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On October 1, 2010, Deaconess Children's Services and 150 guests celebrated 113 years of putting children first at our 6th Annual Father and Mother of the Year Awards ceremony. The evening had a masquerade theme and included beautiful desserts, great raffle prizes, a wine auction, our trademark fashion show and inspirational speeches by teen father, Alex Arellano, Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon, our Father of the year, Manny Garcia and our Mother of the Year, Holly Leach. For the planning committee, the event was a huge success. Everyone who came was re-introduced to Deaconess' mission and the work carried out by staff and volunteers every day with and on behalf of local children...oh and there was also plenty of fun to be had.

Events like the Father and Mother of the Year Awards take countless hours of planning and immeasurable amounts of energy by staff and volunteers to "pull off". We at Deaconess Children's Services would like to say thank you to all those who helped make the event such a success:

Event Sponsors:
Union Bank
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Princess Cruises & Tours
Renee's Contemporary Clothing
Whitfields Insurance
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Sierra Media
Accents in Glass
Ben Bridge Jewelers
Port Gardner Bay Winery
Middle Sister Wines
Felicia
Camille's Cupcakes
Pave' Everett
North Marysville Albertsons
Trader Joe's
Marysville Haggen's
Jennifer Lang
Gary Rhodes
Latinos Unidas

Models:
Sue Amber
Debra Andre
Teresa Arnett
Josie Decker
Carolyn Johnston
Renee Peterson
Sharon Snell
Dr. Michelle Steinhubel DDS

Event Volunteers:
Debbie Bivens
Crystal Davis
Jennifer Lang
Vikki King
Chase King
Al Warren
Peggy McMiller
Matt McMiller
Holly Murphy
Debbie Whitfield
Adela Leggett
Sue Ruscha

Deaconess Board of Trustees:
Gary Rhodes
Kate Reardon
Pat Dodson
Marilyn Hanan-Hoover
Felicia Freeman
Bryan Bird
Dick Harsin
Anne Hayes
Rev. J. Allan Ocampo

Deaconess Staff:
Janice Anderson
Felicity Abeyta
Teresa Abeyta
Chris Boyd
Gina Boyd
Chanelle Carlin
Felicia Freeman
Adrienne Hall
Steven Kemberling
Anna King
Jenny Martin
Kelly McClain
Sandy Neumann
Courtney Orr
Kari Pendray
Wyonne Perrault
Stacey Pfeiffer
Marie Preftes-Arenz
Angie Scharbau
Kristine Siebens
Jami Voigt

Each and everyone of you makes a huge impact. With your support, Deaconess Children's Services serves over 3,500 at-risk children, birth to 18 years, and their parents throughout our community. Using high impact, evidence based prevention and early intervention programs, Deaconess transforms the lives of children throughout the Pacific Northwest and breaks the cycle of child abuse and neglect.

Thank you SO much! Know that you matter and you make a difference.