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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04f00840erlcjm.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>NAMI Alameda County </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NAMI Alameda County "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U>News and Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U>Location</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Support Groups"><U>Family Support Groups</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter Archive"><U>Newsletter Archive</U></A>   |   <B>Monthly Meeting</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Families Advocate Newsletter"><U>Families Advocate Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prop. 63 (Mental Health Services Act)"><U>Prop. 63 (Mental Health Services Act)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crisis Services"><U>Crisis Services</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04911c00egdysm.gif"> <div> <B>FAMI Educational Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., and are open to anyone who is interested.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Monthly Meeting</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Next FAMI Educational Meeting will be held on</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Thursday, April 10, 2008 </B></I><I><B>- </B></I><I><B>7:30 p.m.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"The Special Needs Trust as a Component of your Family Estate Plan"</B></I></div> <bR> <div> SPEAKERS - Linda S. Durston, Ph.D., J.D. - Attorney at Law</div> <div>                      Alan J. Statman, J.D. - Professional Fiduciary</div> <bR> <div> Meeting will be held in the Castro Valley Room at Eden Hospital,</div> <div> 20103 Lake Chabot Rd., Castro Valley. Call 510-835-5010 for more information or directions.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A special needs trust offers families a way to provide for some of the needs of their mentally ill member after the family caregiver is gone. Our April 10th meeting features two experts in this area.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Linda S. Durston is an attorney in private practice in Berkeley. Her major practice areas are estate planning, with an emphasis in special needs trust planning and administration, and conservatorships and guardianships. Ms. Durston formerly practiced Social Security disability law at a not-for-profit agency in Richmond.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Alan J. Statman is a private professional fiduciary. He has 25 years of business, financial management and fiduciary experience. He serves as special needs trustee and as conservator of several individuals in the East Bay.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>