details of the "Community Partners"
Program, a no-cost-to-you corporate
donations program.

details of the "Cars 4 Causes" Program

details on how to contact the
local United Way Chapter and designate
donations for the Long Beach Bar Foundation

The Long Beach Bar Foundation is grateful to all their friends and supporters for helping over 3,500 at risk youth stop short of crime. Please note: Your gift is tax deductible as provided by federal law. Copies of LBBF's 990 returns are available for review for the last three years, along with other tax exempt documents. We use PayPal to do all our online processing which helps us cut on processing costs - a transaction will appear on your bill as PayPal.

Give a Gift to SHORTSTOP

The Long Beach Bar Foundation raises funds to do its work in the greater Long Beach community through:

• Program fees. The fee for one juvenile and their parent(s) to participate in SHORTSTOP is $125 and no one is ever turned away for an inability to pay, yet the actual cost per youth approaches $500
• Fundraising events
• Corporate, foundation, and government grants
• Individual contributions

At LBBF, we believe that we can help youth stop short of crime. We believe in providing youth with the path to positive change through legal education, crime prevention and crime diversion. In 2005 the SHORTSTOP Program helped 472 at risk youth stop short of crime and turn towards productive citizenship. Changes in law enforcement policy, school policy and community climate have created the "zero tolerance" philosophy towards juvenile crime and delinquency in many communities. Young people who make a poor decision and break the law are no longer given a warning and sent home, juvenile prosecution for minor offenses is on the rise, and more and more youth are being tried as adults and sent to adult prison.According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Prevention, minority youth ages 10-17 are at greater risk of involvement in harmful risk behavior due to cultural, language, intergenerational barriers, zero tolerance policies at schools, and other triggers which eventually lead to involvement in the juvenile justice system and ultimately imprisonment.

Your tax-deductible donation will help the Long Beach Bar Foundation strengthen the youth of the greater Long Beach community through juvenile crime prevention and diversion, legal education, scholarships and other charitable program. Your gift would mean a great deal to us and to the young people with whom we work.

For a limited time we are offering a chance to get a premium for your $10.00 donation to the SHORTSTOP Program... Jeff Leland has graciously offered an MP3 download, for your iPod, of his Soft/Country CD featuring his original patriotic ballad, "I'm An American". More about Jeff and his CD.

Sample the title track here

To pay $10 for the download via PayPal and start the downloading process click on this button To pay $20 via PayPal for the CD click here