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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
SVAHU's Year-Round Efforts on Behalf of Agents, Clients and the Community
Enjoy a round of golf at the annual tournament and proceeds go to the SVAHU charity fund raising effort. Buy mulligans or upgrade your refreshments at the tournament and proceeds go to the cause. Buy a raffle ticket at a SVAHU meeting and there's chance you'll get a gift card but It's certain that a worthy local charity is always the winner.
Thanks to your generosity and participation in association events SVAHU donated $10,000 to locally based non-profit Jasper Ridge Farm this year.
Jasper Ridge Farm provides children, adults and veterans a unique therapeutic experience through interaction with animals. At Jasper Ridge Farm local individuals facing life threatening illnesses, or those dealing with stressful family situations, or those living with special needs, "can find comfort, healing and joy in the company of a cuddly bunny, a gentle horse or a playful goat."
The Jasper Ridge Farm program offers community youth an unparalleled experience that is both physical and social. Caring for and riding horses is a thoroughly enjoyable experience, which provides both physical activity and promotes personal challenges where riders learn balance, coordination and self-assurance and improve poise, posture, strength and flexibility.
In another initiative, Jasper Ridge Farm working with the Veterans Administration/Palo Alto Health Care System, offers the Veterans Horseback Riding Program. Jasper Ridge provides opportunities for active duty personnel and injured veterans (including those dealing with traumatic brain injuries and/or post-traumatic stress disorder) to ride horses. This activity provides tremendous physical and emotional benefits to the veterans, by increasing their self-confidence and decreasing depression, while also improving strength, balance, range of motion.
Another worthy cause that SVAHU is proud to support is the Santa Clara Sheriffs' annual toy drive. On December 3rd SVAHU hosts its annual holiday gathering and toy drive donation party at Rendezvous Wine Bar in Campbell. Bring a toy for the drive to the party that will be on the first Thursday of December. It is so easy to participate in making a difference in your community when you join your friends and peers at a Silicon Valley Association of Health Underwriters event.
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Michael Traynor
President 2015-2016 |
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