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GALA SOLD OUT! Doors open 5:30; Dinner 6:30. Call 707-601-4736 for info or to be on a waiting list.
HLF 2024 GALA
The HLF board is excitedly planning the December 10th, 2024 Holiday Gala celebration! We look forward to seeing you at the Sequoia Conference Center for an evening of festivity, fundraising, and friendship.
With great pleasure, we will be presenting the Helen Everett award to Nancy and Verne Frost in recognition of their steadfast support of the Humboldt County library system, as well as a lifetime of community engagement.
Our esteemed Senate President Pro Tempore, State Senator Mike McGuire has agreed to lead another rousing live auction for us, and our board members are busy procuring treasures, experiences, and libations for the live and silent auctions.
Join us for a lovely evening and a joyful kick off to the holiday season.
PATRON LEVELS: Luminary $2500; Helen Everett Circle $1500; Literary Lion $1000; Laureate$600; Book Lover $300; Bibliophile $100
SOLD OUT! Call 707-601-4736 to be placed on the waiting list. Register Below for the 2024 Holiday Gala
2023 Gala Patrons:
LUMINARY
- Verne & Nancy Frost
- Michele McKeegan & Ed Olsgard
- Zhao Ellis Parks
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- RWE
- Kusum Stokes
HELEN EVERETT CIRCLE
- Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation & Sponsored Programs Foundation
- Maggie Fleming
- Richard & Suzanne Hendry
- Recology Humboldt County
LITERARY LION
- Cindy & Wesley Chesbro
- Susan O’Connor
- Pierson Building Center
- Providence Humboldt County
- Redwood Capital Bank
LAUREATE
- JoAnn Bauer
- Eureka Books
- William Greenwood & Marty Carlson
- Susan Hansen
- Hubbard’s German Auto, Inc.
- Kathy & Dick Laforge
- Mary Lou & Alan Lowry
- Elizabeth Murguia
- TriCounties Bank
BOOK LOVER
- Mary Ann Bansen
- Michelle & David Bushnell
- Juan Pablo Cervantes
- Jim & Donna Clark
- Bob & Mary Gearheart
- Mary Gelinas and Roger James
- Hal & Margot Genger
- Lori Goodman
- Zuretti & Brenda Goosby
- Dan & Donna Hauser
- Representative Jared Huffman
- Jack & Peggy Irvine
- Martha & Fred Johansen
- Kel Karges
- Mel & Holly Kreb
- Peter & Nancy LaVallee
- Thomas Mays
- Mike & Jane Minor
- Julie Ohnemus
- Sofie Pereira
- Frances Rapin
- Sherman Schapiro & Eva Janson
- Penny & Wayne Sohrakoff
- Jeff & Lynn Todoroff
- Sara Traphagen & Dave Duda
- Anda Webb & Jud Ellinwood
- Assemblymember Jim Wood
BIBLIOPHILE
- Steve Allen
- Judy Anderson
- Julie Angles
- Patricia Bitton
- Pam Cahill
- Jane Callahan
- Pam Cavanagh
- Greg & Carol Conners
- Christopher Cooper
- James & Paulette Crowell
- Cindy Denbo
- Kay Escarda
- Alexander Farrell
- Marjorie Fay
- David Frank
- Edith & Ron Fritzsche
- Karen Gibb
- Chris Hamer
- Margaret Hamnett & Richard Golebiowski
- Mark & Anne Harris
- Debra Hartridge & Ira Blatt
- Arlene Hartin
- Laura Hussey
- James & Marie Johnson
- Jeannette Lackett
- Bob Lawton, Humboldt Mortgage
- Nancy Lengyel
- Linda Lorvig
- Susan Diehl McCarthy
- Theresa Malloy
- Willa & Hanry Mauro
- Mary Meengs
- Dennis Mello
- Bonnie Messinger
- Laura Middlemiss
- Judy Nelson
- Carolyn Oilar
- Felicia Oldfather
- Brooks & Carolyn Otis
- Milton Phegley
- Norman Polston & Tina Mackenzie
- Beth Powell
- Bob Rottenberg & Suzanne Kimmel
- Emily Rowe
- Jean Santi
- John Schafer
- Laura Strohm & Haven Rich
- Deborah Storre
- Alison Talbott
- Andrea Tuttle
- Viz Upatisringa
- Denise Vanden Bos & Peter Pennekamp
- Theodore Van Duzer
- Nezzie Wade
- Sandra Weyer
- Joan Williams
- John Woolley