Green Gala Gets Funk-y

How appropriate that a Funk Zone locale dubbed the Bakery Block raised a lot of dough when the Community Environmental Council hosted its annual Green Gala for 250 guests raising more than $100,000 to help its work in protecting California’s Central Coast from the climate crisis.

The boffo bash, co-chaired by Carolyn Fitzgerald, Katy Powers, and Michelle Weinman, featured youngsters Dylan McLernon, Alaina Galbraith, Valentine Thomas, Lena Fackler, and Ethan Maday as activist and keynote speakers.

The live auction included a three-night Moorish-inspired weekend in Palm Springs, a tour and lunch for ten at the Jalama Canyon Ranch, a limited-edition artwork by Montecito photographer Michael Haber, and a four-hour coastal sailing trip with local naturalist Peter Schuyler.

Among the supporters were Mindy Budgor, Laura Capps, Marybeth Carty, Robert and Chris DeVries, Emily Eckert, Lucy Firestone, Martin and Kerrilee Gore, Geoff and Carol Green, Belle Hahn, Gregg Hart, Karl and Nancy Hutterer, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Victoria Riskin, Peter Schuyler, Xorin Balbes and Truman Davies, Randy and Roxanna Solakian, Jim and Sherry Villanueva, Chuck and Merryl Zegar, and Das Williams.