VNA Health was founded more than a century ago by an exceptional woman, Marian Watts, and a group of public-spirited and far-sighted women. Our community has been blessed to have remarkable women and compassionate caregivers who have shaped the legacy of our community’s character, health, and ability to live well.
In honor of these amazing women and mothers in our community, every year, VNA Health celebrates two mothers – one living and one in memory – at our distinguished Mother’s Day Luncheon to share our gratitude for their lives and contributions to our community.
This year, VNA Health was proud to honor KEIKO DUNHAM and remember MARCELLA RINEHART PARKER at our beloved 21st Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel on Friday, May 6, 2022. These women epitomize compassion, kindness, and generosity — traits of the remarkable women who founded VNA Health in Santa Barbara more than 113 years ago.
We thank our community for their support, which funds our charitable community programs to ensure that we continue to bring health and comfort to Santa Barbara families. You may still join us online to watch a full video replay of the 2022 Luncheon; and celebrate these women with music, dance, and love. Stay tuned for the video link.
For more information about supporting the community care programs of VNA Health or to sponsor a future Mother’s Day Luncheon, please contact Lailan McGrath at lailan.mcgrath@vna.health or at (805) 690-6218.
CELEBRATING MOTHERS & CAREGIVERS
In the spirit of celebrating mothers and the caregivers of our lives, we invite you to honor your special loved ones in our Appreciation Garden with a tribute donation.
Your tribute gift makes a difference, THANK YOU! To make your tribute, please click the button below or go online to vna.health/celebratingmothers.

2022 MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON SPONSORS
Exclusive Presenting Sponsor
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
Legacy
Christine & Reece Duca
The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation
Trusted
Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz
Nora McNeely Hurley & Michael Hurley
Christopher J. Toomey
Heart
Ann & Ed Brady
Roberta & Stan Fishman
Val & Bob Montgomery



Healing
Sue & Ed Birch
Virginia & Timothy Bliss
Julianna & Tom Dain
Catherine & Brooks Firestone
Anna & David Grotenhuis
Jane & Norman Habermann
Shelley & Paul Schulte – Rudi Schulte Family Foundation
Herb & Bui Simon Foundation
Drs. Kathy & Christopher J. Thrash
Katina Zaninovich




Compassion
Louise & David Borgatello
Judith & Mario Borgatello
Pamela Dillman Haskell & Christopher Haskell
Maryan Schall
Margaret Wilkinson & Bob Andrews








Caregiver
Frank Ching & Charley Kearns
Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg
Heather & Alex Craigie
Jodi Fishman-Osti & Darren Osti
Julia & Brad Hall
Vangie Herrera & Al Anglin
Frances & Ken Jewesson
Lauren Katz
Karen Kistler
Kenneth Kraus & Perry Gibson
Barbara Kummer
Patty Marshall
Betsey & John Moller
Thomas Rollerson & Michael Erickson
Diane Meyer Simon
Trudy Smith
Anne Smith Towbes
Pamela Welch
Geof & Laura Wyatt




Hospitality


2022 MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON HOST COMMITTEE
Karen Allen
Pamela Dillman Haskell
Kate Firestone
Jodi Fishman-Osti
Penny Gill
Jane Habermann
Patty Hateley
Victoria Hines
Maggie Mabuchi
Patty Marshall
Lailan McGrath
Val Montgomery
Judy Murphy
Ann Marie Powers
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
Pat Snyder
Jennie Strait
Marie Ann Strait
Kathy Chung Thrash, MD
Katina Zaninovich
History of Honorees
With love and appreciation for the following women as we continue to remember them each year.
2002 Honored Mother

Dorothy Bacheller
2002 Remembered Mother

Virginia Lee Burton
2003 Honored Mother

Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
2003 Remembered Mother

Jane Crandell
2004 Honored Mother

Jane Thomas
2004 Remembered Mother

Patty Whalen
2005 Honored Mother

Anne Douglas
2005 Remembered Mother

Yetta Rubinstein
2006 Honored Mother

Anne Smith Towbes
2006 Remembered Couple

Edna & Harold Zimmer
2007 Honored Mother

Irma Jurkowitz
2007 Remembered Mother

Georgiana Porter
2008 Honored Mother

Peggy Borgatello
2008 Remembered Mother

Molly O’Daniel Danielson
2009 Honored Mother

Jorgia Bordofsky
2009 Remembered Mother

Anne MacDougall
2010 Honored Mother

Regina Venegas
2010 Remembered Mother

No Remembered Mother
2011 Honored Mother

Maryan Schall
2011 Remembered Mother

Connie Toomey
2012 Honored Mother

Susan Bridges
2012 Remembered Mother

Annie Schipper
2013 Honored Mother

Barbara Ireland
2013 Remembered Mother

Laverne Browning
2014 Honored Mother

Jill Levinson
2014 Remembered Mother

Barbara Ward Rollerson
2015 Honored Mother

Sally Hall
2015 Remembered Mother

Mercedes Eichholz
2016 Honored Mother

Kate Firestone
2016 Remembered Mother

Debby Davison
2017 Honored Mother

Jane Habermann
2017 Remembered Mother

Leni Fe Bland
2018 Honored Mother

Jelinda DeVorzon
2018 Remembered Mother

Sally Fordyce
2019 Honored Mother

Sharol Siemens
2019 Remembered Mother

Rebecca Riskin
2019 Remembered Mother

Marilyn Ramos Benitez
2019 Remembered Mother

Josie Gower
2019 Remembered Mother

Faviola Benitez Calderon
2019 Remembered Mother

Alice Mitchell
2020 Honored Mother

Sue Birch
2020 Remembered Mother

Adelle Chris Dyer