was event chair and premier sponsor was Eleanor Van Cott. Other event sponsors were Sharon and Dr. David Bradford, who have just been named most philanthropic couple of the year. More were Bella Vista Designs, Deckers Brands, Lani and Tim Collins, Oswald J. Da Ross, Marlene and Warren Miller, Windrun Wine, and John C. Woodward. All of this festivity was for the benefit of the SBHM’s children’s program that welcomes 3,000 kids each year. There are four programs beginning with K-1, where they hear a story and then view various galleries. The 2nd grade is taught based on generations as a measure of time. Third grade learns about the Chumash and how things changed when the Spanish came. Fourth grade students work in groups to form a history timeline. If you’ve never been to the SBHM, you’re in for a free treat. It was constructed in 1965 and is one of the cultural gems of our city. It holds in public trust a collection of more than 80,000 irreplaceable objects and artifacts relating to Santa Barbara’s past. Represented are items dating from the 15th century about the Chumash, Spanish, Mexican, “Yankee”, and Chinese cultures. The museum is located at 136 De la Guerra, and you can call the education department at (805) 966-1601, ext. 108.
Birnam Wood Golf Tournament
UCSB resource person Kevin Hagedorn, wife Andria, and Jamie Kellner
Birnam Wood Golf Club hosted its second annual tournament to celebrate Veterans Day and to support the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) and the UCSB Veterans Resource Center. To kick it off, there was a flyover of the same four planes that appeared for the program at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. It must have been thrilling to see the planes roar up the central fairway and over the clubhouse! To add to the excitement was a parachute jump by the Patriot Parachute team.
The evening event began with a VIP cocktail party attended by all the movers and shakers: Birnam Wood members, Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation staff and board members. Medal of Honor recipient Sammy Davis was there with his wife, Dixie, and would be speaking. Ironically, this wartime hero lives in Freedom, Indiana. I spoke with Kevin Hagedorn, who runs the resource program at UCSB. He said, “I have 800 vets and their families to take care of.” They need a variety of things, sometimes a hand Golf committee’s Gregg Foster with wife Madelyn
Medal of Honor winner and guest speaker Sammy Davis and wife Dixie at the Birnam Wood event
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