Saratoga Sampler
Hospice fundraiser helps with sliding scale
By Mary Ann Cook
WESTERN GALA: Paula Wien-koop of Saratoga was chairwoman of the Hospice of the Valley fundraiser held recently at the Hayes Mansion in San Jose. The event was designed to raise money and visibility for Hospice of the Valley, the oldest hospice in the county.
This is the 20th year for the western gala. Wienkoop lost her brother to cancer 12 years ago and has volunteered at the hospice for the past five years. "I know how important it is to have hospice care at this critical time," she says.
Hospice of the Valley furnishes nurses, social workers, home health aides, even a dietitian and a chaplain to those in the last stages of terminal illnesses. It offers medical, social, psychological and bereavement support to the family and patient. On-call nursing and pain control are also supplied.
Fundraisers are crucial because the money raised enables every family that needs help to get it, regardless of ability to pay. Planners hoped to raise as much as $200,000 in this latest effort. Some $10,000 was raised on the spot for a Fund-a-Need drive after Isabel Sandoval told her story to those assembled.
Sandoval dropped out of high school to care for her mother when she was under hospice care. The hospice team, however, came to the teenager's rescue with an $11,600 grant from Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, written by hospice. Sandoval will graduate this month from high school and plans on going to college. "They saved my life," she says of hospice.
Wienkoop and her committee put together some unusual items for the auction portion of the fundraiser--everything from a Labrador puppy to a trip to Hawaii to an olde English holiday for 10 days in England to dinner at your home prepared by famed chef Emile Mooser of Emile's.
Corporate sponsors of the event were Hitachi Data Systems, with David E. Roberson serving as corporate chairman; Community Hospital of Los Gatos; Adaptec, Kirkorian Enterprises; L.L.C. and Berliner Cohen.
Valley is the only hospice in the county with a pediatric program. The program specializes in appropriate-to-the-age counseling for clients aged 5 to 18.
Jessica Klinghoffer is director of the 20-year-old Valley hospice. The hospice number is 408.947.1233.
OLYMPIAD WINNERS: Here are the Saratogans who won Olympiad of the Arts 2000 awards from the West Valley/Mission Colleges Foundation. Tiffany Swenson won first place in acting, Chelsea Purvis took second place in acting. Titania Juang won first place in the short short-story category, and Kevin Croall won second place in the same category.
Honorable mentions were awarded to Rosalyn Lu, Jeremie Habib and Jennifer Lee in the visual arts and to Brittney Smith for the short-short story. Mark Schumacher of Los Gatos won first place in free verse and an honorable mention in the short story.
CLEAN-UP: These Brownies followed up the Ice Cream Social at their school by staging a cleanup the following day. Saratoga Brownie Troop 382's yeoman community service work was done at their school, Blue Hills Elementary.
Those to be commended are Jenny Allison, Chelsea Blackwell, Hannah Brown, Sarah Destin, Shelley Goldberg, Stephanie Janac, Allison Kaye, Caitlin Monteverde, Emilie Pentico, Maryann Schwartzkopf, Betsy Tsai and Cee Cee Weeks.
Pam Blackwell is the troop leader, assisted by Dana Brown and Mary Weeks.
CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH: Montalvo Service Group will host a champagne brunch at the villa on Fathers Day, June 18, to celebrate dads and grads. Seatings are at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Cost is $42 for adults, $22 for children 10 and under. Two-year-olds and under are free. For reservations, call 408.961.5823.
WINERY ART SHOW; Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards hosted an art show at the winery in conjunction with the annual Vintner's Festival held the first weekend of June. Some 600 people streamed through the winery/art show, marketing director Doris Ann Cooper estimates.
The art show featured a panoply of local scenes, including the winery itself, done by the Saratoga Community of Painters, 20 watercolorists who paint outdoors nearly year-round. Jane Garrod is a member of the group, as well as being the matriarch of the Garrod clan.
Others showing off their wares at the outdoor show were Karmen Askew, Mary Ann Snedeker, Dennis Augustine, Carol Heeter, Dan Tellep, Fern Lawton, Mary Ann Henderson, Norm Carter, David Hunt, Ann-Marie Mix, Nancy Patka, Judy Puthuff, Art Hubbard and Nancy de Weese, president of Aegis Gallery.
PLEA FOR PECKLER: The fourth annual Peckler Memorial Race is scheduled for Oct. 15. Organizers need volunteers to help with this event that will offer more challenges this year, pitting club against club and school against school. To volunteer, call Joanne Rodgers at 408.356.1858, or Reiko Iwanaga at 408.867.4525.
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