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2007 Award Recipient:
The Andy & Dolly Granatelli Family
 Since
Andy and Dolly Granatelli retired to Santa Barbara twenty years
ago, they have given the city countless hours of their time, extensive
financial resources, boundless energy, and passionate fund raising
talent. They are involved in over 100 local organizations, some
of which include Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Unity Shoppe,
United Boys and Girls Clubs, Girls Incorporated, Rehabilitation
Institute of Santa Barbara, Fighting Back Youth Mentoring Program.
One might think that after a lifetime of peerless accomplishments
in the driver’s seat of both corporations and race-cars,
Andy would be ready for a break, but his record here in Santa
Barbara shows that time has not in any way shrunk his considerable
talents. There rarely exists a local charitable event that is
not attended by him, chaired by him, sponsored by him, or hosted
by him.
A
vivacious and aggressive fundraiser, he solicited $250,000 in
donations to the Rehabilitation Institute of Santa Barbara in
less than 30 minutes serving as the celebrity auctioneer. He is
an especially outspoken supporter of programs that aid disadvantaged
and wayward children, as well as programs that aid the families
of police and firemen injured or killed in the line of duty. Andy
and Dolly have done more than just give back: they’ve made
it their personal mission to solicit aid for our community, and
to lend the neediest among us their strength.
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