The mission of the Delaware Bar Foundation is to improve and to facilitate the administration of justice in Delaware. For over twenty years, the Bar Foundation has dedicated itself to providing legal services for the poor, promoting study in the field of law, fostering knowledge of citizenship rights and responsibilities and enhancing public respect for the rule of law. The Bar Foundation has assisted in funding key organizations such as Community Legal Aid Society, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services and Legal Services Corporation. These organizations help low-income people obtain legal services and enhance their ability to meet the basic needs of life that many of us take for granted such as decent housing, safety from domestic violence, protection from consumer fraud, access to medical benefits and sufficient resources to raise healthy children.
To help carry out its mission in the long term, the Bar Foundation has created an Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund does not seek to compete with the annual Combined Campaign for Justice which is the annual fundraising drive to benefit DVLS, CLASI and LSC. Rather, the focus of the Endowment Fund is on long-term planned giving.
As the Bar Foundation's current President, Harvey Rubenstein, has said, "the Delaware Bar Foundation is the collective conscience of the Bar, and the new endowment fund will be its strongest expression." Contributing to the Bar Foundation's Endowment Fund is a way to make a lasting contribution to the community as a Delaware lawyer. Contributions may be directed to:
Jacqueline Paradee Mette
Executive Director
301 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
jmette@delawarebarfoundation.org
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