The SBFC Board of Directors extends its sincere gratitude to our wonderful supporters and partners for their dedication to the social-emotional wellness of our South Bay youth. Donations to the SBFC not-for-profit support SBFC's parent education events, teen workshops, the event calendar, social media outreach, the monthly SBFC e-newsletter, The Virtual Teen Center, SBFC teen and parent blog production, the South Bay Opioid Awareness Project, and the content produced for the website. Supporters ensure that our in-person and online education programs and support services are accessible to all families in the South Bay, free of charge. For instructions to view this website in Spanish, click on en Español.
Education Partner 2016 - present
Our community partnership with Beach Cities Health District funds (BCHD) the Families Connected Speaker Series and other partnered community education events, the Families Connected Parent Chat and the Families Connected Parent Advisory Committee. We thank BCHD for their longterm partnership in youth mental health and substance use prevention.
2023 - 2024 Donations
Platinum Level
$50,000
Formerly the Margaret M Bloomfield Family Foundation
Gold Level
$10,000
The Whitney Family
Silver Level
$3,000 - $5,999
The Gesten Family
Whitney Young Children's Foundation
Cindy & David Hoag
Bronze Level
$1,000 - $2,999
Thomas Duralde & Diane Liebenson
Jon Ralph & Patty Gibson
Laurie James
Michael Jenkins
The Kish Family
Ann Lundy
The Pipkin Family Foundation
Mike & Ellen Rosenberg
David Sands
Kay Sheth
John & Pat Sullivan
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Camille Wedbush
Friends of South Bay Families Connected
$25 - $999
Sally Adler
Kami Armstrong
Mary Athans-Bartlett
Lisa Baronsky
Ellen Blais
Michael Blend
Ken & Jamie Buckstaff
Laurie and Andy Caine
Jennifer Cochran
Tom Duralde & Diane Liebenson
Clare Flynn
Katharine Frankle
The Griffith Family
Andrea Hutter
Jeff Kaufman
Jane Lebbin
John McIntire
Sally Peel
Vanessa Poster
Moorea Pugliese
Scott & Julie Rosenthal
Beth Sestanovich
Christina Steck
Amy Teitelbaum
Susan & Craig Underwood
Ida VanderPoorte
Erika & Paul White
Created and Made Possible by…
LSM Communications, LLC (LSM), produced the Families Connected concept in February of 2015 and privately funded and launched the Families Connected website and South Bay Families Connected (SBFC) logo and youth wellness brand in August 2015. The SBFC non-profit and Board was created in November 2017 by a dedicated group of South Bay volunteers. LSM continued to subsidize SBFC through December 2019, producing its videos, events, quality assurance and on-line response pro-bono. LSM president, Laura Short McIntire, continues to serve as the volunteer Program Director of SBFC. All current programming is made possible through SBFC’s contracts and the generous donations from its supporters.
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