A few high points: Students Day at Sonoma Valley High School, supported by the Vadasz Family Foundation, featured six authors, and over 2,000 books written by those authors were given away for free to the high school students. Jeanne Walker Harvey presented to six elementary schools, and 1,000 of her books were given away free to those students. In addition, 1,000 copies of Mellody Hobson’s book were distributed to students and mentors at Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance. Funding was provided by Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, Community Foundation Sonoma County, Bill Jasper, and Bill Osterland. Over 1,000 people attended Authors on the Plaza to hear three fabulous authors. Thank you to Cathy and Chuck Williamson for underwriting this free event for the community.
Vickie Soulier
KHR Family Foundation
Vadasz Family Foundation
Williamson Family Fund
The Hering Foundation
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund
Sandy Otellini
Martha and Stephen Rosenblatt
Buffington Clay Miller
Leslie McQuown
Barbra and Bill Wood
Diane Plumlee & Michael van den Akker
Caroline and Jon Sebastiani
Fredericks Family Foundation
Rafael Costas
Jean Simpson
Susan & Lawrence Amaturo Giving Fund
Leavitt Family Fund
Elaine and Graham Smith
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Paul and Sheila Leach
Edina Jennison
Marie and Barry Lipman
Diane and Peter Richards
Julia and Thomas Schall
Kathie and Jim Dullanty
John and Venetta Rohal
Jack and JoAnn Bertges
Mark Hagopian
Bill Jasper
Bill Osterland
Sandy Otellini
Marie-Louise Pratt
Ken and Dana Stokes
Sandra Gale
Paul Luca and Donna Halow
Joan and Alan Henricks
Pamela and John Story
Anne Jamieson
Joyce and Richard Thau
Ralph Adams
Beardsley Family Fund
Nancy Lilly
Kathryn McCarthy
Connie Steiner
Suzanne and Charles Thornton
Peggy Newton
Jean Schulz
Anne Kaiser and Robert Taylor
Mark Linder
SheBeSki Fund
Kryzanowski Family Fund
Community Foundation Sonoma County
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
Susan and Henry Kistler
Diane and Toby Taylor
Anne Zerbst
Raghu Shivaram
Drake Darin
Ralph Adams
Irene Alzapiedi and Neel Advani
Sidney Painter and Kip Altman
Dan Banks
Sheila Bhalla
Joan Blackmon
Dorinda Parker and Bill Blosser
Betty Brachman
Barbara Oshman and David Braker
Barbara Brennan
Diana Bugg
Marge Burnett
Lori and Steve Bush
Nancy Bayard Carlson
Stacey Case
Jenna and Ben Chen
Jim and Mary Corroon
Lucy Weiger and Bob Crane
Roy Curry
Harriet Derwingson
Kitty Morgan and Charles Desmarais
Jim and Kathie Dullanty
Gloria Edwards
Elizabeth England
Jacqueline Erdman
David Evans
Cynthia Farner
Sally Fernandez
Ruth Finkelstein
Courtney Benoist and Jason Fish
Suzanne and Craig Frazier
Sandra Gale
Gary Garabedian
Gretchen and Bob Gardner
Ann Girard
Anita Weissberg and Steven Goldby
Susan and Jonathan Golovin
Allison Chang and Diane Gosney
Mark Hagopian
Jim and Donna Hale
Maud Hallin
Paul Luca and Donna Halow
Liz and Bruce Hart
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Jason Eiband and Susan Hastings
Blair Heath and Gary Gerttula
Derry Henderson
Jacqueline Henning
Joan and Alan Henricks
Freda Jeffs
Bonnie and Peter Jensen
Michele Kennedy
Anne Kenner
Lili and Jim King
Leslie and Robert Lacin
Ned and Dana Laird
Ann Paolini and David Lambert
Paul and Sheila Leach
Susan B. Levine
Nancy Lilly
Marie and Barry Lipman
Sharon Lucheta
Cathy MacNaughton
Naomi and Bruce Mann
Michael Manning
Connie and Haig Mardikian
Joan Marks
Hank Martinson
June McCarthy
Sharon and Stan Meresman
Maureen Merrill
Marisa Moret and Steven Gomez
Barbara Morrison
Carol Nast
Jan and Bob Newman
Peggy Newton
Helen Pascoe
Steve and Joyce Pease
JaMel and Tom Perkins
Marcie Peterson
Sharon and Philip Pillsbury
Davida and Michael Rabbino
Mark Radcliffe
George and Karen Rathman
Marilyn Rice
Donna Riley
Debby Sagues
Dr. Vivian and Mr. Jeffrey Saper
Michele and Cary Sarnoff
Thomas and Julia Schall
Trudi Schneider
Jean Schulz
Karen Sherman
Jean Simpson
Reg and Marianne Steer
Connie Steiner
Pamela and John Story
Joyce and Richard Thau
Suzanne and Charles Thornton
Nancy Unobskey
Judy and Les Vadasz
Susan Van Wagner
Margrit and Carl Vogt
Tom Coleman and Lynne Waldera
Wende Walter
Gwen and Jeffrey Walters
Emely and Ron Weissman
Douglas Fenn Wilson
Barbra and Bill Wood
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