A view toward giving – Carolyn Elliott opens her home to Providence TrinityCare for a ‘Sunday by the Sea’
Carolyn Elliott and long time assistant Gloria Mata. by Elka Worner For the past three decades, Carolyn Elliott has made her spectacular Lunada Bay estate available for charity fundraisers, and cultural events, personally greeting the hundreds of guests who contribute to these important causes. “I like to have people here and have them enjoy it,” Elliott said of her breathtaking surroundings. “What good is this place if I just sit here by myself, or with my daughters?” Elliott and her late husband, developer Julian Elliott, built the bluff side home, which includes tennis courts, a pool, a guest house and formal gardens. Organizations that have benefited from Elliott’s hospitality include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Japanese American college students from Changing Tides, and the Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation. Sunday by the Sea, a food and wine tasting benefit for Providence TrinityCare, will take place in-person this year, on Sunday, May 1, after two years of virtual and drive-by “gatherings.” Brett Beck, executive director of the hospice foundation, said the splendor of Elliott’s home and grounds is a big draw for attendees. “I don’t know of too many people who say…
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