THE ADVOCATE Newsletter of The Baltimore County Bar Association VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 12
June 2019
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Rebecca A. Fleming As I sit and write my last President’s Message, I wonder how it is possible that this year has flown by so fast. It feels like I was just pondering my remarks for my installation. In the blink of an eye, the year has ended. Many people have asked me if I am ready to step down, and the truth is that I am not. I have told everyone who asks that I am not sure if there is going to be a smooth transition of power. I haven’t decided yet. Please come to see the announcement of my decision at the Stated Meeting on June 20, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. at Ceremonial Courtroom 5. Immediately following there will be a reception at Towson Tavern to honor Michael Siri, who may or may not become President. Since I definitely still have a few weeks left, of course, there is still work to be done. The Annual Golf Outing is on Thursday, May 29, 2019 at Towson Golf and Country Club. This will be our last chance to raise funds for the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention. As of the writing of this message, we have raised approximately Twenty-two Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($22,700.00). The golf event should easily take us over Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00). That is an impressive amount, and more than we have raised for our charity partner since I have been keeping track. I think back to when I chaired the Young Lawyers Committee and ran the Annual Bull and Oyster Roast. In that year we raised what I thought was an impressive amount of money for the charity. It was the year that Deb Shubert was the President and she had selected a women’s shelter for her charity. That was a tough charity to raise funds for because their clientele did not have money to purchase tickets, nor access to silent auction items to donate.
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