Shirley Wild: Steel Magnolias play golf in the rain, raise more than $55,000

There has been lone 1 genuinely stormy time successful Southern California this past year.

But that time conscionable truthful happened to coincide with the much-anticipated Steel Magnolia Golf Tournament connected Oct. 25.

Fortunately, determination were much than 100 golfers who bravely faced the tempest to assistance the Steel Magnolias rise backing for the Stramski Children’s Developmental Center at  Miller Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The upwind and rainfall didn’t dampen the spirits of the golfers oregon the courageous volunteers retired connected the people with them. They enjoyed on-course nutrient breaks donated by Joe Jost’s, Primal Alchemy, Santa Fe Importers and Raising Cane’s.

A reception followed with large food, drinks and tons of opportunities to bid connected amusive items. Held astatine Old Ranch Country Club, the lawsuit netted much than $55,000 for attraction of children with developmental conditions.

Seen astatine the scene: President Denise Dahlhausen, Golf co-Chairs Carmen Bubar and Dane Hickerson, Karen Owens, Cathy King, Heather Moro, Karen Blair, Maureen Sullivan, Suzanne Powell, Hilda Sanchez, Kathy Sears. Among the Men’s Alliance supporters were Rick DuRee, David Bubar, Pete Nabuda, Terry Evans, Bill Wild, Bob Emigh, John Krummell and John Metcalfe.

AbilityFirst Long Beach Guild

From left, Kay Berg, Joan Knight, Mary Alice Braly and Bea Almada astatine the Rainbows for Ability First Fundraising Luncheon successful mid-October. (Photo by News About Town, LLC / Nancy Newman Photography)

“Rainbows for AbilityFirst,” the yearly luncheon fixed by the AbilityFirst Long Beach Center Guild, was held astatine The Grand connected Oct. 16.

The ever fashionable buying boutique — with jewelry, accessories, handbags and covering disposable — was lively, on with the soundless auction.

During the unrecorded auction, fashionable auctioneer Randy Gordon kept the country abuzz with raised paddles. Overall, the lawsuit raised much than $72,000 for AbilityFirst Long Beach Center programs for radical with disabilities.

Auction packages included “Sunset connected the Bay” cocktails and appetizers astatine the formation location of Bob and Guild Chair Mary Alice Braly; a acquisition certificate to Lawry’s Restaurant donated by committee subordinate and CEO of Lawry’s, Richard Frank; a stunning necklace and earrings donated by McCarty’s Jewelry; a “PURRfect” companion, donated by Judy Taylor, laminitis and president of Pretty Good Cat and a Furry companions; and a rescue canine donated by Piper Woods, laminitis and president of Paw successful Hand Rescue.

Guests were shown motion connection by Nick Laguna and Sarah Brown and joined the unrecorded show of “God Bless America” by the ECHOS group. Event maestro of ceremonies, ABC7 newsman Karl Schmid, noted it was the archetypal in-person lawsuit for the radical since the opening of the pandemic. Member and AbilityFirst genitor Billie Short was impermanent speaker.

Since 1978, the AbilityFirst Long Beach Center Guild has raised funds to straight enactment and enrich the services offered astatine the Long Beach center. Net proceeds from this year’s lawsuit volition assistance money assemblage outings, peculiar events, playground instrumentality and furnishings for much than 100 participants astatine there.

Seen astatine the scene: Guild President Caroline Hansen, Guild members: Mary Alice Braly, Julie Taboada, Linda Silver, Myrna Wigod, Gloria Deukmejian, Pat Leue, Arlene Fillius, Fran White, Deloris Mayuga, Kat Evans, Mary Pat Sabol, Bea Almada, Terri Nikoletich, Caroline Hansen, Karl Schmid, AbilityFirst unit and committee members April Stover, Kelly Privitt, Julianna Otis, Lauren Rayner, Kathy Platnick-Sanders and Patricia Vick.

 Historical Cemetery Tour

Adanna Kenlow and Henry Weaver represent Venson and Sarah Holman during the Historical Society of Long Beach Annual Historical Cemetery Tour connected Oct. 30. (Photo courtesy of Kayte Deioma)

What a show. What a day.

The Historical Society of Long Beach held its 25th Historical Cemetery Tour connected Oct. 30 astatine the Long Beach Municipal and Sunnyside cemeteries.

There were 1,323 radical who participated successful the self-guided tour. The breathtaking lawsuit brought successful $56,244 to assistance sphere and beforehand the Historical Society of Long Beach’s collections.

There were 20 actors, costumed by the Long Beach Playhouse, who portrayed 8 stories astir folks buried astatine the cemeteries.

“The actors and writers went each retired this year,” Historical Society Executive Director Julie Bartolotto said. “Each show was outstanding. I americium grateful to the volunteers and our halfway squad that made the 25th Cemetery Tour a grounds mounting year.”

There were 100 volunteers connected manus ensuring the lawsuit ran smoothly.

A Dia de los Muertos accumulation was included successful the event, on with assemblage historiographer Karen Harper discussing the Takeshita household and section Japanese American history; Councilman Daryl Supernaw telling the communicative of his household (buried astatine Sunnyside); and authors signing books and a speech by historiographer Craig Hendricks entitled “Spies successful Long Beach.”

Seen astatine the scene: California authorities Sen. Lena Gonzalez, Councilwoman Stacy Mungo, harbor Commissioner Bonnie Lowenthal, Long Beach Director of Parks, Recreation and Marine Brent Dennis, Evan Anderson Braude, Evelyn Knight, Theresa Marino, Historical Society of Long Beach President Melanie Werts, and committee members Michael Soutar, Robyn Gordon-Peterson and Bianca Villanueva.

Goals for Life

Goals for Life Executive Director and erstwhile San Diego Charger Reggie Berry (left) with erstwhile NFL backmost and receiver Marlin “The Magician” Briscoe, Vice Chair and honoree Jim Emslie and mentor and erstwhile NFL subordinate Bob Grant astatine Goals for Life yearly fundraiser successful mid-October. (Photo by Shirley Wild, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The beauteous Long Beach waterfront country was again the tract of the Goals for Life yearly fundraiser connected Oct. 17.

Goals for Life Vice Chairman Jim Emslie was honored for his life-time committedness to bettering the lives of the younker successful our assemblage and beyond.

It was a beauteous evening connected the waterfront, with astir 175 attendees. It was a palmy fundraising lawsuit with $75,000 raised to assistance at-risk younker successful our surrounding communities.

The attendees were treated to a photograph booth, soundless auction, a alloy drum band, and libations and different refreshments donated and catered by Gladstone’s restaurant, whose owner, John Sangmeister, donates to the radical annually.

Seen astatine the scene: Honoree Jim Emslie, Executive Director Reggie Berry, Treasurer Julie Boyd, committee subordinate and Norwalk Mayor Jennifer Perez, Paramount Mayor Brenda Olmos, Long Beach Councilman Roberto Uranga and his wife, erstwhile Councilwoman Tonia Reyes-Uranga, committee members Steve Murow, Patt Watts and Geof Garth, donors Mike and Jennie Hite, Mel Wilson, and GFL mentor Ricky Ellis

News of Social events with charitable purposes whitethorn beryllium sent to Shirley Wild astatine spwild@verizon.net oregon by fax to 562-594-9468. Please see a interaction telephone number. Send high-resolution jpeg photos, by attachment, to spwild@verizon.net and see radical sanction and recognition of individuals from left. Call Shirley astatine 562-594-9468 for much information. 

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