A CALM-ing Lunch

What a difference a year makes!

Last year, CALM at Heart’s lunch was only saved from deluging rain with the erection of a large tent preventing the gardens at Los Sueños, the Montecito home of international lawyer Robert Lieff, becoming a quagmire.

This year, as Lieff has just put the George Washington Smith estate on the market for $33 million, the popular charity decided to host its 11th annual sold-out event at the Montecito Club in blazing sunshine with 250 guests raising more than $375,000.

The boffo bash, co-chaired by Carolyn Fitzgerald, Belle Hahn, Analise Maggio, and Caroline Powers, featured a welcome from board chair Andrew Fitzgerald and a talk from Alana Walczak, president and CEO of the nonprofit, which prevents childhood trauma, heals children and families, and builds resilient communities throughout Santa Barbara County.

Ubiquitous Geoff Green, who runs the City College Foundation, was in fine form, auctioning off a Montecito Staycation with two nights at the Rosewood Miramar with dinner at both Caruso’s and AMA Sushi, snapped up for $7,500; a Colorado mountain getaway near Breckenridge which went to $4,000; a commissioned abstract artwork by Josephine Turner Ingram sold for $6,000; a week’s stay in Oslo, Norway, bought for $7,500; a vacation at a private home in Careyes, Mexico, which raised a hefty $15,000; and tickets to see rockers Depeche Mode, currently on their world tour, anywhere around the globe and attendance at a concert after-party, which garnered $13,000.

Among the supporters turning out were former mayor Helene Schneider, David Edelman, Truman Davis, Steve and Amber Ortiz, Ivana Firestone, Carrie Towbes and John Lewis, Marsha Kotlyar, Lily Hahn, Christie Glanville, Kerrilee Gore, Ben Sprague, Ginger Salazar, and Rich and CJ Yao.