Two Alliance Activities

The elegant evening among friends, lovers of the arts and lovers in general will feature a mainly classical concert, after a reception where creations of art by a wealth of talented artists from our medical community will be shown.

Artists will show oils, sculptures, watercolors, photography and other forms of art during a cocktail reception at which hors d’oeuvres will be served. Some art work will be available for purchase and some up for bid during the silent auction.

Artists include physicians Barbara Arnold, Roger Lieberman, Terry Pappas, Setty Porco and Harvey Wolkov to name a few. Among physicians’ spouses are Jo Ann Barbis, Paula Cameto, Alice Harris, Sharon Kranhold, Judi Stickney, Nan Roe and Jessie Ross. The Alliance welcomes further submissions from the art community.

Performing during the concert will be The Placer Brass Quintet, whose members are part of the California Wind Orchestra; one of them is radiation oncologist Dr. Christopher Jones, on the French horn. Soprano Marcia Cope-Hart will perform arias and Broadway ballads.

Donations for the black-tie optional event, sponsored by Mansour’s Oriental Rug Gallery, are $60. per person, and can be purchased from Margie Koldinger at (916) 455-8506 or Margery Marshall at (916) 485-3391 before February 3rd. Funds raised during the evening will be donated to various health-related projects serving infants, teens, adults and the elderly.

The Alliance’s Community Endowment Fund has provided over $235,000 in grants and gifts since 1984.

— Christina Capstraw Pappas

Alliance Holiday Sharing Card 2001
Beautiful Holiday Sharing Cards should have arrived in the mail during the month of December.

Once again, we have had a wonderful response to our request for donations to support this Medical Society Alliance project. There were 181 Alliance and Society members who contributed $17,045.

The William E. Dochterman Medical Student Scholarship Fund will receive $1,790, and medical school student scholarship and research funds will receive $8,095. We are grateful for the $7,160 which has been donated to our own Community Endowment Fund to support our local community health projects.

We would like to acknowledge the following donors whose names did not appear on the card:

Eva Mae and Robert E. Stowell

Constance W. and H. John Rush

The painting on the card is an original watercolor by talented artist and Alliance member Joyce Laws. The original is still available for purchase; if you are interested, contact Joyce at (916) 451-4410. Thank you, Joyce.

Thank you also to the Alliance members who assisted with stuffing, labeling, sealing, and mailing the 1700 solicitation letters and sharing cards.

If you are interested in having your art work on the 2002 Sharing Card, call Barbara Andras (916) 488-6731.

Thanks to all and Happy New Year!

— Barbara Andras and Ingrid Niles