Each year, Rose Brooks Center values the support from

its corporate partners. Verizon Wireless is an extraordinary

example of philanthropy, as they financially support special

events and technology efforts, provide volunteers for various

projects, and help raise

awareness about

domestic violence

services available in the

community.

“It is an honor to

partner with Verizon

Wireless and to have

such a key business

leader serve on our

Board of Directors,”

Susan Miller, Executive

Director said.

Mark Crumpton,

President Kansas/Missouri Region for Verizon Wireless has

been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2003.

Verizon Wireless has been a partner with Rose Brooks

Center since 2000 providing nearly $50,000 in financial and

in-kind support. To learn more about Verizon Wireless,

please visit www.verizonwireless.com.

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Kansas City Dream Home

Celebrating Rose Brooks Center Volunteers

Verizon Wireless Named Benefactor of the Year

KC Style Revealed Fashion Show

Audrie Seeley and Company Cares About Rose Brooks Center

thRose Brooks Center 4 Annual Auction & Casino Night

An Evening of Romance at the th18 Annual Cabaret

Walk in Their Shoes Luncheon

Donor Pavers Make a Special Gift

A Brighter Tomorrow Campaign

Spotlight on a Rose Garden Society Member: Virginia Kelley

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Building a new home brings a new beginning to a Rose Brooks Center Transitional Housing family. Rose Brooks Center is honored to begin a new partnership with Kansas City Habitat for Humanity, Habitat Restore, James B. Nutter & Associates and KC Magazine to build the first ever Kansas City Dream Home.

Got Tax Credits?

We do! Would you like to

support Rose Brooks Center

AND see a decrease in your

Missouri tax liability? Call Maria

Tapia-Belsito at (816) 523-5550

to learn about the Domestic

Violence Shelter Tax Credit

Program. It is a great

opportunity to know about!

Newsletter Design By:

Jack Miller, Miller Image Group

Susan Miller, Executive Director, Councilman Jim Glover, and Jerry

Lasley, Store Manager participate in a wire cutting for the new Verizon Wireless

store located at 3385 Main Street in Kansas City, MO. Rose Brooks Center's Project SAFE Program received $1,500

from the June 2nd grand opening.

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thInaugural KC Style Revealed Fashion Show Thursday, July 28

thVolunteer Opportunity Night* Tuesday, September 13

nd th2 Annual Jam Out Domestic Violence Benefit Sunday, September 18 at Governor Stumpy's

th nd4 Annual Auction & Casino Night Saturday, October 22

stVolunteer Opportunity Night* Tuesday, November 1

th19 Annual Cabaret February 2006

th4 Annual Walk in Their Shoes Luncheon May 2006

*Volunteer Opportunity Nights provide an orientation to Rose Brooks Center and the volunteer program. Please contact Joan Dougherty at 816-523-5550, ext. 417, or joan@rosebrooks.org for more details.

Our website, www.rosebrooks.org, is getting a fresh look. Please check for our new look to be unveiled later this summer!

Mark Your Calendar:

The Summer 2005 Newsletter is partially underwritten by

Congratulations! to our 2005 Volunteer Award

Recipients

BenefactorVerizon Wireless

Community FundraiserBeauty Brands Superstores

Special EventsMadden McFarland Interiors

Employee GroupPrimedia Business

Community Service GroupsAlpha Chi OmegaSACS

Faith Community SupportZion Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Points of LightJamie Marti

Walk in Their ShoesKate Ferrell Banks

Community RelationsMark Clegg, NBC Action News

Golden MileJeannine Fox

Bridge ProgramKari Farris

Children's ProgramCarrie and Chris Ginn

Wellness ProgramSharon BowmanHeidi Valenzuela

Friends Steering CommitteeDeb Bollman

Emergency ShelterNelly Prezebel

Verizon Wireless Named Benefactor of the Year

Photo: Morningstar Communications Company

is a generous supporter of Rose Brooks Center

BOARD MEMBERS:Jim JenningsPresident

Kate Ferrell BanksPresident-Elect

Janet GoseTreasurer

Raleigh LangSecretary

Jennie ClarkePresident Advisory Board

Rob KraftChair, Friends of Rose Brooks Center

MEMBERS:

Rosilyn AllenDavid BernsteinKim Carl-CookeMark CrumptonDaniel DechantChristina EstebanSherry ForseeTom FreemanChristopher GinnStancia JenkinsMary JohnsonAdele LeviCatherine MaddenPatrick MaddenGay ManningVanita MasseyDelores MaxwellCarla MillsSarah MorrisLisa ParksJudith WhittakerLauren WrightCallen Fairchild Zind

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSusan Miller

NEWSLETTER EDITORGina Garvin

Dreams Come True The First Ever Kansas City Dream Home

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A Testimonial from a Rose Garden Society Member: Virginia Kelley

Virginia Kelley has lived in her lovely home in Kansas City for over 30 years. She grew up in Yonkers, New York and attended William & Mary College and Yale Drama School. She met her husband, who worked for IBM, in Dallas on a blind date. Like all IBMers during that time, they were relocated several times all over the country, but luckily for us, ended up settling down in Kansas City. She has two daughters, one in Florida, the other in South Carolina, and several grandchildren, who refer to her as “Nana”.

Virginia is proud to be a member of Rose Brooks Center's Rose Garden Society by including Rose Brooks Center in her estate plans. We are extremely grateful to Virginia and the other members of the Rose Garden Society as they are leaving a very important and thoughtful legacy to Rose Brooks Center. Virginia was especially pleased to learn that as a member of the Rose Garden Society, she will be getting her own donor paver, which she can have engraved with a personal message and which will be installed on our campus this fall.

Virginia was introduced to Rose Brooks Center by some friends who had been volunteering at our previous shelter location. She has been very active with Rose Brooks Center's events, particularly our annual Cabaret evenings. We are also delighted that Virginia will be participating as an Advisor to Rose Brooks Center's “A Brighter Tomorrow” Campaign. Virginia is very active with several Kansas City organizations and we are very fortunate to have her participation. Virginia was delighted to learn of Rose Brook's upcoming partnership with Habitat for Humanity, an organization in which he was very involved.

Virginia notes how important it is to share, how the world needs more love and how we need to express our love. “Whenever I talk to my grandchildren, I always encourage them to say “I love you Nana” before they say goodbye to me.” She has been very impressed with Rose Brooks Center and is constantly donating special items for the children. She noted: “Rose Brooks does great work… it's amazing what goes on there… the children need to be loved!” Even if they don't know her personally, we are sure that the children at our center would say: “Thank you Nana!” and “I love you Nana!” to our dear friend Virginia.

Rose Garden Society members are leaving a legacy to Rose Brooks Center by including Rose Brooks in their estate plans. If you would like to join Virginia and become a member of the Rose Garden Society, please contact Maria Belsito at 816-523-5550 ext. 435, or maria@rosebrooks.org.

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KC Style Revealed - July 28th

Come experience Kansas City's version of

Project Runway at the Inaugural Kansas City Style

Revealed Fashion Show benefiting Rose Brooks

Center on Thursday, July 28th at the Fairmont

Hotel on the Country Club Plaza. The evening

begins at 6:30 pm with a Patron's Wine

Reception, and models take the runway at 8 pm.

The evening features Kansas City's finest

boutiques and up and coming designers.

KC Style Revealed is the vision of our event chair, Marianne Thompson.

Marianne is also a talented up and coming designer, and will be showing a few

pieces from her own collection.

The evening is sure to be sold-out, so reserve your seat today! To learn

more and to be included on this event’s invitation mailing list, please contact

Gina Garvin at 816-523-5550, ext. 418 or gina@rosebrooks.org.

Thank You to Audrie Seeley and Company

The Audrie Seeley and Company Garden Center hosted its Grand Opening

Weekend, Ladies Night and Kids Day in May. Proceeds from the three

events were donated to Rose Brooks Center for upcoming landscaping

projects. Audrie Seeley and Company is located at 9300 Holmes in Kansas

City, MO.

home project. Groundbreaking is “We are thrilled to have the

scheduled to take place in August, and opportunity to work with Habitat for through weekend builds the family should Humanity, who has been providing new move into their new home in early March

homes to families for more than 25 2006. Keep checking the pages of KC

years.” “The families in our Transitional Magazine and this newsletter to see the

Housing Program work hard during progress. To learn more about partnering

their two year stay to save for their own home, and through this partnership a or volunteering on the project, please dream is being realized,” said Susan Miller, Executive Director. contact Joan Dougherty at 816-523-5550,

ext. 417 or joan@rosebrooks.org. You too can become a partner sponsor or project volunteer on this dream

A Brighter Tomorrow Campaign

Rose Brooks Center is beginning a comprehensive campaign

named, A Brighter Tomorrow. This critical campaign will build

on our successful programs, expand our services to a broader

segment of the community, strengthen our prevention

programs with youth, and build our endowment for a stronger

financial future. For more information about A Brighter Tomorrow Campaign, please contact Maria Belsito at 816-

523-5550, ext. 435, or maria@rosebrooks.org.

A Brighter TomorrowSteering Committee

Co-Chairs Dan DechantGay Manning

AdvisorsJames Ferrell

Elizabeth FerrellBetty HensonVirginia Kelley

Tom McDonnellJeannette Nichols

Committee MembersKate Ferrell BanksDavid Bernstein

Howard Boasberg, Jr.Tom FreemanTodd HaynesDarcy HoweJim Jennings

Diane JohnsonPam PerilsteinLaurie RobertsLaura Shultz

Judith Whittaker

Continuing to Give

Rose Brooks Center In BLOOM

Featuring

Hair and Make-Up

Models Provided By

310 FashionsBetsey JohnsonAnnie Biddison

Britches Clothing CompanyCarlisle of New York

by Lisa Block and Wendy CranfordKatie Fisher

Ginger & MaryanneGown Gallery

HemlineAshley LittonMolly Jayne's

Melissa NeedhamOopsy Daisy's

Standard Style BoutiqueKelly Stevens

Marianne ThompsonTiffany & Co.

Tomboy Design Studio

Premiere Beauty

Hoffman InternationalJohn Robert Powers

Voices & Talent Agency

Virginia Kelley with Jim Brickman at the 18th Annual Cabaret.

Photo: Scott Robben

Rose Brooks Center is a United Way agency. All United Way donors have choices when it comes to making gifts. Donors can choose to support an entire spectrum of United Way agencies, or an individual agency, such as Rose Brooks Center.

For more information, contact your company's campaign coordinator, or call the Heart of America United Way at 816-472-4289.

United Way Campaign Set to Begin

Continued from front page

An Evening of Fashion Flair

The Royal Court

Ace of Hearts Sponsor $15,000King of Hearts Sponsor $10,000Queen of Hearts Sponsor $ 5,000Jack of Hearts Sponsor $ 2,500(The above opportunities include signage during the event, High Roller Table for ten, and other marketing incentives. Call Gina to learn more and to receive a sponsorship package)

High Roller Table $ 2,000(Table for ten with tableside checkout and other exclusive benefits)

Gambler Table $ 1,000(Table for ten)

High Roller $ 200(Individual guest see High Roller Table for benefits)

Gambler $ 100

4th Annual Auction & Casino NightAuction Item Wish List

· Use of your vacation home or condo· Concert or other special event tickets· Airline tickets· Sports tickets· Sports memorabilia· Retail and restaurant gift certificates· Jewelry items· Other ideas?Please call 816-523-5550, ext. 418

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The 4th Annual Auction & Casino Night

It's time to brush up on your fast bidding and casino skills for the 4th Annual Auction & Casino Night taking place Saturday, October 22nd at the Overland Park Sheraton Hotel. The event features a dinner, casino, silent and live auction.

There are many opportunities to get involved in this FUN event including event sponsorship, coordinating a table, joining a committee, volunteering during the event, or donating auction items. We hope you will join us to make the evening a huge success!

This year's co-chairs are Cynthia Lackner and Patty Markey. Sponsors who have pledged their support include Morgan Stanley, Verizon Wireless and VML. We would love to include your name or your company's name to the sponsorship list.

To learn more about the various ways to get involved and to be included on this event’s invitation mailing list, please call Gina Garvin at 816-523-5550, ext. 418 or gina@rosebrooks.org.

Rose Brooks Center In BLOOM

Rolling Out the Royal Court

Photo: Bruce Mathews

Cynthia Lackner, Auction Co-Chair, Pam Perilstein, Table Coordinator Co-Chair,

Maria Belsito, Development Director, and Patty Markey, Auction Co-Chair pose at a recent Tiffany & Co. event.

Tiffany & Co. is a generous auction item donor.

Help pave the way to safety, hope and freedom for thousands of women and children each year.

DONOR PAVER ORDER FORMPlease fill out this form completely. The inscription on each paver is limited to the number of spaces, boxes and characters shown. A formal certificate and photo of your paver will be sent to you (or your gift recipient, if applicable) after your paver is installed. You may schedule a tour of the facility to view your paver by contacting Rose Brooks Center at 816-523-5550, ext. 423. Thank you for your generosity in laying the pathway toward a safer future for the women and children at Rose Brooks Center!

Please select which paver you would like inscribed and fill in your message in the boxes provided.(You may copy this form to purchase multiple pavers.)

Donor Paver (6”X12”)$100

Patron Paver (12”X12”)$250

Corporate Paver (12”X12”)$500(Staff will contact you regarding logo placement)

Your Information Gift Recipient Information (if applicable)

Name Name

Company Company

Address Address

City State Zip City State Zip

Daytime Phone Daytime Phone

Email Email

Message on Gift Card

Enclosed is my check for $

Please bill $ to my MC or Visa:

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Signature Date

October 22ndOverland Park Sheraton Hotel

In 1978, a dedicated community

philanthropist, Rosa Brooks, donated her house to

become the first 19-bed emergency shelter for

battered women in Kansas City. Since then, Rose

Brooks Center has become a nationally recognized

organization that provides comprehensive family

violence services from a state-of-the-art facility.

We've never forgotten where we've come

from, and a terrific new arrival this year reminded

us of how important Rosa Brooks still is in the

hearts of some Kansas City families. Larry Brooks

(Rosa's grandson) and his wife Mary Ellen shared

the exciting news with us about their newest

grandchild, Mallory K. Brooks, born on March st31 of this year.

Larry and Mary Ellen told us they wanted to do

something special to commemorate Mallory's birth and

chose to purchase a donor paver in her honor (see photo).

While Rosa Brooks has five great, great, grandchildren

(Mallory, Rose, Emma, Logan, and Mari) Mallory is the

youngest and only great, great grandchild who still bears the

Brooks' family name.

You too can commemorate a special event in your life, a

loved one, a new milestone, or simply purchase a paver to

help pave the way to safety for thousands of women and

children each year with your purchase of a donor paver.

Simply complete the donor paver order form located on the

following page, and be a part of Rose Brooks Center history

today!

Your tax-deductible contribution allows you to inscribe

a paving stone to line the pathways at the Rose Brooks

Center Emergency Shelter. Pavers will be engraved and

installed Fall 2005. Please return your completed order

form (page 6) in the enclosed envelope, or you can fax it

to 816-523-8177. If you have questions or need additional

information, please contact Andrea Umbreit at

816-523-5550, ext. 423, or andrea@rosebrooks.org.

The 18th Annual Rose Brooks Center Cabaret was held Sunday, February 27th at the Fairmont Hotel. Guests enjoyed a wonderful dinner, and then listened to America's romantic piano sensation, Jim Brickman. The evening raised $441,065 for Rose Brooks Center!

Special thanks to Katie & Clyde Wendel, honorary chairs, Maryanne Roepke, event chair, our three presenting underwriters: American Century Companies, Inc., DST Systems, Inc and Mark & Susan Susz, and other benefactors and guests for making this year's event so successful.

Planning will begin soon for the 19th Annual Cabaret taking place February 2006. Judy and Robert Hoehn will serve as the 2006 honorary chairs. To learn more about Cabaret sponsorship opportunities, please contact Gina Garvin at 816-523-5550, ext. 418, or gina@rosebrooks.org.

Walk in Their Shoes Tours

Summer Schedule

thThursday, July 14 2:00 pmthWednesday, July 27 4:00 pmthThursday, August 4 2:00 pm

thWednesday, August 17 4:00 pm

*The one-hour tour gives you an opportunity to learn

more about Rose Brooks Center's award-winning

programs, see the multi-lingual facility, and meet the

dedicated staff. Call Andrea Umbreit at 816-523-5550,

ext. 423 to reserve your spot.

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Rose Brooks Center In BLOOM

Nearly 350 guests gathered at the Fairmont Hotel on April 19th for the 3rd Annual Walk in Their Shoes Luncheon. Guests heard from passionate, moving speakers such as our very own Susan Miller, Executive Director. In addition, Michael, a 17 year-old Project Safe student recalled his difficult childhood living with drugs and violence and the transformation in his life due to the help of Rose Brooks Center staff. Joyce, a resident in our Transitional Housing program moved the crowd to tears as she recalled her desperate situation fleeing her abuser. Joyce is now a beacon of strength and a successful woman who will soon be a homeowner for the first time in her life.

Success stories like these abound at Rose Brooks Center and so does the generosity of our donors. During this luncheon, $75,000 in gifts and pledges was raised to support our mission to break the cycle of domestic violence. Special thanks to Kate

Ferrell Banks, Chair and our table captains for making this event so successful. The next luncheon will be held in May 2006. If you are interested in serving as a table captain or would like to participate as a sponsor, please contact Andrea Umbreit at 816-523-5550, ext. 423 or andrea@rosebrooks.org.

Ron & Susan Miller and Tom & Jean McDonnell enjoy the Cabaret Patron's Party.

Photo: Peggy Lawrey

Walk in Their Shoes Luncheon Table Captains Laura Shultz and Sarah Hatfield prepare

for their guests with Kate Ferrell Banks, Chair.

A new milestone in Rosa Brooks' Family TreeAn Evening of Romance

Photo: Scott Robben

Take a Walk in Their Shoes

Photo: Scott Robben

Clyde & Katie Wendel, Honorary Chairs pose with Jim Brickman (center).

Photo: Peggy Lawrey