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Sonoma Valley Fund honors volunteers

More than 250 guests attended Sonoma Valley Fund’s third annual Star Volunteer Awards on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Hanna Boys Center to recognize 23 individuals and teams for their community service. Sonoma Valley Fund’s 21 nonprofit partners selected their recipients.

Sonoma Mayor Laurie Gallian and Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown delivered proclamations designating October 2012 as Endow Sonoma Valley Month, a new initiative designed to further Sonoma Valley Fund’s mission of strengthening the community through philanthropy and legacy giving.

Next year at this time, Sonoma Valley Fund and many of its nonprofit partners will present a series of public events, seminars and expert panel discussions to increase awareness and build understanding of the benefits and mechanics of making community bequests.

Rabobank and Hanna Boys Center sponsored the afternoon event.

An affiliate of Community Foundation Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley Fund was created and is managed by leaders to help sustain and improve the Valley’s unique socioeconomic, environmental and cultural qualities for generations to come. Star Award Recipients for 2011, with their nominating organizations are:

The Juniper Committee – Audubon Canyon Ranch; Kathy Benziger – Becoming Independent; Tracy Byrnes – Boy’s & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley; Carol Brown and Dave Dobbins – Friends of Sonoma Valley Library; Squire Fridell – Hanna Boys Center; Karen Adelson and Marcelo De Freitas – La Luz Center; Elfriede Whitcher – Pets Lifeline; Steven Hightower – Quarryhill Botanical Garden; Jack Lundgren – Sonoma Community Center; Julie Shoffner-McGee – Sonoma Ecology Center; Jason Bell – Sonoma League for Historic Preservation; Sam and Carol Morphy – Sonoma Valley Education Foundation; Dick Drew – Sonoma Valley Fund; Julie Atwood – Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation; Joyce Miller and Mark Nilsson – Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance; Lucy Hamlyn – Sonoma Valley Museum of Art; Annie Falandes – Sonoma Valley Teen Services; Sandi Wilson – Vintage House; Paula Moulton – WillMar Center.

For more information, visit www.sonomavalleyfund.org.