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C
hapter
F
our
:
‘Y
ou
S
hall
H
ave
the
P
oor
W
ith
Y
ou
A
lways
’ (1978 – 2002)
regarding child abuse adopted by other
states.
29
Reflecting back, Morse recalls,
“SB595 involved a lot of planning and
some training and workshops for some
of our staff. I don’t think that we ever
had a single case in which abuse was
identified and the multiple response
system was put in place. However, that
is not the point: We were there and
willing to do it and cooperated with the
state to put things like that in place.”
30
Focusing locally on child abuse and
the need to secure funds for CAPS, the
first Walk-A-Rama, sponsored by United
Methodist Women, was held in the fall
of 1994.
It was a year in the
planning…a day in the
doing…and children at
the Soulard Family Center
will benefit all year:
the first (but soon-to-be
annual) Walk-a-rama
sponsored by the United
Methodist Women of the
North and South Districts
generated about $6000.00
profit. Jan Fishman,
president of the UMW at
Webster Hills, served as
co-chair for this event,
working with Matt Jaudes,
chair, and the expanded
Child Advocacy Task
Force.
31
Another fundraiser also launched
shortly thereafter. The Annual Kingdom
House Benefit Golf tournament began
in May, 1996, with the inaugural held
at Tapawingo National Golf Club.
One hundred thirty golfers competed,
enjoyed a buffet lunch and vied for
prizes donated by various corporate
sponsors.
The golf tournament was started to
complement the patchwork auction and
not to “supplant” it. Where the Patchwork
Auction concentrated primarily on our
churches and particularly the United
Methodist Women, the golf tournament was
designed to be able to tap into the corporate
and business world for support. In the
third year of the golf tournament we added
an auction to the affair and that created
a minor overlap, but very little overlap
C
P
hotos
:
C:
Bob Puyear Board
President, Jan Fishman,
Gene Morse, Executive
Director
D:
First golf tournament at
Tapawingo
D
W
alk
-
a
-
rama
sponsored
by
the
U
nited
M
ethodist
W
omen of
the
N
orth
and
S
outh
D
istricts
generated
about
$6000.00
profit
.