Honoring the Valley’s Star volunteers
Three dozen of Sonoma Valley’s most active and valuable community volunteers were honored at the Sonoma Valley Fund’s annual Star Volunteer Awards ceremony on October 6 at Hanna Boys Center.
Each Star Volunteer was presented with a trophy and a certificate from Supervisor Susan Gorin. Speaking as the Fund Board President, Simon Blattner, the event emcee, said. “We’re excited to honor so many volunteers who enhance and strengthen the fabric of our community.” A regional affiliate of the Community Foundation Sonoma County, the Fund seeks to increase and improve philanthropic efforts in the Valley.
Earlier this year, the nonprofit announced a grant to support the Sonoma Land Trust’s acquisition of open space land at the Sonoma Developmental Center. And it recently launched a second “capacity building” grants program, and is now accepting applications for nonprofits.
2019 Star Award Volunteers
Art Escape — Susan Heeringa-Pieper
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley — Jennifer Blesius
Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library — Anthony Bingham
Friends In Sonoma Helping — Hunt and Carol Sharp
Friends of Trione-Annadel State Park — Christina Hirsch
Hanna Boys Center — Ms. Treasure Hinchman
Impact100 Sonoma — Judith Walsh
Jack London State Historic Park — Alice Melillo
Kid Scoop News — Karen Roche
La Luz Center — Frankie Ortiz
Nuestra Voz Sonoma — Armando Calderón
Pets Lifeline — Lynne Strohm
Praxis Peace Institute — Ben Boyce
Quarryhill Botanical Garden — Kathleen Aspenns
Republic of Thrift — Sheila Fanucchi
Sonoma Plein Air Foundation — Nikki Parr
Sonoma Overlook Trail — Joanna Kemper
Sonoma Valley Girls Softball Association — Marty Herrick
Sonoma Valley Historical Society — Carol Page
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation — Peter Hohorst
Sonoma Community Center — Lynn Martin
Sweetwater Spectrum — Mark Jackson
Sonoma Valley Parent University Program — Ligia Booker
Sonoma Ecology Center — Nancy Evers Kirwan
Seeds of Learning — Dominic Tommasi
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance — Nancy Dome
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance — Bob Smith
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art — Claudia Sim, Kathleen Watson
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center — Lourdes (Lulu) Perez
10,000 Degrees — David Freeman
Special Olympics Sonoma Valley — Tom Young
Sonoma International Film Festival — Kim Enzensperger
Teen Services Sonoma — Judy Scotchmoor
Transcendence Theatre Company — Peter Fallon
Valley of the Moon Observatory Association — Loren Stokes
Valley of the Moon Music Festival — Terry McKelvey
Vintage House — Mary Ellen Grimes
