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July 2020 | Cameron House E-Newsletter View it in your browser.
Join us for our Much Anticipated (Virtual) Legacy
Committee Workshop
At last, the Legacy Committee is able to announce that our Tail of the (Charitable) Dog:
Tax and Control Considerations in Planned Giving, and Other Estate Planning Thoughts
workshop has a set date! Join us:
Saturday, August 22, 2020
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
To learn more about the value of planned giving and to share tax planning and tax saving
strategies. Speakers, Jeff Tachiki and Anne Rhodes, will cover various topics such as:
the current gift and estate tax landscape; core estate planning strategies including wills,
revocable trusts, and powers of attorney; as well as tax planning strategies and charitable
techniques.
This workshop has been modified to be virtual
Register Here
Donation of Laptops to Cameron House
James Bui's company, Velocity, was recently absorbed by San Francisco tech giant,
Salesforce, where he was asked to "dispose of" 12 laptops. Bui told us that old laptops are
typically handed down to new employees after being wiped or, in this case, recycled.
Fortunately, Bui met CH Board member, Elizabeth "Liz" Poong Mark, at a Rotary club
picnic and found out about our need for tech for staff. While on a short tour of CH, Bui said
while growing up in Vietnam he was apart of the Boy Scouts but wished he had a place
like Cameron House to come to for youth programming.
Thank You for your generosity, James!
What are Summer Leaders Up to?
by Rachel Ng, Youth Leadership Development Programs Director
Every summer, a huge team of Cameron House high school leaders work together to
teach games, have cookouts together, and go camping with youth. While we do miss all
their familiar faces, our high schoolers are still staying active through two brand new
virtual programs: an Alumni Guest Speaker Series and a Peer Counselor Training
program.
The Alumni Guest Speaker Series is a platform for high schoolers to meet different
Cameron House alumni and learn about that person’s job and career. We talk with a new
person every week, and so far, we’ve heard from lawyers Jenn Hom and Chris Young, Dr.
Don Ng, and businesswoman Lisa Fung! For our last two weeks, youth will be meeting
entrepreneur Beverly Yip and performing artist Lenora Lee. It’s not all just listening though!
After they hear from the guest speaker, youth have a small discussion group to explore
what they heard, ask questions, and reflect if that career interests them. It’s been
fascinating to hear about all types of jobs, and what it takes to get there! Thank you to all the alumni who’ve generously shared their stories to inspire us. The other program is for our Summer Interns, who are experienced veteran leaders that usually interview to become interns. Although they won’t get hands-on leadership development this summer, the new Peer Counselor training program is still imparting valuable professional and personal skills. We’re so happy to have SFUSD counselor Joan Martin train our interns – our six weeks are almost over! The cohort has been working on listening skills, learning how to create a non-judgmental and safe space, and building up their empathy “muscle.” Last week, they identified basic emotions, how the basics branch into the wide and messy world of all other emotions, and most importantly, how to help a client arrive at that understanding of self. By the end of this summer, we hope to put their Peer Counseling skills to use at Friday Night Club, school, and even with their friends! Cameron House Alumni Lisa Fung shares words of advice with high school students Girls on Fire Meets in Person (at a Social Distance)! by Julia Lin, Youth Engagement Programs Coordinator Girls On Fire is a female space at Cameron House focused on building a strong, supportive community of young womxn. Normally meeting on a monthly basis in-person, they discuss content and topics inspired by what young girls are interested in. For the past few months, the group has been meeting virtually since the shelter-in-place order was announced in March. The youth spent many of those hours cooking every kind of food, from egg souffles and scallion pancakes to fresh brown sugar boba. Although the girls would never pass up a chance to eat, the virtual sessions were starting to reach a plateau. In July, GOF decided to host in-person socially distanced programming. We've spent the
past two weeks gathering to do some self-care for our bodies and our minds through
covid-appropriate crafts (making tie-dyed masks), screening the shows we've been eager
to watch in good company (Love, Victor) and taking an urban hike to reconnect with our
city! We will be meeting until August 13th, when the program will take a break to reassess
what programming will look like in the fall.
Here's what some of the girls had to say about meeting together in person for the first time
in months:
"It's really nice to be able to just go outside and see my friends, I can't do anything at
home and it gets boring real fast. It's nice to have a schedule and not just sleep in all
day."
"I have been a total hermit crab. My mom was excited to hear that something could get me
out of bed. Plus, we get to go get boba, so I'm always down for that."
We have been continuously updating our Bilingual Covid-19 Resource page that can
direct you to helpful information on where to find food, at-home food delivery for the
elderly, guides to filing unemployment, where to get tested for COVID-19, and more!
Please share with friends and family.
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