Friends In Deed, celebrating 125 years of service to the community, held its annual “Jazz on the Green” at Castle Green in Pasadena. Approximately 500 guests gathered for an evening under the stars for an auction, dinner and an evening that celebrated Lifetime Achievement Award recipients Claire and Bill Bogaard along with honorees Mishele Myers, Ingrid Kuo and Pasadena Covenant Church.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater is Friends In Deed’s executive director; Dr. Richard Cheung is the organization’s board chair.
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Josh and Franci Levine Grater
Jim McDermott and Cynthia Kurtz
Mark and Phaedra Ledbetter
Pat Wickhem, Paul Rusnak, Donna Pierson, and Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
Rabbi Josh Levine Grater and Scott Vandrick
Mishele and Ben Myers
Steve Wong, Doreen Rudder and John Duncan
Danise Bardot, Jeane Ward, Ashley Vickers, Elissa Barrett, Susan Auerbach and Bryan Langholz
Friends In Deed Executive Director Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, honorees Mishele Myers, Ingrid Kuo, Steve Wong and Doreen Rudder, Lifetime Achievement recipients Claire and Bill Bogaard, and Friends In Deed chair Richard Cheung
Payton Hampton (front). Back: Juliana Serrano, Catherine Del Rosio, Tyrone Hampton and Phlunte Riddle.
Beverly Marksbury with Pat and Sue Wickhem
Payton and Tyrone Hampton
Carol and Kevin Bourland
Diane and Bill Cullinane
Cathy Clement, Lyla White and Jeannine Pagria
Ellen Knell, Cindy Nuccio and Stephanie McLemore
Ingrid and Paul Kuo
Fritz and Angie Miller
