Sue Bergtholdt and Grace Longinotti
Reprinted from Evergreen
“I first met Grace many years ago when
she was working at the Almaden pharmacy
where her husband was my parents’
pharmacist,” said Sue Bergtholdt,
Daughters of the American Revolution
[DAR] Los Gatos branch parliamentarian.
“I met Grace again at the Unicorn Thrift
Shop where she’s done a tremendous
amount of volunteer work. She started
volunteering there in 1993 when they
were planning the store and served as
many different officers.”
The Los Gatos Branch of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution honored Grace
Longinotti for community service at the
Terraces in Los Gatos on Jan. 7.
Community service Longinotti, whose involvement in volunteering
started long before the inception
of the Unicorn Thrift Shop, was
among several Almaden residents contacted
by Eastfield Ming Quong
Children & Family Services.
The private nonprofit annually helps
almost 7,000 children and their family
members every year. EMQ is a leading
provider of mental health and social services
for troubled children and their families
in California.
“Every time I pick up the Almaden
Times, I read articles about Grace giving
money to EMQ,” said Bergtholdt during
the presentation of a DAR certificate and
community service pin. “A check for
$35,000, another for $60,000. The store
raises tremendous amounts of money for a
very valuable cause. Thank you Grace for
all your many years of dedicated volunteering.”
In 2006, the Unicorn Thrift Shop
reached a pinnacle with $1 million donated
to EMQ. “We’re working on our second
million now,” said Longinotti. “We’re
always looking for donations and new
members. It’s a great cause. I can’t believe
the DAR is honoring me.”
DAR
Community service
Almaden resident Karen Bode received the DAR’s community service
award.
“Karen has done a tremendous amount of volunteer work,” said DAR
parliamentarian Sue Bergtholdt. “One of her main projects has been
through the Assistance League Operation School Bell which she
started while she was at Simonds Elementary School.” The Los Gatos
chapter of the DAR was organized in 1929 welcoming women 18 and over
who can prove lineal, bloodline from a man or woman who aided in
achieving American independence such as signers of the Declaration
of Independence or the Constitution of the United States, military
service or civil and patriotic service. Khanna and Bergtholdt
collected documentation to DAR National for Zetterquist and Bode’s
awards.
Susan MacDonald Berghtoldt is
author of the book, Easy Art for Childrenn
SBN 10:
0513016163
ISBN 13: 9780513016163
Publisher: T. S. Denison
Publication Date:
1978
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| DAR member Sue
Bergtholdt. Monahan and
DAR member Kristin Khanna. |
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