# VNA Health: Live Well

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## Pages
- [Charity Regatta](https://vna.health/ways-to-give/special-events/charityregatta/)
- [Samaritan Society](https://vna.health/ways-to-give/samaritan-society/)
- [Home](https://vna.health/)
- [Loan Closet](https://vna.health/services/loancloset/)
- [Board of Directors](https://vna.health/about-vna-health/board-of-directors/)

## Portfolio
- [Love has a way of coming full circle\.](https://vna.health/stories/love-has-a-way-of-coming-full-circle/): Kay and Frank Stevens shared a love story that spanned 63 years of marriage filled with travel, long hikes side by side, laughter, and a deep devotion to family\. Together, they raised two sons and delighted in six grandchildren, building a life grounded in partnership, curiosity, and care for one another\.

For more than 20 years, Kay Stevens showed her love for this community through service\. After retiring, she volunteered faithfully with VNA Health—giving her time, her compassion, and her heart to neighbors who needed care, comfort, and dignity during life’s most vulnerable moments\.
- [A Family History of Independence \& Care \- The Borgatello Family](https://vna.health/stories/a-family-history-of-independence-care/): “We have always been grateful for the help my grandparents received\. Whenever we have needed help from VNHC, they have been there for us\. We are also grateful for the equipment we have needed from the Loan Closet,” states David Borgatello\.


The Borgatello family’s history with Visiting Nurse \& Hospice Care \(VNHC\) dates back to 1918 when their grandmother, Marcellana Borgatello, caught the Spanish flu\. Just two days after she was admitted to St\. Francis Hospital, her husband, Secunda Borgatello, unexpectedly died from a cough and fever\.
- [A Legacy of Care and Independence](https://vna.health/stories/a-legacy-of-care-and-independence/): Barbara Gray Upton is one of Santa Barbara’s longest standing residents, and at 96 years old she’s lived most of her life in this beautiful city\. She may also be one of the few locals who remember receiving medical care at the “little red house on Haley Street\.” That house was the original headquarters of the Visiting Nurse Association of Santa Barbara \(commonly called VNA\), now known as VNA Health and celebrating its 110th anniversary of serving Santa Barbara County\.
- [Independence through Interdependence](https://vna.health/stories/independence-through-interdependence/): As we celebrate Independence Day, we thought you might want to hear this memorable story\.\.\. On a sunny afternoon, Tom and Libby peacefully danced in their own little world to The Temptations, slowly moving to the beat around the living room, as they often do\. They swayed amongst a hospital bed, a large set of parallel bars, and the bed that once occupied their bedroom\. They now dance in a living room that has been converted to their round\-the\-clock living quarters and physical therapy clinic because of an aneurysm Libby suffered just a year and a half ago\. The type of aneurysm Libby suffered is known for an 80% mortality rate or severe brain trauma, often leaving victims in a severely disabled state\.
- [Belief in a Better Life](https://vna.health/stories/belief-in-a-better-life/): At 14, he decided he would better his position in life\. Despite humble beginnings, Dennis Morelos built a fulfilling and financially successful life through hard work, thriftiness, and a little luck\. In memory of his wife Soledad and to honor their wishes, his estate plan provides for VNA Health’s Serenity House\. Dennis has come full circle: having built a better life for himself, he is now able to help others better their lives\.

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