Inside Campaign at $1 Million and Counting New Balboa Park Horticulture Fund Holiday Poinsettia D i s p lay WINTER 2018 Annual Message from the Board Chair ello, Friends. The year 2017 has been one of exciting new achievements for the Friends of Balboa Park and heart wrenching loss, with the Hpassing of our beloved previous Board Chair, Tom Scott. A year ago, who knew that we would become the proud new owners of the historic and Preserving iconic Balboa Park Carousel? Of course, we had no doubt that, under the Balboa Park’s legacy for stewardship of Board member Jim Hughes, the gate houses at the west end future generations through of the Cabrillo Bridge would be restored to their original 1915 splendor. And park-wide projects while we continued our plans for the Moreton Bay Fig tree platform, the gateway monuments, and so many other projects, we also enjoyed community outreach through many events, particularly our Annual Awards Luncheon and the hugely successful National Carousel Day Celebration on July 25. winter 2018 The year 2018 marks the 150th year since the founding of Balboa Park. It should come as no surprise that we plan to mark this occasion with the dedication of our latest project, the Moreton Bay Fig tree Board of Directors platform. Stay tuned for details of the announcement. We also intend to mark the sesquicentennial George D. Hardy, Chair celebration with an even more exciting National Carousel Day party on July 25. Come early if you want David Marshall, Vice Chair Ken Tranbarger, Treasurer to avoid the lines for the free rides at the Carousel that day! We are hopeful that the year’s end will see Michelle Slingerland, Secretary the completion of several of our other projects, if we can successfully complete the planning process, Betty Peabody, Founder and successfully raise the necessary funds… Did you respond to our Annual Appeal? Jack Carpenter Libby Carson Friends of Balboa Park is deeply indebted to the Board of Directors, all volunteers who spend Patrick Caughey Amy Dawson countless hours getting things done. Five of our long-serving board members “termed out” on January Sarah Evans 23, 2018. They are Todd Kinnear, Ann Wilson, Maureen Lamberti, Dean Crowder, and Marv Spira. Susan Stone Hayes A very special thank you and good wishes go to each of them. I wish I had the space here to catalogue James Hughes Kerri V. Kapich their many, many contributions. Neil Larson Samantha Ollinger Looking forward to seeing you around the park. Thanks for being a Friend. Nancy Vaughan William Virchis Ray Waite Lucy Warren Wilda Wong Advisory Coun cil George Hardy Sandra Alcosser Chair, Board of Directors Toni Atkins Rita Atkinson Martha Barnette Message from the Executive Director Jodie Bruhn James Dawe A Year of Success Iris Engstrand Kevin Faulconer nyone who knows me can attest to my What a show! Ben Haddad approach to organizational stewardship: Christine Kehoe If you didn’t make it to our Bob Kelly ADon’t rest on your laurels. Keep proving Annual Awards Luncheon on Kathy Anderson Kim yourself. Be forward-thinking. I try to keep October 18, you missed an Jessie Knight, Jr. Friends of Balboa Park’s focus on its future Dorothea Laub outstanding event. Nearly 400 Bill Maheu because it is there where the continued people from all over Balboa Stanley Maloy relevance of our role will be defi ned. Balboa Park Park and throughout the region celebrated Kathlyn Mead is such a dynamic place to be, and we have to excellence in volunteerism and emergin g Toby Reschan be just as dynamic to serve its needs. Ron Roberts leadership, and those wonderful people who True Ryndes Every once in a while, though, it’s good to refl ect made the historic Balboa Park carousel such Jerry Sanders an enduring symbol of the park’s legacy. What Nancy Spector on our successes. In this edition of our newsletter, Bonnie Stewart we are pleased to feature a special insert, a job that event Co-Chairs Carol Fitzgibbons Alan Sweedler highlighting the great achievements we were able and Maureen Lamberti did, ably leading an Michael Van Horne extraordinary volunteer event committee that Rosetta Sciacca Volkov to deliver for Balboa Park. From new donors to Steven Wall new members to new projects to wonderful new made the day such a success. Heather Xitco assets – like a historic carousel! – we experienced Donald G. Yeckel a signifi cant increase in community interest and investment in our mission in 2017. Ultimately, our Staff success was the result of support from you – John Bolthouse, Executive Director the loyal friends of Friends. With your continued John Bolthouse [email protected] Judy Brown, Offi ce Manager support, our best years remain ahead. Executive Director [email protected] Leslie Yu, Community Programs Coordinator [email protected] Newsletter Production Leslie Yu, Managing Editor Scarlet Willette, Graphic Designer Bill Brown, Carousel Manager Contributors: Reema Makani Boccia, John Bolthouse, Judy Brown, Dean Crowder, Pure Light Fine Photography, Michelle Slingerland, Ann Wilson [email protected] Cover image: Archway to the Persian Carpet Garden news Board News he year 2018 arrives with a number of exciting developments for TFriends of Balboa Park’s Board of Directors. In January, Friends elected a whole new slate of offi cers, including George Hardy re-elected as Chair; David Marshall as Vice Chair/Chair- Elect, Ken Tranbarger as Treasurer; and Michelle Slingerland as Secretary. Capital Campaign at We are pleased to welcome four community leaders as the newest $1 Million and Counting! members of the Board. Sarah Evans ue to the generosity of local philanthropists and the tremendous outpouring is a labor attorney with Swartz- of community support, Friends has surpassed the $1 million benchmark Semerdjian and currently chair of the Din its capital campaign for the purchase and restoration of the historic board of Border View Family YMCA. Balboa Park Carousel. As the end of the year approaches, we ask you to Susie Hayes holds a degree in Art consider making a fi nancial contribution to help raise the remaining $2 million. History, most recently serving as A contribution of any size helps us reach our goal! Please visit our website for President of the Rancho Santa Fe more information: www.balboaparkcarousel.org. Historical Society and on the boards of San Diego Canyonlands and St. Paul’s Senior Services. An accountant by trade, Samantha Ollinger is the founder of BikeSD, a nonprofi t advocating to transform San Diego into a world-class bicycle-friendly city. Amy Dawson, Industry Specialist with Moss Adams LLP, brings nearly two at Friends of Balboa Park decades of experience in strategic marketing and public relations in the healthcare, sports and entertainment, New Fund for Park’s Horticulture and nonprofi t industries. Finally, we extend a fond farewell he Sandra B. Phelps-Wilson Horticulture Fund has been initially established to Dean Crowder (elected 2000), with a generous $5,000 donation to provide a resource to support Balboa Park’s Todd Kinnear (2010), Maureen Lamberti Tvarious landscapes. Thanks to the vision of Bob Wilson, Friends of Balboa Park (2006), Marv Spira (2006), and has the honor of serving as steward of this important fund, named in memory Ann Wilson (2009), all of whom of Bob’s late wife, accepting tax-deductible donations designed specifi cally and termed off the Board in January. exclusively towards Balboa Park’s many horticulture and botanical needs. Funds These fi ve talented and dedicated raised go towards horticultural capital improvement projects in Balboa Park, such as: individuals gave years of selfl ess service to Friends of Balboa Park. · Care of existing trees; · Removal of dead or dying trees & other fl ora; Thank you all for your extraordinary · Planting new trees; · Landscape irrigation systems; contribution to our efforts! · Maintenance of existing · Special botanical displays, landscape features; & much more; To learn more about the fund or to donate, visit the website at www.friendsofbalboapark.org/ongoing-programs. Newsletter Production Leslie Yu, Managing Editor Scarlet Willette, Graphic Designer Contributors: Reema Makani Boccia, John Bolthouse, Judy Brown, Dean Crowder, Pure Light Fine Photography, Michelle Slingerland, Ann Wilson 3 Cover image: Archway to the Persian Carpet Garden Capital Campaign Donors as of November 30, 2017 $200,000 + $1,000 - $4,999 $100 - $249 $99 and under riends of Balboa Park has J.W. Sefton Foundation John & Melissa Bolthouse Pamela Baumgart Becky Adams Dr. John & Libby Carson Barbara Benko David Archibald offi cially embarked on a $3 million $100,000 - $199,999 Vicki Cocke Jack & Jackie Carpenter Melinda Balkom Fcampaign for the Balboa Park Legler Benbough Foundation Lorraine Frigolet; Jerry Cesak Susan Batt Robert and Andrea Peach Carousel! This major fundraising effort Compass Rose, Inc. (in-kind) Chris & Sue Christian Linda Bonham Walter J. & Betty C. – the largest in our organization’s Tange and Tom Gavin Zable Foundation The Dadmun Family in honor Vicki Cocke history – is an opportunity for every George Hardy of Ken and Mary Tranbarger Kelsey Dale in honor $50,000 - $99,999 member of the public to contribute David Marshall; Heritage Caroline DeMar of Nancy Vaughan Peter LaDow Architecture and Planning to Friends’ efforts to preserve and Rodger and Barbara Dishong Sherry Edwards (in-kind) Kathy Lazzaro enhance the Carousel. James and Janet Dort Sarah Evans Elizabeth Moore Dorothea Laub Iris Engstrand Patricia Green National Carousel Association Carole Sachs Patricia Fleming Mari Huff Betty Peabody $25,000 - $49,999 Mary Fleischli Kenneth & Janet Jaworski Campaign Goals Arlene Simpson The Colonel Frank C. Wood Lester & Lynne Gardner Gaila Jennings • Complete the purchase of Alan & Nancy Spector Memorial Fund at Michael and Jane Gilbert Carolyn Johnson the Carousel, by meeting the The San Diego Foundation The Thomas C.