![]() ![]() The Transition House Auxiliary welcomes prospective members who are interested in learning more and joining the great team of vibrant women and men. The star attraction had to be Felipe Garcia with Lady Katreece Montgomery, who understandably won the most beautiful hat competition! (Erin Graffy / Noozhawk photo) Lori Hoffman rocked the “total ensemble” look from hat-to-hoof while she checked out one of the Transition House Auxiliary silent auction tables. With that kind of endorsement, how could we not want to go further to help Transition House? Once we started “The Beg” (er, I mean paddle raise), with the enthusiastic encouragement of emcee Andrew Firestone, people found it easy to give generously. (How is this for a stat? One third of the staff were clients at Transition House when they were children.) Now as adults, they wanted to help other families and especially children. The wonderful thing was that these staff members so gratefully remembered their experience at Transition House. They were relieved to find it was not a homeless shelter, but a program to help their parents get back on their feet … with plenty of activities for the kids (and even help with school work!) Most had been about 8 to 10 years old at the time, and, like their parents, were initially nervous to come to Transition House. I think there were five or six men and women who were former clients - just children when their families came to Transition House years ago. Well, a mob of millinery all poured over the many silent auction items, carefully curated by the Auxiliary members. At this point they introduced some of the staff from one table. Next, we all sat down to a nice lunch, fine and dandy. There were a lot of interesting items! Cool funky items - antiques even! At any rate, these were not at all the usual silent auction table, so kudos to the gals who rounded up the goods! This group is so dedicated, I love to note the familiar faces and names each year, such as Missy Sheldon, Mimi Veyna, Gayla Visalli, Becky Adams, Wendy Clapp, Lana Marmé, Kathryn Dinkin and Diane White, with Jean Keely as luncheon co-chairwoman. Santa Barbara Wedding Bliss: Your Complete GuideĬheri Jasinski was one of the many Transition House Auxiliary members busily running the silent auction and program for the Mad Hatter Luncheon. ![]()
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