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The people at Noche de Luna dressed in traditional clothes from Mexico, including Alejandra Cervantes (left) and Ligia Booker, La Luz founder.
This year’s fundraiser proved to be La Luz’s best yet, breaking every previous record with a total amount raised of $180,000 ($30,000 more than last year). “Noche de Luna is La Luz’s signature fundraising event; with this fiesta we raise a little under half of our operating budget,” said Ellen LaBruce, director of the La Luz Center. The fundraiser took place at the Sonoma Barracks, with a theme of “early California,” when it was still Mexican territory. The entertainment included a performance from a traditional Azteca dance troupe, followed by two hours of mariachi music.
The La Luz Center serves over 1400 families in the Sonoma Valley and has operated since 1985.
