The American Heart Association’s 2012 Orange County Go Red for Women Luncheon, held at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, drew 500 people and raised $246,000.
Organizers of the event included event chair Jacquin Davidson, first vice president business banking officer at Newport Beach-based Independence Bank; Lee Ann Canaday, owner of The Canaday Group in Laguna Beach; Scharrell Jackson, chief financial officer of L.A.-based Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson LLP, which has a Newport Beach office; Renee Mazeroll, executive director of Orange-based St. Joseph Hospital Heart and Vascular Center at St. Joseph Hospital; Nella Webster O’Grady, principal of Newport Beach-based Palo Capital Inc. and Aimee Weisner, corporate vice president and general counsel of Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
The half-day event included educational breakout sessions hosted by Edwards Lifesciences and St. Joseph Hospital, and a silent auction.
The event was sponsored by Cincinnati-based Macy’s Inc.; Merck & Co. Inc. in New Jersey; St. Joseph Hospital; Edwards Lifesciences; Santa Ana-based SMS Specialized Marketing Services Inc.; UC Irvine Healthcare in Orange; Independence Bank; Kaiser Permanente, a unit of Oakland-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan; Irvine-based First Foundation Bank and Irvine-based Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Foundation Fest
The Costa Mesa-based Festival of Children Foundation granted $45,000 to several Orange County children’s charities.
The nonprofits accepted the grants at a ceremony, held at the Capital Grille restaurant at South Coast Plaza.
“We hope this grant money will help these organizations achieve their dreams to the very fullest of its potential,” said Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, founder and executive director of Festival of Children Foundation and managing partner of Costa Mesa-based C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, owners of South Coast Plaza.
Captain’s Ball
Age Well Senior Services raised $108,000 at its annual Captain’s Ball gala and fundraiser, held at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point.
The Laguna Woods-based organization provides Meals on Wheels and other services to Orange County’s seniors. The event honored Orange County Supervisor Patricia Bates and Ron Litzinger, president of Rosemead-based Southern California Edison Co.
Mark Burton, of Laguna Hills-based Burton Financial & Insurance Services, and James Cherrie, director of deployment of Southern California Edison, chaired the event.
Irvine-based Monarch HealthCare A Medical Group Inc., the presenting sponsor of the gala, donated $20,000.
Groups Merge
Canyon Acres Children and Family Services merged with Salinas-based Kinship Center, which has a facility in Tustin, and Oakland-based Seneca Center for Children and Families. The merged agencies will provide services to neglected and abused children and support and treatment for the families and foster parents who care for them. Canyon Acres will continue to offer treatment services at its therapeutic treatment center and ranch in Anaheim Hills. Harald Herrmann, chief executive of Irvine-based Yard House Restaurants LLC, and Geoff LePlastrier, president of Irvine-based property manager and adviser to LePlastrier Development Co., will serve on the board of umbrella organization Seneca Family of Agencies.
Bits and Pieces
Santa Ana-based Easter Seals Southern California raised $50,000 at its 13th Annual Easter Seals Invitational Golf Classic at the Black Gold Golf Club in Yorba Linda. Sponsors included L.A.-based American Business Bank and El Segundo-based law firm Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and Thomas. … Santa Ana-based Ingram Micro Inc.’s North America sales meeting at the Costa Mesa Hilton doubled as a care-package assembly operation on behalf of local U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton. During breakout sessions Ingram Micro employees assembled 72 care packages, which contained items such as batteries, razors and Frisbees. … Santa Ana-based Habitat for Humanity of Orange County will open a new ReStore at 1400 S. Village Way in Santa Ana later this month. The Habitat ReStore sells new and gently used items up to half off. The proceeds go to help build new Habitat homes for families in Orange County. … Orange-based Providence Speech and Hearing Center has expanded its services to the Newport Beach area, setting up an office at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, said board President Bruce May, partner at Newport Beach-based Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth. The 47-year-old nonprofit diagnoses and treats patients with speech and hearing impairments.
