Today Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner spent some time at the St. John’s Shelter Program for Women & Children, in Sacramento.  Poizner’s visit to this facility coincides with an annual week of volunteerism that is hosted by the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.  During the week of October 20, 2008, thousands of insurance employees will donate upwards of 12,000 service hours across the nation.

Poizner’s visit to St. John’s provides me with a long overdue opportunity to sing the praises of a good friend of the FlashReport, Michele Steeb.  Formerly a Vice President with the California Chamber of Commerce, Michele left the political arena to focus on a charitable endeavor, and serves as Executive Director of St. Johns Shelter.  St. John’s is Sacramento’s largest homeless shelter addressing the special needs of women and their children. Its mission is to move women from a point of crisis to self-sufficiency during their 90-day stay.

I strongly encourage you to visit the St. Johns website here, and if you are a reader from the Sacramento area, please consider volunteering some of your time – and whether you are from the area or not, they can always use a financial donation to help with their mission, or perhaps you can send them something they need, found on their "wish list" here.

(Photo Credit: Jayne Lucas, DOI.  Commissioner Poizner is pictured alongside the warehouse manager of the shelter.)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.