Voices for Children Starry Starry Night Event

THE PARTY Friends and supporters of Voices for Children and its volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate program gathered at the legendary Sahm Estate in Del Dios Ranch, raising a record $1.16 million in its 15th anniversary of Starry Starry Night. THE GUESTS Event chairs Lany and Alex Zikakis and Voices for Children President and CEO Sharon M. Lawrence welcomed more than 430 board of directors and honorary committee members, including Lynn Gorguze and Congressman Scott Peters, Audrey Geisel, Gina and Ray Ellis, the Hon. Susan Huguenor and Thomas Huguenor, and more to the hilltop estate surrounded by the orange groves of Rancho Santa Fe. THE HIGHLIGHTS Guests mingled around the estate’s fabulous pool house with signature creations by Snake Oil Cocktails, before dinner under the stars by chef Andrew Spurgin and Culinary Concepts; a lively auction of such prizes as a week in Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, and a 1923 Model T; and dancing, drinks and desserts. -Andrea Bennett

Photos by Tim Hardy