Thank You! Thank you to the many families and <strong>El</strong> Carmelo staff whose donations are listed throughout the auction catalog. In addition, thank you to the following families for generous contributions which allowed underwriting several auction items: The families of Rooms 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, and Jennifer & Grant Anderson, Qian Anson, Diana Bang, Lori & Glen Beasley, Kaumudi Bhawe & Samir Sane, Julie & Jim Bitler, Yvette Bovee & William Barnett, Junko & David Brierley-Green, Lucinda Brommersma & Andrew Kowal, Anna & Jeremy Carl, Chittra Chaivorapol, Tienhui Chang & Takuang Yang, Blandine & Ivan Chaperot-Merino, Gloria & Alexander Chen, Molly Chen & Jim Zhou, Tracy Chen & Gordon Liu, Jianying Cheng & Jianpeng Dong, Lillian Cheng & Chung Ho, Chih-Ling Cho & Bor-Chyuan Hwang, Andrea Christensen & Jon Kiya, Jennifer & Herman Chu, Katie & Ron Cicero, Liz & James Cowie, Leanne Cox, Grit Denker, Liu Ding & Jie Chen, Abby & James Domine, Jennifer Donat, Erina Dubois, Erin & David Duran, Audrey & Marc Finot, Hinako & Susumu Fujita , Karole & Dan Goldie, Molly Goodman, Mizuho Goto & Jason Rabbitt-Tomita, Eulalio Guizar-Lopez, Melanie & Suresh Gurunathan, Diane & Erich Heilman, <strong>El</strong>izabeth Heilman-Espinoza & Julio Espinoza, Christine & Dave Hodson, Ann Holum & Alex Kass, Lily & John Hu, Natalia & David Hung, Rashmi & Patrick Hunt, Heidi Jackman & Gardner Grout, So Ra Jang & Jung Man Chung, Andrea & Michael Jelks, Lilly Ji & Xiaobo Fan, Kelly & Peter Kim, Sarena & Sung Kim, Susy Kim & Bart Decrem, Simone & Fabian Klass, <strong>El</strong>ena Kostrygina & Mykola Dzyuba, Natalia Kroupnova & Alexander Taratorin, Erika & Eric Krugler, Janaki Mythily Kumar & Pravin Kumar, Nai-Hwa Kuo, Tammy & Darren Kwan, Marci & Meil Laird, Kathryn & Jonas Lamis, Tischa & Ben Lamprecht, Bakur Lashkarava, Mai & Tony Le, Hoyeon Lee & Gunwoo Nam, Samantha & Benoit Lemonnier, Carrie Leontis, Petra Lillandt Durosinmi & Mufutau Durosinmi, Cecile Limborg & Benigne Deprey, Cheryl Loo-Lee & Cheng Chuan Loo, Amy Love & Freddy Ferragut, Hui-Ling Lu & Jen- Chung Chang, Yao Lu, Evelina Manukyan & George Gindoyan, Mary Lou & Steven Meeks, Jennifer & Andrew Mutz, Bob Napaa, Marni & Scott Novick, Adriana Reyna & Raymundo Salgado, Yoshie & Timothy Roake, Dana & Gregory Roman, Asmita & Michael Runge, Kathy Saukitoga & Matt Podoll, Lisa & Garrett Sato, Marjorie Sayer, <strong>El</strong>isa & Herman Schmit, Tais Schmitt & Jim Barbera, Heidi Schubert & Bruce Woodley, Berit & Torsten Schulz, Fan Shen & Xiang Lu, Jen Shen, 6
Gracie Sheng & Jia Chen, Maggi Smeal, Beata Suska-Madej & Janusz Madej, Jill & Jeremy Ta, Michelle Tang, Lorna Thornton & David Sheaffer, Sharon Tobias, Antonina Trachuk & Oleg Polyakov, Janey Wan & Hongbiao Chen, Haijun Wen & Qingping Tian, Jen & Dave Wiener, Sherwin & Hubert Wong, Jin Woo & Yeun Joo Cho, Jennilyn & Brandon Woolf, Fan Yang & Robert Cheng, Jian Yin & Ping Cao, Yeunjung You, Aline Yu & Thomas Chen, Kelly & Mitch Zenger, Joy Zhang & Erwang Mao Thank you to the many people who helped throughout the year in myriad ways. Thank you in advance to those who will be working hard on the day of the auction whether setting up, working the event itself, or helping put everything away at the end of the night. Many thanks too, to the merchants listed throughout the catalog for their generous donations. In addition, we want to thank the following businesses: Douce France and Palo Alto Baking Company for generously donating beautiful, mouth-watering cakes for the Live <strong>Auction</strong>. PIP Printing for providing for all of our printing needs at discounted rates Finally, thank you to Frank Bizzarro of Bizzarro’s <strong>Auction</strong>s and Fundraisers and DJ Rich Amooi of Hey Mr. DJ for their work in making this evening a fun, successful fundraiser for <strong>El</strong> Carmelo. 7