HOMELESS PERSONS REPRESENTATION PROJECT, INC.

Sanford V. Teplitzky, Esq., Ober | Kaler, Attorneys at Law Honorary Campaign Chair
Campaign Committee Mikhia E. Hawkins, Esq. Venable LLP John Y. Lee, Esq. Gordon Feinblatt LLC Craig B. Merkle, Esq. Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann, LLP David G. Sommer, Esq. Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP Board Irving E. Walker, Esq. Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. President David E. Wolfe, Esq. Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. Vice President John P. Smolen, Esq. Nossaman LLP Treasurer Jacqueline Allen, Esq. Saul Ewing, LLP Secretary Kathleen McGinley, Esq. Ober/Kaler, Attorneys at Law Assistant Secretary Levern Blackmon Public Justice Center John Eidleman, Esq. Legal Services Corporation C. Carnot Evans, III, Esq. Marriott International, Inc. Jane Harrison Consultant Wm. Jeffrey Hill Shelly Marie Martin, Esq. Kent Morrison, Esq. Crowell & Moring, LLP Russell R. Reno, Jr., Esq. Public Justice Center Donald Stone, Esq. University of Baltimore School of Law Matthew G. Summers, Esq. Ballard Spahr LLP Arnold M. Weiner, Esq. Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner Executive Director Antonia K. Fasanelli, JD** * Affiliations for identification purposes only. ** Admitted in NY and DC only

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Re: Fifth Annual Campaign to End Homelessness

Dear Friends: Please join me in supporting the Fifth Annual Campaign to End Homelessness to benefit the Homeless Persons Representation Project (HPRP). This is the second year in which I agreed to serve as the Honorary Campaign Chair, and I cannot think of a better cause for your support. I continue to believe that lawyers can make a difference in helping those who are homeless today and in ending homelessness in the foreseeable future. Now, more than ever, is the time to act. HPRP is an extraordinary organization. Simply stated, it leverages the resources of the legal profession to help people access and maintain housing. The staff and over 430 volunteer lawyers, paralegals and law students accept 800 cases each year giving families and individuals the tools necessary to obtain a home, a job, and other benefits to stabilize their lives. As Baltimore City estimates a 66% increase in the number of homeless people living on the street since 2011 and the number of unaccompanied homeless youth increased 50% between 2009 and 2011, the work of HPRP is needed now more than ever. Here is one example of the effect of HPRPs work. An HPRP volunteer working with a staff member helped Mr. J, a homeless veteran, obtain over $3,000 per month in VA benefits, including over $50,000 in retroactive benefits just last month. These benefits will enable Mr. J to move out of his shelter into permanent housing, but the impact of HPRPs legal work did not stop there. With this result, Mr. Js minor child will receive a college tuition benefit when she turns 18 that will cover the cost of tuition at any public Maryland college. HPRP also pursues systemic solutions to homelessness. In September 2012, HPRP launched the Homeless Youth Representation Project, providing comprehensive legal services to the growing numbers of children in Baltimore living without a home, unaccompanied by a mother or father. Recognizing the State of Maryland lacked any strategy to end youth homelessness, HPRP worked with the Baltimore Homeless Youth Initiative to draft legislation that unanimously passed the 2013 General Assembly to create the first Task Force in Maryland to study the housing and supportive service needs of unaccompanied homeless youth. The Task Force, of which HPRP is a member, will issue a report in November that will provide a basis for statewide strategies to end youth homelessness next year. I have already made my pledge, as has my firm. Please join us by contributing as much as you can. You can use the enclosed donation form to send in your contribution or donate online at www.hprplaw.org. HPRP will publicly thank donors through publication in The Daily Record throughout the Campaign. Your contribution will make an enormous difference for people, like Mr. J, who need HPRPs services to obtain and maintain one of our most basic human needs a home. Sincerely,

Sanford V. Teplitzky, Esq. Ober/Kaler, Attorneys at Law Honorary Chair, Fifth Annual Campaign to End Homelessness
201 N. Charles St., Suite 1104 Baltimore, MD 21201 410-685-6589 410-625-0361 (Fax) www.hprplaw.org