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Borina Foundation Expands CAP’s
Reach
Lakeview Middle School Students Join CAP Family
Bill Locke-Paddon with first class of CAP
Lakeview Scholarship Recipients.
Alumni Richard and Theresa
Crocker Give $1 Million
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$750,000 endowment from
the Borina Foundation has
expanded the Cabrillo
Advancement Program to
Lakeview Middle School, one of the last
gift to the college, the largest donation by alumni in the history of Cabrillo.
“It’s an honor to come full circle and give back to the community,” said Richard “Dick”
Crocker, noting how the college has grown since he was a student 45 years ago.
Crocker, who worked in his parents’ fast-food restaurants in Watsonville and Freedom as
he was growing up, attended Cabrillo classes in modular trailers parked on the Watsonville
High School campus. It was a challenging time, he said. He worked full-time to support a
Pajaro Valley middle schools in the county to
join Cabrillo College’s innovative outreach and
academic support program for low-income
students.
The gift is the largest single endowment ever
received by the Cabrillo College Foundation
CAP program and brings academic mentorship,
services and college scholarships to Lakeview
students and their families. Lakeview students
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ichard and Theresa Crocker, who credit Cabrillo College with
establishing solid educations that launched their careers in
business and health, were on campus this fall to announce a $1 million
Executive Message
(continued from cover)
“We are very grateful for the generosity of the community and for helping to make this a
banner year for the foundation.”
—Linda Burroughs, Cabrillo College Foundation President
American Dream Scholarship recipients
Ow Family Gives Record Number of American Dream Scholarships
Karen Cogswell receiving the Cabrillo College Meritorious Service Award
The Ow family provided a record 58 American Dream scholarships to
Cabrillo College students this year.
“This is the best use for our money,” said George Ow. “I feel that in
some small way, we are offering hope to young people who aspire to better themselves via education and to combat the dropout situation.”
The American Dream scholarship program provides $500 scholarships to ethnic minority and disadvantaged students. Since 1989, a total
of $202,147 has been awarded to 450 Cabrillo College students via the
American Dream scholarship program.
“There is tremendous opportunity in aiding young people who stay
in school and aspire to college, said George Ow.”
future counselors Andrew Martinez and
Andres Medina, prospective dental hygienist
Jamie Hesse, and Administrative Analyst for
the City of Watsonville Lucy Sanchez.
“The foundation supports a variety of vital
student services at Cabrillo and will ensure
that financial and academic assistance can be
given to students who require extra support to
Brian King, Melinda Silverstein and stay in school and to realize their potential as
Linda Burroughs
individuals, professionals, wage earners, employees and breadwinners for their families,”
hanks to our community said Cabrillo College President Brian King.
the Cabrillo College Foun- Cabrillo College and the programs the foundadation is a national leader tion supports have a tremendous impact on the
among community college founda- lives of our students who intend to serve our
tions. This year the foundation raised a record community’s workforce. Thanks to the supbreaking $4.2 million from 3,377 donors to port of our community, Cabrillo College and
serve the college and its students. “We are very the Cabrillo College Foundation has set out to
grateful for the generosity of the community assure student success and improve the future
and the individuals who support the educa- of our community and our world.
T
tional mission and vision of Cabrillo College
and for helping to make this a banner year for
the foundation,” said Linda Burroughs, Cabrillo
College Foundation Board president.
Our community provides support, inspiration, and motivation to Cabrillo College
students. This annual report includes stories
of just a few of our generous donors and the
profound affect they have had on students’
lives. Students like aspiring firefighter Chris
Weaver, future international business woman,
Yolanda Inchauregui, journalist Todd
Guild, soon-to-be nurse Tiffany de Jesus,
early childhood educator Desiree Cubero,
Cabrillo College Foundation Board of Directors:
(first row) Melinda Silverstein, May Chen, Linda Burroughs, Renée Kilmer, Claire Biancalana, Diane Craddock, Earleen
Overend (second row) David Heald, Frank Minuti, Jr., Rachael Spencer, Al Smith, Carlos Palacios, (third row) Gary Reece, Elia Vasquez, Norman Schwartz, Karen Cogswell, Bob Swenson, Brian King, (fourth row) Michael Allard, Manuel Osorio, Kurt Kniffin, Erik Johnson and Ramon Gomez. Not pictured: Pegi Ard, Ed Banks, Mary Blanchard, Richard Crocker, Ed Holden,
Bill Locke-Paddon, David Schwartz and Edda Tusinac.
Linda Burroughs
Cabrillo College Foundation President
Brian King
Cabrillo College President
Melinda Silverstein
Cabrillo College Foundation
Executive Director
family, a feat he said was possible only because
Cabrillo was so accessible. Crocker later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from
San Jose State University, became a developer
and launched several businesses including
Crocker’s Restaurants chain and Crocker’s
Lockers storage facilities.
“Cabrillo was in my backyard and accepted
me at various stages of my life,” he said. “My
experience at Cabrillo gave me the opportunity
to be who I am today. If Cabrillo wasn’t here, I
probably wouldn’t have completed my college
education. And, the faculty was superb.”
Theresa Crocker graduated from Cabrillo’s
well-respected dental hygiene program and
worked locally for many years.
“Both Dick and Theresa are tremendous
success stories,” said Brian King, Cabrillo College president. “Both are representative of why
we do what we do. Their gift sends ripples in
the community that will go far and wide.”
Donning hard hats, the couple toured
the busy construction site of the new Cabrillo
College theater, which when it’s completed in
2009, will be named the Richard and Theresa
Crocker Theater. They picked their way around
bare rebar and open beam structures, envisioning the 67-foot fly tower above the stage with
a full orchestra pit, a flexible trap room in the
stage floor and a full scene shop to the side.
When it’s completed and fitted with final
amenities, the state-of-the-art facility will have
581 seats and include countless features not
available in the current theater. The project
includes an acting studio and a black box theater for alternative performances with flexible
seating for more than 175 people.
“I actually had chills in my spine to envision
what it’s going to be like,” Dick Crocker said.
“I can see people enjoying themselves. For
our community to have something like this, it’s
amazing. There’s nothing like it for 60 miles
and it’s in our little community of Aptos.”
Since Crocker graduated in 1967, the
college has grown from just a few hundred
students to more than 15,000 students.
Crocker, who now serves on the Cabrillo College Foundation Board, noted the college’s
strong leadership and vision. The Crockers
gift will assist several programs and support
the college campus-wide.
“I don’t make investments in things that
are going to fail,” Dick Crocker said. “Cabrillo
has such great leadership I know it is going to
succeed another 50 years.”
CAP Nurtured a Young Student’s College Dreams
Borina Foundation Expands CAP’s Reach
Lakeview Middle School Students to Join CAP Family
“ The Borina Foundation
has made it p ossible to e xtend the life-changing CAP program to Lake- view Middle School students.”
— Carrie Birkhofer, CAP Committee Chair
Talented CAP Alum with Bill Locke-Paddon
and President Brian King
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services and college scholarships to Lakeview
students and their families. Lakeview students
have some of the highest poverty rates in the
county.
“I have seen the CAP program grow and
succeed,” said Bill Locke-Paddon, Borina
Foundation co-director. The idea of supporting
Lakeview Middle School was particularly attractive because of extensive Borina family history
in the area, which includes substantial farming
acreage nearby. It’s less than two miles to the
Borina home ranch and family heirs are buried
across the street at Valley Catholic Cemetery.
The Borina Foundation was established
by June Schnacke, the daughter of a farming
family that lived in the Pajaro Valley. Although
originally discouraged from being a lawyer,
she graduated from Stanford University School
of Law and commenced her legal career with
the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s office.
She had the distinction of becoming the first
female district attorney in California and later
became a deputy U.S. attorney in San Francisco.
Following her death in 2000, she directed by
her will the formation of the Borina Foundation
in honor of her parents, Nick and Lucy Borina
and her sister, Mary Ann.
“ June Schnacke gave
generously to several local schools when she was alive.
Sheila Burke (Borina Foundation co-director and secretary) and I
believe that funding the CAP program at Lakeview follows the path that she established.”
— Bill Locke-Paddon
Since 1991, CAP has helped hundreds of
students go on to college, providing them with
tutors, peer support and mentors, educational
opportunities and a $1,000 stipend when they
graduate from high school and enroll at
Cabrillo College. More than 343 students in
six middle schools and six high schools were
involved in the program this year. Ten new
Lakeview students joined CAP this year and ten
more students will join every year hereafter.
“It has been a long-held dream to add
Lakeview Middle School to the CAP Family,”
said Melinda Silverstein, executive director
of the Cabrillo College Foundation. “We are
thrilled to be working with the Borina Foundation.”
Each year, about 60 percent of approximately 50 CAP graduates enroll at Cabrillo College. Others have attended four-year colleges
including San Jose State University, UC-Merced,
UC-Santa Barbara, CSU-Monterey Bay, San Diego State University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo,
CSU-Northridge, San Francisco State University
and Fresno State University.
The Borina Foundation has also given several grants to Cabrillo to support the John Hurd
President’s Endowment and Faculty Grants for
Student Success.
F
or Lucy Sanchez, the $1,000
scholarship that accompanied her decision to begin
Cabrillo College was helpful,
but not nearly as significant as the community
of support and mentorship she found in the
Cabrillo Advancement Program.
“The most significant part of it is the nudging, the inspiring,” she said recently from her
office where she works as an administrative
analyst for the City of Watsonville.
As a young student in Pajaro Middle
School, Sanchez thought she might want to be a
lawyer, but her parents worked in the fields and
her family moved often. It was not always easy
to make connections in school. Her parents
had not finished elementary school.
In the seventh grade, however, Sanchez met
Elizabeth Dominguez, counselor and coordinator of CAP, which offers mentorship, peer support for at-risk youth and a stipend for those
who enroll in Cabrillo. A year later, Sanchez’s
CAP Student
Recalls Long
Journey to College
Y
olanda Inchauregui was a
little nervous this summer
about all that was new to her as a
transfer student at San Diego State
University, but she only had to look back a
dozen years and see the Mission Middle School
seventh grader she once was to see how far
she’d come.
Since she was first invited to be part of the
Cabrillo Advancement Program as a 12-yearold, she has learned English, excelled in school
and graduated from high school at the age of
16. During a four-year stint in the U.S. Army,
she served nine months in Iraq, ranking as a
sergeant before returning to Cabrillo College.
family moved again and she lost touch
with CAP – so she thought.
“Luckily Liz Dominguez knew who
my classmates were and would ask
them, ‘Have you seen Lucy?’” Sanchez
said. “She always got hold of me. She
made me feel like an individual, making
sure that I still had college in my mind. Lucy Sanchez with her daughter
She wouldn’t really pressure me, but she would instructor for the Summer Institute and she
say, ‘Don’t forget you have this scholarship and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in
if you want it, it’s there waiting for you.”’
political science.
Dominguez invited Sanchez to attend the
In her job in the Watsonville City Manager’s
CAP graduating ceremony for high school stu- Office, Sanchez facilitates the city’s winter
dents. “She wanted to make sure I was part of emergency shelter program working with local
it,” Sanchez recalled. “It was there that I got a churches and agencies. She works with social
little more reassurance about school. I saw all service community grants for nonprofit orgathese familiar faces and was around everyone nizations and the redevelopment and housing
else who was so supportive.”
departments. It’s a busy job for a new mother
In 2001, Sanchez enrolled at Cabrillo and who is starting a family while also still working
returned to Pajaro Middle School as a CAP toward a law degree.
tutor. Two years later, she transferred to UCBerkeley. She continued to support CAP as an
Japanese, gain work experience abroad and
eventually start her own company.
“In middle school, just learning English
was a big challenge,” she recalled. “I did it
with the help of everybody. CAP has been a
huge influence for me. Liz is like the CAP mom.
Once you’re part of CAP you’re always part of
CAP, so when I came back from the military,
one of the first places I knocked was at Liz’s
door. I was always welcome. She was the mom
that I couldn’t have at home when it comes to
education.”
Yolanda Inchauregui and Rebecca Garcia,
Cabrillo College Trustee
As a CAP tutor, Inchauregui told the children that she was once where they were. “As
While at Cabrillo, she tutored at-risk youth a little one, I kept telling people I wanted to
like herself, served as Cabrillo College student travel. I had all those dreams. A lot of them have
senate president, and worked as assistant to happened. I’ve been to 17 countries!”
CAP counselor and coordinator, Elizabeth
Her family, once so concerned that she
Dominguez.
was breaking from tradition, is proud of her
“I went there when the war started and achievements. “I’m the only one in the family
made it home,” she said recently. “I am the to leave home. It was so hard to have the uncles
first one in my family to serve in the military, ask, ‘Why is she leaving the family?’ Now they’ve
the first one to attend college, the first one to seen that I didn’t run away from home. I left
graduate from community college, and the first home to pursue my dreams and that’s what
one to attend university.” As an international I’m doing.”
business major at SDSU, she plans to learn
C
ommittee members of the
Cabrillo College Foundation President’s Circle,
who have out-raised their previous record several years in a row, helped the
college to place third recently in a ranking
of California community college
President Circle campaigns.
It’s an amazing feat for a midsize college, but indicative of the
amazing community support that
is here. Ninety-two percent of last
year’s donors had given the year
before.
“The level of commitment
and support demonstrated by the
members of the committee and
the greater Santa Cruz community
speaks volumes about the quality
of education and the caliber of
students at Cabrillo,” said Mickey
Evans who is co-chairing this year’s
President’s Circle campaign with
her husband, Greg.
Following in the enthusiastic
footsteps of their predecessors,
the Evans aim to surpass last year’s $211,000
record. Erik Johnson, the 2006-2007 chair,
and his 32-person committee raised the bar
with donations by 155 people.
The funds, allocated at the president’s
discretion, enable the foundation to offer
scholarships to students, provide support for
student services, and educate the community’s
workforce. This year, the goal will be to encourage committed donors to raise their level
of giving as well as invite new members to
President’s Circle Campaign
Calls On Cabrillo “Family”
Greg & Mickey Evans Set Out to Break 2007 Fund-Raising Record
Lifetime Members
President’s Circle Members
2006-2007
$100,000+
Annual Members
Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin
Mark and Barbara Beck
$5,000+
$1,000+
California Wellness Foundation
William and Lupe Burgstrom
Coast Commercial Bank
John and Linda Burroughs
Don and Diane Cooley
Richard and Theresa Crocker
The David and Lucile Packard
Greg and Mickey Evans
Wayne and Jill Adachi
Dan and Elaine Aldrich
Toby and Michael Alexander
Joe and Kathy Appenrodt
Carlos and Jane Arcangeli
Tom and Pegi Ard
Ed and Kathleen Banks
Lou and Isabel Bartfield
David and Cynthia Baskin
John and Gina Biondi
Carrie and Eric Birkhofer
Brad and Karla Bogard
Blaine and Connie Brokaw
Rodney and Peggy Brooks
Jess and Laura Brown
Ted Burke and Bob Munsey
Drew and Marilyn Calciano
Tony and Becky Campos
Charles and Cherri Canfield
Patrick Carstens
Fred and Kate Chen
Ceil Cirillo
Elizabeth Clifton
Bill and Cloy Codiga
Karen Cogswell
Susan Cony
Diane and Don Cooley
Chris and Marda Cottle
Diane Craddock and David Hogye
Robert and Sharon Culbertson
Bud and Martina Cummings
Wally Dale
Betty Danner
Doug and Diane Deaver
Dwayne and Linda Downing
Lee and Emily Duffus
Jean and Bruce Dunn
Geoff and Sandy Eisenberg
Charles and Sandra Eldridge
Betty Elward
Michele Finch
Herb Finkelman and Edda Tusinac
Fitz Fresh, Inc.
Richard Fontana
Donald and April Foster
Russell Fox
Rocky and Judy Franich
Mabel French
Scott and Margaret French
Gene and Shirley Friend
George and Nancy Gallucci
Geo. H. Wilson, Inc.
Nancy Gregg
Tila Guerrero
Stanley Hajduk and Jan Kolar
Eileen Hamilton
Stephanie and Jack Harkness
David and Jackie Heald
Gary and Anita Heath
Robert and Blanche Hosfeldt
Carolyn Hyatt
Hal and Dorothy Hyde
Rob and Marty Ingram
Ronald and Linda Israel
Mary James and George Cook
Foundation
Randy and Janet Krassow
Dominican Hospital
Jean and Michael Quinn
Granite Construction
Erica Schilling
Graniterock
Anonymous Donor
Hewlett-Packard Company
Brian King, Mickey and Greg Evans
join. President’s Circle members are part of the
Cabrillo “family” that plays an important role in
the success of the foundation and the college.
In appreciation, members are invited to
participate in a number of unique events such
as a reception with President Brian King and
the Cabrillo Stage summer musical; holiday
party hosted by King; local historical tour with
famed Cabrillo College Emeritus Historian
Sandy Lydon; special lunch and underground
tour of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk with Charles
Canfield, president of the Seaside Company,
festive gathering at the home of Steve and Lesa
John, owners of Ocean Honda; and (for donors
of $10,000 or more), a weekend golf and spa
retreat at the exclusive Teháma Golf Club in
Carmel courtesy of Greg and Mickey Evans.
“We are looking forward to a terrific year
through the support and generosity of the
people who know Cabrillo and the opportunities it affords to residents in the County,” said
Greg Evans.
President’s Circle Committee:
(First diagonal row front to back) Michael Allard, Marilyn Manning, David
Heald, Erik Johnson, Kurt Kniffin, (second diagonal row front to back) Mary
Blanchard, Greg Evans, Wally Dale, Stanley Hadjuk, Barry Siegel, (last
diagonal row front to back) Rowland Rebele, John Burroughs, Hal Hyde and
Brian King. Not pictured: Ed Banks, Blaine and Connie Brokaw, Jess Brown,
Charles Canfield, Norm Daily, Mickey Evans, Rocky Franich, Steve John,
Fred McPherson, Gary Reece, Rachel Wedeen and Theo Wierdsma.
Harold and Dorothy Hyde
$2,500+
James Irvine Foundation
Michael and Kalena Allard
Eileen Koppes
Claire Biancalana and Bill Kelsay
Jeane Ley
Harry and Mary Blanchard
Fred and Linda McPherson
Bowman & Williams
George Ow and Gail Michaelis-Ow
Lee and Nell Cliff
Porter Sesnon Foundation
Susan Dolkas
Rowland and Pat Rebele
E.H. and Jean Halbach
Mrs. J. Arthur Rodgers
Brian and Patti Herman
S. D. Trombetta Foundation
Steve and Lesa John
The Santa Cruz Operation
Erik and Judy Johnson
Erica Schilling
Harland and Therese Johnson
Elinor Shaffer
Kurt and Ronda Kniffin
Paul and Pat Shirley
Jon and Patricia Kozakis
Bill and Brigid Simpkins
Josie Little
Phyllis Simpkins
Frank Minuti, Jr.
Richard and Mary Solari
Paul Newman
Robert and Frances Swenson
Curtis and Elaine Powell
Union Bank of California
Elio and Joy Rodoni
James and Karen Watson
Rachael Spencer and Anonymous Donor
Kevin Rooney
Ton and Thelma Jue
Jeff and Karen Kane
John and Yolanda Kane
Peggy and Kenneth Kaysen
Renée Kilmer
Brian and Cristina King
Norm and Mary Kate Lezin
Charles and Georgia Mackh
Dave and Carol Mann
Richard and Jean Manning
Seth and Marilyn Manning
Joe and Jean Marvin
Charlie and Gwen May
Al and Midge McCommon
Mike and Bertie McElroy
Keith and Della McKenzie
Ritu Meister
Paul Meltzer and Bridget O’Neill
Karl and Joan Mertz
Tom and Susana Meuldijk
Drew and Kathy Miller
Frank and Kate Miller
Bill and Karen Moncovich
Ed W. Newman
Garrett and Ruth Nichols
Bruce and Linda Nicholson
Harvey and Judy Nickelson
Steve Olsen
Peter and Jane Olson
Fane and Corie Opperman
Earleen Overend and Wayne Palmer
Rock Pfotenhauer and Linda Wilshusen
Alyce and Richard Prudden
Chris Quinn
Rowland and Patricia Rebele
Burt and Cynthia Rees
Dave and Lynn Regan
Miles and Rosanne Reiter
Randy Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers
Bud and Lisa Rice
Teri Ruegg
Norm Schwartz and Mary Ellen Sullivan
Robert and Barbara Scott
Thomas and Melinda Silverstein
Diane Simpson
Frank and Diane Siri
Louisa and Al Smith
Neil and Patricia Snyder
Dick and Mary Solari
Roger and Keri Swenson
David and Betsie Tanza
Kristen Tibbitts and Baldo Marinovic
Keith and Cindy Waddell
Edith Waters
Scott and Alana Watkins
Rachel Wedeen
James and Carol Weisenstein
Theo and Julie Wierdsma
Stan and Joan Williams
James and Sue Wilson
Dorothy Wise
Stanley and Lois Wolfberg
Betsy Woolpert
Bruce and Rose Ann Woolpert
President’s Circle Special Events 2007
Coming Events
President’s Holiday Party
Friday, December 7, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Cabrillo Advancement Program
(CAP) Awards Ceremony
Harry and Mary Blanchard
Wine Tasting Reception
March 2008
6:30 p.m.
Harland and Therese Johnson
Scholarship Awards Ceremony
High level President’s Circle donors were treated to a Wine Tasting Reception at the beautiful home of Erik and Judy Johnson.
Guests enjoyed distinctive wines from the cellars of Erik and Judy
Johnson, Steve and Lesa John, and Kurt and Ronda Kniffin while
they gathered around the outdoor fireplace. The evening included
a delicious menu of sweet and savory foods and beautiful jazz from
Tim Jackson’s band, Real Time.
Friday, May 16, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Heritage Club Breakfast
Spring 2008
Women’s Educational Success
(WES) Luncheon
Rachael Spencer and Robin Sirakides
September 26, 2008
Linda and John Burroughs
Exclusive Events for President’s Circle Members
Weekend golf & spa retreat at the exclusive Teháma Golf Club in Carmel
Point Lobos
Cabrillo College emeritus instructor Sandy Lydon took 80 President’s Circle donors on a historical tour
of Point Lobos. His account of the Chinese fishing village at Point Lobos in his 1985 book Chinese Gold
started a surge of interest in the cultural history of Point Lobos, resulting in the development of a wonderful
museum in the Whaler’s Cabin. Sandy regaled the group with previously unknown stories including solving
the mystery of the origin of “Jack Cheese” and the location of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
Sandy led the group to a Native American midden, a large mound containing remnants marking the site of
tribe habitation. President’s Circle members also toured parts of Point Lobos and the Whaler’s Cabin, the
old town center of Carmel, a convergence of two dirt roads, and the old home called the Owl’s Nest. During
the adventure the group was treated to a delicious meal at the Rio Grill.
$10,000+ Members
Spring 2008
Josie Little, Wayne Palmer and Earleen Overend
Festive gathering at the uniquely
crafted home of Steve & Lesa John
Randy and Janet Krassow
$5,000+ Members
Spring 2008
Private lunch and behind-the scenes-tour of the Boardwalk with CEO Charles Canfield
$2,500+ Members
Spring 2008
Bill Kelsay and Claire Biancalana
Kalena and Mike Allard
A historical tour led by Sandy Lydon $1,000+ Members
Spring 2008
Mediterranean Dinner
Major donors were welcomed into the beautiful Fred and Linda McPherson
room in the Sesnon House for an intimate dinner. Donors enjoyed a fivecourse Mediterranean dinner created and served by the Cabrillo College
Culinary Arts students. Guests gathered around the crackling fireplace and
enjoyed beautiful piano played by Cabrillo College alum, Lizz Fischer.
President’s Circle Reception and Cabrillo Stage Musical
$1,000+ Members
July 2008
Michael and Jean Quinn
Erica and Elizabeth Schilling
Cabrillo College Foundation 2006 Donors
Directors $2,500+
Benefactors $10,000+
Premier $300,000+
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hallmark $200,000+
Neva Bournier
Legacy $50,000+
The Grove Foundation
Ragnhild B. Kemme Trust
Rowland & Patricia Rebele
Anonymous
Bowman & Williams
California Healthcare Foundation
Barbara Canfield
Richard & Theresa Crocker
Marjorie Cummins
Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital
Peggy M. Downes Baskin
Greg & Mickey Evans
Ken Haber
Roger Janow
Josie Little
Ow Family Properties
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Service League Volunteers
H. Dennis Sears & Rene Wood
Rachael Spencer & Kevin Rooney
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz
Robert & Frances Swenson
Watsonville Community Hospital
Mike & Kalena Allard • American Association of University Women - Santa Cruz • John Avera • Bay Federal Credit Union • Nannette
Benedict • Claire Biancalana & William Kelsay • Lawrence & Theresa Biggam • F. William & Marilyn Blaisdell • Harry & Mary Blanchard
• Borina Foundation • William & Lupe Burgstrom • John & Linda Burroughs • Lee & Nell Cliff • Community Foundation of Santa Cruz
• Diane & Donald Cooley • Morris Cowen Trust • Diane Craddock & David Hogye • Susan Dolkas • Merritt S. Duncan Trust • Fitz Fresh
• Fresh & Natural • Troy Godfrey • Hannah Goldstein • Gregory Gorman • Granite Construction Company • Edwin & Jean Halbach •
Brian & Patti Herman • Ron Hiatt • Mary Hopkins • Steve & Lesa John • Erik & Judy Johnson • Harland & Therese Johnson • Mark &
Roberta Joiner • Carolyn Killefer • Kurt & Ronda Kniffin • Randy & Janet Krassow • Reed & Nancy Kuratomi • Don Larsen • Lighthouse
Venture Forum • William & Terry Locke-Paddon • Joseph & Jean Marvin • Rick Mc Bride • Keith & Della McKenzie • David & Stephanie Mills • Frank Minuti, Jr. • MKM Construction, Inc. • James Oh • Dale O’Rourke • Pacific Capital Bank • Pajaro Valley Community
Health Trust • Paul Newman Charitable Giving • Porter Sesnon Foundation • Curtis & Elaine Powell • Lewis Pratt • Mary Ratcliff • John
Rhoads • Lewis Richardson • Elio & Joy Rodoni • Bruce & Phyllis Rosenblum • Rotary Club of Capitola/Aptos • Rotary Club of Santa
Cruz • Richard Sato • Scarborough Lumber • Erica Schilling • Robert & Barbara Scott • Sharanam Foundation • Shen’s Gallery • David
Shin • Bill & Brigid Simpkins • C. Michael Smith • The Finkelman Family Charitable Foundation • W. W. & Helen Tossavainen • SD
Trombetta Foundation • Anina Van Alstine • Rae Victor • Barbara Wain • Rachel Wedeen • Lela & Don Willet
Patrons $1,000+
William Ackerknecht • Jilma Alcantara • Daniel & Elaine Aldrich • Michael & Toby Alexander • Anonymous • Valerie Aoki • Carlos
& Jane Arcangeli • Tom & Pegi Ard • Tim Auger • Avid Design Services • Bailey Properties, Inc. • Edward Ballengee • Edward & Kathleen Banks • Lou & Isabel Bartfield • David & Cynthia Baskin • Mark Bayless • Leila Biancalana • Michael Bihn • David Biles, D.D.S.
• BioLink Depot of City College • John & Gina Biondi • Eric & Carrie Birkhofer • Lindy Bixby, D.D.S. • Joseph Blinkenberg • Tom &
Catherine Boardman • Ted Bockman • Ryan & Rae Boerema • Brad & Karla Bogard • William & Tori Jo Bradford • Theresa & Robert
Bradshaw • Blaine & Connie Brokaw • Rodney & Peggy Brooks • Jess & Laura Brown • Richard Browning • Drew & Marilyn Calciano
• California Society of Professional Engineers • Becky & Tony Campos • Patrick Carstens • CELSOC Monterey Bay Chapter • Charles S.
& Zena A. Scimeca Charitable Fund • Frederick & Kate Chen • Ceil Cirillo • Karen Cogswell • Comerica Bank • Sue Cony • Joan Cook •
Christopher & Marda Cottle • Kathryn Cowan & Paul Shephard • Bob & Sharon Culbertson • Wallace M. Dale • Betty Danner • Doug &
Diane Deaver • Dell Williams • Deluxe Foods of Aptos • Bruce Donald • Dwayne Downing & Linda Barsanti Downing • Driscoll Strawberry Assoc., Inc. • Lee & Emily Duffus • Bruce & Jean Dunn • Geoff & Sandy Eisenberg • John Eisinger • Charles & Sandra Eldridge •
Anita M. Elliott • Betty Elward • James Emerson • Herb Finkelman & Edda Tusinac • Richard Fontana • Rocky & Judy Franich • Mabel
French • Scott & Margaret French • Eugene & Shirley Friend • Fay Fruin-Jameson • George & Nancy Gallucci • Gayle’s Bakery & Rosticceria • Jim & Lynda Gentry • Geo. H. Wilson, Inc. • Good Samaritan Hospital • Shawn Gould & Dick Spencer • Graniterock • Tila
Guerrero • Stanley & Jan Hajduk • Daniel & Alice Harper • Richard & DeAnne Hart • David & Jackie Heald • Gary & Anita Heath •
John Hirasuna • Monica Hlavacek • David & Katharine Hopkins • Robert & Blanche Hosfeldt • Joe & Joan Howard • Carolyn Hyatt •
Harold & Dorothy Hyde • Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. • Ronald & Linda Israel • James Fenton Co., Inc. • Mary James & George Cook
• Charlotte & Donald Jensen • Ton & Thelma Jue • Jeff & Karen Kane • John & Yolanda Kane • William Kelley • Catherine Kennedy •
Richard Kent • Jeanette Kern • Renée Kilmer • Brian & Cristina King • Kenneth & Elaine Kovanda • Kuumbwa Jazz Center • Brian &
Arlen Lackey • Kevin Landon • Brian & Sally Legakis • Paul & Anne Levin • Arlene Levy • Marcia Lewis • Norman & Mary Kate Lezin •
Daniel Likeness • Charlie & Georgia Mackh • Morgan Magid • Seth & Marilyn Manning • Marconi Civic Club • Al & Midge McCommon • Mike & Bertie McElroy • Ritu Meister • Paul Meltzer & Bridget O’Neill • Edward & Debra Menges • Karl & Joan Mertz • Tom
& Susana Meuldijk • Frank & Kate Miller • Hortense Miller • William & Karen Moncovich • Monterey County Resource Management
Agency-Public Works Dept • Gayane Mooradian • Cyrus & Iris Mozayan • Lloyd Nattkemper • Newman & Marcus • Steven Ngoi • Bruce
& Linda Nicholson • Harvey & Judy Nickelson • Joseph Nunez • Peter Odryna • Peter & Jane Olson • Fane & Corie Opperman • Earleen
Overend & Wayne Palmer • Gary Palma • Paradise Surf Shop, LLC • Thomas & Paulette Pera • Rock Pfotenhauer & Linda Wilshusen •
Stephan & Linda Plager • Peter & Rita Prindle • Richard & Alyce Prudden • Chona Pua • Chris Quinn • Redtree Properties, L.P. • David
& Lynn Regan • Miles & Rosanne Reiter • Randy Repass & Sally-Christine Rodgers • Mitchell & Barbara Resetar • R-H Santa Cruz Youth
Foundation • Iris Rodgers • Robert & Joanne Rudolph • Teri Ruegg • Santa Cruz Memorial • Don & Bonnie Santos • Alvin Scarborough
• Thomas & Brenda Schmida • Norm Schwartz & Mary Ellen Sullivan • Satish & Shobha Sheth • Thomas & Melinda Silverstein • Diane
Simpson • Robin & Greg Sirakides • Frank & Diane Siri • Stephen Smith • Jeneva Sneed • Margaret Southstone • David Stein • Robert &
Marvis Stoecker • Stone West • Bronson Swanson • David & Betsie Tanza • Julie Thiebaut • Kristen Tibbitts & Baldo Marinovic • Perry &
Ivette Tobin • Edith Waters • Scott & Alana Watkins • Michael Watson • Watsonville Woman’s Club Foundation • Jim & Carol Weisenstein • Jo Ann Weisman • Theo & Julie Wierdsma • Chuck & Claudine Wildman • William J Codiga Family Foundation • James & Sue
Wilson • Leslie Wilson • Stanley & Lois Wolfberg • Betsy Woolpert • Bruce & Rose Ann Woolpert • Zanotto’s Deluxe Market •
Associates $500+
Martha Ainsworth • AJ’s Fuel & Food Mart, Inc. • Janet Bell • Big Creek Timber Company • Thomas & Michelle Blaich • Bookshop Santa
Cruz • Donald & Nancy Brown • Pat Brubeck • Jack & Lori Burkett • Eric & Theresa Bushnell • Elizabeth Campbell • David & Penny
Chesluk • Karen Coslett & Gary Ichikawa • Deborah C. Cottingham • Albert Crevello & Rosemary Zarate-Crevello • Crow’s Nest • Gerald
Dannemiller, D.D.S. • Paul Dutra • Robert & Julie Edwards • Marilyn & Bob Faix • Michael Falkel • Terri Fette • Michele Finch • G.
Gerald & Mildred FitzGerald • William Francis • G. Hartzell & Son • Carol George • Michael & Elizabeth Germain • Glaspy & Glaspy
• Bruce & Beverly Gray • Hawley Family Fund • Jerry Hearn • Janet Heien • Joseph & Edyth Henderson • Gordon Holm • Holman &
Associates • Jansen’s Music • Jim Leonard’s Mortgage Connection, Inc. • William & Ann Jones • Trisha & Brandon Kett • King’s Village
Shopping Center • Cary & Linda Kolm • Marty Larkin • Mark Lawsen • Nancy Lenox • Robert Ley & Nancy Twohig Ley • M.A.I.A.
Foundation • John & Megan Martinelli • Stephen & Patricia Martinelli • Rachel Mayo & Emilio Alvarado • Karen McCarty • Mesiti-Miller Engineering • James & Dorothy Miller • Melody Mills • Dave Moeller • Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Market • Monterey Bay Iris
Society • Moreno Petroleum Co. • Margaret Morrison • Steven & Betsy Moulds • Dominic & Martha Muzzi • Jess & Patty Nelson • John
Newman • Susan Novelli • Ocean Honda • Bruce Orisek • Manuel & Susan Osorio • Pacific Coffee Roasting Company, Inc. • Palace Art &
Office Supply • Patterson Supply • Beth Peterson • Pied Piper Exterminators, Inc. • Jettieve Plaskett • James Poole • Paula & Robert Quinn
• Judi Robert • Ronald Rollins • Deborah Salkind • Sanny Insurance & Associates • Santa Cruz Chapter of CA Assoc Marriage & Family
Therapists • Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club • Santa Cruz Woman’s Club • SCC Breakers • SCCAMFT • William & Cynthia Schuette •
Scotts Valley Host Lions Charitable Foundation • Byron Servies • Shadowbrook Restaurant • Gary Shienfield • Silver Mountain Winery •
Robert & Carol Simpkins • Terry Slaughter • Richard & Mary Solari • Michele Sordal • Catherine Steele • Surfrider Foundation • Wilbert
& Blanche Sutter • Jim Swanson • Mary June Swanson • Diane Trombetta • Sam & Lori Tuohey • Kimbra Turley • Bill & Clara Turner •
David Wardlaw • Christopher Weber • Peter Weber • Larry & Frances Whitney • Dennis Williams • Charles & Amber Willis • Dorothy
Wise • Hannah & Sanders Witzig, LLP • David & Jennifer Wood • Robert Woolery • H. P. Zieler •
Friends $100+
A Festive Affair Party Rental • Jamie Abbott • Sami Abed • Eva Acosta & Sesario Escoto • Actor’s Theatre • Delfia Adam • Charles & Elaine Adams • Thomas &
Carol Adams • Janene & Andre Adema • Rufino & Silvestra Adolfo • Elsie Aguilar • Ranulfo & Tayae Aguirre • Kathleen Ainsworth • Ms. Mabel Alameda •
Marcy Alancraig • Marjorie Albright • Ronald & Barbara Jean Albright • Jose Alcantar & Rebeca Alcantar • Damian & Ginger Alcaraz • Olga A. Alcaraz • Alyce
Alexander • Jody Alexander • Alladin Nursery • Lora & John Allanson • Phil & Janice Allegri • Montee Allen • Dan & Lynne Alper • Elizabeth Alpert • John &
Betty Ann Altman • Barbara Alvernaz & Charles Foltz • Ronald C. Alves • American Association of University Women - Watsonville • James Anderson • Jean
Anderson • Leonard Anderson & Elke Maus • Richard & Bernice Anderson • Anonymous • Anonymous • Ernest & Ruth Antolini • Judith Anton • Pam Anton
• Joyce Aoyagi • Aptos Country Home • Aptos Pizza • Dane & Mary Archer • Timothy Archer • Brian Archibald • Mario & Rose Arellano • Manuel & Haller
Ares • Bruce Argyle • Hilda Arias • Cynthia & John Armstrong • Robert & Brenda Armstrong • Rodney & M. Atchison • M. L. & Angela Atkins • Arthur &
Dorothy Auer • Doug & Jo Ann Austin • Helen Aylsworth • Lynda Ayres • Matt & Laura Azzaro • Glenda & David Baer • Stanley Baer • Winifred Baer •
William Bahn & Carol Ann Brown • Jim Baim & Gayle Mozee • Pat & John Bakalian • Christine Bakalis • James & Natalie Baker • John & Mary Baker • Lee &
Carol Baker • David & Martha Balogh • Lawrence Banducci • Douglas & Jennifer Banks • Frederick & Linda Banks • Gary & Brianna Banks • Anisa Banuelos •
James Bartholomew & Emil Lavoie • William & Patricia Barton • Elaine Baskin • Michele Bassi • Kevin Bateman • Batish’s • Charles & Janice Battaglia •
Constance Batten • Roy Bauerle • Brian & Jan Bauldry • Jana Baumann & Ed Richardson • Katherine Baumgartner • Beach Street Farms, LLC • Sylvia Bechtel •
Carole & Thomas Beckett • James & Kimberlin Beckett • Barbara Bedford • William Beecher • Michelle Bellerjeau • Michael A. Bellew • Kim Belliveau • Jaeleen
Bennis • Cathy Bentley • James & Carla Bentley • Zidi Berger • Gary & Linda Bergthold • Colleen Berlin-Timmons • Paul & Carol Berman • Stanley & Judith
Berman • Jeff Bernhardt & Nannette Benedict • Laura Bidleman • Steven & Mary Bignell • Clarke & Eliza Bingham • Bridget Binko • Darlene Biondi • Steven
& Kellie Birkhofer • Kary Bisagno • Michael Bissell • Marcus Bitter • Black Point Art Tours • Craig & Terri Blanchette • Pat Blanchette • Frank & Joyce
Blaskovich • Kenneth & Christine Bloome • Janus Blume • Gillian Boal • Lynne Boccignone • George & Susan Boero • Marlene Bois • Karyn & Steve Bokariza •
Bonfante Gardens • Bonny Doon Winery • Beverley Bontadelli • Laura Bontrager • Catherine Borchert • Robert & Susan Bosso • Bosso, Williams, Sachs, Atack
& Gallagher • Gary Botill • Boulder Creek Flowers • Bernard & Gail Bove • Elizabeth Bowen • Johanna Bowen • Peter Boyce • Paul & Annalisa Boyd • David &
Leslie Bozzo • Patrick & Gerlinde Brady • Nadine Branciforte • Mari & Ryan Brandt • Terry & Wanda Braschi • Renata Bratt • Randy & Linda Braun • Eric &
Paula Brautovich • Enrique & Maria Bravo • Joshua Breeden & Christina Nason • William Brenchley • Jolie Bridges • Clif & Donna Bridgette • Nick & Sally
Bright • Sue Broadston • Mary Brobst • Rosemary Brogan • Denise Brokamp • John & Sydney Lee Brokaw • Jim Brough • Pamela & Doug Brouwer • David &
Vibeke Brown • Douglas & Leslie Brown • Gail Brown • Mr. Brown • Heather Brown • Nancy K. Brown • Raymond & Susan Brown • Donald & Jean Brownell
• Robert & Krista Brox • Daniela Bryan • Carol Brydoif • Budget Office Furniture • Mark & Suzanne Buell • John Bull & Pam Myatt • Ann Bunn • Kathleen
Buoye • Michael & Gail Burk • Timothy & Susan Burnett • Elizabeth Burns • Michael Burns • Tom & Eileen Burns • John & Joanne Burton • Dennis & Traci
Buskirk • Stanley & Barbara Butolph • Terry & Janet Byers • Cabrillo Aquatics Threshers • Cabrillo College Stroke Center Auxiliary • Cabrillo Host Lions Club •
Cabrillo Sand & Gravel • Matthew Cadle • Cafe Rio • Fred & Sharon Caiocca • Marion Caldwell • California Giant, Inc. • California Orthopedic & Sports
Therapy Rehab Services, Inc. • California Radiographics • Evy Cambridge • Cindy Campbell • Martin & Patricia Campbell • Ruth Campbell • Alfredo & Ofelia
Canizal • Paola Carbone • Cardiff Pest Control • Carl Conelly Realtors • Carl’s Corner Pocket Inc. • Casey Carlson • Carmat Collision Center • Juan & Lorraine
Carranco • Debra Carroll • Frank & Charlotte Carroll • Kathleen Carter & Joseph Weiss • Linda Caruthers • Megan Caspers • Maria & Carlos Castillo • Janet
Casto • Rafael & Rosa Castorena • Hugo Castro • Jorge Castro • Mark & Kathryn Cattera • John & Virginia Causey • Thomas Cavin • Cen-Con, Inc. • Centaur
Plumbing, Inc. • Century Chevrolet • Thomas Chaffin & Gail Pellerin • John Chandler & Wilma Marcus • Orville & Virginia Chapman • Mark & Suzanne
Chatfield • Alicia Chavez • Rafael & Rosalee Chavez • Mrs. Sherrie Chavez • I-Ching Chen • Paul Cheney • Chris Christensen • Karen & Jose Cisneros • Sara
Clarenbach • Bruce Clark • George & Bonnie Clark • Grace Clark • Peter & Debra Clark • Brian Clayton • Mary Clifton • Club Caution LLC • Club One
Fitness • Frank & Sue Ann Clugage • Coastal Ready-Mix • Robert & Maria Coblin • Kelly Cochrell • Steve & Ann Cogliati • Dean & Sandra Coley • Terra
Collier-Young • Jean Collins • Jennifer Collins • Linda Colville • Community Hospital Monterey Peninsula • Joe & Angeline Compton • Ross & Susan Condit •
John Conger • Congregational Church of Soquel • Michael & Karen Conley • Christopher Connery & Mary Scott • Barbara Connors • Continental Athletic
Supply • Lorenzo Contreras & Teresa Barrera • Roberto & Felipa Contreras • Rufina Contreras • Michael Cook • Rowland & Marilyn Cooke • Neal Coonerty •
Maggie Cooney • Bennett & Antoinette Coplan • Robert Copren • Thomas & Teresa Coraggio • Flavio & Christine Cornejo • Virginia Cornelio • Anthony
Cortez • Sheila Cotter • Margy Cottle • Gregory Cotton • Couch Distributing Company, Inc. • Don & Patti Coulter • Cowell’s Beach N Bikini • Marie Coyle •
Brent & Mary Crable • Margo & Clinton Crabtree • Jack & Susan Craig • Robert & Patricia Craig • Gary & Jeanne Cramton • Diane Crawford • Mr. & Mrs.
Erwin Cripps • Jim & Peggy Crocker • Alison Cromer • Kathryn Crowe • Trent & Meri Cruz • Joe & Synthia Cucchiara • Luminosa Cuevas • Bill Culbreth •
Liza Culick & Geralyn Migielicz • Kay Cumming • Bud & Martina Cummings • Dale & Sitah Cummings • Doris Currier • Cheryl Curry • Angela Curtis •
Majorie Dagnall • Franklin & Cheryl D’Agostino • Hal & Karlene Dahlmeier • Gale & Rick Daniel • Richard & Gwen Daulton • Bill & Sally Dauphin • Edith
Davern • Ellen Davidson • Robert Davidson • Donald & Nancy Davies • Donna Davis • Grady Davis & Tracy Tully-Davis • L. Douglas & Patricia Davis • Linda
Davis • David Dawson • Day’s Market • Ruth Macias de Escoto • Ricardo de la Cruz Flores • Peter Dean & Olga Pappas • Angelo & Julie DeBernardo •
DeBernardo Real Estate • Jerome & Sylvia Deck • John & Harriet Deck • James & Debra DeDiego • Tom & Sonia Deetz • Gary & Suzanne Del Carlo •
Patricia Dellin • Gary & Barbara DeLorenzo • Delta School • Lauren Dembski • William & Nancy Demichelis • Dave & Jennifer Deming • Mary Demos •
Michael & Kathy Denike • Ronald & Nikol Derby • Lucille Des Jardins • Benjamin & Lori Dettling • Glen & Kathleen DeWitt • Robert Dewitt • Greg &
Anna DiBenedetto • Dietrich Iron Works, Inc. • Robert & Melissa Dills • Edward & Darlene Din • Dixon & Son Tires • Cathy Dobyns • Lenise Dodds • Harry
& Norma Domash • Annie Dominguez • Antonia Dominguez • Joseph Donofrio • Rebecca Donofrio • Janet Doutre • Donald Dow • Charles & Beverly
Downey • Michael Downey • Vincent Drake • John Drew • Thomas & Nancy Driscoll • Deena Dudas • Seth & Lisa Dudley • Cynthia Duncan • Gregory &
Kim Dunford • Bill & Joan Dunn • Robert & Pamela Dunnett • Andrew Duquet • Linda Durant • Ted & Pat Durkee • Anita Dyer • Sally Dyrdahl • Earth
Links, Inc. • Cathleen & Terry Eckhardt • Herb & Nancy Eder • Mary Edmund • Leigh Edwards • Raejean Edwards • Jeffrey Ehritt • El Patio Grocery • Arthur
Elkins • Lowell & Jan Elliott • Rick Emmert • James Engelman • Joanna Erickson • Erik’s Deli Cafe • Rudolph Escalante Jr. • Agustin & Patricia Escoto •
Consuelo Espana & Laurence Banducci • Othon & Maria Esparza • Linda Espejo • Cecilia Espinola & Patrick Hamb • Dennis Etler • Luis & Consuelo Eusse •
Corinne Evans • Larry & Lorri Evans • Louis & Carolyn Fackler • David Fairchild & Clea Kore • Elizabeth Falade • Jane Faraola • Jack & Iris Farr • William &
Lauren Farr • Kristen Farrell & Roy Feague • Karen Farrow • Sherri Fassio • Linda Fazendin • Ilene & Kenneth Feinman • Ava Ferguson • F. Joel Ferguson •
Terence & Nancy Fetterman • Robert & Maria Finegan • Robbin Finnerty • First Alarm Security & Patrol, Inc. • Fred & Nancy Fischer • Robert & Karen Fitt •
Kathleen Fitts • Patricia Fitzgerald Prince & Peter Prince • Stephen Fitzgerald • Kevin Fitzpatrick • Lee Fitzsimmons • Shirley Flack • Stanley & Renelde Flatte •
Murray & Lorina Fleming • Arturo & Alicia Flores • Beatriz & Ramon • Rick Flowers • Tom & Nancy Floyd • Peggy Flynn • Robert Fontaine • Corwyn Foos •
Mahlon & Joel-Ann Foote • Julie Forbes • James Forderer • Leonard & Janice Foreman • Elaine Forrester • Thomas & Walburga Forrester • Sylvia Forsyth
Prescott • Robert Fortino • Foundation for CA Community Colleges • Foundational Healing • Jenni Fox & Paul Gould • Foxy Foods • Madeleine Francavilla •
Ramon & Angela Franco • Mark & Joanne Frasca • Freedom Associates LLC • Freedom Body Shop • Joyce Freeman • Irene Freitas • Nadine Freush • Joan Frey
• Evan Frink • William Frost • Joe & Lyndall Fry • John & Dorothy Fry • Peter & Jacqueline Fryn • Susan Fuller • Tatsiana Furman • Sharon & Lonnie Furtado
• Gary & Jill Fusari • Peter Gaarn & Nancy Port-Gaarn • Jeffrey & Cathie Gabrio • Robin Gaither • Cathleen Galas • Gina Gallucci • John Paul Gambatese •
Mario & Jan Gangitano • Elias & Maria Garcia • Ernesto & Lilia Garcia • Juan & Maria Garcia • Leonel & Maria Garcia • Rebecca Garcia • Gloria Garing •
Wanda Garner • Ezequiel & Delfina Garnica • Gary Banks Construction • Gateways Book & Gift • James & Janice Gatewood • Mike Georgiana • Nancy Gerdt
• Michael & Rochelle Gerek • Maritza & Sanford Geuss • Nancy & Hugh Gill • John & Alelia Gillin • Allen & Shirley Ginzburg • Deanne Gjerstad • Bruce &
Janet Glass • Janice & Mark Glasser • Julia Glasser • Jane Godley • Andrew & Kathy Goldenkranz • Stephanie Golino • Maria Gonzales • Dora Maria Gonzalez
• Elsa Gonzalez • Howard & Reka Goode • Thomas & Sue Goodwin • Diane & Jeff Goody • Kathryn Gorges • Jack & Joan Gorham • Anna-Marie Gotti •
Barbara Goza Chemers • Stephen Grader • Warren & Wendy Grande • Robert Graves • Kenneth & Barbara Gray • Leo & Betty Gray • H. Gary & Lynne
Greene • Thomas & Evelyn Greenleaf • James Griffin • Laura Grinder • Edward Grochowski • Irene & Seymour Groner • Marc & Laura Grossman • Diane &
Howard Grunes • Virginia Guhin • Kate Gustavson • Sarah Gutheil • Dan & Lorna Gutierrez • Charlotte Guzman • Christine Haas • Louis L. Haber • Nelden
& Victoria Hagbom • Mary Hagler • Charles Halcomb • Peter & Pamela Halper • Scott & Lynette Hamby • Jasch Hamilton & Kathleen Ucinski • Joseph &
Mary Hammer • Jerri Hammond • Herrick & Julie Hanks • Muriel Hanley • Glenn & Carin Hanna • George & Mary Hansen • Vance & Jo Ann Hansen •
Paul & Roxanne Hanson • Hargis Home Improvements • Ronald Hargis • Stephanie & Jack Harkness • Deborah Harless • Dawne & Gary Harman • Bill & Jill
Harmon • Aubrie & Jean Harness • Haro, Kasunich & Assoc., Inc. • Richard Harrah • James Harrill & Margaret Wold • Adam & Kathleen Hart • Holly
Hartranft • Rob & Deann Hartzell • Paul Harvell • Susan Hasty • Dan Hatch • James & Kathleen Hatfield • Lu Haussler • Sean Hawkins • Ben & Teresa
Hazlett • James Heaney • Carol Heath • Larry Hebert • Jeffrey & Ronni Heinrich • Alan & Charlene Heit • Judy Helstrom • E. Paul & Laurel Loucks
Henderson • Don & Nanette Henneuse • Donald & Diana Henrichsen • Paul & Audrenne Henry • Alejandro Hernandez • Baltazar Hernandez & Alejandrina
Silva • Chendo & Kathy Hernandez • Gabriel Hernandez • Jose & Diana Hernandez • Mario Hernandez • Sergio Hernandez • Devon & Detra Heron • Mira
Hess & Tim Beckman • Peter & Peggy Hesse • Patrick & Jeanne Hickey • Walter & Joy Hickey • Ben Hicks Jr. • Kelvin Hildebrand • Eileen & Dave Hill •
Murray Hill & Kumiko Tanaka • William Hill • Mary Hinz • Joseph & Bette Hirsch • Ron & Evelyn Hirsch • Alvin & Jocelyn Hittle • Stephen Hodges •
Michael & Dorene Hoff • Dina Hoffman • Hoffseth Building Company • Laura Ruth Hofmiester • Dean & Suzanne Hogan • Kevin Hogan • Virginia
Holcombe • Jeff & Kelly Hollerbach • Damon & Jennifer Holst • Keith Holtaway • Marcia & Gerald Hooper • John & Chantal Hopkins • Robin Hopkins •
Michael & Linda Hopper • Tom Horvath • Margaret Hosier • Nevin Hougardy • Richard & Edla Hovermale • Paul Howard • Don & Kathy Howell • Deborah
Hoyt • Harold & Shirley Hoyt • Tracey Hubbard • Nancy Hudkins • Hubert & Patricia Hudson • Selena Hudson • Albert & Gail Huff • Gerald Hukee • John
& Teresa Hunt • Lowell & Wendy Hurst • Hutchinson & Bloodgood • Donna Hutchinson • Marilyn Hyde • Ifland Engineers, Inc. • Barbara Indra • Mary
Ireland • Akimi & Nellie Irino • Ben & Mary Ellen Irons • Marie Ishida • Deborah Israel • J. H. Herz Family Foundation • Jeff & Colette Jack • Stephen &
Barbara Jackel • Cindy Jackson • Karen Jackson • Martin & Shirley Jackson • Von Jacobsen • Paul & Martha Jacobson • Michael & Jean Jani • Eddie & Eva
Jauregui • Java Lounge & Deli • Anna Jenkins • Allison Jensen • Dale & Christine Jerred • Jerry’s Sports • Angel & Maria Jimenez • Eric Johanson • Julie
Johnson • Larry & Kaylene Johnson • Marilyn Johnson • Nancy Johnston • William Johnston • Jones Brothers Enterprises, Inc. • David & Susan Jones • Rick
& Karen Jones • Kevin & Ruth Jordan • Dave & Lisa Joseph • Sang Jun • Joyce B. Justus • K Wine & Spirits • John Kaemmerling • Kaiser Permanente • Janet
Kamiya • Larry Kaplan • Lloyd & Joan Kapp • Richard J. Karleen • Steve & Susan Karon • Leslie Karst • Bob Katz & Leola Lapides • Gertrud Katz • David Kaun
• KBK Insurance Agency • Corrinne & Stephen Kedinger • Alison Keeler Carrillo • Jack & Cheryl Keenan • Bonnie Keet • Nancy Keil • Kal & Judy Kele •
Cheryl Keller Brooks • Duncan Keller • Stacey & John Keller • Kathie Kelsey & Dennis Halverson • Thomas & Nanette Kelsey • Lenore Marie Kenny • Sandi
Kent • Betty Kerber • Carol Kerley • Chris & Cindy Keys • Victor & Yvonne Khan • Michele & Robert Kibrick • Jacqueline & John Kiely • John & Gaye
Kihorany • Norman & Donna Kikuchi • Charlie King • Janet King • William Kingsland • David & Margo Kipps • Ted Kirkiles • Naomi Kirschenbaum •
Richard & Diane Klein • Peter & Jana Klembarova • Frank & Nancy Klick • Knight’s Floor Coverings/Mr. Carpet • Elaine Knudson • Morgan J. Koch •
Zbigniew Kolber • Nina Kolesar • Jo Dee Koller • Gerald Kondo • Harold Koojoolian • Paul Koojoolian • Larry Korbus • Debbie Kostreba • Mary Krieg • Mark
& Diane Kriss • George & Carolyn Kriz • Mary Kriz • Lynn & Bodo Krueger • Duane & Lucien Kubo • Patty Kubo Lezin • Charles Kutner & Theresa
Kozlowski-Kutner • David & Barbara Labb • Leonard & Joanne Lacasse • Marcella Laddon • Barry Laden • Eduardo & Merlyn Lagrimas • Gale Laird • Erin
Lamb • Julie Lambert • Derald & Mari-Lu Langwell • Lois Lansing • Celia Lara • Donald Larkin & Maria Freeman • Linda Larkin • Mary Larkin • Sally Larter •
Las Animas Concrete • Jeff & Valarie Lashley • Robert Latham • Steve Latif • Paul & Donna Lauesen • Kathryn Lawrence • Kenneth & Ilene Ann Lee • Pedro &
Elaine Legorreta • Joseph Leibovitz • Sue Leijten • Stephen Leinau • Margaret Leonard • Jay & Bernette Lerman • Alan & Judy Levin • Ronni Levin • Robley
Levy • Sterling Lewis • D. A. & Marilyn Liddicoat • Lifespan • Lifestyle Culinary Arts • Geoff & Martha Lightfoot • Barbara Lincoln • Kip Lindee & Linda
Muscarello • Peter & Catherine Lipson • Marnye & Doug Livingston • Guadalupe Lobato • Lockheed Martin Matching Gift Program • Robert & Janet
Lockwood • Cameron & Jean Logan • James & Mabelle Logsdon • Jose & Yolanda Lomas • Carl & Adrian Long • Ron & Kathy Long • Isidro & Margarita
Lopez • Jaime & Annie Lopez • Nancy Loshkajian • Craig Louis • Mark & Jeanne Lovington • Reuven & Yonat Lowy • Robert Ludwig & Pamela Swift • Lina
Luiz • Patrick Luma • Esther Lunsman • Michael Luther • Michael Lutz • Susan Lynch & Alan Goldwater • David & Sally Lyng • Anne Lynn • Shirley Lynn •
Robert & Renae MacAulay • Nancy & Michael Machado • Juana Macias • Manuel Macias • Paula Macias • Sandy Mackay • Macken Commercial Properties •
Steven & Karen Mackey • Dante & Simone MacLeod • Glenn MacWhorter • Kenneth & Nancy Macy • Manuel & Bertha Madrigal • Kent & Christine Madsen
• Jesus & Angelina Magana • Jay Mahoney • Gaspare & Barri Malek • Gary Mallory • Emily Maloney • Kim Manfre • Marc & Susan Mangel • Shirley Manis •
Wendy Mann • Richard & Jean Manning • Teri Mantz • Maple Assisted Living Incorporated DBA The Maple House • Barry & Kathleen Marchisio • Karl &
Randa Marhenke • Marina Motor Company • Joel & Kathleen Marini • Barry Marks & Julie Lorraine • Ezequiel & Maricela Marquez • Ron & Meredith
Marquez • David & Sara Marsh • Marlyn Marsilia • Gerald Martin • James & Christina Martin • Jennifer Martin • Lora Martin • Robert & Marty Martin • Dan
& Barb Martinez • Jennifer Martinez • Margarita Martinez • Cindy Martino • Marty Franich Chrysler Dodge Jeep • Marty Franich Ford • Mas Mac, Inc. •
Dominic & Karen Massaro • Elenita Mathew • Ken & Glenette Matlin • Tom Mattinson & Phyllis Thompson • Judith Maxfield • Donald & Sharon Maxwell •
Geoffrey & Susan Mayer • Gail Mayo • Richard Maze • Ann Mc Crow & Randall James • Margaret McCabe • Matt McCaslin • Ray McCawley • Shaun & Mary
McClellan • Roger & Cathy McCown • Frank & Barbara McCrary • Sean McCullough • Jack & Charline McDaniel • Kimlin McDaniel-Keith • McFarland &
Associates, Inc. • Scott & Leslie McGilvray • Julie McGowan • David & Virginia McGuire • Lyn McGurrin-Reed • Elizabeth McHugh • Penelope McIlwaine •
Joyce McKibben • Janet McKusick • Joanne McLeod • Ginger McNally • Maxine McNamara • Payson & Cynthia McNett • Fred & Linda McPherson • Dan
McSwanson • Mario Medina • Myrna Medina, D.D.S. • Mark Mehlman • Janet Meidl • Kathy Meidl • Marianne Baskin Gabriel Mejia • Andrew & Audrey
Mekis • Annette Melendrez • Phillip Melese • Jeff Mello • Richard Melrose & Wendy Gutberlet • George & Shirin Melville • John & Mimi Melvin • Raymond
& Martha Mendoza • Victor Mendoza • Lisa Menen • James & Karen Merchant • Brian Merritt • Nancy Merritt • Peter & Susan Messa • John Messersmith •
Jane Michaelis • Jack & Hila Michaelsen • Alfred & Francie Michaelson • Michelle Michaud • Mid Coast Engineers, Inc. • Eve Middlekauff • Ronald Milhoan •
Ralph & Kerri Miljanich • Clinton & Karen Miller • Ethlyn Miller • James Miller • Lester & Martha Miller • Mike Miller & Sharron Reiss • Steve & Corinne
Miller • Wendy Miller • William Miller • Lisa Miller-Anderson • Stephen & Ellise Mills • William Minkner & Sharon Fleming • Katharine Minott • Melissa Moe
• Dominga Moldes • Allan Molho • Michael Molina • Montano Plumbing, Inc. • Monterey Bay Building & Design • Monterey Bay Investments M.B.I •
Montevalle Women’s Group • Robert & Alice Montgomery • Monument Lumber Inc. • Bob Moon • Moore & Miller Insurance • Martha Morello-Frosch • Herb
& Merlyn Moreno • Trista Moreno • Daniel Morgali & Michelle Anderson • Ann Morhauser • Emi Morris • Gretchen Morris-Coffey • Dixie Morse • Judy
Morton • Motiviation Plus • Gary & Tova Mott • Moulton’s 76 Autocare • William Mowatt • Andreas Mueller & Suzanne Tuescher • Petra Mueller • Alex Munoz
• Robert W. Murphy, Jr. • Dale & Robin Murray • Music Now • Ed & Linda Musselwhite • John & Deborah Muth • Ron & Holly Myers • Albert & Inez Nabor
• Jasmine Nadel • Kathryn Nance • Marlene Nanus • Ellica Nash • Natal Vineyards • Gerardo Nava & Maria Fernandez • Kerry Nehis • Billie Neill • Mike &
Linda Nelson • Thomas & Wendelyn Neu • Amy Newell • George Newell & Carol Girvetz • Jordana Nicholas • Garrett & Ruth Nichols • Allison Niday • Dan
Nishimoto • Elizabeth Nissen • Rebecca Nolan • Leticia Nolasco • David Nordgren • Joyce Nordquist • North Bay Ford • Northcutt Dental Laboratory • Mark
& Alta Northcutt • Roberto Nunez & Claudia Roman • Oak Tree Property Co. • Catherine O’Brien • Nannette O’Connor • Marty Odou-Potkin • Jenny
Odryna • Shawn & Antoinette Ogimachi • Barbara Ogle • Michael & Vickie Oliver • Natalie Oliver • Henry & Gail Olson • Rachel O’Malley • Barbara O’Neil •
Nancy O’Neil • Janet O’Neill • Bruce Oneto & Jeri Green • Amber Opdyke & Ted Carbone • Alverda Orlando • John George Pietro Orlando • Refujio &
Amada Ortega • Clyde Ortiz • Lorenzo & Angelina Ortiz • Ranulfo & Colomba Ortiz • Teresita Ortiz • Randall & Victoria Ortland • Joan Osborne • Dennis &
Laureen Osmer • Dave Osterhoudt & Linda Fridy • Brent & Ann Ostermann • Bob & Lisa Owen • P.E.O. Sisterhood/P.H. Chapter • Ramon & Francisca
foundation
Board of Directors
2007-08
President
Linda Burroughs
Pacheco • Gloria & Alejo Padilla • Carlos Palacios • Palapas Restaurant y Cantina • David Palmer • Helen Palmer • Palo Alto Vineyard Management, LLC •
Karen Pangelina • Angel & Elena Paramo • Charlie & Christine Parker • Katharine Parker • Carolyn Parks • Laura Parks-Woolery & Alan Woolery • Mary Ann
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Carlos Palacios
Secretary
Karen Cogswell
Chief Financial Officer
Frank A. Minuti, Jr.
Past President
Kurt Kniffin
Community
Representatives
Michael L. Allard
Edward K. Banks
Claire Biancalana
Mary Blanchard
Diane C. Craddock
Richard L. Crocker
Ramon Gomez
David V. Heald
C. Edward Holden
Erik R. Johnson
Manuel Osorio
Earleen Overend
Norman Schwartz
Edda W. Tusinac
Elia Vasquez
College Trustee
Representatives
Gary Reece
Alan J. Smith
Rachael A. Spencer
College Staff
Representatives
Brian King
President
Pegi Ard
Vice President/Business
May Chen
Vice President/
Student Services
Renée M. Kilmer
Vice President/Instruction
David Schwartz
Faculty Representative
Directors Emeriti
Wm. F. Locke-Paddon
Robert E. Swenson
Executive Director
Melinda Silverstein
Digital Bridge Academy
Accelerates College Vision
WES Boosts
Student’s Long
Journey of
Recovery
Hewlett’s $1M Grant boosts expansion of landmark program
I
Andrew Martinez
n researching what it might
take for an unlikely population of at-risk adults to
succeed in college, Cabrillo
College instructor Diego James
Navarro realized it would not be traditionally
slow, remedial courses, but rather a curriculum of accelerated immersion that was relevant
to students’ complex lives.
He conducted dozens of interviews with
community service providers, educators and
students, then in 2003 founded the Digital
Bridge Academy, which introduces collegelevel curriculum to an adult population that is
not traditionally college-bound.
The academy is for all students who are
under-prepared and who would not be thinking
of college otherwise. Students, who range in
age from 17 to 55, are mostly from low-income
backgrounds, have migrant parents and are the
first in their families to attend college.
“These kinds of students are not being
encouraged to go to college,” Navarro said.
“They’re very bright, but we have to make sure
education is relevant to their lives and to the
stage where they are in their lives.”
In an initial “bridge” semester, students are
immersed in language acquisition, research
skills and analysis. They learn about styles of
learning, leadership and technology to prepare
them for a team presentation at the end of the
semester related to a community research
project of their choosing.
Andrew Martinez, 27, struggled in middle
school and high school and certainly wasn’t
focused on college or a career when he landed
in the first WDBA cohort in 2003. His family had
moved from Texas to Sweden where he lived for
10 years and he fell in with the wrong crowd.
He eventually landed in Watsonville where his
father had once lived and he still had family.
He couldn’t concentrate in school, suffered
from attention deficit disorder and struggled
to find his way.
“I had exhausted my resources,” Martinez,
27, recalled. “I had to create my own future
and way here. It’s a tough thing to do in the
States because there are so many traps for a
young guy.”
In Digital Bridge, Martinez learned to see
a bigger vision for himself and his community.
“It introduces you to things that you’re going
to do later on, grant writing, understanding
systems, how things work, how everything’s
interconnected.” Martinez said. “It shows you
a blueprint of how society works.”
Martinez, went on to work in the Cabrillo
Learning Center, as well as at a private group
youth home and as a group supervisor for
Santa Cruz County. He transferred this fall to
California State University Monterey Bay where
he is studying for a bachelor’s degree in Collaborative Health and Human Services. He
plans to go on to earn a master’s degree and
work as a counselor.
About 175 students have completed the
Bridge semester at Cabrillo. The majority of
students in those cohorts, up to 82 percent in
some quarters, went on to enroll full-time. The
phenomenal success rate of the program has
drawn widespread praise. The lowest performing cohort of students successfully passed their
courses at a rate of 10 percent higher than the
general Cabrillo student population, and some
cohorts surpassed other Cabrillo students in
passing courses by 30 percent or more.
New Journalism
Fund Gets Students on
the Front Page
Andres Medina
Andres Medina, 24, who enrolled in DBA in
2005, will be the first in his family to complete
college. “I went from Cs and Ds in high school
to being an A student after one semester,” he
said. “I realized I can do whatever I want to
do when I set my mind to it.” Medina, who
represents Watsonville students on the Cabrillo
College Student Senate, plans to transfer to a
four-year college and eventually get a degree
in counseling.
“ My life is so different now. Diego always taught us to work on our will to suc- ceed, to listen, to be on time. He told us that if you don’t know what you’re doing, you can’t get what you want. Those are real life lessons.”
— Andres Medina
Currently funded by the Hewlett Foundation, National Science Foundation and the
James Irvine Foundation, the program has
garnered more than $3 million in funding
in the last five years, including a $1 million
Hewlett Foundation gift this year to replicate the
program at community colleges throughout the
state. It is the largest gift of its kind received by
the Cabrillo College Foundation. Navarro spent
much of this last summer training instructors
from other colleges in the philosophy of the
program.
“The program serves a 50-student cohort
each year. In three years, the goal is to reach
375 students at Cabrillo through both the Watsonville and Aptos campuses and to scale the
program statewide by the summer of 2010,”
Navarro said.
A
small Women’s Educational Success emergency
scholarship that covered the
cost of a text book and an early Desiree Cubero
childhood education course eased the burden
“The WES grant meant I was being supof returning to school for Desiree Cubero, who
is pursuing her goals as a preschool teacher ported on my journey,” she said. “This was
while fighting her way back to health after a handed to me at a time when I was on disability,
trying to support my son’s college, and the rent
devastating car accident.
“I’m a very hard-headed person,” Cubero was due.” Her doctors discouraged her from
says. “I’m not willing to give up. I feel like trying school so soon. “The grant made me
realize I had the support to
there are a lot of children
do this. I could prove that if
that still need me.”
“ WES provides stuyou have the willingness and
There have been more
dents
with
critical
the support to keep a dream
than a dozen surgeries
financial support--
alive, it can happen.”
and chronic pain since
WES, an endowed fund
2003 when a young driver
a safety net, and the started in 1997 by Rachael
plowed into Cubero leaving
confidence to proceed Spencer and Peggy Downes
her close to death. Numerto achieve their edu- Baskin, provides Cabrillo
ous medical proclamacational and career College students with emertions that she would never
be able to walk, work or
goals knowing there gency funds to help them
study ensued, but doctors
are people who want get through difficult times
and stay in school. The
pieced her together again,
to see them succeed.” money can be used for
and her beloved preschool
— Julie Thiebaut, WES things such as a bus pass,
students, their families
Committee co-chair
text book or school supand her colleagues never
plies. Last year, WES donors
gave up hope. For months,
they brought her pictures, songs and meals. gave $20,000 to 96 students. This year, a Best
Although post-concussion syndrome has re- Friend has provided a generous matching grant
sulted in memory and concentration challenges, of $10,000 in honor of Eileen Hill, matching
Cubero only wanted to learn more to serve the gifts of $250 or more to WES.
low income families she adores at Community
Bridges in Santa Cruz.
WES Best Friends:
(first row) Suzanne Yost, Linda Israel, Josie
Little, Earleen Overend, Gina Biondi, (second
row) Lela Willet (co-chair), Cynthia Rees, Jane
Godley, Renée Kilmer, Claire Biancalana, Diane
Craddock, Barbara Canfield, Grace Laurencin,
Edda Tusinac, (third row) Anina Van Alstine, Anne
Lynn, Julie Thiebaut (co-chair), Carrie Birkhofer,
Rachael Spencer and Lisa Rose. Not pictured:
Peggy Downes Baskin, Laura Brown, Sue Dolkas,
Rachel Wedeen and Claudine Wildman.
A
Todd Guild and Rowland Rebele
s a newspaper intern at the
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Todd
Guild jumped right in, notepad
in hand, to write about local events
and people with a journalistic eye honed in the
Cabrillo College journalism program. The first
recipient of a $2,000 stipend from the Rowland
and Pat Rebele Nonendowed Journalism Fund,
Guild said the scholarship made a huge difference in his ability to focus on school and his
demanding newspaper internship.
The Rebele Journalism Fund provides
$10,000 annually for the next five years, including two $2,000 stipends to journalism students
each year and $6,000 to help students attend
valuable journalism conferences throughout
the year.
Guild, 37, has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Antioch College in Ohio.
He traveled the world, taught English, and most
recently worked as a veterinary technician. He
returned to school with the goal of becoming
a journalist and has generated an impressive
portfolio of published articles. He was recently
hired at the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian.
Rowland and Pat Rebele have both worked
in journalism for decades. Rowland, whose
first reporting job was covering weather at
the Stanford Daily, said he was thoroughly
impressed with the breadth of the Cabrillo
journalism program and its enthusiastic faculty. “One of the reasons I made the grant was
David Sheftman and his vision.” he said. “He’s
a real prince.”
Grove Scholarship Helps Train
Aspiring Firefighter
A
on-the-job experience. “I’m committed to do
this until I come to be full-time. I leave my
phone on all the time – 24 hours a day. If it
to the Scotts Valley Fire Station. goes off, I’ll be there.”
The Grove Foundation, created in 1986, has
Thanks in part to the Grove School-to-Career
given hundreds of students
Scholarship program,
in Santa Clara and Santa
which provides scholarCruz counties up to $4,500
ships to high school stuper student for tuition,
dents entering technical
books and related expensprograms in local comes. The organization was
munity colleges or private
founded by Andy Grove,
training institutes, Weaver,
former chair and CEO of
19, is living his dream.
Intel Corp., and his wife,
Just off of a 24-hour
Eva, to support students
volunteer shift, the Cabrilin numerous career paths
lo College fire technology
such as allied health, student looks forward to
Brian King and Andy Grove
public safety, horticulture,
his next one. He only turns off this phone when he’s in class. He plans on accounting, computer science, and culinary arts.
“The Groves’ farsighted generosity has
being a full-time firefighter by the time he’s 23.
“The Grove Scholarship is probably one of helped goal-oriented students get the trainthe things that got me this job,” he says, noting ing and support they need to step into much
that while the competition in the field can be needed job positions,” said Brian King, Cabrillo
tough, he’s already gained a year of valuable College president. “Andy Grove is a legendary
s a paid call firefighter,
Chris Weaver may get a call
at any time summoning him
Monterey Bay
Dental Society
Establishes
Scholarship
J
New Samper Foundation Supports CAP: IRA Charitable Rollover Simplifies Giving
amie Hesse, a second-year
dental hygiene student at Ca-
brillo College, is the first recipient of
the Monterey Bay Dental Society Endowed Scholarship, a scholarship
established by local dentists in the area to
support top training in the field.
“I’m just honored to have gotten this
scholarship,” said Hesse, a Soquel High School
graduate who, when she’s not in school, has
been working as a dental surgery assistant in
Santa Cruz. “The program is challenging in
many ways and the scholarship is definitely
a huge help.” Hesse hopes to take her state
licensing test next summer and work locally.
The Monterey Bay Dental Society established the scholarship endowment from an
existing pool of funds that members contributed years ago to support local dental hygienist
training. A total of $110,296 of those funds
were redirected to the Cabrillo College Dental
Hygiene program this year.
“Cabrillo College’s Dental Hygiene program
has an excellent reputation among area dentists
and there is 100 percent employment for the
graduates,” said Mark Joiner, a Santa Cruz
dentist and MBDS member. “Of course, the
public benefits greatly from the Cabrillo Dental
Hygiene program, so it’s important for us within
the dental community to support it. We’re proud
to have donated a significant amount.”
Scholarship recipients must maintain a
strong GPA, be local and intend to work locally
upon graduation. Recipients are selected by the
Dental Hygiene Scholarship Committee.
“I think it’s an awesome program,” said
Lloyd Nattkemper, a periodontist in Monterey
Chris Weaver
CEO and brings luster to Cabrillo College and
the students aspiring to graduate. Our students
are fortunate to have this kind of support.”
Cabrillo is one of four partner community
colleges in the area. The Santa Cruz County
Regional Occupational Program recruits high
school juniors and seniors for the program
and the Cabrillo College Fast Track To Work
program helps them transition and complete
their college programs. Cabrillo has 56 fulltime Grove scholars enrolled.
“Their enthusiasm, spontaneity and excitement about their commitment to education
validates why I work in education and how
lucky I am to be part of supporting this group
of students,” said Catherine Lachance, Grove
Scholar project coordinator.
W
Barbara Samper and CAP students
hen meeting with
young Cabrillo Advancement Program
students this year, Bar-
bara Samper recounted how she had been told
she was not college material and was incapable
of learning a foreign language. Then, in fluent
Spanish, she told them that they should not
listen to anyone who discourages them from
going to college.
“You can do more than I ever did,” she told
CAP students, many of whom will be the first in
their family to attend college.
Samper, who was severely dyslexic, frequently had to study until 4 a.m. to maintain a
B average in high school, yet she pursued her
education all over the world. She became the
first woman production manager for an outdoor advertising company, worked for a Nobel
Prize-winning physicist, founded a company,
served as a director on five boards and penned
a syndicated newspaper column.
This year she used more than $3 million
from the sale of her Mediterranean-style
Capitola home to establish the Barbara Samper Foundation. The fund will support CAP, a
scholarship and mentoring program that helps
low-income middle and high school students
set their sights on college.
Samper was aided in her philanthropic
vision by a temporary charitable incentive in
“ As long as these students have people who believe in them and are willing to help them, they will be enormously successful.
I have become a member
of the CAP family and I want to help them in any way that I can.”
— Barbara Samper
the Pension Protection Act, the IRA Charitable
Rollover Pension Protection Act of 2006, which
allows people over the age of 70-1/2 to transfer
annually up to $100,000 tax-free from an IRA
to a charitable organization. Funds must be
transferred directly from an IRA by an IRA
trustee to a charity. An additional charitable
deduction cannot be claimed. The provision is
in effect through the end of 2007. Earlier this
year, Samper gave more than $26,000 to CAP
through her IRA.
In dozens of letters thanking Samper, CAP
students said they could not believe there was
a person willing to help others she did not
even know. Some day, they said, they want to
do the same.
John Morgan
Leaves Lasting Legacy
Jamie Hesse
and a part-time instructor in the Cabrillo
College program. As immediate past MBDS
president, Nattkemper helped found the
scholarship endowment. “I very much believe
in the survival of the program. The quality of
the students who leave the program has been
consistently excellent.”
The Cabrillo College Dental Hygiene program, founded in 1959, is accredited by the
American Dental Association and currently
teaches 22 students annually.
F
ormer English instructor
John Morgan, a devoted
scholar, music and literature afi-
cionado who retired in 1983 after 20
years at Cabrillo, left a $165,500 endowed gift to
the Faculty Grants for Student Success program.
The program provides about $20,000 annually
to support dozens of faculty projects.
Last year, the program supported numerous vital projects such as training arms for
the Medical Assistant Department, Infant
Toddler Caregiver videos for Early Childhood
Education, a GPS system for the Earth Sciences
Department, and dictionaries in the Reading
Center. The Cabrillo College Foundation has the
largest California community college endowment specified for faculty, plus the Ley Family
Donor Advised Fund that allocates up to $25,000
annually to benefit faculty. This year, $13,300
was given to winning faculty proposals in grants
ranging in size from $600 to $5,000.
“The Faculty Grants for Student Success
program provides faculty with extra support
for innovative and enriched instruction for
the benefit of our students. Cabrillo is known
for our outstanding faculty and this program
supports faculty even more in the important
work that they do,” said Renée Kilmer, Vice
President of Instruction.
Morgan’s generous gift was made through
Cabrillo’s planned giving program, a flexible
Faculty Grants for Student Success
Recipients and Student Senators
method to manage gifts that includes bequests
in a will or living trust, charitable gift annuities,
remainder or lead trusts, outright gifts of life
insurance policies, or naming the foundation
as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, IRA, or
insurance policy. Certain planned gifts can
provide a life income from gift proceeds.
“The Cabrillo College Foundation endowment growth has been incredible. In the last 10 years it
has tripled in size to $12M and ranks fourth in California out of 109 community colleges.” — Frank Minuti, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Contributing to Cabrillo College
T
his Annual Report features some of the ways Cabrillo College supporters have
given to the college. The Cabrillo College Foundation welcomes outright gifts of cash,
securities, and property. Gifts may also be
pledged over time.
We also offer a variety of deferred giving options,
including charitable remainder trusts, securities transfer, gift annuities, life insurance gifts, and bequests. The
Cabrillo College foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
organization and all contributions to the foundation are
tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
2007 CAP Scholarship Recipients
Theresa Bradshaw and Mary Hopkins with Marguerite Blaisdell
Endowed Nursing Scholarship recipient Maleah Miller (center)
For more information on supporting
Cabrillo College, please contact:
Melinda Silverstein, Executive Director
Cabrillo College Foundation
6500 Soquel Drive s Aptos, CA 95003
Phone: (831) 479-6338
Fax: (831) 477-5686
E-mail: mesilver@cabrillo.edu
Website: www.cabrillo.edu
Bill and Brigid Simpkins with William and Brigid Simpkins
Endowed Scholarship recipient David Alcaraz (center)
A Lifetime of Income and Personal Satisfaction
Charitable Gift Annuities
A
charitable gift annuity enables you to make a gift of cash or ap-
preciated stock. In return you receive a secure lifetime income and an
income tax deduction for your charitable gift. You can choose to receive
the annuity payment immediately or defer it to a future date.
The Cabrillo College Foundation gift annuity payments begin at age 60 with a minimum gift of $10,000. Here are the advantages to creating a charitable gift annuity:
• Increase your spendable income.
• Receive a fixed income for life.
• Donate appreciated stock and reduce capital gains.
• Realize a sizeable income tax charitable deduction immediately.
• Most importantly, a gift annuity is an investment in the future of Cabrillo College and its students.
Cabrillo College Presidents (left to right) Bob Swenson 1959-1977, John Petersen 1977-1986, Cliff Nichols 1990-1991, Brian King 2004-present,
John Hurd 1991-2003, and Claire Biancalana 2004
Charitable Gift Annuity Rates
Effective through June 30, 2008
Age
Rate
Age
Rate
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
5.7%
5.8
5.9
5.9
6.0
6.0
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
7.1
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90+
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
8.0
8.3
8.5
8.8
9.2
9.5
9.9
10.2
10.6
11.0
11.3
*Rates approved by the American Council on Gift Annuities
If you would like a personalized gift calculation, contact Melinda Silverstein at 831-479-6338 or mesilver@cabrillo.edu
President’s Holiday Party Honorees: (front row) Peggy Downes Baskin, Pat Rebele, Mary Solari, Erica Schilling, (back row) Kurt Kniffin, Jack Baskin, Rowland Rebele, Dick Solari and Brian King
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Scholarship Recipient Studies
Alongside Her Sons
Foundation Awards a Record $300,000 in Scholarships
W
Tiffiny de Jesus with her sons
ith an eighth grade education and a GED, Tiffiny
de Jesus eventually made the
scary trek back to school,
knocked on the doors of Cabrillo College and
stepped hesitantly into the midst of a surprising
passion for nursing.
“When my first son was born, I just didn’t
want him to be embarrassed by my own lack
of education or to grow up thinking that school
wasn’t important,” says de Jesus, who turned
around her troubled life and, with her sons as
inspiration and numerous scholarships, has maintained a 3.9 GPA.
Without scholarship funds, the
obstacles would have been formidable, says de Jesus who is now in
her second semester of the nursing
program and a volunteer at her sons’
schools and in the community. She
plans to transfer to San Jose State
University in a year.
Tiffiny de Jesus is just one notable
recipient of more than 600 scholarships awarded to Cabrillo College
students this last year. The foundation awarded more than $300,000, the largest
cumulative amount in the history of the college.
Cabrillo boasts the fourth largest community
college scholarship program in California and
the fourth largest endowment fund among community colleges in the state.
For de Jesus, who received several scholarships, including the Killefer Nursing Scholarship and the Rachael Spencer Re-Entry
Endowed Scholarship, the best reward is being
a role model for her children.
“For me, these dreams and goals would
not have been possible without the financial
“ An American Dream
Scholarship recipient
recently told me, ‘Cabrillo selected me to receive this scholarship and attend
Cabrillo.’ His confidence and empowerment as a result of receiving this
scholarship meant as much as the money itself and validates the importance
of providing scholarships
to our students.”
— Rachael Spencer, Scholarship Donor and
Cabrillo College Trustee
support that I have received from my scholarship donors,” de Jesus says. “Like many in
Santa Cruz County, my husband and I struggle
to make ends meet. Raising two boys presents
challenges around every corner. But your support has allowed me to focus on my studies and
education and in turn will ultimately enable me
to provide support for my own children when
they embark on their college careers.”