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PATRONS | Spring 2016 29 IN YOUR COMMUNITY The Ambassadors, Torrance Memorial Medical Center 's premiere support group, and the Young Physicians and Professionals Alliance (YPPA), a group established to bring together young physicians and successful profes- sionals in the South Bay community, united under the big white tent the Sunday before Holiday Festival to kick off the week-long festivities. Attendees were invited to vote on the Festival's tree entrants to select winners in catego- ries that included "Best Children's Theme," "Most Original" and "Best Tree Design." Guests mingled and enjoyed mu- sical entertainment while taking in the sights of the more than 30 themed, decorated trees on display. YPPA and Ambassadors Kick Off Holiday Festival with Cheer KELLY SPAGNOLA, ANN ZIMMERMAN, WENDY KLARIK, CHRISTY ABRAHAM, PAULA THOMAS, ANGELA FURKIOTI, LORI RICHARD, RAY RICHARD RAY RICHARD, LORI RICHARD, JUDITH GASSNER, BARBARA GABRIELLI, HEIDI PENDLETON JOHN MCNAMARA, MD, MOE GELBART, PHD, GERRY REICH, MD, LISA HUMPHREYS, MD, HEIDI HOFFMAN, MD, ERIN HOFFMAN, DANIEL HOVENSTINE, MD ERIN HOFFMAN, HEIDI HOFFMAN, MD MARC SCHENASI, BARBARA LURIE, SONG KLEIN, DAVE KLEIN, COLLEEN FARRELL DOUG LAURIN, ELISA ANHALT, MD, STANLEY CHANG, MD DIANA BRANDT, WENDY KLARIK, TIMME GUNDERLOCKE, LORI KAISER VALERIE KELLY, ED KELLY, CAROLE HOFFMAN, KATHLEEN KRAUTHAMER, RICHARD KRAUTHAMER, MD