November 2017 E-Letter

In this E-Letter...

PLEASE VOTE TODAY!
HTO 2017 Benefit – See the Pictures!
SB Shellfish Company Gives HTO Another Great Promotion
HTO Film Honored in International Film Festival

TODAY, November 8, is an Important Day!
It's VOTING DAY!

The City Council candidates on the ballot are there to represent YOU, a citizen of the City of Santa Barbara. It is hugely important who represents your district, who you pick as Mayor...and there is Measure C to consider, too. We at Heal the Ocean urge you to exercise your right to vote! There are many countries whose citizens don't have a say in life. Please cherish your right to speak up, by voting! Thank you!

HTO 2017 Benefit – The Pictures Tell the Story!

From Top By Rows: 1) The Scene. 2) Hillary leads the crowd in a toast to good health for our dear Julia Louis-Dreyfus, here is the Just Folk table (photo John Palmintieri); 3) Carrie Chee from San Francisco won 3 nights at the Ablitt House + a chartered SB Sailing Center trip, & 2 bicycles!; 4) HTO Board Member Charles Vinick; 5) Jason Libs rocks the room! 6) Sponsors Dan & Rae Emmett; 7) Hillary gives a giant hug to Marcy Carsey, who raises her paddle for 5 figures, while auctioneer Rick Warner looks on; 7) YAY, TEAM! Heather Hudson, Hillary Hauser, Corey Radis, Julia Teitzel.
All photos by (c) Priscilla

The Heal the Ocean 2017 Benefit was a great party for a sold-out, packed house - and wow, did we have fun for our Good Cause! The evening got off to a rip-roaring start when HTO Executive Director Hillary Hauser announced that Governor Brown had just signed SB 44, which will provide funds to cap the leaking oil wells off Summerland Beach! She introduced Gaemus Collins, from Plank Aerosystems & the Aqueos team whose aerial survey of the Summerland coastline assured success of the legislation.

In all our thanks to our generous sponsors, we took a moment to video-record a live toast to our beloved Julia Louis-Dreyfus sending her our best wishes for her full return to health. Hillary sent the video to Julia, who sent us kisses right back.

Our Live Auction was really cooking this year, with LosAngelesAuctioneer.comRick Werner bringing in the most income in HTO Event history! Then, rocking pianist Jason Libs had people dancing to old and new classics, singing along, forming conga lines, and just letting it "all hang out."

Huge thanks to our sponsors, guests, and donors. And to Heather Hudson, Shannon Trotta & Corey Radis for putting this event together. We thank Debbie Kline, and Por la Mar Nursery for the décor. Please Click Here to see photos from the event, courtesy of our wonderful photographer Priscilla. Mark your calendars for next year’s benefit (HTO’s 20th Anniversary!) October 27, 2018 at the El Paseo.

An Offer (You Can't Resist!) from SB Shellfish Company
to Benefit HTO

From TODAY November 2, 2017 through March 2018, dine at the Shellfish Company for half price, and benefit Heal the Ocean at the same time!

Owners Tom White & Adam White are once again making this great offer through Central Coast Dining. You must buy your ticket between November 2-16, 2017 by clicking on CentralCoastDining.com, where you can get your ticket for $30 each. That ticket is automatically worth $60 to spend on food and drinks at the restaurant through March 2018, and 10% of all proceeds benefit HTO! The Shellfish Co. is the atmospheric total-fish house on the end of Stearns Wharf. Thank you Tom and Adam White!

HTO Film is Finalist in My Hero International Film Festival!

"Heal the Ocean Then and Now" (copyright 2016), produced and directed by HTO Board member and Event Manager, Heather Hudson, is a finalist in the My Hero International Film Festival. Click here to check it out!

We are rejoicing in all this wonderful show of support…thank you, one and all!...and now, please go out and Vote. Thank you!

All of us at Heal the Ocean

HTO Thanks all our Generous 2017 Benefit Sponsors: