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THE LEGAL ADVOCATE
The Newsletter of Legal Hospice of Texas Spring/Summer 2010
Heat of the Night Recession
Heat of the Night is an event celebrating Texas summers Roger W. Wedell, Ph.D.
that benefits LHT! Held in the summer each year, Heat of Executive Director
the Night has included parties in art galleries, a swimsuit The following statement was released in February
fashion show, cocktail parties and dessert parties. 2010. It addresses the on-going impact of the
Previous locations have included, Red Bud Hill, 3525 economic recession on our ability to provide services.
Turtle Creek, The Belmont Hotel and Brooke Berman
Dallas, TX – Legal Hospice of Texas has announced
Gallery.
that effective March 1, 2010, it will reduce staff and
The 2010 event will be Saturday, August, 21, at one of services. One full time staff attorney position will be
Dallas’ most exciting event venues – Studios 1019, 2278
eliminated and office hours will be reduced by 10%.
Monitor Street, Dallas, 75207. The evening will begin at
The announcement comes one year after LHT
8:00 p.m. and will include entertainment featuring live DJs,
a silent auction, food and beverages. Tickets are $40. indicated that the effects from the economic
recession could have a cumulative and lasting
One of the final 20 tickets for the 2010 Black Tie Dinner
negative impact. “Like all nonprofits, we have
Automobile raffle will be drawn that night!
experienced a decline in funding, especially from
foundations,” said Roger Wedell, Executive Director,
“But we have been very fortunate that our support
Board of Directors
from individual donors has remained stable. The
Eliseo Ruiz III – Chair
Barbara Houser – Vice Chair most significant impact on our funding is from the
Patrick Hancock – Secretary drastically reduced funds available through the
Greg Hawthorne – Treasurer Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA)
Ron Allen, CPA program, administered by the Texas Access to Justice
Monita Chambers
Foundation.”
James A. Deets
Jim Price, SPHR Eliseo Ruiz III, Chair of the LHT Board of
Doug Skierski Directors said, “Our Board looked at the income
Amanda Ylitalo forecast and was faced with very difficult decisions -
make relatively small reductions now, or wait and face
Staff the potential of drastic reductions later. The fiscally
Roger W. Wedell, Ph.D. – Executive Director responsible approach is to achieve financial stability
Joel L. Lazarine – Legal Director for the long term, and that is what we believe has
Meera George – Staff Attorney
been accomplished”.
Pete Flores – Coordinator of Client Services and
Administrative Assistant From its beginning in 1989, Legal Hospice of Texas
Cynthia Emerson – Coordinator of Volunteer Services
has relied on volunteers to provide non-emergency
legal services and has begun contacting its volunteer
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HIGHLIGHTING attorneys to assess their willingness and availability for
increased pro bono assistance. In addition to attorneys, LHT
DEVELOPMENT
benefits from volunteer assistance in its special events,
We are grateful to Nordstrom for a generous grant of routine office operations, emergency document signings and
$2,500 in support of our services for persons with HIV
administrative assistance with client registrations.
disease.
“We deeply regret the impact this will have on our clients,
Thank you to The Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable both existing and new” said Wedell. “We expect long-waits
Foundation for its unrestricted grant of $3,000. for appointments for routine issues and will work diligently to
meet the emergency needs of our clients in a timely manner.
Attention all federal, state and Dallas City employees! As the economy recovers and financial resources are available,
Legal Hospice of Texas (or Dallas Legal Hospice) is
we will restore services to their current levels as quickly as
participating in the combined employee campaigns at all
3 levels! Our Combined Federal Campaign code is possible.” The LHT offices will be open from 9:00 am – 5:00
31476. For State of Texas employees, please designate pm, Monday –Thursday and 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday.
280231. City of Dallas employees can also designate Client appointments at the Dallas office will only be available
Legal Hospice of Texas. Thank you for your support!
Monday through Thursday and at other times for
emergencies. Client appointments available at off-site
The Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor program has changed. locations (1 day per month) in Denton, Plano, Greenville and
LHT has applied to participate in the revised program.
Oak Cliff will not be affected, however appointments for
Once accepted, you can support LHT by linking your
Kroger Plus card to our account. We will provide you with clients in Tarrant, Johnson, Parker and Hood counties will be
the appropriate Bar Code and instructions. Watch for reduced to one day per week at AIDS Outreach Center in
more news about this easy way to support LHT. Fort Worth. All client services are by appointment only.
Legal Hospice of Texas is the only nonprofit lawfirm in
Matching gifts work! So far this year, LHT has received
North Central Texas that targets services to lowincome
over $500 in matching gifts from companies that match
employee donations to qualifying nonprofits. Check with
persons diagnosed with terminal illnesses or HIV disease. In
your employer. LHT staff can provide all necessary 2009, LHT served 842 persons in 11 counties with 2,717
information needed to help multiply your gift. hours of free legal services. Of those, 775 individuals were
HIV positive.
Mark your calendars and save the dates! Black Tie Dinner
will be held on Saturday, November 6 and LifeWalk will be
held on Sunday, October 10. Legal Hospice of Texas is A New Website
fortunate to be a beneficiary partner for both of these Thanks to the generous people at AidMatrix and the We Are
events. If you are attending Black Tie Dinner, please Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend, we have a new
designate LHT as your local beneficiary. If you would like website! There’s a completely new“look” with added content
to walk with the LHT LifeWalk Team, please contact our and functionality.
office at 214.521.6622.
A newfeature is an inter-active questionnaire for prospective
clients to pre-qualify for services. They can answer 4
questions and learn immediately about their eligibility. This is
a great tool for social workers and other service providers as
they assist their own clients. (continued)
From Our Volunteer Client Services:
Coordinator Here are our client service numbers through April 2010:
Gender
Cynthia Emerson Women 56 16.5%
Coordinator of Volunteer Services Men 284 83.5%
Our volunteers are the backbone of our organization. Your Total 340
dedication, diversity and knowledge of our needs and your Ethnicity
ability to apply these attributes to serve our community merit
more than this quick mention. You each deserve a standing Caucasian 173 50.9%
ovation! We applaud you – YOU DO MAKE A African American 110 32.4%
DIFFERENCE! Hispanic 50 14.7%
Asian 2 .6%
There are a variety of ways that volunteers support LHT.
Some needs are regular and on-going while others are Other 5 1.4%
periodic and intense. Here are some ways for volunteers to Age
support LHT: <13 0 0%
13 – 24 8 2.4%
Special Events: Heat of the Night, Black Tie Dinner,
Lambda Bowling, Fashion CITED, End of Life Care 25 – 44 125 36.8%
Conference, health fairs and community outreach events 45+ 207 60.8%
Units of Service 4,958 (1,239.5 hours)
Committees: Community Relations, Resource Development,
Leadership Development, Quality Assurance and special task Diagnosis
groups planning our benefit events HIV Disease 324 95.2%
Cancer 6 1.8%
Pro Bono Attorneys and Notaries: We are creating a new Other terminal diagnoses 10 3.0%
“pool” of volunteers for emergency cases and our
homebound clients
Ongoing/Daily Needs: Office/Clerical support, especially
our archive electronic scanning project
Fashion CITED: A Style Event
The 2010 Fashion CITED event was held on March 18. Co-
If any of these appeal to you, or you have suggestions Producers, Francisco Flores and Cathy Garcia did not disappoint the
regarding our volunteer program, please call me at high-energy crowd. With DJ Micah Banes providing tunes and
214.521.6622.
Dallas Light and Sound providing lights and production support, the
models paraded down the unique split runway, showing hot designs
from some of the hottest designers and clothiers in North Texas.
Sponsors of the event included Brinker International, Toni
(Web Site continued) Duclottni and Super Cuts. Honorary Chairs, Dr. Clint and Breah
You will find earlier issues of our newsletters, our federal tax Herzog not only gave their support to the event, they dazzled the
filing records and information about upcoming events. crowd as celebrity models. Other guest models included Gary
There are also links to websites of other service providers, Walden, Tynetta Runnels, Barbara McCoy and Lawyers of Style,
legal, medical and social, as well as websites of organizations
with whom we collaborate on a wide range of issues. James Deets, Don Gaiser, Bridgit Lopez Moreno, Dan Pritchett,
and Chad West. Lawyers of Style who supported the event but did
The Aid Matrix team included: Michael Ross, Rajesh
not model included Jessica Sheridan, Tobias Smith and Melody
Krishnamohan, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Sophek Tounn, and
Manish Misri. A special word of “thanks” goes to Sophek Smith. Additional models were provided by The Clutts Agency,
Tounn who continues to work on minor edits and updates. Deborah Jones 2000 and Men’s Board Model Management.
We hope you’ll check the newsite frequently for updates on
Designers and clothiers featured in the showincluded Project
special events and news of interest. It is also possible to
purchase tickets to our events and to make donations to Runway contestant, Shirin Askari, Abi Ferrin, Konstantina Mahlia,
LHT on the website. Lucy Activewear, Francisco Flores, Cathy Garcia, Haggar Clothing
Check out the photographs of Fashion CITED and the latest Company, El Centro College, Candid Underwear, House of Dang,
information on Heat of the Night! You can also register for Mozelle’s Fashion and Accessories, Morgan Pheil, Khanh Nguyen,
our LifeWalk Team! Shemara Courture, Legacy Clothiers, Barron and J and Tara Tonini.
We wish to thank these 97 individuals who have already volunteered over 1,000 hours during 2010:
Bonnie Abbott Ron Allen Saul Arceo Micah Banes Jared Barkley
Dan Birkholz Jennifer Bishop Courtney Bobb-Melinger Reina Brown Angela Campbell
Brenda Carlson Nikki Casto Monita Chambers Issa Colomo Jeffery Cook
Rebecca Covell Matthew Crawley James Deets Natalia DeLawter Melanie Dittmer
Nancy Dowling Alice Dyer David Fessenden Francisco Flores Pete Flores
Amy Foote Don Gaiser Daylen Gallman Cathy Garcia Adam Godfrey
Curt Hadaway Patrick Hancock Greg Hausdorf Greg Hawthorne Breah Herzog
Clint Herzog Erica Hollings Barbara Houser Joo In Zenna Issa
Jo Bess Jackson Julie Jacobson Cheryl Jones Stephen Kaplan Kathleen Kedigh
Kristen Korcassden Stephen LaBlanc Joel Lazarine Mindy Lee Stacey Lee
Lisa Leffingwell Korsie Leigh Peter Louis Brandon Lucindo Jorge Martinez
Lyndel Mason John McCall Sandra McFeeley Laura McKie Michelle Meyers
Konstantina Mahlia Bridget Lopez Moreno James Motley John Niles Hal Olson
John O’Shaughnessy Elijah Philips Jim Price Daniel Pritchett Debbie Puckett
Sheba Rasson Grace Rawlins Eliseo Ruiz III Tynetta Runnels Paul Schrier
John Sheridan Gordon Sies Bethany Siggins Doug Skierski Alicia Smith
Gerald Smith James Smith Melody Smith Gary Stephens Anastasia Strattan
The Supercuts Crew Lauren Thomason Tamika Tucker Ashley Vasicek Paul J. Valdez
Gary Walden Whitney Waters Chad West Josh Wilkins Leon Williams
Elaine Wise Amanda Ylitalo
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