Special Events
Our mission is to help homeless people achieve health and self-sufficiency to the maximum of their capacity. Every day brings new successes, small and great, in the lives of our clients. We tell some of those stories and share the details of ongoing advocacy and other projects in our monthly newsletter, BOSS Currents. You can subscribe to the newsletter by emailing sonjafitz@yahoo.com - put “Subscribe” in the subject field. Please use the menu at left to hear about our most current events and activities!
BOSS 35th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, May 8, 2008 : 6–9 p.m
This May BOSS will hold a special gala celebrating over 35 years of turning lives around and creating solutions to homelessness. To be held at Hs Lordships at the Berkeley Marina, the celebration will include special guests, entertainment, and dinner with beautiful bayside views. Our keynote speaker is Joan Blades, co-founder of MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org. Award-winning SF Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan will do a unique on-stage Q&A with Executive Director boona cheema about 35 years of homelessness. Our emcees for the evening are Dan Boggan, Trustee of The California Endowment, and Marty Fleetwood of HomeBase, The Center for Common Concerns. Please join BOSS’s 35th Anniversary Host Committee for this milestone celebration (partial list, alphabetical):
- Marian Altman
- Max Anderson
- Dion Aroner
- Tom Bates
- Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
- Berkeley Community Fund
- Mike Berkowitz
- Debra Bowen
- Barbara Boxer
- Laurie Capitelli
- Keith Carson
- Ron Dellums
- Jonathan DeYoe
- Kevin Dowling
- Diane Feinstein
- Barbara Halliday
- Elihu Harris
- Barbara Lee
- Ying Lee
- Bill Lockyer
- Linda Maio
- Oakland Chamber of Commerce
- Don Perata
- Bill Quirk
- Anna Rabkin
- Pete Stark
- Michael Sweeney
- Alice Waters
- Mal Warwick
- and others…
To sponsor the event or get more information, contact Sonja at (510) 649-1930 or sonjafitz@yahoo.com.
Buy tickets now by using the Donation link below! Tickets are $125 single, $200 couple, and are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
