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John Arroyo,
Sean Sweeney
P E N I N S U L A S C E N E
Kick Off Reception for the
Best Buddies Challenge
Fifteen hundred people gathered this year for the
11th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle,
a 100-mile cycling fundraiser from Carmel to San
Simeon. Journalist and Author Maria Shriver and
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Challenge,
which raised more than $4.5 million for Best
Buddies International.
Maria Shriver, Jow Blum
Brandon Peters, Jaimie & Jack Brewer
Dave Parker, Rita Oglesby,
Don McPherson
Kathy Dirusso, Domenic
Defazio, Lynn Colbert
Carl Lewis, Lauren
Potter, Carter Bak
Mark Losaba, Mary Jane Mark,
Bob Friedman
Melissa Franco, Jeanne Turkheimer,
Nicole Maddox, Amberley Nardo
Tom Abraham, Paula Johnson,
Matthew Fernandez
Stacy Powell, George Hanchipe
Janine & Dave Potter Donna Gunn, Brian Hayes
Kirk Neal, Victoria Ackley, Drew Santiago
Evan Parker, Matt Burns, Anthony Shriver
Sindoor & Sujeet Desai
Photos by Kelli Uldall
