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"Diamond in
the Rough" Raises Funds for
Pro Kids Golf &
The Monarch School
January 25th, 2006
The Social Diary Columnist & Photographer
Margo Schwab
January 21st, 2006 kicked off a big fundraiser
for the hosting Century Club of San Diego and the Buick Invitational.
The theme was the 1st Annual Diamond in the Rough Gala.
The location was downtown San Diego's swank Manchester
Hyatt Hotel. It was an elegant affair. Over 1,100 guests came
ready to socialize, bid big on tempting golf and travel packages,
enjoy fine wine tasting, (Silver Oak Cellars was a standout),
and sit down to an incredible white gloved served dinner of fish
and filet mignon. And then there was the entertainment. It was
big too….
(Photos top row - Doug McKnight with Bart
O'Rourke, Event Chairwoman Julie Dillon on left and President
of the Century Club and 2006 Buick Invitational General Chairman
William Potter, Lisa McVay, second row - Marty Levin of KNSD on
the cell phone, Rana Sampson and Mayor Jerry Sanders with Event
Chairwoman Julie Dillon and Jim Roberts
Vocalist Raymond Lee's smooth,
smooth voice was a standout. But the entertainment did not stop
there. Multi-Grammy award winning talent Trisha Yearwood
took the stage and she enthralled listeners. She's beautiful
too.
This was an evening attendees will remember
for all of the right reasons, great event, great entertainment,
for great causes.
(Pictured Scott Johnston with Bart O'Rourke,
Judy Strada, Colin Seid and Nancy Gold with friend)
The first of the two beneficiaries for
the evening are The Pro Kids Golf. Since 1994
their mission "has been to provide a safe, healthy and positive
environment where children can spend their free time learning
and playing golf. The Pro Kids Golf program helps combat juvenile
delinquency in providing students an opportunity to learn new
lifetime skills and be initiated into the strong value system
of honesty and integrity that is an important part of the game
of golf. Located in the City Heights area of San Diego, California,
Pro Kids Golf utilizes the eighteen-hole par-three Colina Park
Golf Course and clubhouse."
(Photos - Robert Horsman
of San Diego National Bank, Stephanie and Bill Tribolet, second
row - a friend with Alicia Seienka and Joe Biggers, hallway photo
of Papa Doug Manchester and his wife Betsy with Arnold Schwarzenegger)
The second beneficiary for the evening is the The Monarch School."
The Monarch School's mission is to provide an
environment where homeless and at-risk youth can improve their
lives through education. Monarch operates through a partnership
between the San Diego County Office of Education, which provides
the educational component, and the Monarch School Project, a non-profit
formed to raise money for the non-traditional needs of Monarch's
students, such as after-school programs, visual and performing
arts, field trips, mentoring, tutoring, and post-graduation support,
as well as, the basics of laundry facilities, food, clothing,
and personal hygiene items."
(Photos - Fred Shuey with
Maxine Gellens, Scott Johnston)
This fundraising event was
made possible due to some hard working people. Among them were
Chairwoman Julie Dillon, elegant in a Sue Wong
dress, with Jim Roberts at her side, William
S. Potter the President of the Century Club of
San Diego and 2006 Buick Invitational Chairman, and Larry
Peck, the Golf Marketing Manager of the Buick Motor Division,
accompanied by his wife Molly. This
group of extraordinary people, with a hard working committee team,
made this event happen with finesse.
(Photos - Lydia with her
husband, and vocalist, Raymond Lee, Jeff and Janet Miller)
More there enjoying the entertainment,
including the steel drum music during dinner, were Ronnie
Froman and Linden Blue of General Atomic, Kim
and Marco Alessio, Kimberly Hunt of KUSI with her husband
and the event's witty emcee Billy Ray Smith, Rick Schloss,
Judy and Randy Strada, Diane and Bob Culbertson, Diane and Roy
Bell, Patty and Michael Spacciapolli, Konnie and Jim Horton, Kris
and James McMillan, and Steve Metcalf.
More there included Jim Flaherty,
Amy and Bill Geppert, Marty and David Pendarvis, Joe Biggers and
Alicia Seienka, David Broderick, Maxine Gellens, beautiful
in a chinchilla wrap, with Fred Shuey, Stephanie and Bill
Tribolet, Marti Gellens-Stubbs with T. Patrick
Stubbs, Anne and Eric Chodorow, Nancy Gold with Colin Seid
(Colin's from South Africa originally), Ann and Ben Haddad,
Debbie and Ray Higgins, Gail and Marty Levin (Marty's
with KNSD 7/39), Jocelyn and Richard Vortmann, Tom Wornham,
Mike Mattucci, Nancy and Tony McCune (he's the big car
salesman), Janet and Jeff Miller (Jeff is with
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego), Karen
and Jeff Silberman, Bart O'Rourke of The Ascot Shop in
La Jolla, Lynn Gorguze and Councilman Scott Peters, Helene
and Ron Roberts, Scott Johnston, Rana Sampson and His
Honor, Mayor Jerry Sanders.
A lot of big names for some important causes.
As Larry Peck stated, "thanks to the hard
work and dedication of The Century Club, The Buick Invitational
has donated nearly eight million dollars to San Diego area charities
since we became the title sponsor in 1992."
And the tradition of giving is continued
with many supporters and corporate sponsors that include: North
Island Credit Union, Manchester Grand Resorts, JMI, Inc., San
Diego National Bank, Cox Communications, Sports Marketing Entertainment
and American Mortgage.
Some very cute kids were on hand to help
too from Pro Kids Golf and the Monarch School. The smiling greeters
included Chris Bojorquez, Tona Yann, Keeynan Bolden, Roberto
Rosas, Jennifer Gastelum, Shadiya Hagisuri, Jennifer Boshears,
Lori Marguet, Guerrero Campos, Laura Sanchez, Danielle Geladino,
Ricci Geladino and Brandon Jenkins. On
steel drums were Makayla Garcia and Jaron
Garcia (they also sang the National Anthem), Dawn
Horton and Steven Munier.
Join in and put
a "Tiger" in the future of our kids
and make sure to
follow the Buick Invitational 2006
To learn more please visit The
Monarch Schools and Pro
Kids Golf.
* Margo Schwab has produced,
written, interviewed and photographed for various media organizations
since 1989. Schwab has a Masters of Business degree
from the University of San Diego. Schwab volunteers
for numerous charity organizations. She also continues to lobby
for water safety and for family violence mitigation. Schwab is
the owner and publisher of the Social Diary.
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