Shining a Light on Compassionate Care

Compassionate Care of Carpinteria had a record turnout of more than 150 guests when it hosted its fifth annual The Light Shines Ahead lunch at the Rincon Beach Club, raising around $40,000.

The boffo bash – chaired by Marybeth Carty – featured guitarist Hector Hurtado’s music before speeches from David Selberg, Hospice of Santa Barbara CEO, and Adriana Marroquin, CCC’s community manager, and an energized money-raiser led by the ubiquitous Geoff Green, head honcho of the City College Foundation.

Guest speakers were Beth Cox, who lost her father to melanoma just 26 days after diagnosis, and Virginia Benson Wigle, whose husband was taken by cancer. Wigle  has since set up the fundraising charity Starfish Connection, which facilitates emergency gap grants to those facing sudden financial crises.

Among supporters turning out were former district attorney Joyce Dudley, Das Williams, Carpinteria mayor Al Clark, Laura Capps, Tina Frontado, Randy and Dana VanderMey, Lynda Fairly, Evan Turpin, and Heidi Holly.