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Those of you who participated in the Denise Martinez Tournament or the 25th Anniversary Gala will know that this has been a busy month for the Forest Highlands Foundation. Both events were tremendously successful, and we would like to thank Vickie Selzer and her volunteers for their customary fine job organizing the golf tournament, and Phyllis Banucci, Michelle Arena and their team for planning the most successful Gala/ Bearfoot event in our history. Paul Paparella, our emcee for the Gala, provided commentary and magic tricks for the occasion. We also would like to thank Will Godfrey for his capsule history of the Foundation to be found in the program, and we look forward to reading the complete version of our history at a later date.
As all this was happening, the grant committee, led by Wendy Godfrey with the help of Paul Paparella, participated in the “horse trading” event of the Arizona Community Foundation Flagstaff. While some of us were busy raising money for the Foundation, the grant committee gave away more than $280,000 at horse trading. As the total for all local foundations was $1,500,000, you can see the outsized influence that our foundation has in local human services philanthropy. In fact, we contributed an amount greater than $100,000 more than any other local donor. We of course will have the official numbers in our annual report. Along with contributions to our usual donees, we also look for small promising organizations just
Click the link below to see more photos of our most successful Gala/Bearfoot event in our history.
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VOICE IN THE PINES • AUGUST 2024
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