A Celebration of Literacy
Benefiting Literacy Achieves
(Founded as Vickery Meadow Learning Center)
The 2019 Wings of Spring gala will take place Monday, April 1 in the exquisite Stern Chapel at Temple Emanu-El.
The evening will include a cocktail reception and dinner buffet followed by the Piano Battle featuring internationally acclaimed pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis.
The Piano Battle show is divided into several rounds, each featuring a certain musical style. The duo will go head-to-head, enchanting the audience with a variety of classical pieces. Our audience will be the judge with everyone invited to vote on the pianists’ performances and eventually crown the winner.
It promises to be a fun show with lots of audience engagement!
Our Wings of Spring Co-Chairs
Melissa and Barry McNeil
Our Honorary Chair
We are delighted that community leader and longtime Literacy Achieves supporter Gayle Johansen will serve as Honorary Chair.
While balancing family life with a successful real estate career, Gayle still dedicates time every week to her students at Literacy Achieves. Her passion to make a difference is inspired by her own father, who with his mother and sister, was returned to Poland three times before being allowed entry at Ellis Island in 1914.
Committee
Sara and Gary Ahr
Julie and Mark Alexander
Cindi and Jay Anthony
Janie Autz
Amy and Thad Behrens
Phyllis Bernstein and William Weiss
Rick Best and Steve Jobman
Camille and Jim Brown
Pam and Chris Casner
Amita and Sarinder Chhabra
Joni and Bob Cohan
Carole S. Cohen
Ashley and Clinton Coleman
Joyce and Les Coleman
Sally and Bill Dix
Ricky and Randy Ebner
Myra and Bert Fischel
Margaret and Chuck Gall
Katrina Gawen
Sharan and Lynn Goldstein
Margaret and Brad Hirsch
Kaki and Shelton Hopkins
Carrie Huff
Cathey and Don Humphreys
Caroline and David Hundley
Melissa Ivanoff
Libby and Kevin Jackson
Holly and Ron Kerr
Leslie and Bob Krakow
Ginny and Steve LaSala
Michelle and William Lockhart
Julie and Michael Lowenberg
Sally and Ron Lutz
Beth and Vance Maultsby
Gwen Moore
Leigh and Jeff Morales
Deborah Morgan-Stokes and Don Stokes
Megan and Kevin Nicholson
Camille and Patrick Owens
Sarah and Lee Papert
Sarah and Matthew Ruffner
Enika and Richard Schulze
Lulu Schwartz
Marian and Jack Spitzberg
Susan and Curtis Swinson
Colleen and Rob Taylor
Sarah Saldaña and Don Templin
Pat and Bob Warren
Kate and Todd Watson
Marnie and Kern Wildenthal