Isla Vista Kindergarten

Holiday Party

by
Professional Women’s Association
A BIG Thank You to everyone who helped to make PWA’s 2009 Holiday Gift Drive
and Isla Vista Kindergarten party a great success!
To Carol Sauceda for all of these beautiful pictures!
A special Thanks Katya Armistead for continues support and assistance in this
event
To Jeff Goldmann, who donated three of his staff and a vehicle to move all of the
presents to IV Elementary School.
To Mark Beisecker and the UCSB Bookstore for donating all of those soft cuddly
bears and transporting them to the Isla Vista Elementary school for us!
To everyone who helped wrap gift donations for this event.
To Cathe Hedrick and Housing & Residential Services for donating
table clothes, cookies, candy canes, and juice boxes for all of the– 91
kindergartners and 72 pre-school children
To Cathe Hedrick for all of her dedication and commitment to this event.
To Michael Young, for his wonderful rendition of Santa – as always he was an
amazing Santa!
To everyone who donated a present!
To Tommy, who also did a fantastic job as Santa for Elwood and El Camino pre-
school classes.
Special thanks go to Santa’s helpers
To Nellie Guerrero, and the EOP office collecting gifts and helping us organize
them for the party.
To Nicole Dominguez for helping with the delivery of presents for the EL Ellwood
and El Camino pre-schools.
To Kara Lopez for helping with the delivery of presents for the EL Ellwood and El
Camino pre-schools.
To Max Gapala for being an active recruiter for gift donations.
To Andrea Helfer for being an active recruiter for gift donations.
To Kevin Scott for being an active recruiter for gift donations.
To everyone who made an extra gift donation to help make sure we had all the
present necessary.
With your help we were able to bring gifts to 163 pre-school and kindergarten
children!
To Gina Gonzales, and the Visitor Center Interns for collecting and helping us
organize them for the party.
Thank you to everyone who served on the
Committee that made this event possible
Andrea Helfer Flora Furlong
Anna Morales-Castaneda Gina Gonzales
Apri Medina Jeannine R. Green
Ashley Bradbury Judy Zachary
Blanca Nuila Judy Harris
Candice Brooks Katya Armistead
Carol Sauceda Kelly Erland
Cathe Hedrick Marie Howell
Deborah Donahue Phyllis Gibson
Dedi Staggs Rachel Eikenberry
Dionne Metter Rosa Pinter
Ester Kim
And finally Thank you to all of the volunteers who came to help with the party!!!
We wish you all a wonderful holiday!!!
Sincerely,
Berenice Manzo and Brenda Curiel
PWA Community Service Co-Chairs