The Cappelli’s Family The Cappelli’s Meet Your Neighbors of Upland of Upland
909: How long have you guys lived in Upland? Tony: We’ve been here since 1998. 909: Why did you move there? Tony: We moved to get a bigger house for our family. Sandy’s parents live half a mile away from us now. 909: How do you like Upland? Tony: Our life is here. Everything we do is here; the kids go to school here. Even our business is here. 909: What could be done to improve your city?
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plant, nerve disorders, cancer or something of that nature. After a family is referred by a social worker, that’s when we help fill the gaps that are missing, because the time away from work has reduced their income or additional living expenses can’t be met. Sandy: Our son Steven was born in 2000. He died of heart complications. We started Steven’s Hope and help people across the world, but the majority of the famlies we help are in the Inland Empire, through our Fill A Need Program. The Housing for Hope program is where families stay in Loma Linda after transplants. We helped 1,700 kids last year.
Tony: As a city itself it has to get past some negatives that have been floating around and we just have to start looking at the opportunities.
909: How did you two meet?
909: Are you involved with your community? If so, how?
909: What made you fall in love with her?
Tony: We started Steven’s Hope in 2002 and provide assistance to families whose children have a serious illness or injury; organ trans-
Tony: There is our Italian heritage and we also had similar goals. On our first date we were talking about different things we wanted to ac-
Tony: Video Dating Service. Great Expectations had one in Upland and that’s how we met.
complish and years later we see many of those things have come to pass. 909: What made you fall in love with him? Sandy: He made me laugh and was a big supporter. He was an enabler for all my big ideas and still is. 909: Tell us one thing your wife does that annoys you. Tony: That’s a really bad question to be asking me on Valentine’s Day. 909: Tell us one thing your husband does that annoys you. Sandy: He has a lot of projects going all the time. Tony: We both know the projects are for her. 909: What do you two do for a living? Tony: We run a children’s charity, Steven’s Hope. For a long time we both had insurance agencies. Sandy is in the midst of a book launch about the journey she had during