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For The seventh Generation
“...donors are so
happy with their
participation in
the program that
they have exceeded
their original
committment and
developed an
on-going relationship
with the child
referred to them.”

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW,
it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in,
how much money I had in the bank, nor what kind of clothes I wore.
But the world may be a little better because I was important in the life of a child.
-Author unknown

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in the For the Seventh Generation program of the
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and its Foundation. We are proud to be the
administering organization for a program that has been fully endorsed and sup-
ported by the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court and the Michigan Department of Human
Services. Our goal is quite simply to provide important and needed services to
Wayne County children in foster care that cannot otherwise be secured from any
other source.

Foster care is a service provided to children who have been removed from their
homes because of risk of neglect or abuse. Every year in Wayne county hundreds
of children are made wards of the court and placed into foster care. Wayne
County accounts for nearly 40 percent of the statewide foster-youth caseload of
19,000 children. These children range from newborns to age 18. They come from
many racial, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. Some have never had a
stable home. Some but not all children may have emotional, behavioral and
medical problems. Foster parents receive reimbursement every month to provide
food, clothing and other basic necessities their foster children require, but there is
no provision for additional services or items that enable a child to do more than
survive, but to actually thrive.

For the Seventh Generation is a unique program designed to meet the needs of
any child in the foster care system or transitioning from care, regardless of the
nature of the need, the professional who is identifying the need, or the established
limitations of care funds that are already available. It is electronically driven and
web-based, so that a minimum amount of time, energy and bureaucratic paperwork
will be needed to connect a child or family with the needed service or benefit.
The program asks donors to contribute to children at the level of the donor's
available time and expertise, without requiring a long-term commitment on the
part of the donor. However, our experience with the referrals that have been
made suggests that donors are so happy with their participation in the program
that they have exceeded their original commitment and developed an on-going
relationship with the child referred to them. They have also recruited additional
donors as a result of their positive experience.

Whether you are considering donating your time and talents to benefit the foster
children of our community or are a juvenile justice professional seeking additional
support for a child or family in need, we are committed to offering you the highest
quality service we can. We look forward to being your partner in this important
endeavor and encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns
not addressed by the information contained in our Frequently Asked Questions.

Like the child returning the starfish to the sea, For The Seventh Generation seeks
to save one child at a time. When we work together we can save many when each
of us saves only one.

It is as simple as One Child – One Contribution – One Year.

Sincerely,
Lorraine H. Weber, JD
Executive Director

 

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation Board of Trustees

Co-Chair
E. Christopher Johnson Jr.
General Motors – Legal Staff
dCo-Chair
James T. Heimbuch
Bodman, LLP
dSecretary Treasurer
Barbara A. Bowman
Bodman LLP

Ruben Acosta
Williams Acosta, PLLC

Margaret A. Costello
Dykema Gossett, PLLC

Henry Cooney
Plunkett Cooney

Richard L. Cunningham
Attorney at Law

Julia Donovan Darlow
University of Michigan Board of Regents

Lisa Sewell DeMoss
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Daniel Follis
Compuware Corp

Leonard D. Givens
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC

Kevin I. Green
Masco Corporation

Honorable Denise Page Hood
US District Court - Eastern District of Michigan

Honorable Wade Harper McCree
Wayne County Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit

John E. McSorley
Garan Lucow Miller PC

Honorable Beatrice Pennie Millender
36th District Court

Alison R. Nelson
Ford Motor Company

Alex Parrish
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

Harold Pope
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, PC

Kelly Ramsey
Chief Referee
3rd Circuit Court Family Division

Barbara J. Rom
Pepper Hamilton, LLP

Louis Theros
Dickinson Wright PLLC

Ricardo M. Villarosa
Wayne State University Law School

Ex-Officio
Douglas D. Hampton, DMBA President
Douglas D. Hampton & Associates

Steven J. Cernak, Chair VLP Committee
General Motors – Legal Staff

Christopher Gura, Barrister President
Abbott Nicholson Quilter Esshaki & Youngblood PC

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Board of Directors

dPresident
Douglas D. Hampton
Douglas D. Hampton & Associates, PC
dPresident Elect
John R. Runyan
Sachs Waldman, PC
dSecretary/Treasurer
Morley Witus
Barris Sott Denn & Driker, PLLC

Board Directors
Benjamin Jeffers, Barrister President
Dykema Gossett, PLLC

Carrie S. Bryant
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Donn Fresard
Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Lawrence Garcia
Allen Brothers

Elizabeth C. Jolliffe
Your Benchmark Coach

Matthew J. Lund
Pepper Hamilton, LLP

Hon. Renee R. McDuffee
36th District Court

Hon. Christopher M. Murray
Michigan Court of Appeals

Frances R. Ortiz
Dickinson Wright PLLC

James S. Rosenfeld
Butzel Long PC

Peter R. Tochman
Law Offices of Peter R. Tochman

Jerome R. Watson
Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC

Vanessa Peterson Williams
R.L.Polk &Company

Barristers

Christopher R. Gura, Barrister President

Chandra Baker, Barrister Vice-President
Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

Peter R. Tochman
Abbott Nicholson Quilter Esshaki & Youngblood PC

For the Seventh Generation Staff

dLorraine H. Weber
Executive Director
DMBA and DMBA Foundation
Maureen Movold
Program Development
Donna Brandon
Administrative Assistant

Detroit Metropolitan Bar AssociationFor The Seventh Generation is a program of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation in cooperation with
the 3rd Judicial Circuit of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Human Services. The Detroit Metropolitan Bar
Association Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations of cash and goods are tax deductible as provided by law.

1356 Penobscot Building 645 Griswold Street Detroit, MI 48226-4220 Phone: (313) 961-6120 ext. 206
Fax: (313) 965-0842 Email: 7thGen@detroitlawyer.org Website: www.fortheseventhgeneration.org