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Bethesda, MD – The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) will hold its 7th Annual Art & Soul Charity Auction at The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, June 12, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the construction of the Freddie Mac Foundation Youth Activities Center (YAC), NCCF’s sole cultural arts and recreational facility on the center’s Bethesda campus.
Hosted by JC Hayward of WUSA-TV Channel 9, the auction will feature works by youth from the Greentree Adolescent Program (GAP) at NCCF and by prominent local artists like Kari Minnick and Ellen Sinel. A silent auction will feature “Gifts from the Soul” (non-art items) and juried pieces from other regional artists.
Tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased by contacting Heidi Coons at (301) 365-4480, extension 114.
Honorary Co-Chairs Catherine Leggett, Constance Morella, and NCCF Board of Trustees will be on hand to present the agency’s Annual Spirit of Humanitarian Awards to:
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public School System
Spirit Award for Humanitarian Leader
Duchy Trachtenberg, Montgomery County Councilmember
Spirit Award for Humanitarian Advocate
Montgomery County Community Foundation
Spirit Award for Humanitarian Philanthropist
James Ward, FutureBound Independent Living Program
John F. White Alumni Award
The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF®) is a private, nonprofit agency committed to serving vulnerable children, youth, and families in the national capital area for nearly a century. NCCF’s residential programs serve homeless families, victims of domestic violence, and abused and neglected adolescents. Other programs include traditional and treatment foster care, social services for family reunification, parenting education, transitional housing to promote independent living in the community, and a national community school model. Visit us online at www.nccf-cares.org.
