Oakland County Bar Foundation Hosts 19th Signature Event April 26

The Oakland County Bar Foundation (the Foundation), a nonprofit organization serving the citizens of Oakland County and the legal profession, will host its 19th Annual Signature Event to continue a long tradition of support for Michigan-based legal aid and education programs on Thursday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills. Foundation President Patrick McCarthy made the announcement.

“We consider access to justice and an understanding of the law to be valuable to every member of our community, and the Foundation’s Signature Event is the driving force behind our ability to regularly award grants that create or advance programming and educational offerings to our neighbors,” McCarthy said. “Our sponsors and partners enable us to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, and we are grateful for their support as we look to expand our resources even more throughout Oakland County in the coming years.”

Proceeds from past events have assisted the important work of the CASA Program [Court-Appointed Special Advocates] through CARE House, the Family Law Assistance Project, Legal Aid for Children and Families, Michigan Center for Civic Education, Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center, Troy Historical Society and more. In the past two years, the Signature Event has raised nearly $600,000, and with the help of such sponsors as Stout and Van Conway and Partners – both platinum sponsors for this year’s event – the Foundation is confident this year’s event will be another successful fundraiser.

Tickets to the 19th Annual Signature Event are $175 per person and may be purchased at http://bit.ly/OCBFSignatureEvent2018, or by sending payment to the Oakland County Bar Foundation, 1760 S. Telegraph Rd., Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48302. Those unable to attend the event but who wish to contribute to the charitable causes supported by the Foundation may send contributions to the address above.

Additionally, sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, contact Katherine Tillinger at 248-334-3400 or ktillinger@ocba.org.

The Oakland County Bar Foundation focuses on providing access to justice by funding legal aid and education programs through the generous support of donors and volunteers. It has awarded more than $2 million in grants to worthy causes since 2002. Founded in 1999, the Foundation has grown to become a leader and trendsetter for law-based foundations nationally. For more information, visit www.ocba.org/ocbf.