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MCAP UPDATE
By Heather Evans, Director of External Relations, MCAP
2nd Virtual Salute to Heroes Auction and Honoring Celebration a big SUCCESS! Thank you to everyone who participated in our annual Salute to Heroes! For our second virtual event, we put our social media spotlight on some of our amazing MCAPs and Board Members who really went above and beyond during these challenging times. Our MCAP honorees were: Jason Edwards of Walsh Pancio LLC; Jim Flood of the Law Office of James W. Flood; Dennis Meakim of Howland, Hess, Guinan, Torpey, Cassidy, O’Connell LLP; Bonnie Pugh, Assistant General Counsel at Exelon Corporation; Joe Rossi of Stradley Ronon; and Rick Tompkins of Morrow Tompkins and Lefevre LLP. Our Board Member honorees were Kate Daniels Imbesi of the Patriarch Foundation; Bob Morris of Morris, Wilson, Knepp, Jacquette PC; and Karla Trotman of Electro Soft. Ms. Trotman’s words about her time with MCAP echo those of everyone we honored this year: “The stories of these young people and the ability to help them change their circumstances have forever changed my life. The generosity of the firms, attorneys, and volunteers who work together to save these children has made an imprint on my soul. Thank you for allowing me to don a cape for six wonderful years.” To see videos and more about each of our honorees, please go to www. MCAPkids.org/salutehonorees. We are so grateful to them – and to ALL of our MCAPs and Board Members – who volunteer their time so selflessly to help the most vulnerable children in our community.
We also held our virtual silent auction, which was a resounding success in its second year! Our biggest ticket items were a ski trip for eight to Telluride, CO; a beautiful five bedroom, four bath beachfront home in Sea Isle City; a golf trip to Tubac, AZ; LOVE necklaces from Byard F. Brogan; and Flyers, Eagles, Sixers, AND Penn State tickets! Thanks to those who bid on the auction and to our many generous donors and sponsors (to see all of our sponsors at www.mcapkids.org/2021salutesponsors), to the event raised nearly $50,000 for MCAP’s mission and work! Please save the date – November 12, 2022 – for next year when we will gather in person again. We cannot wait to celebrate with you!
MCAP welcomes volunteer Gail Rogers to the family! Gail is a lifetime resident of Montgomery County. She and her husband Tom raised two children here: Thomas, a math teacher; and Matthew, an attorney. She served our community as a nurse for 45 years in various roles at Suburban General Hospital and Sacred Heart Hospital. At Sacred Heart, she cared for a “John Doe” who turned out to be Joe DiMaggio – she reports that she and other staff were instructed not to ask him about Marilyn Monroe! Gail then branched out to home care for a few different providers, and spent the last 17 years of her career at Merck Pharmaceuticals. She has been enjoying retirement since May of 2020 by traveling with her husband, spending time with her three grandchildren, and volunteering for MCAP! Since September of this year, Gail has been coming to the office every week to clean up our database and assist where needed. She also acquired items for our auction. MCAP is grateful to Gail for all of her effort on behalf of the children we serve!
Save the Dates Run For The Hill Of It, July 30, 2022 Salute to Heroes Dinner Dance & Auction, November 12, 2022
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project’s (MCAP) mission is to end and prevent child abuse and neglect in Montgomery County through legal services, advocacy, and education. MCAP operates as a pro-bono model with 140+ professional attorneys (trained by MCAP) on our roster who donate approximately 8,000 hours to our child clients’ cases each year. Since our founding in 2004, MCAP has provided free legal services for more than 6,200 children. To learn more please see our website at www.mcapkids.org. WINTER 2022 17
