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Pat Moran and Ron Nagatani of Venoco, Inc., accepting their Shining Star
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United Way of Santa Barbara County recently held its 2003-2004 Holiday
Report Meeting at Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort. The meeting was
opened by Henry Dubroff, Publisher of Pacific Coast Business Times
and Deputy Chair of the 2003-2004 Santa Barbara County United Way
Community Campaign. Rick Nightingale, Principal of Damitz, Brooks,
Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset, CPA's and President of the United Way
Board of Directors also assisted in the program.
Michael Brown, Chief Administrative Officer for County of Santa
Barbara and the 2003-2004 United Way Campaign Volunteer Chair, also
stepped up to the podium to speak to the crowd. "Thank you for your
dedication in building a stronger, better community for the future and,
most of all, for improving the lives of so many local people." To date
$1,936,503 or 66% has been raised towards our goal of $2,935,000 in
total gifts, $240 average gift, and 33% participation. With several
workplace campaigns still pending in December, January, and February, a
high level of giving has already been reached.
In order to thank exceptional employee contributions, the entertaining
talents of Cynder Sinclair, Executive Director of Girl Scouts of Tres Condados and United Way volunteer, were combined with the playful
antics of Dave Lamkin, Executive Director of Santa Barbara Regional
Health Authority and United Way volunteer. They presented special
recognition in several celestial or "star" categories for workplace
results since October. The "Supernova" award was given to the
County of
Santa Barbara for reaching new heights as the largest campaign, raising
a total of $264,573. Terri Maus-Nisich, Parks Director, accepted the
award.
The "Quasar" award was given to Northern Trust of California in
recognition of the campaign with the highest increase over last year's
total gift (82%).
The "North Star" award was presented to Santa Barbara Bank & Trust.
Penny Sharrett, Branch Manager and Susan Cavalli, Benefits Assistant,
accepted for their company.
The "Star Light" award for supporting campaign efforts in the
not-for-profit sector was presented to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care
of Santa Barbara, which was accepted by Kathy Organ.
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| Terri Maus-Nisich, County of Santa Barbara, accepts the Supernova award |
A "Shining Star" for consistent stellar campaign performance was
presented to four organizations: AGIA-Association Group Insurance
Administrators, accepted by John Wigle, CEO; Astro Aerospace, accepted
by Chris Whitefoot, Human Resources Director and Chris Yamada, General
Manager; Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority, accepted by David Lamkin, Executive Director, and
Paula Michal; and Venoco, Inc., accepted
by Ron Nagatani and Pat Moran.
A "Rock Star" award was given to the corporate volunteer who performed
outrageous acts to help raise more money in their company campaigns.
Paula Michal of Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority was recognized
in this category.
Jim Wolfe and Stuart Taylor were recognized for their volunteer
leadership of special giving groups, the Leadership Circle and Alexis de
Tocqueville Society. In addition, Gary Cook, Brooke Early,
Natalie Eskridge, Tara French, Martha Lindberg, Greg Lindsay, and
Kerstin Stuart
were acknowledged as the 2003-2004 Campaign Executives.
Entertainment was provided by the 4th, 5th and 6th graders from
Montecito Union School Chorus under the leadership of music teacher
Pam McLendon.
The final Victory Celebration meeting will be on February 19 at the Four
Season's Biltmore Resort.
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