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Said Walker, “When I see kids living with their families in one-bedroom apartments move to four- bedroom homes in much better neighborhoods, it changes their lives.” On the giving end, Habitat for Humanity volunteer Charlie Walker received the Humanity Builder Award, thanks in large part for serving as director to a program he created called Operation Home Delivery, which built 14 homes for people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Įllis called Walker “a man of conscience, conviction and tenacity.” Her daughters – Rachelle, Vanessa and Jana – have earned bachelor’s degrees and her son, Phillip, is studying to be an electrician. Sylvia now has a degree in business management and works for Orange County’s Child Support Services. “Without my Habitat home, I would still be struggling,” she said. And, that’s what Sylvia Diaz spoke about when she accepted the American Dream Family Award. “We are known for building houses, but what we really do is change lives,” said Sharon Ellis, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, at its “Doorways to the Future” gala Saturday night for 260 guests at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach. Over $160,000 was netted for the cause, including $8,000 raised in the auction to keep open the doors of the nonprofit’s teen clinic. When her bid reached $900 and she offered another $900 if Dunn would go-go dance, the party went wild. The live auction, led by Dawn Marie Kotsonis, featured a 2007 Italian Grand Prix package, which sold twice at $10,000, a Christian Lacroix Couture fashion show in Paris, complete with airfare and Bristol Hotel accommodations, and a gorgeous Robert Wan Tahitian pearl necklace, won by Chris Thompson at $12,000 for his delighted wife, Leslie.Īn impromptu auction finale found Brown cajoled into tabletop go-go dancing by Ray. “They’re off and running and carrying the torch,” she said, smiling. Ray, who brought Post and Sanderson on board and was instrumental in getting the ball off the ground, was gratified with the new, younger group involvement.
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“And,” Dunn added, “last year we expanded to an online hot line, the only service of its kind in the country.” “Their vision for this event was to create a teen hot line and attract a younger group of supporters.”Īccording to Dunn, the toll-free ho tline, dedicated to reproductive health information, has received 30,000 calls and is the only such hot line in Southern California. “They are an amazing group of women,” said Planned Parenthood’s President/CEO Jon Dunn. Tech Space in Aliso Viejo was the location Saturday night for Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties’ 10th annual Haute Wired Ball, with event chairman Lance Brown and his committee transforming the unlikely facilities for 260 guests into a private club called “the decade lounge,” complete with private cabanas and an alfresco garden.īall founders Teddie Ray, Darcy Lee Post and Katherine Sanderson were honored for their vision and philanthropy. Who knew an office building’s cafeteria could be so transformed?