WE MEET OUR MATCH!

On Friday, June 8, 2007, LBS board members, volunteers, and donors, joined City officials and representatives from the Hearts of Montage at the site of the Susi Q to celebrate another milestone. In 2006, the Hearts of Montage issued an extraordinary $350,000 challenge grant to the community to help us build the Susi Q Senior Center. They also underwrote the expenses of our capital campaign so that every penny we raised would go to the new building. The Hearts of Montage challenge grant energized us, helped us raise funds and friends, and gave us the momentum that will get us all the way home.


At our October, 2007, membership meeting, representatives from the Soroptimist Cub of Laguna Beach made the first payment on a $20,000 pledge to our new center. The club is an active part of an international organization of business and professional women committed to community-based and international projects that benefit women and girls.


Left photo: At our February, 2007, membership meeting, we announced a $30,000 gift from Kent Russell (with volunteer Sande St. John). His family has been in Laguna since the early 1900s, and the fireplace will be named in his honor. • Center photo: At our January, 2007, membership meeting, Lee Andersen accepted a check for $50,000 for the Susi Q from Tony Ciabattoni, founder of the Laguna Legacy Fund (with Elizabeth Pearson, who introduced him to Laguna Beach Seniors). He saved a surprise for last: his foundation would make a second $50,000 gift in 2008! • Right photo: At our October, 2006, membership meeting, Bobbi Cox presented Board President Lee Andersen with a $50,000 check for the Bobbi Cox Dance Studio at the new senior/community center.


In April, 2005, Project Senior Center received a $750,000 naming gift in memory of Elizabeth Quilter, from her sons Charlie, Pat, Matt, and Chris (shown here with 2002-2005 LBS Board President Pauline Walpin and then-Mayor Elizabeth Pearson). A month later, the newly-named Susi Q Senior Center received a $350,000 Challenge Grant from the Hearts of Montage.


Montage executive Carole Reynolds (left) joined the Board. Here, she is a guest of honor at a major donor recognition event hosted by board member Lee Winocur-Field (with Donalyn Kling) in August, 2006.


Years before, others had been working tirelessly for a new senior center, among them Marthann Newton (at right) who funded feasibility studies and launched Project Senior Center. Elizabeth Pearson (left) was a champion of the new center long before she was elected to the City Council, and continues to serve as our liaison with the City.


Esther Edith Miller (right) is Lee Winocur-Field's mother and one of the first to make a room-naming gift. Lagunatics founder Bree Burgess Rosen and Chris Quilter (right) co-wrote "Lagunatics 2006: Senior Prom." It was the first major event for the Susi Q and netted $50,000.


Daryl Kling — here with his partner Lewis Guthrie (left) — has joined with his mother Donalyn (at right) to name the Computer Room and the Art Room.


Left: Kay Whitaker was another of our early donors, and the Card Room will be named for her. Right: the Nutrition Services office will be named for Joe and Jane Hanauer.


Left photo: Charlie Williamson, from the LPA architectural firm, speaks with Capital Campaign Co-Chair Darrcy Loveland Bickel. Right photo: Susi Q granddaughter Emily Quilter, who took many of these photographs. with her parents, Ann (Capital Campaign Co-Chair) and Charlie

THE FOUNDERS WALL AT THE SUSI Q

PLATINUM • THE QUILTER FAMILY • HEARTS OF MONTAGE • ELIZABETH PEARSON • THELMA WARD • KLING FAMILY FOUNDATION • LAGUNA LEGACY FUND • WEINGART FOUNDATION • BOBBI COX • GEORGE HEED AND MARTY CONLON • ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LAGUNA BEACH • MARTHANN NEWTON • NO SQUARE THEATRE • CHERYL AND CARL POST • LAURA E HOLTY • KAY WHITAKER • JANE AND JOE HANAUER • ROTARY CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH • SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL LAGUNA BEACH • NEGLEY FLINN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION • DEBORAH AND CODY ENGLE • KENT RUSSELL • ESTHER E MILLER • FRANK RICCHIAZZI AND BORDEN MOLLER • GOLD • SOUTH COUNTY BANK • JUDY AND FRANK BAKER • JOHN AND LISA MANSOUR • CHUCK AND BIRGITTA SCHOEN • JIM AND NANCY KREDER • HOWARD AND ELLIE LEVIN • RUTH STAFFORD • STEVE GROMET • LEE AND JIMMIE REYMER II • WILLIS R AND JUNE M LEACH • MARY LOCATELLI • PETER AND HELEN MAXWELL • LEE WINOCUR FIELD • SABRA LANDE • SILVER • LOUISE TURNER ARNOLD FROM HER DAUGHTERS • GLADYS H CUNNING AND FAMILY • JAMES G AND TERRI W JOHNSON • KENNETH R AND EVELYN GRITSCH HOBE • ROSE ADAMS • STUART WILSON PHD AND KOREY JORGENSEN MD • CAROL L REYNOLDS • KEITH AND JUDY SWAYNE • ROLF AND PAMELA HOROWITZ UITZETTER • WILLIAM A TRIGGS CPA • BRONZE • VIRGINIA SCHOTT • LOUISE E BUCKLEY • PAULINE AND BILL WALPIN • JEAN "SKIPPER" LYNN • DORIS C ROGERS • JOHN AND LINDA MARTIN • DOLORES SCHIFFERT • PRAY AND PLAY BRIDGE GROUP • LAGUNA BEACH METHODIST CHURCH • JOAN GLADSTONE AND ED GILLOW • THE MEEKER FAMILY • GARY RASMUSSEN • FRIENDS OF MARTHA ANDERSON • LENA AND RICHARD FRENCH • LOU AND JACKIE ZITNICK • RICHARD AND BEVERLY JAHRAUS • ATTENTIVE HOME CARE • AL ROBERTS AND KEN JILSON • FRANK L AND JULIE O IRELAND • JUNE AND TERRY NEPTUNE • JIM AND SHEILA PETERSON • DR MARK AND LAURY DETRICK • LEGACY • DAVE AND JACKIE WALKER • FOUNDERS • A&D MUSIC, APODACA FAMILY • SUSAN ABBOTT • GREGG, KATHLEEN, LEA AND TRISTAN ABEL • RICHARD SNEED AND TAD ACKER • MARJE ADAMS • CLAUDINE AJETI • BOB ALBERT FOR DR R QUINN HUNTER JR • ABBY ALDERMAN • JERRY R ALSOBROOK • LEE ANDERSEN • BETTE AND KEN ANDERSON • ANONYMOUS • CHRIS AND PATTI APPEL • DON AND BARBARA APPLETON • GANELL BAKER • DR KS, MADELYN AND JASON BALADI • EDWARD AND JANET BARBIERI • GEORGE AND "RUSTY" BARR • LOUISE COUSE BENTON • DUANE AND DARRCY BICKEL • JODY UPHAM BILLINGS • BILL AND KATHLEEN BLACKBURN • BEN AND GIGI BLOUNT • JIM AND TOOKIE BOKA • ERMA BOKA • RICHARD AND MARIA BOLDING • BORELLA FAMILY • THE BORTHWICK FAMILY • SHIRLEY A BOWEN • ROBERT AND DORIS THURSTON BOYD • HONORING ALEX BRADY, TAX VOLUNTEER • MARLENE BRAM LCSW • DIANN BRASHIER AND FAMILY • SUSAN BROWN • EVELYN BRUMBACK • THE BURGE FAMILY • CANDICE J BURROUGHS • NANCY R BUSHNELL • DAVE, LISA, BRIAN AND JULES BUTLER • JEFFREY M REHM AND STUART A BYER • JOHN L AND LU M CAMPBELL • JACQUES CAMUS • JOSEPH AND GENEVIEVE CAPRINO • TIM AND LYN CARLYLE • CARMEL IN HOME SERVICES • ARTHUR AND JULIE CASEBEER • STEVE CHADIMA • PAMELA AND MICHAEL CHOZEN • TONY AND JANE CIABATTONI • ROBERT AND LORNA COHEN • KEITH AND JOYCE CONWAY • ROBERT FRED COUSE • BOBBI COX • EARL CUNNINGHAM, ART AND TERRY KOSTKA • SYDNEY LUCAS CURTIS • LAGUNA PRINT - TIM AND BONNIE DAVIS • BOB AND ALISON DAVIS • MAGGIE DECKER AND LESLEY DONOVAN • AW (BILL) DELAND • MR AND MRS ALLEN DOBY • MR AND MRS JAMES DOYLE • AUNT FLORENCE DOYLE • BONAVENTURE DUSABIMANA • STEVEN AND JILL EDWARDS • LUCY H EIMER • ELIZABETH ERGER • SALLY REQUA FAVOUR (PILLAR OF LOVE) • SKIP AND GLORIA FICKLING • BEA FIELD • TO OUR HEART DONOR HERO LEE AND FRANK FIELD • MARY BETTY FISHER • NEIL AND GINGER FITZPATRICK • STAN AND TONI FLORES • PEGGY A FORD • PATRICK AND JOANN FREEMAN • FOR MARGARET CAMPBELL FREEMAN • FRIENDS OF THE LAGUNA BEACH LIBRARY • JAN FRITSEN • CATHY AND EDWARD FRY • RUBY AND SHIGERU FUJIWARA • THE GALLIS FAMILY • RANDY AND LINNETTE GARBER • DON AND LENORE GARMAN • GEDGAUDAS FAMILY TRUST • THE GEORGE AND BOB FUND • FRED GILBERT • LOLA D GILLEBAARD • THE GOLDEN FAMILY • MATT GORRY • GENE GRATZ AND JUDY REGAN • ANNE W GRAY • PATRICIA A GRIGGS • WARREN AND CHRISTINA HAINES • JIM AND JAN HALL • ANITA AND DENIS HALTON • IN LOVING MEMORY OF TRACY CARLYLE HAMERA • DR JOHN AND SUSAN HAMIL • THE HAMKALO FAMILY • HENRY L AND EDYTHE L HANDY • BONNIE AND ARNOLD HANO • DOROTHY, LUIS NATAL AND BERTHA HARDY • MARGO AND JAMES HARROD • WILLIAM AND JEAN HARTLEY • BOB AND BARBARA HEDDEN AND FAMILY • SUE HENDRICKSON • ANNETTE AND BOB HENRY • BEVERLY HINE • LAURA E HOLTY • CAROLINE HOOVER • SANDRA AND ARA HOVANESIAN • SUZY AND GRAY HUTCHINSON • IN MEMORY OF MUZ • JEFF JACOBS MD AND CHRISTINE FUGATE • JIM AND SUSIE JAQUA • GARY AND BETSY JENKINS • MARV AND ANNE JOHNSON • BECKY AND JOIE JONES • STEPHEN YORK JUDSON • FRED S KARGER • COBY AND JOANN KELLER • JANE QUILTER KENNEDY • JOHN W KENNEDY AND ANN KOUGH • SIGRID KIELTY, SERENA AND ALEXA • PENNY KING • THE KINSMAN FAMILY • DIANE AND CORT KLOKE • CHUCK AND ALICE KNIGHT • PAT AND JIM KOLLENDA • KARL AND DEE KOSKI • DOROTHY KRILL • DAVID AND CATHY KRINSKY FAMILY • LEE AND JENNIFER KUCERA • LAGUNA BEACH TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION • SERGEANT MAJOR JIM LAW USMC • HARRY AND ZAHIDE LAWRENCE • MARY AND MATT LAWSON • HONORING THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS • VIVIAN AND EUGENE LEVIN MD • CHUCK AND SHEILA LITTLE • THE LOIDOLT FAMILY • RAMONA LOUCKS • ERNIE AND FANNIE LUM • MARTHA AND LARRY LYDICK • BARBARA AND GREG MACGILLIVRAY • ALAN AND JUDY CASSEDY MACPHERSON • ANITA MANGELS • MAXINE B MANDLES MANSON • JOHN AND KATHRYN MARCONI • VERA M MARTINEZ PHD AND STEPHANIE M MURGUIA • JULIA PADACH AND CURTIS MATHEWSON • KIM MAXWELL • RONALD L MAY DMD • KAREN M AND JAMES S MCBRIDE JR • BILL AND ANN MCDONALD • BILL AND MARGIE MCGEHEE • COSSIE MECHLING • EDWARD AND JEANNETTE MERRILEES • DOROTHY MEYERS AND FAMILY • GINNY MILES AND FAMILY • GEORGE R AND GLADYS M MILLER • JOSEPHINE AND EMERSON MILNOR, MAYOR 1948-50 • CONSTANCE MORTHLAND • JANE MORTIMER • DENNIS A AND JUDITH A NAPIER • ROGER V AND EILEEN SMYTH OHANESIAN • SHIRLEY RUSH O'HARE • MAGGIE AND ROGER OWENS • RICHARD AND LAUREN PACKARD • DEBI AND TOM PAVLIK • JUDY HOYT PETTIGREW • DR ROBERT AND DIANA PETTIS • ROBIN PIERSON • MICHAEL PINTO FAMILY • MARK J PORTERFIELD • LUCINDA AND PAUL PREWITT MD • AUDREY PROSSER AND DEBRA QUAM • ALICE NEWTON PYLE • ANN AND CHARLIE QUILTER • CHARLES "CJ" QUILTER III • AMY ELIZABETH QUILTER • EMILY ELIZABETH QUILTER • GR'PA CHICK, GR'MA WHIZ, HUTCH AND EM • ELIZABETH GORDON REINHOLD • CAROL REYNOLDS • ESTHER GROVER AND GRACE RICHARDSON • SYLVIA ROBB • BARBARA COUSE ROBERTSON • BERT AND SHARON ROEDER • WENDY ROGERS FOR BARRY MAX SULLOCK • KEITH AND KAY ROSS FAMILY • HANS R SCHARER • PAM, HENRY SCHMITZ - HEARING SOLUTIONS INC • SANDE AND RICHARD J SCHWARZSTEIN • DANIEL AND FRANCINE SCINTO • DEWAR AND DOROTHY SCOTT • LYNN J AND W BASIL SHARDLOW MD • THE SKELTON FAMILY • JEANNE BEAR SLEEPER • DICK AND PAT SMITH • TERRY SMITH AND WAYNE PETERSON • ELLIE MCPARLAND SMYTH • SOUTH COAST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION • ROSE SPREYER • BROWNIE ST CLAIR • RUTH STAFFORD • BOB AND MARY STAIB • FAITH F STRONG • SUCH A GREAT PARTY • PHYLLIS J SWEENEY • THE TALARICO FAMILY • IN MEMORY OF MILES AND HELEN THOMAS • JOHN KEITH AND LINDSAY TOGNETTI • TORRIERO FAMILY • DONN B TRAGNITZ • TOM AND KATE TSCHUDIN • TURK AND DORIS VARTERESIAN • JOHN AND SCOT VIBERT • WALTER AND ANN VON GREMP • SUMNER R AND DOROTHY R WAITE • GAYLE C WAITE • REVEREND JAYE WATSON • SANDI AND HAL WERTHE • GRANT AND RUTH WETZEL • SHIRLEY V WILENT • JAMES E WILHELM • LEW AND ETHEL WILLIAMS • ARTHUR AND JUDY WINER • STEVE AND BETH WOOD • RICHARD N AND IRENE L WOODARD • MARC WOODWARD AND BILL ALLEN

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