
Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Joe Torre scored big with the crowd at this year’s Voices of Inspiration event. The appearance on May 22 by Torre and Dodgers broadcaster Rick Monday inspired attendees to dig deep, raising $167,000 in support of terminally ill patients and their families in Kern County and Palmdale.
For more on the event, check out the following articles by Jeff Evans, veteran sports reporter with The Bakersfield Californian.
Torre speaks from his own experience
BY JEFF EVANS, Californian staff writer
jevans@bakersfield.com |
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VOICES OF INSPIRATION 2008
SPONSORS
MANAGERS
Diane S. Lake Family
Vaquero Energy
COACHES
Basham Funeral Care
Neptune Society
Printshack
Sonic Drive-In
Wells Fargo
UMPIRES
Delano Farms Co.
Klein DeNatale Goldner Cooper Rosenlieb & Kimball LLP
Reece Homecare Services
PLAYERS
J.D. Diffenbaugh, Inc.
High Desert Medical Group, Palmdale
Hronis, Inc.
ANNOUNCERS
Alternative Care
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Christina Bohanna Photography
Christine's
Glenwood Gardens
HPS Mechanical
Interim Healthcare
Kent Perkins, KIA Insurance Associates, Inc. & Rodger Harmell, The Lynn Co.
Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield
Paul Sheldon, Jr., CLU ChFC, Insurance & Benefits Planning
Sullivan Construction Services
The Plank Foundation
Wren Kelly CPAs, LLP