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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter March 19, 2018
Lynne Koy, Barbara Gardner (Chairs), Jessica Hays
Hank and Melinda Foster
Catherine Aqulina, Rani Jeffries
Ron and Rhonda Calahan
Sandi and Harry Jannetta, Kimberly Carreiro, Dena Prose
Sidney Turner, Kevin Pustay
Tim and Diane Muldoon, Coral and Michael Pleas
Loretta Visconti, Frank Roth
Trudy Barry, Donna Baker, Karin Jones
Elena and Todd Reuter
Bob Buzzard, Patty Grossman, Donna Dana, Marilyn Buzzard, Dave Grossman
Nati Shabat
Joey Perea, Anne Casanova
Jessica Hays, Ozzie and Linda Patzmann
Pandora Strasler, Charles Murray
Dudley Carson, Cynthia McCague
Adam and Kat Hughes, Jake Grollman
Michele Fischman, Cindy Thelen, Cathy Bachand, Lynne Koy
Mary Ann Carlson, Jenny Duffy, Claudia Cardillo, Deb LaMarca
Tom Ross, Sally Trout
Ron and Micki H. Gamer
Jane and Richard Rosen, Penny Hill
Toby and Cheryl Kinerk, Linda and Bruce Heckenberg, Gwen and Richard Arcara
Tad, Megan and Josh Kitchner
Carol Krause
Terry Stern, David Handley, Mark Muse
Debbie Clark, Sally Trout, Sandy Moore
Frannie Hoffman, Robert Gaglio, Sue Ghezzi
Rick and Elisa Carlisle
Mary Ellen Mancini, Wayne LaFlamboy, Erin Reid
Rosemary Eure, Rob Brown
Courtney and Paul Tarantino
The gala for SPARCC (Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center) also featured a live auction and dancing to the music of Big Night Out.
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