The Daisy Auxiliary recently held its annual meeting to welcome new members, to recognize long-term members, to introduce the 2023-2024 Daisy Board and to get an update on programs at Family Service Agency of the Central Coast.

New members in the past year include Jeanie Brown, Debbie Spots, Susan Kluger, Allison McCabe, Dolores Pluim, Adelle Vise and Kathleen Hall.

Long-term members recognized include Suzi Land (50 years), Ann Morey (15 years) and Constance Lombardo (10 years).

As part of the meeting, Family Service Agency of the Central Coast CEO Bill McCabe reviewed how agency programs are funded and how they rely on the support of 377 volunteers. FSA Secretary and Treasurer Sam Pun explained how endowment funds to FSA work, and he described the matching grant from the Codiga Foundation for up to $50,000. In addition to all Daisy profits supporting FSA, the auxiliary also donated more than $3,000 toward the matching grant.

For information about the Daisy Auxiliary and FSA, visit fsa-cc.org.

Concannon named CEO

Terence Concannon has been named CEO and executive vice president of Visit Santa Cruz County, according to a release from the organization. Concannon began his duties on Aug. 21.

Concannon’s extensive experience with leading a destination marketing organization includes six years as president and CEO at Go Lake Havasu in Havasu City, Arizona. He also served as faculty associate in the Department of Tourism & Recreation at Arizona State University. He has a combined decade of hotel experience on the Central Coast, serving as director of sales and marketing, hotel operations and commerce and communications at properties in Cambria and Pismo Beach before stepping into the CEO position at Go Lake Havasu.

Barbecue tops $19K

California Giant Berry Farms on Thursday shared details from its Skirt Steak Barbecue fundraising event. The event raised more than $19,000 for the California Giant Foundation, the company’s 501(c)3 nonprofit that distributes funds to organizations making a positive change in health and wellness for current and future generations.

The annual barbecue — now in its 17th year — was initiated by the California Giant sales office in 2006 and provides funds for some of the causes and local organizations that the company supports in the areas surrounding its headquarter offices.

For $20, guests enjoyed a full lunch of skirt steak, garlic bread, salad, fruit and chocolate chip cookie — with ingredients from local businesses including Sumano’s Bakery, Muzzi Family Farms, Watsonville Coast Produce, Pacific Cookie Co. and Pactiv Packaging.

MAH receives grant

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History was awarded a grant of $249,359 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The funding will support the London Nelson Legacy Initiative, a project led by Santa Cruz resident, historian and activist Luna HighJohn-Bey and developed in collaboration with Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative and the MAH.

The London Nelson Legacy Initiative is a Black-led coalition that seeks to recover the stories of Black pioneers in early Santa Cruz, to contextualize their lives within the network of Black families that existed in greater California, to memorialize them for their role in the city’s early development, to educate the community, and to serve as a model for similar projects.

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