Celebrating our Honored and Remembered Mothers for the Past, Present and Future
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.
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
MDL 2021 Sponsors
Thank You to Our 2021 Luncheon Sponsors
Legacy Sponsors
Peter Douglas
Christine & Reece Duca
Alixe & Mark Mattingly
Nora Lynn Mattingly
Trusted Sponsors
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree and Suzette Chafey
Heart Sponsors
Roberta & Stan Fishman
Nora McNeely Hurley and Michael Hurley
Healing Sponsors
Ginny & Tim Bliss
Louise & David Borgatello
Anna & David Grotenhuis
Kimberly Schizas & Mark Linehan
Val & Bob Montgomery
Sharol & Wayne Siemens
Compassion Sponsors
Pamela Dillman Haskell & Chris Haskell
Chris & Bob Emmons
Jane & Norm Habermann
Barbara Kummer
Alan Porter
Paul and Shelley Schulte - Rudi Schulte Family Foundation
Warren Family – Robert, Kathy, Scott, Joy, Robert & Jason
Caregiver Sponsors
Bob Andrews & Margaret Wilkinson
Judith & Mario Borgatello
Sharon Bradford
Frank Ching & Charley Kearns
Jelinda & Barry DeVorzon
Jodi Fishman-Osti & Darren Osti
Gregg Hackethal & Penny Jenkins
Karen Kistler
Kenneth Kraus & Perry Gibson
Thomas Rollerson & Michael Erickson
Maryan S. Schall
Trudy Smith
Anne Smith Towbes
Janet and Bradley Stimson
Village Properties (Renee Grubb)
Men's Night Donors
Thank You Generous Friends For Your Continued Support of the Luncheon
In Memory of Peter Murphy, Judy Murphy
Keith Berry
Ed Birch
John Blankenship
Michael Bordofsky, MD
David Borgatello
Robert Brillhart
Steve Brillhart
Bryant & Sons Jewelers
Richard Caleel
Stephen Cherner
Greg Cook
Alex Craigie
Tom Dain
John Daly
Andrew Davis
Roger Dunham
Robert Easton
Don Eversoll
Robert Fead
Bob Feinberg
Don Flanigan
Stuart Fuss
J. David Gaines, MD
William Gallivan, Jr., MD
R. Bruce Giffin
James Giles
Robert Gilson
David Grotenhuis
Norm Habermann
Jeffrey Harding
Chris Haskell
George Isaac
Morrie Jurkowitz
Kenneth Kraus
Steven Lew
Andre Mabuchi
Sean McGrath
John Moller
Bob Montgomery
David Moorman
Glennon Mueller
Robert Murphy
Darren Osti
Alan Porter
William Rogers
Frank Schipper
Jerry Shalhoob
Ken Thompson
Christopher Thrash, MD
Lewis Venegas
Roger Willmon
Dan Wright
George Writer
Phil Wyatt
Media & Video Production Partners
Video Production Partner
Media Partners
Eileen Bunning
Pamela Dillman Haskell and Chris Haskell
Ilene Nagel and Aris Demetrios
Christine Emmons
Judy Foreman
Jodi Fishman-Osti
Roberta and Stan Fishman
Judy Gaede
Jane Habermann
Victoria Hines
Rick Keith
Barbara Kummer
Janet and Steve Lew
Lailan McGrath
Gloria Montano Clark
Val Montgomery
Judy Murphy
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
Pat Snyder
Jennie Strait
Marie Ann Strait
Lynda Tanner
Anne Smith Towbes
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR HOST & HOSTESS
Andrew Firestone and Catherine Remak
Presenting Anniversary Sponsor - $50,000
- Highlighted as 2021 Presenting Anniversary Sponsor*
- Full screen television broadcast ad, on social media & website
- Sponsor note placed in patients' rooms at Serenity House.
- Receive notes from patients and families supported by your sponsorship.
Legacy Sponsor - $25,000
- Lead Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- Full screen television broadcast ad, on social media & website
- Receive notes from patients and families supported by your sponsorship
Trusted Sponsor - $15,000
- Major Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- ½ screen television broadcast ad, on social media & website
- Sponsor name printed on Loan Closet service letters
Heart Sponsor - $10,000
- Major Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- ½ screen television broadcast ad, on social media & website
- Personal notes from patients and families supported by sponsorship
Healing Sponsor - $5,000
- Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- Personal ad on social media & website
Compassion Sponsor - $2,500
- Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- Personal ad on social media & website
Caregiver Sponsor - $1,000
- Sponsor recognition in all promotions*
- Personal ad on social media & website
Tribute Ads - $500
- Personal ad on social media & website
*Sponsor recognition includes invitation, website, program, and media.
Donations of any kind are greatly appreciated
For questions, please contact Lailan McGrath at lailan.mcgrath@vna.health,
or 805-690-6218, to reserve a sponsorship.
Give Well, Live Well 2021 Campaign
The goal of the Give Well, Live Well 2021 Campaign is to bring awareness, education, information and financial resources to help VNA Health better care for our community.
For more than 112 years, VNA Health has cared for Santa Barbara County and surrounding communities with comprehensive in-home health and hospice services. Our Give Well, Live Well 2021 Campaign will help us continue our charitable services and community care programs that include the Loan Closet, Serenity House Charity Care, Telehealth Care, Palliative Care, Music Therapy, and Pet Therapy which are solely funded by community financial support. Together, these services and programs help our community live well. Together, we can all live well.
Click on the link below to learn more about the importance of supporting this type of care, and how you can help cover the costs for each of these vital programs in our community.
