Contact: Lindsey Birkel
Title: Public Relations Coordinator
Phone: (309) 687-7423

June 19, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHILDREN'S HOME ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT

Children's Home is pleased to announce the appointment of the following individual to its Foundation Board of Directors:

Suzanne Patton, Peoria County Assistant State's Attorney, received her Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois State University and her Juris Doctor degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law. Suzanne is a member of the Peoria County Bar Association, the Prosecutors Bar Association, and is the State's Attorney Representative for the Police Community Relations Advisory Board. She is also a graduate of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership School, the 1999 recipient of the National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award and a member of the 1998 All-Illinois Advanced Moot Court Team.

Children's Home is a private, not-for-profit, non-sectarian, multiple-program, social service organization. For over 135 years, Children's Home has been dedicated to improving the lives of children, their families, and the community.