5:00 p.m. In-person reception opens, live music from Black Diamond Junction
5:45 p.m. Dinner from Tedesco’s
• Tossed mixed green salad with candied walnuts, blueberries, strawberries, and julienned granny smith apples w/orange chive vinaigrette dressing
• 5 oz filet mignon & grilled prawns, house made macadamia pesto, roasted potatoes & Tedesco’s vegetable medley.
• Penne pasta in a wild mushroom sauce with vegetables
6:00 p.m. Welcome – Karen Rogers
6:15 p.m. Honoring Olympic Medical Cancer Center Staff – Julie Larson, RN
6:30 p.m. Rick Kaps Award Presentation – Dave Blake & Kay Kaps
6:45 p.m. Remarks – Mark Gregson, Olympic Medical Center Interim CEO
6:55 p.m. Live Auction
7:45 p.m. Survivor Story – David Toman
8:00 p.m. Fund A Need – Dr. Sandra Tatro, Olympic Medical Center Surgeon
8:15 p.m. Music from Black Diamond Junction
Thank You to Our Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
SOUND COMMUNITY BANK AND ARROW MARINE GROUP
Gold Sponsors: First Fed, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Silver Sponsor: Dr. Lindsay Jensen, Karen Rogers Consulting, North Olympic Healthcare Network, Olympic View Care, Sequim Bay Post Acute, Strait View Credit Union, Steve Methner - State Farm, The Lodge at Sherwood Village
Bronze Sponsor: Assured Hospice, Avamere Olympic Rehab of Sequim, Applebee’s in Sequim, Bob & Sherry Phillips, Bruce & Kathy Skinner, Dungeness Court, George Brown, Halberg Chiropractic & Massage, Highland Court, Home Instead Senior Care, Kelly Johnson - Windermere, J. Ryan Salon & Boutique, Jamestown Healthcare, Kitsap Bank, Park View Villas, Phil Walker, Red Lion, Root and Wings, Sound Publishing, Strait View Credit Union, The Cottages of Sequim
2025 Award Winner
Dave Blake and Kay Kaps-Blake
This years recipients are longtime supporters of the OMC Foundation and countless other community activities. Kay Kaps was married to the namesake of this award, Rick Kaps. Dave Blake owned Blake Sand and Gravel for years. Both have been supporters of Harvest of Hope through their volunteer time and donations.
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About the Rick Kaps Award
It is with great pride and respect that the OMC Foundation established the Rick Kaps Award, which is presented on an annual basis to an organization or individual for their outstanding support of cancer care on the North Olympic Peninsula. The award is named for Sequim teacher and coaching great Rick Kaps (left), who passed away from cancer in 1998 at age 55.
Kaps was head coach of Sequim High School’s basketball team from 1975 to 1989. His 1988 team, led by son Ryan, made it to the finals in the Class AA state tournament with nary a starter over 6’-3”. The team finished second to Rainier Beach, which was led by future NBA star Doug Christie. Over the years, four of his teams made it to the state tournament, while six were district champions. He was named Washington State Basketball Coach of the Year in 1988.
"I think that Rick Kaps was the closest thing our town has had to a hero," said fellow Sequim High School educator Mark Textor.
When Kaps passed away from cancer in February 1998, over 1,000 family members, friends, colleagues and ex-players packed into what is now Rick Kaps Gym at Sequim High School to pay their respects.
"Rick Kaps may be best known as the highly successful coach of Sequim basketball games," wrote Sequim Gazette Editor Jim Manders, "But there was much more to the man than what happened on a shiny wooden court."
"I have memories of breaking chalk and flying clipboards, but through it all, I know that he always cared about his players," said Larry Hill, Kaps' assistant and successor as head coach. "Most people remember him as a coach, but first and foremost, he was a teacher."
"He really knew what was important in life, which was relationships with people he cared about," said Kaps' son Ryan, who went on to play basketball at the University of Washington and Weber State University.
"He was one in a million," said longtime friend Dave Blake. "He would drop everything to help someone in need."
Award Recipients
2025 Dave Blake and Kay Kaps-Blake
2024 Sound Community Bank
2023 Barb Cammack
2022 Sunland Drive for the Cure
2021 Jack & Terri Harmon
2020 First Federal & First Federal Community Foundation
2019 Bill & Esther Littlejohn
2018 George & Barbara Brown and Phil & Linda Walker
2017 Steve Oliver
2016 Operation Uplift
2015 Dr. Thomas Kummet
2014 Rose Crumb
2013 Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Featured Chef Eric Thomson
Eric Thomson started his culinary career at the Hotel Utah in the early 80s as an American Culinary Federation Apprentice Chef. After graduation, stops included: The Lodge at Pebble Beach, French boutique restaurants in Palo Alto and Mountain View CA, and an Italian Restaurant, Trattoria Romana. Feeling the itch to continue his professional education, enrollment in UNLV for a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Administration became paramount. Following graduation, he was a Room Chef for three restaurants in the Palace Station Hotel and Casino.
Moving back to California in 1998 started the best years of his corporate career – three years plus with Bon Appetit Management Co. (BAMCO) as a chef and catering manager for Sysco Systems in San Jose, CA. It was there his diverse background in flavors and textures started, being introduced to Indian cuisine, Thai, and other Asian fare. The next several years were spent working for Guckenheimer Inc., another corporate foodservice company, as an account manager and area manager in the San Francisco Bay area for accounts such as VISA, Adobe software, SAP, BEA, and several law firms.
Tedescos is the second restaurant operated by the Thomsons, the first was near Auburn, CA. Christina and Eric both try to provide the community with a quality dining experience and work with local groups such as WAG, the Boys and Girls Club and Pet Possie, and help them raise money through sponsored events and catering.
Proud to support the neighborhood
Being a good neighbor means being there for my community. As your local State Farm® agent, I’m ready to help whenever you need me. Give me a call.
The OMC Foundation does such amazing and important work in supporting our critical rural health care system. Thanks for coming to Harvest of Hope!
Steve Methner, Agent
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Featuring Wines of the North Olympic Peninsula
Camaraderie Cellars – Don Corson started Camaraderie Cellars with his wife Vicki in 1992. At that time there were only about 50 active wineries in Washington State. Now there are more than 900. Over the years the winery has grown from just 200 cases to over 3,500, and has garnered several hundred major local, national and international awards, including the prestigious Jefferson Cup and recognition by Sunset Magazine. Don and Vicki have been generous supporters of community arts and health campaigns by crafting unique, specialty fundraising wines like the Confluence you are drinking tonight.
Harbinger Winery – Sara Gagnon’s Port Angeles roots run deep. Her current home sits on a portion of the orchard land homesteaded by her greatgrandparents at the turn of the last century. Sara began making wine at the “ripe” old age of 20; her first creation being a blackberry wine from fruit picked off Gagnon land. In 2000, Gagnon accepted an apprenticeship under Don Caudill, the former owner and winemaker of Olympic Cellars. Six months later, Caudill retired and Sara became one of Washington State’s youngest winemakers. Harbinger signifies “good things to come.”
Over 4.3 Million Dollars
Through the generous gifts of many people in the audience tonight, Olympic Medical Center Foundation has been able to raise $4.3 million for cancer care since 2006, with $600,000 going to Olympic Medical Cancer Center’s Patient Navigator program, which funds basic cost of living expenses for qualifying cancer patients on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Video Production: Silas Crews, Story Crane Productions
Sound Production: Terry Smith, TC Tunz Sound LLC
Committee:
Beth Pratt
Margie Mirabella
Laurie Szczepczynski
Edna Petersen
Amber Dewey
Esther Littlejohn
Julie Hatch
Jean Hordyk
Julie Carlson
Samantha Reynolds
Melissa Lashua
Kelly Johnson
On behalf of everyone at Olympic Medical Cancer Center, thank you for your generous support every year. We appreciate our community and the OMC Foundation for the ongoing commitment to cancer care in Clallam County.
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