Tommy Apostolos Fund

The Tommy Apostolos Fund (TAF) was established in 1988 in memory of Tommy Apostolos, a lifetime Roseville resident and a 30+ year employee of Roseville Telephone Company. One of Tommy's passions was helping children in need. Originally, TAF was a cooperative between Surewest Communications (formerly Roseville Telephone Company), Roseville Police Association, and the Apostolos Family with a few support volunteers. Our first kids' shopping spree in 1988 had just ten kids; today we provide over 500 children each year with much needed clothing, coats, shoes, and school supplies. In fact, the TAF has been so successful that other communities are now starting to replicate our efforts to provide for the needs of the children in their own cities.

For our TAF shopping, school district teachers and principals first identify and submit children from struggling families to TAF for consideration. Based on available funds, TAF then coordinates the shopping event directly with the parent/guardian of the student. Our annual children's shopping spree was hosted at Mervyn's. When that store closed in 2009, these events were moved to Kohl's. Our new host Kohl's has partnered with TAF with outstanding vigor that makes these events a joy for all. TAF was first set-up with an endowment fund to perpetuate the charity. That fund has been supplemented each year with fundraising events like the Benefit Dinner/Dance in the Spring, smaller partnership events such as the St. Anna Greek Festival Sponsorship, and with local businesses private contributions from the community grant awards.