By the time this goes to press, over a month will have passed since the “Viva Las Vegas” themed Celebrity Waiter Dinner took place, benefiting our Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and their Adult Day Care Respite Program. But it is still well worth my allotted space to thank the companies that stepped up in these hard economic times to support our seniors and help us raise in the neighborhood of $70,000! How cool is that? At the risk of being a laundry list, please take the time to review the following companies and people who, even when times are tough, give back to our community and our seniors! Thank you to the Crawfords of Santa Clarita Concrete and Inside SCV Magazine for their head table sponsorship. Our Platinum sponsors were IHOP, Wolf Towing, Kellar-Davis Realty, Steve & Diane Arklin, Princess Cruises, Comfort Keepers In-Home Care, Sunrise & Summerhill Villa assisted living facilities, Erica Betz & Rick Patterson, and The Signal. Thank you! Our Gold Sponsors were Mercedes Benz of Valencia, The Law Office of Poole & Shaffery, Valencia Pharmacy, The City of Santa Clarita, Williams Homes, College of the Canyons and our great service organizations of The Elks, Rotary, and Kiwanis. Thank you! The entertainment was nothing short of stellar. Santa Clarita resident Everette Harp blew the doors off the room with his saxophone, filling the room with the Jazz that has put him at the top of the Billboard charts! Thank you Everette! Steve Arklin and Joe Caseo also serenaded the crowd with the Harmonica and acoustic guitar and the night wouldn’t be the same without Canyon Theater Group opening our show each year. George Chavez started us off as Elvis, followed throughout the evening by Mike Davies, Rena Lee Bailey-Barrett, Jan Marie Rennels, Sarah Rock, Jenn Alexopoulos, Kamber Moen, Joy Norton, Felice Wurst, Bill Lively, Leslie Berra and Mo Davis as Phyllis Diller! Thank you!
Other companies contributing to the success of the evening were Peter Goosen’s Loose Goose Wine Society, Sign-A-Rama, J&M Entertainment, ATP Corp Merchant Services, John Green, Matrimony Pictures, and KHTS. Thank you!
I’m sure I speak for my Co-Chair, Mayor Bob Kellar, as well as myself, when I say to all of our sponsors, our celebrity waiters, volunteers, attendees and committee members, last time I’m saying it, (in this article anyway), here it goes — Thank you!
Myles McNamara is owner of Comfort Keepers In-Home care and works professionally with the elderly on issues relating to senior independence. He can be reached in Santa Clarita at 661-287-4200.