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CARIB' D'&I)' 2CD5 GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND WELCOME TO THE 2007 DOORWAY OF HOPE DINNER, A CELEBRATION OF 15 YEARS OF HELPING HOMELESS YOUTH. IT IS NOW 7:15 AND WE PLAN TO BEGIN THE PROGRAM IN 10 MINUTES. PLEASE START MOVING INTO THE BALLROOM. YOULL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE BIDDING ON THE SILENT AUCTION. THAN YOU.

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CD GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE MA E YOUR WAY INTO THE BALLROOM. WE PLAN TO START THE PROGRAM AT 7:"0.

THE SILENT AUCTION WILL CLOSE AT #:$0 P.M. THAN YOU.

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CD GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. !PAUSE% IM CARIBE DEVINE FROM 12 NEWS AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 2007 DOORWAY OF HOPE DINNER. AFTER THE RECENT FREE&ING WEATHER IN THE VALLEY, ISNT IT NICE TO BE IN A SAFE, WARM PLACE LI E THIS BALLROOM' ITS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU DONT SPEND A LOT OF TIME THIN ING ABOUT.

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BUT, THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, WHOM YOU WILL MEET LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WHO THIN ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. THATS BECAUSE NOT TOO LONG AGO, STAYING WARM WAS (UST ONE CHALLENGE OF LIVING ) IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT* SURVIVING IS A BETTER WORD ) ON THE STREETS OF THE VALLEY. THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, SITTING WITH US TONIGHT ) IN THIS NICE, WARM BALLROOM ) ARE WHY WE ARE HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, ITS THE REASON WELL BE HERE NE+T YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT. BUT TONIGHT WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESS* , FIRST IN FINDING THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE TO GET OFF THE STREETS, AND , SECOND, FOR THE INCREDIBLE, LIFE-SAVING ) AND LIFE)CHANGING ) WOR OF HOMEBASE YOUTH SERVICES. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, HOMEBASE HAS BEEN
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(UST THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE* YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL TOO OFTEN TELL YOU THAT THEY FELT SAFER ON THE STREETS THAN THEY DID AT HOME. TONIGHT: , THEIR LIVES ARE REDIRECTED, , THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM, AND , THEIR FUTURE STANDS BEFORE THEM WAITING TO BE CREATED. WERE ALSO HERE TO HONOR SOME INCREDIBLY INSPIRING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE VALLEY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT RIGHT NOW, ID LI E TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TWO INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS FOR TONIGHTS EVENT. PLEASE WELCOME OUR CO-CHAIRS, LISA SHAPIRO AND (ILL RIGSTEN-ORMSBEE.
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THAN

YOU CARIBE, AND THAN

YOU TO ALL OF

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YOU FOR HELPING US MA E A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY LIVES. BEFORE WE RECOGNI&E OUR HONOREES, WE WANT TO TAL ABOUT THE DINNER. LITERALLY, THE FOOD YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE SERVED BECAUSE, LI E THIS ENTIRE EVENING, THERES MEANING BEHIND EVERYTHING WE DO. YOURE ABOUT TO HAVE A MEAL THAT INCLUDES, WHAT WE ALL NOW AS COMFORT FOOD. YOU NOW: THOSE DISHES THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH THE WARMTH, LOVE AND COMFORT OF HOME. BUT IF YOU THIN ABOUT IT, MAC AND CHEESE, CHIC EN POT PIE AND GINGER SNAPS ARE..WELL.LU+URIES. (UST AS THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE CARIBE TOLD YOU ABOUT EARLIER. AS THEM WHAT A BOWL OF MAC AND CHEESE WOULD HAVE MEANT TO THEM WHEN THEY WERE HUNGRY. THIN ABOUT THAT WHILE YOURE EATING AND ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
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ARE NOT. !PAUSE% NOW, I WANT TO SAY THAN REMAR ABLE PEOPLE. FIRST, ID LI E TO AS THE HOMEBASE ADVISORY BOARD AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIRMAN DON HENNINGER, TO STAND AND BE RECOGNI&ED. YOU TO SOME

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!APPLAUSE% ID ALSO LI E TO RECOGNI&E OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, DIVERSIFIED PARTNERS. DIVERSIFIED PARTNERS ALSO SHARED THEIR

FIESTA BOWL AND BCS SPONSORSHIP PAC AGE WITH HOMEBASE TO GIVE THIS ORGANI&ATION NATIONWIDE E+POSURE. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, YOU WILL SEE THE
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NAMES ROOM. YOULL

OF

OUR

OTHER

SPONSORS

AND

SUPPORTERS ON THE SCREENS AROUND THE

ALSO

SEE

THE

NAMES

OF

FORMER

DOORWAY OF HOPE HONOREES AND PAST CHAIRS OF THIS EVENT. BE SURE TO THAN THEM.

NOW, ID LI E TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO MY TERRIFIC CO-CHAIR, (ILL RIGSTEN-ORMSBEE.

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THAN

YOU, LISA. I WANT YOU TO

NOW THAT IT

HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE TO SHARE THIS EFFORT WITH YOU. ID LI E TO TA E ONE MINUTE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO (OINED OUR CRYSTAL CIRCLE IN HONOR OF TONIGHTS CRYSTAL ANNIVERSARY OF HOME BASE YOUTH SERVICES. YOU WILL SEE WHERE THEY ARE SITTING BECAUSE OF THE STUNNING FLORAL CENTERPIECES.

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EACH OF THESE PEOPLE MADE A VERY GENEROUS DONATION TO HOMEBASE AND WE WOULD LI E TO PERSONALLY THAN THEM: +IST (F )A1'S H'R'. THAN YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. !APPLAUSE% AND NOW, ID LI E TO INTRODUCE OUR HONORARY CHAIRS FOR THIS EVENING. THESE ARE TWO GREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON HOMEBASE YOUTH SERVICES. PLEASE WELCOME SUSAN AND RICHARD DORIA.
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S-SA) A)D RICHARD D(RIA THAN YOU LISA AND (ILL AND THAN YOU TO ALL

OF OUR SPONSORS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.

REMAR S CONTINUE.. AND NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR, YOULL DEFINITELY REMEMBER (IMMY
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WAYNE. HE IS A REMAR ABLY ARTIST TALENTED YOUNG IS

RECORDING

WHOSE

CAREER

S YROC ETING. HES WITH US AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTION TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE REACH OUT TO EVERY DAY. (IMMY NOWS THAT LIFE ALL TOO WELL. HE LIVED IT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: (IMMY WAYNE...

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SILENT AUCTION IS NOW CLOSED. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED DURING THE EVENING AND YOU CAN PIC UP YOUR LOOT IN THE LOBBY AT THE END OF THE EVENING. THAN YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EN(OY YOUR DINNER.
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&(. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME BAC ONE MORE TIME, RECORDING ARTIST (IMMY WAYNE.
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MARY ATE REMAR S HERE.. MARY ATE REMAR S END... AND NOW, IM DELIGHTED TO AS YOU TO (OIN ME IN WATCHING THIS VIDEO.
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THAN YOU CLAIRE AND MIA, AND THAN YOU PAT LEACH FOR YOUR VISION, YOUR COMMITMENT AND THE LEGACY YOU HAVE CREATED AT HOMEBASE YOUTH SERVICES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OTHER HONOREES TONIGHT, RICHARD HOOD, AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHILED OF ARI&ONA. AND THAN YOU TO THE YOUTH WITH US TONIGHT. YOU INSPIRE US. I HAVE A COUPLE OF 0UIC ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MA E, BUT FIRST ID LI E TO PRESENT A SMALL TO EN OF OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR CO-CHAIRS TONIGHT, LISA SHAPIRO AND (ILL RIGSTEN-ORMSBEE.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PURCHASED CLAIRE AND MIAS BOO S AND WOULD LI E A PERSONALI&ED AUTHOGRAPH, THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO STAY AND SIGN YOUR BOO S. (IMMY WAYNE ALSO HAS AGREED TO SIGN HIS CDS FOR YOU.

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IF YOU WERE A WINNER OF A SILENT AUCTION ITEM, YOU MAY PIC THEM UP IN THE LOBBY.

I WANT TO THAN YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR SUPPORTING HOMEBASE YOUTH SERVICES. GOOD NIGHT. DRIVE CAREFULLY. AND, WELL SEE YOU ALL NE+T YEAR.

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