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Happy Holidays and See You Next Year!

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IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 2019. Where does

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the time go? The good news is that this is a magical time of year that most of us

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absolutely cherish! We get to enjoy the cool crisp air, wear our cozy sweaters and boots, drink hot cocoa, and revel in the festive holiday spirit we find around every corner. Most of all, the time has come to reflect on this past year and enjoy time with those we love.

Family traditions are often a big part of the holiday season. I feel so blessed to be part of a huge family with silly traditions. Every year we recreate the fun and come

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up with new traditions to carry out. This is part of what builds an unbreakable family bond filled with joy and laughter.

So as December ramps up, we hope you take the time to slow down a little bit. Enjoy

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your time with family and friends, bask in the magic of the winter season, reflect on

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past memories you hold closely in your hearts, and keep the new ones you create in

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the present for as long as you can.

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As things get busy out there, remember the best gifts in life are free, so embrace

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the holiday spirit through simple acts of human kindness. Sometimes all it takes is a simple smile or compliment to make someone’s day.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE DECEMBER 2019

FEATURES 20 Cheers to the Holidays!

Raise a Glass and Toast to the Season with Festive Holiday Cocktails

24 Extra, Extra, Read All About it!

Local Authors Pen Tales, Share Wisdom

28 Mark Tarbell The Man Behind the Food

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38 PANDA People Acting Now Discover Answers

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DEPARTMENTS 6

Lifestyle Letter

10

Good Times

16

Around Town

20 Culinary Creations 34 Local Limelight 38 Giving Back 42 Water & Woods 46 Lifestyle Calendar

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Paradise Valley Lifestyle and North Scottsdale Lifestyle's 'The Social' "The Social" was a fun gathering of community for both Paradise Valley Lifestyle and North Scottsdale Lifestyle magazines. A special thank you to Lincoln Steakhouse for hosting, Nicole Anders for being the event coordinator, and Scottsdale Ferrari for providing beautiful vehicles—creating a perfect red carpet entrance. PHOTOGRAPHY BY WHITNEY DINOTA, LINDSAY JENKS, JOSH WEINBERG

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1. Brandi Jenkins, Eric Fellows, Scott Jenkins | 2. Carey Peña, Nicole Anders, Mycal Anders | 3. Matthew Abrams & Colleen Abrams | 4. Erik Peterson, Tammy Fellows, Oscar De las sales, Gary Jackson | 5. Ivy Ciolli, Allison Palme, Michelle Gulbas, Nadine Bubeck, Lisa Jaffe | 6. Michelle Glicksman, Staci Hauk, Tammy Fellows | 7. Mycal Anders, Nicole Anders, Eric Fellows, Tammy Fellows, Shea Hillenbrand, Angela Hewitt, Roger Badenhuizen | 8.

Cheryl Malcolm, Maggie Rupp, Scylvia-Elvira Danese, Mendy Hoffman, Joan Dominique | 9. Oscar De las sales, Tammy Fellows, Letitia Frye | 10. Joe Ciolli, Ivy Ciolli, Tammy Fellows, Eric Fellows | 11. Tammy Fellows 10

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Childhelp Drive the Dream Gala Kick-Off Party Childhelp, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit advocating for abused and neglected children, celebrated the Childhelp Drive the Dream Gala Kick-off Party on Oct. 16. Ivy Ciolli, this year’s chair, along with vice chairs Dru Hammer and Jacqueline Nerguizian, hosted the event at the OTTO Car Club. The gala will be held on Feb. 15, 2020, at The Phoenician. PHOTOS BY WHITNEY DINOTA

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1. Childhelp Founders - Sara O’Meara & Yvonne Fedderson | 2. Ivy Ciolli, Joey Ciolli, Drew Gulbas, Michelle Gulbas, Allison DuBois, Joe DuBois | 3.

Dru Hammer, Jacqueline Nerguizian, Ivy Ciolli, Carol Hebets | 4. Danica O’Leary, Jennifer Gage, Letitia Frye | 5. Jacqueline Nerguizian, Dru Hammer, Ivy Ciolli | 6. Carey Pena, Tiffany Quayle

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2019 National Quarterback Club Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony On Jan. 17, 2020, Arizonan Bill Shover will receive the 2019 Legacy Recognition Award during the 2019 National Quarterback Club Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The Scottsdale Resort McCormick Ranch. For information about the club, the awards dinner and the ceremony, visit NationalQBClub.com. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE HARVEY OF PEAK IMAGE

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1. Jim Kelly, the 2018 Legacy Recognition Award recipient, with family | 2. Spencer Rattler, 2018 High School Quarterback of the Year (co-winner), and Jim McMahon | 3. Bo Nix, 2018 High School Quarterback of the Year (co-winner) | 4. Letitia Frye hosts the live auction December 2019 | Paradise Valley Lifestyle

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GOOD TIMES 1.

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Phoenix Fashion Week The three-day event, held at Talking Stick Resort, drew more than 5,000 attendees, featured more than 24 runway shows, and showcased 10 emerging designers from across the country who launched their collections. Thursday evening was the Fashionably Pink celebrity runway show to raise breast cancer awareness and benefit local charity Don’t be a Chump; Check for a Lump.

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2019 Heart Ball Addressing Luncheon Heart Ball Chairman Kristine Thompson and her executive team recently brought the Heart Ball Committee, made up of 100 volunteers, to Mountain Shadows for the Addressing Luncheon. The Committee spent the morning assembling the Heart Ball invitations. During the following luncheon, the Badgley Mischka Resort Evening Collection was presented by Neiman Marcus, with a special appearance from the designers themselves.

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GOOD TIMES 1.

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Fourth Annual Sip, Shop & Style Saks Fifth Avenue and Mom Style Lab hosted this event to celebrate what’s new and fashionable for fall. It included a fashion show, styling advice, beauty update and shopping. Angela Keller of Mom Style Lab shared how to build an intentional capsule wardrobe, and celebrity makeup artist Lisa Moore demonstrated on how to reboot your look and skincare routine.

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1. McKenna Wesley, Angela Keller, Candice Mathis | 2. Lisa Moore, Candice Mathis | 3. Brooke Villone | 4. Valerie Knorr

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THE COLLECTOR’S HOUSE EXPANDED BESPOKE GALLERY IS NOW OPEN The Collector’s House expanded Bespoke Gallery in the Shops Gainey Village is now open.

The well-curated lifestyle and interiors boutique has added an additional 2,500 square feet of gallery space to better tell the story of two beautiful lines of furniture, Alfonso Marina and Verellen.

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PANDA CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN LUNCHEON AND FASHION SHOW The 2020 PANDA "Children Helping Children" Luncheon and Fashion Show will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at 10 a.m. at The Phoenician Resort.

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HOTEL VALLEY HO DEBUTS REVAMPED ZUZU RESTAURANT

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THE HERMOSA INN HONORED AS 'BEST FOR ROMANCE' BY TRIPSAVVY The Hermosa Inn, a historic luxury boutique hideaway, has been named Arizona’s only winner in the 2019 TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards in the Best for Romance category. The 2019 winners, sourced through a unique mix of machine-learning and TripSavvy editor testing, represent the best in travel, tourism, and hospitality, and celebrate each winner’s outstanding contribution to travelers and the travel industry worldwide.

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LOS SOMBREROS OPENS IN UPTOWN PHOENIX Serving up authentic Central Mexico cuisine since 1994, South Scottsdale restaurant staple Los Sombreros recently opened an additional location in Uptown Phoenix. The new location is directly in the heart of the thriving Uptown Phoenix neighborhood at 322 E. Camelback Road. Veterans of the food service industry, owners Kurt Riske, Geoff Schuman and Adam Rivera, are thrilled to bring the authentic fare of Central Mexico to Uptown Phoenix restaurant-goers.

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CHEERS TO THE HOLIDAYS! RAISE A GLASS AND TOAST TO THE SEASON WITH THESE FESTIVE HOLIDAY COCKTAILS, AVAILABLE AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS

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HOLIDAY CHEER

INGREDIENTS

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INGREDIENTS

+ Purity Vodka—51 times distilled

+ White chocolate liquor

+ Tito’s Vodka

+ Fresh lemon juice

+ Vodka

+ Kerrygold Irish Cream

+ House-made cranberry, cinnamon and

+ Sweet Cream

+ Kahlua

orange syrup

+ Served in a coconut-rimmed

+ Licor 43

+ Served with a crystallized cranberry rim

martini glass

+ Served in a martini glass garnished with a cinnamon and sugar graham cracker rim

“Beyond the wildly imaginative pre-

“Besides it being delicious, living

sentation and pour, the house-made

in the desert, this drink is a vision of

syrup combines traditional holiday fla-

winters past. Snow and icicles hang-

“It is like a winter day in the glass.

vors (cranberry, orange and cinnamon)

ing from the roof, making everything

It warms you from the inside out, sim-

that are perfectly balanced with the

magical,” says Chef Marcellino Verzino,

ilar to a memory of holidays with your

Purity Vodka and fresh lemon juice to

owner, Marcellino Ristorante.

loved ones. With Kerrygold, Tito’s, Licor

create a smooth and refreshing martini.

Available through Feb. 29, 2020

43 and Kahlua... what says holiday

Holiday cocktails often lean towards

$15 at Marcellino Ristorante

cheer more than that!” says Robbi Jo

super sweet peppermint drinks or night-

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Oliver, sr. director wine & spirits/train-

caps, so we wanted to create a cocktail

ing, Mastro’s Restaurants.

that started the evening with a surprise

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and was satisfying to the last drop,” says

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+ Spiced strawberry

+ Mezcal Carreno Tobala

+ Sparkling Rosé

+ Red wine

+ Cointreau

+ Raspberry St. George

+ Sparkling wine

+ Borghetti liqueur

+ Pomegranate

+ Nitro Irish Cream with chestnut

+ Lemon

+ Steamed milk + Fresh-brewed espresso “This drink has intrigue; the flavor profiles of the wine along with the Pimm’s

“Our

make it a real treat to look at and savor,” says Jim Gallen, food and beverage manager, Mountain Shadows.

“It’s not common to find mezcal in a holiday cocktail; I wanted to take some

Pomegranate

amount of tart but sweet,” says Stevie Raeann, bar lead, FLINT by Baltaire.

Available through Dec. 31

traditional holiday flavors and infuse

Available through the winter

$14 at Mountain Shadows

them

$12 at FLINT by Baltaire

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which the smoky spirit definitely adds,

with

something

unexpected,

balanced out by the Cointreau,” says PJ Baron, beverage ambassador, Hotel Valley Ho. Available through Jan. 2, 2020 $16 at ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho HotelValleyHo.com

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house-made

syrup gives this cocktail the perfect

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THE ANGEL INSIDE

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INNER CIRCLE: FOCUS & FULFILLMENT HABITS OF THE ENLIGHTENED

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WINNING NOT WHINING

by Roger Badenhuizen More than a self-help book, oftentimes we go through life complaining and worrying and yes, we think we are right to do so. This book runs through practical ways and steps we can take to win the daily challenges of life. Endorsed by Kevin Harrington, inventor of the informercial and original investor on Shark Tank. $14.99 on Amazon.com

MASCARA BOY—BULLIED, ASSAULTED & NEAR DEATH: SURVIVING TRAUMA & ADDICTION

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MARK TARBELL THE MAN BEHIND THE FOOD

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ON

A

TYPICAL

DAY,

CHEF

MARK

TARBELL IS UP BRIGHT AND EARLY. “I’m up with the sun, then take care of any needs from the day before and get the new day started. I check in with my longtime business manager Anne Ballman, then I take a hike or chillax, then the daily meetings and restaurant activities start. I usually finish between 10 or 12 and like to cap off the night with some good wine and reading,” he says.

Mark is known for his locations in the Valley—Tarbell’s, Tarbell’s Tavern and The Wine Store, and his cooking television skills have garnered him numerous awards.

The restaurants have won over 50 Best Of awards, he’s a two-time inductee to the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame, Tarbell’s won Best Restaurant from Food & Wine, he was nominated for a James Beard Award, he was a winner on Iron Chef America, he was named 40 under 40, and he was recently inducted into the 40 under 40 Hall of Fame— to name just a few.

Oh, and he recently won a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for his show, Plate & Pour.

“This [show] has been a blast,” he says.

“I get to work with the best people in TV, and it’s an honor. The show was created with the mission I’ve longed to fulfill and that is to highlight all the wonderful chefs, distillers, brewers and winemakers in Arizona

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and the Southwest. We journey around the state looking for people and their stories. We believe that Arizona is on the cusp of having its greatness known worldwide. This show, which launched in January, aspires to take a small part in furthering the good message.”

Mark says he loves to travel and interview and cook with the chefs and craftsmen around the state, and that hearing their stories fascinates and amazes him.

As for the Emmy, he says, “Winning an Emmy a huge honor and that it’s a team win all the better. For me personally, it’s something I never imagined I would be a part of.”

Mark first became interested in cooking as a child.

“I was drawn to cooking at an early age because I loved to eat,” he says. “My mom was always cooking, and until I was 10 years old, she made fresh bread every day. The aroma of fresh, hot baked bread is magical. When it came out of the oven piping hot I’d slice off the end piece and slather butter on it—ahhh.”

He was born in New Hampshire, and spent his formative years first in Amsterdam, Holland and then Paris.

At age 15, he purchased a cookbook called La Technique by Jacques Pepin and “poured through it with enthusiasm.”

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He was hooked. Mark began cooking for friends and family. Later, he landed a one-year European apprenticeship at the Sonesta Hotel in Amsterdam, Holland. After that, he was accepted to École de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris, and while there, he worked as an apprentice in a 1-star Michelin restaurant named Michel Pasquet and a 3-star Michelin restaurant named Taillevent, and later did a stint at Willy’s Wine Bar as a bar back and cook.

“After Paris, I worked as a sous chef at The Oracle House, a sous chef and briefly chef of a restaurant in Cambridge outside of Boston, a pastry chef and later chef at a large Inn in New Hampshire,” he shares. “At this point, I knew I wanted to own a restaurant and yet knew nothing about service, so with the help of my mentor James Nassikas, I went West!”

In addition to his food and pastry background, he also had a wine background, having attended l’Acadamie du Vin while in Paris.

Mark moved to Arizona to work at The Boulders Resort, where he spent eight years. In 1994, he opened Tarbell’s.

Of his favorite foods to cook, he says, “I love to cook all manner of vegetables and fish. Each have so many opportunities to create nuance. They are the most alive and require great sensitivity.”

Another thing he likes to cook? Pudding. Specifically pudding for Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding, an event that brings together both new and classic headliners, and where proceeds benefit Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers (this year’s event will be held Dec. 14 at Celebrity Theatre).

“Alice and Sheryl [Cooper] were having dinner at Tarbell’s at table 52 17 years ago, talking about this charity they wanted to create. My response was simple, ‘What can I do and how can I help?’ I was in.

We have been providing the Christmas Pudding for the Christmas Pudding since the first show. What a ride it’s been! I love the Coops— they are such generous and supportive members of our community and would do anything for them,” Mark says.

Not only is Mark involved with this event, but he donates to many local charities and groups, including Fresh Start, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Mary’s Food Bank, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, CASA, Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), and Peer Solutions, to name just a few.

At the heart of it all, though, are his customers.

“What’s most important thing in business is getting up every day and working to be better at serving your guests, staff and community,” he says. “I am just getting started. We have an amazing team of dedicated and kind-hearted hospitality professionals here. We are having fun with this.”

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DENISE SEOMIN SAVORS WORK ON FIESTA BOWL ARTICLE ALISON BAILIN BATZ PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

SPORTS HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED AN INTE-

really missed the sports world, too,” says

GRAL ROLE IN DENISE SEOMIN’S LIFE.

Denise, who found a way to get to Arizona

“My dad played football for the University of Cincinnati,” says Denise, who fondly remembers watching sports together as among her most treasured memories growing up.

and get back into sports courtesy of Best Western International.

In 2004, the chain based in the Valley was a major sponsor of NASCAR, so Denise took

And while Denise once dreamt of being the

on a role that allowed her to assist on both

first female Major League Baseball player (she

sides of the partnership, loving the combi-

idolized her beloved Cincinnati Reds), by the

nation of hospitality and sports in her public

time she hit college, she realized that her pas-

relations days there.

sion outweighed her skill.

“Shortly after moving to Arizona, I learned

“So, I entered The Ohio State University,

about the Fiesta Bowl,” says Denise. “Now, of

focusing on sports in a different way,” says

course, I knew about the game, but I had no

Denise, who studied journalism and sports

idea about everything else, and I wanted in.”

management, along the way serving as the

The “everything else” to which Denise is

football reporter for the college newspaper,

referring is all the community impact work

The Lantern, and working in the school’s Sports

the Fiesta Bowl does 365 days a year, well

Information Department.

beyond the game. To give an idea, Fiesta

Her combination of communication prowess

Bowl Charities has given more than $15.5

and sports knowledge earned Denise the role

million across Arizona in the last nine years,

of assistant athletic media relations director at

including $3 million this year alone.

Iowa State University in 1988, and eventually

“In 2007, I connected with The Phoenician.

media relations director for Prime Network/Fox

At the time, the general manager was heav-

Sports Net in 1992.

ily involved in the Fiesta Bowl,” says Denise,

“The next six years were a whirlwind of travel

who took on the role of director of public

and excitement,” says Denise. “The travel, in

relations for the AAA Five Diamond luxury

fact, got me thinking about what else might be

resort and its boutique hotel, The Canyon

out there for me.”

Suites. “He helped pave the way for me to

In 1998, she found out when Princess Cruises presented an opportunity. She took on a role as the cruise line’s public relations manager.

begin in both my role with the resort and my role with the Fiesta Bowl.”

She joined the Fiesta Bowl Committee in

“Yes, the job included cruises. About six a

2009-2010 when she was named the rookie

year, including my first chance to travel out-

of the year for her tireless dedication and

side of the country, something I hadn’t yet

volunteerism. Today, she serves on the organi-

experienced in sports,” says Denise, who notes

zation’s board of directors and as a moderator

Alaska and the Mediterranean as her favorite

for many of the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl and

“work trips.”

Cheez-It Bowl game-week press conferences.

Funny enough, it was all that traveling that eventually led to her move to Arizona.

“It’s especially exciting this year as the Fiesta Bowl is one of the College Football

“At the time, my parents had retired to

Playoff’s semifinal games,” says Denise.

Arizona, and though all the traveling and

“The only thing more exciting: the good we

adventures were amazing, I really missed

are going to do for thousands in need state-

being around family, and wanted to live in the

wide as a result.”

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HEN ROBYN DEBELL LIVED IN TUCSON, SHE WITNESSED

Their mission to help children goes deeper than the funding they

HER NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND, LOUISE THOMAS, RISE FROM

raise. The PANDA Fashion Show’s focus is children helping children.

THE ASHES AFTER LOSING HER YOUNG SON, MICHAEL, TO

“We try to instill in our young models the thought that they are

A BLOOD CANCER. Louise raised the money to build the Steele

helping other kids who may not be healthy like they are right now,”

Children’s Research Center. Their goal is to improve children’s

says Robyn.

health. Robyn, in turn, was inspired.

It’s not just dress-up; their actions have a real impact on other

She moved to Paradise Valley with her husband, bringing along

kids. Many of the models are children who have a mom on the board.

her passion for fundraising to help further the mission of the Steele

Models include kids who are in remission or cured. Their first model

Center. Robyn was introduced to Penny Gunning, a community

who was a patient walked the runway in 1999. He was 6 and in remis-

leader with experience in nonprofit organizations. The stars aligned.

sion from cancer. Fifteen years later, he walked again as a healthy

After a year of planning, the two women founded PANDA. Research

young man.

is their mission.

“We met and Robyn was telling me about it, and I told her I always

“We try to capitalize on all the positives. You have to have hope. It doesn’t work without hope,” says Penny.

wanted to do a children’s fashion show. It hits the parents, kids

Two other kid-friendly events they host are the PANDA Prowl, a fun

and grandparents. That’s how we got PANDA, People Acting Now

run, and Lemonade Stand Day where kids sell drinks and cookies in

Discover Answers,” says Penny.

their neighborhoods. Both are opportunities for PANDA models and

PANDA raises millions for the Steele Center through its annual

friends to promote the Steele Children’s Research Center.

children’s fashion show and “fun-raiser” events. They’re celebrating

“Research has a reputation for being dry, but when we go to the

their 21st anniversary and have always been powered by volunteers.

Steele Children’s Research Center it helps it come alive,” says Robyn.

“We’re legal!” teases Penny. “We call ourselves silverbacks. It’s

“They show that research makes a difference and it’s not 20 years

hard to believe we started it all those years ago.”

Robyn cracks jokes about passing around the bamboo wine.

“We are nothing without our women’s board of volunteers and

down the line, it’s a year. It’s happening now.”

The work they all do affects the health of children and adults worldwide as they make new discoveries.

they’re incredible,” says Robyn. “They care so much, and they all

“Medicine is a fast-evolving science and keeping the research

have little children. The empathy that they feel for the kids they’re

going to help these kids that are suffering is critical. We can’t give

supporting is real. It’s hard to imagine what it’s like when your

up,” says Robyn.

children are ill.”

They fondly refer to their volunteers as pandas. Both ladies are in an advisory capacity, yet still actively engaged in the organization.

“We really, really appreciate every single thing that people do. No gift is too small. Even someone who buys a glass of lemonade is helping,” says Penny.

“It’s been a real success point, the evolution of bringing in new people. Keeping younger people engaged in philanthropy and put-

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