WCF Board Member Emeritus Rob Flint kicked up his heels with Adoph Rosekrans and Jill Daly at the Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks' Big Bad Barn Dance on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
The event took place at Woodside's historic Folger Stable.
At 6 years old, Kathi Dancer and her younger sisters began riding with the Woodside Junior Rider (WJR) program at the Kiely Equestrian Center in Woodside. Years later, when her own children were old enough, Kathi's children rode with the program too. In 1999, after more than 40 years of running Woodside Junior Riders humbly, quietly, and entirely by herself, Ursula Eisenhut decided it was time to pass the baton.
Growing up, local architect Stevan Patrick (pictured with Eagle Scout J.B. Pellegrin) learned early about the concept of giving back to one's community from watching his Dad. His father, also an architect and one who apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright, moved to Woodside before it was even a town. Serving as an early Town Council member, the elder Mr. Patrick put in his time serving his community as a dedicated and revered Town leader.
The Woodside Community Foundation's Board of Directors was delighted by the response to its first call for Community Grant Projects. The range and depth of great causes was truly impressive, leaving the Board looking for ways to provide more support to all these great projects.
For more that 40 years, Rob has been a standard-bearer for community service and philanthropy in and around the Town of Woodside. The Woodside Community Foundation is profoundly thankful for the fine work and indomitable spirit of this extraordinary man.
Response to the Foundation's first Day of Giving far exceeded expectations. The event began with a heartfelt tribute to long-time WCF Board member and community philanthropist, Robert Flint, and culminated with the awarding of three community grants of up to $5,000.
Recently, Jenn Holden and her Angel Food Pantry have taken wing in a new direction. Over the past five years, while delivering groceries to families in need, Jenn met Lily. Lily escaped violence in El Salvador with her husband and two daughters, and they have been working hard to make a new life here in the United States.
Woodside residents Liz (Elizabeth) Dressel and Diane Talbert were recently elected to serve as Co-Treasurers of the Woodside Community Foundation. With similar histories of extensive civic engagement and dedication to the Town's public schools, Liz and Diane bring a wealth of experience to their new role with the Foundation.
More than 25 years ago, Noel Perry and a host of community activists raised the funds needed through the Woodside Community Foundation to plant more than 300 Oak Trees along Cañada Road. These stately trees now provide a glorious living canopy over Cañada Road.