❤️❤️❤️WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AFTERNOON! ❤️❤️❤️ On December 8th, was our 26th Anniversary Legacy Lifesavers Party at the Sunset Restaurant in Malibu-where we honored the City of Malibu ( thank you to Mikke Pierson and his beautiful wife Maggie for joining us!) as well as the iconic publishers Karen and Arnold York of the Malibu Times!! The City of Malibu gave the CLF one of its very first camp grants, and one can literally chart The CLF‘s progression and history as an organization in the archives of the Malibu Times ! We also gave out John Cygan Memorial Scholarships to some very fantastic teens- Sonya Curiel and Kevin Mora- and our Champion of Youth Award and $1000 Scholarship Award went to the fearless and unstoppable Giovanni De Leon! The fabulous Neil Giraldo was our host- and the amazing Lenny Goldsmith and the New Old did such a beautiful job entertaining is! Thank you, thank you to our wonderful Event Committee: Cha-Cha Weinstein, Ellen Poyer, Suzanne Smith, Leslie Martinez, Cathy Cygan, Michelle Chiklis, Autumn Chiklis, Margaret Hauptman and Nancy Horowitz for everything you did to make the evening such a great success!Suzanne Smith - you are truly our Secret Weapon Angel!! And Erin Finley - you are like five people in one, thank you! Thank you also to Neil Giraldo for live auctioning not one but TWO studio sessions with him and Lenny Goldsmith and the New Old- WOW!!!-and Chef Ryan Rondeno for donating a spectacular dinner for 10!! CLF is also so very grateful to all of the wonderful local vendors and friends who donated to our silent auction, (we will be featuring you in an upcoming post!) Shout-out to Yvette Hueso for making the Auction look so beautiful! Program Director Sean McCaffery filled in as co-host/ auctioneer, and could truly have a second career, and we are so, so grateful to all of our wonderful friends who purchased tickets and made donations as well.We truly could NOT have done this work for 26 years without you all WE LOVE YOU!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰 PS- The second photo is of Ellen Poyer giving our Founder Maria D’Angelo the Angel of a Lifetime Award! 😍😍😍😍!