterfly Bash Helps 10 DC Organizations Thrive, Thousands of DC Children and Youth Succeed
Washington, D.C. - On Friday, October 14th over 500 Washingtonians, 60 organizations and 30 leading corporations came together to celebrate Fair Chance and its work supporting tens of thousands of DC children, youth, and young adults at the 5th Annual Butterfly Bash. Honorary Chair, Katharine Weymouth, Publisher of the Washington Post addressed the sold out crowd at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium along with Founder, Amanda Marshall, and Co-Chairs Julie Maner and Megan Rupp, and Fair Chance Executive Director, Maria Nagorski
"Fair Chance has a proven record of success. The organizations with which they have worked have been able to double the number of children they serve, triple their fundraising efforts, and maybe most importantly, ninety percent are still thriving today. Fair Chance has a model that works for our city and are a worthwhile investment."
Katharine Weymouth, Publisher, Washington Post and
Honorary Chair of the 2011 Butterfly Bash
The 2011 Butterfly Bash smashed previous years' fundraising records, bringing in $200,000 including more than $22,000 raised in a live auction at the event. These proceeds allow Fair Chance to support an additional 10 organizations and the thousands of children they serve within the next year. Fair Chance has impacted over 54,000 children and youth living in Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8 and helped transform nearly 60 nonprofit organizations. The organization's proven Partnership Program, provides more than 300 hours of free coaching and support to small, youth-based nonprofits helping them do what they do better and do more of it.
"We are honored to be co-chairing this year's Butterfly Bash. It is exciting to be a part of an organization that is such a powerful change agent for so many nonprofits in this city."
Julie Maner and Megan Rupp, 2011 Butterfly Bash event Co-Chairs
"When I started Fair Chance in 2002, my vision was to provide dynamic and passionate nonprofit leaders with critical business skills so they could not only help more children, but be around for years to come to support the families who were counting on them the most. And, it has worked! In less than 10 years, we have supported almost 60 organizations which in turn have positively impacted the lives of over 54,000 children in the communities of greatest need in DC."
Amanda Marshall, Fair Chance Founder and Board Member
Fair Chance is grateful for the support of our Butterfly Bash Sponsors - Gold: Brown Advisory, Ridgewells Catering; Silver: Aol, Electronic Tenant Solutions, Federal Capital Partners, Wilmington Trust; Bronze: Toni and Ned Brody, The JBG Companies, SGJ Properties, Wells Fargo, BLT Steak, Julie and Andy Maner, Megan Rupp and Dane Butswinkas; Friends: Brian Brehenny, Broad Branch Market, Capital Design, CareFirst BlueCross BlueSheild, Constellation Energy, Denning Homes, Farragut Medical and Travel Clinic, FoxHall OB/GYN Associates, Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman, Hogan Lovells, Urban Petals, Weil, Gotshal, and Manages, LLP, Williams and Connelly
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About Fair Chance -
Believing that every child in the District of Columbia deserves a fair chance to succeed, the mission of Fair Chance is to strengthen the sustainability of nonprofit organizations and their leaders to transform the lives of children and youth living in poverty. Fair Chance provides year-long, customized, free coaching and capacity building services to local organizations. For these organizations and their leaders, the results have been remarkable - doubling the number of youth served, tripling their fundraising, improving the quality and scope of their programs, and strengthening their organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Thanks to Fair Chance, 90% of these partner organizations continue to thrive.
After completing their "partnership year," organizations and their leaders continue to access Fair Chance's network of services, building a strong constellation of opportunity for D.C. children and youth.
CONTACT:
Julie Lundy, Communications Specialist
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jlundy@fairchancedc.org
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