FOUNDATION
Ethan Braunstein MD, Board Chair, Forest Highlands Foundation
This is the time of year for changeover in composition of the Foundation Board. I would like to thank Jean Brown and John Rivers, who are leaving the Board, for their many years of service. I’m happy to say that Jean will stay on the Grant Committee and will be our informal liaison with Killip School, and that John will remain as Emeritus Board Chair. The new Executive Committee will consist of Marcus Sipolt as Chair, Kathy Haake as Vice Chair, Renee Haas Westman as Secretary, Teri Schwab as Treasurer, and I will be Past Chair. Thanks to all the past and present Board members who have donated their time and energy to the Foundation.
Although the season is winding down, the Foundation has remained active with some new initiatives. Our first art auction at the Labor Day picnic surprised even us with its success, as we made more than $5,000 to donate to worthy nonprofits in Flagstaff. We would like to thank Greg Brown for his spectacular photography, Darla Sipolt for her versatility in landscape, abstract and still life photography, Jeanette Miller for her exquisite watercolors, and Eddie Matney, who showed as much creativity with his “knot art” as he does with his cuisine. Also, we would like to thank Ed and Emily Lesser for donating a painting by the late Ray Bouchard. Of course, all the purchasers of these works also deserve our gratitude. For many years we have been collecting duplicate books at the Forest Highlands Library, taking them to Bookmans, and donating the credit slips to the Flagstaff Family Food Center for their after school reading and dinner program for children who otherwise may not have even been able to have dinner. Thanks to Mark Loprino for suggesting that Forest Highlands members may have children’s books that they are clearing out after the season. If so, please drop them off at the Forest Highlands library (lower level Canyon Clubhouse). We’ll pick them up and take them to the Food Center ourselves. You will be decluttering and helping people who need help at the same time.
Thank you to Jean Brown and John Rivers, who are leaving the Board, for their many years of service.
This will be the last Voice in the Pines column during my tenure as Foundation Board Chair. Thank you for your interest in what’s happening at the Foundation, and I hope for your continued participation.
Ethan Braunstein
Do you have children’s books that you are clearing out after the season? If so, please drop them off at the Forest Highlands library (lower level Canyon Clubhouse).
CHILDREN’S
VOICE IN THE PINES | OCTOBER 2022 12
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