Sandra (Sandy) Ferrando of Atherton was presented with the Beth Kuechler Award by the Peninsula Volunteers on Feb. 2 at the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton.
The Beth Kuechler Award is given periodically to a member for her “years of continuous service who has shown extraordinary dedication to the mission of the Peninsula Volunteers.”
The presentation was made by Ms. Kuechler’s son, Henry Kuechler. Ms. Kuechler was one of the founders of Peninsula Volunteers in 1947 and served as its first president.
Ms. Ferrando has been a member of the Peninsula Volunteers for 37 years and “chairman for just about everything.” She has headed committees for “lots of parties, worked at Turn-About, done runway shows. We were the girls of all seasons,” she recalls.
Peninsula Volunteers continues to keep her busy. She and Nancy Greenbach will co-chair the organization’s Diamond Jubilee gala to be held in November.
Ms. Ferrando is also a founding member of the Peninsula Children’s Center Charter Auxiliary, and a past president of the Atherton Dames. She is heading the Dames’ campaign for a new entrance to Holbrook-Palmer Park.
Ms. Ferrando and her husband, Joe, have lived in the same house in Atherton for 37 years and are the parents of three daughters and five grandchildren.
