Torrance Memorial Gala
Torrance Memorial Gala – Torrance Memorial Announces $10 Million Gift at 32nd Annual Holiday Festival Gala
Torrance Memorial Medical Center announced a $10 million gift by O. Allen Alpay, a 45-year Peninsula resident and grateful former patient. The gift will name the O. Allen Alpay East Wing, which houses Torrance Memorial’s Emergency Department and Labor & Delivery Unit.
The gift was formally announced during the hospital’s 32nd Annual Holiday Festival Gala on Friday, December 4, 2015. In total, Holiday Festival 2015 raised more than $11.2 million, which includes sponsorships and major gift announcements. More than 15,000 community members enjoyed the six-day event hosted under a 30,000 square-foot white tent on the Torrance Memorial campus. Festivities included a display of 32 themed decorated trees, a Fashion Show, Gala Dinner, Santa Lunch, two Seniors Days and the South Bay’s largest Holiday Shopping Boutique.
Pat Theodora, Ellen Theodora, Gerald Marcil, Carol Marcil, Lee Minshull, and Sandii Minshull.
Rich Lucy, Kak McKinnie, Mark Lurie, MD, Pat Lucy and David McKinnie.
Ayne Baker, Jack Baker, Sigrid Allman
Kevin Theodora, Joy Theodora, Cami Evans, Don Evans, Dominic Iannitti and Danica Iannitti.
Drs. Oi-Lin and Tei-Fu Chen.
Ofelia and Emmanuel David (third and fourth from left) and family.
Phil Pavesi, Chris Pavesi, Song and Dave Klein.
Jerry Unatin, MD, Judy Gassner, Mary Jo Unatin and Nick Silvino, MD.
Front row: Richard and Melanie Lundquist; in back. Craig and Judy Leach
Ralph Scriba, Craig Leach and Lorraine Scriba.
Priscilla Hunt (front row, first from left) and family.
Front row: Kirsten Chumley, Anna Mellor, MD, Sally Eberhard, Dell Fortune; Back row: Keith Chumley, MD, Eric Mellor, Mike Eberhard, Susan Haas, Steve Nash, David Haas, MD