DCARA Raises Over $100,000 – With Marlee

Faced with a deficit of over $100,000, the Deaf, Counseling and Advocacy Referral Agency (DCARA) in San Leandro, CA staged a fund raiser with Marlee Matlin as featured entertainer in Mark Hopkins hotel in the bay area. This fund raiser was an enormous success resulting in a $35,000 surplus! Says Robert Roth, DCARA executive director, “It blows the myth that deaf persons will not spend more than a certain amount for a deaf fund raiser. For that event there were more deaf than hearing in attendance. You have to have good food, good entertainment and a good cause.”