Healthcare Foundation hosts 2023 Wetzel Awards honoring individuals who embody exceptional leadership in support of health equity in northern Sonoma County
October 10, 2023
The Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County is pleased to honor this year’s recipients of its annual Wetzel Community Leadership Award and the Spirit of Wetzel Award at a celebratory breakfast reception and ceremony at Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Kitchen on Thursday, November 2, at 8:30 am.
Each year, the Healthcare Foundation presents the Wetzel Awards to honor individuals, couples, and families who demonstrate extraordinary community leadership and service in strengthening health and wellness in our region. The recipients of this year’s Wetzel Community Leadership Award are Ari and Dawnelise Rosen, and the recipient of this year’s Spirit of Wetzel Award is Dr. Daniela Domínguez. All three are examples of how we can each make a positive impact on the health and well-being of our community.
Wetzel Community Leadership Award recipients Ari and Dawnelise Rosen are local community leaders and successful restaurateurs, and the visionary co-founders of Corazón Healdsburg. The start of 2011 of Scopa Has a Dream (officially launched as Corazón Healdsburg in 2016) was a bold, much-needed initiative to address the disparities and inequities facing Healdsburg’s substantial, mostly low-income Latino population. Today, Corazón is a thriving hub of activity, supporting and creating greater opportunities for thousands of low-income families and individuals through a range of programs, direct services, community engagement, and disaster relief. (Read more about Ari and Dawnelise Rosen on the Healthcare Foundation website here.)
Spirit of Wetzel recipient Dr. Daniela Domínguez is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco and the Chief Executive Officer at On the Margins, LLC. She is a licensed psychologist and professional clinical counselor with a special interest in liberation psychology, anti-racism, migrant justice, and gender and sexuality matters. Her program of research has focused on understanding how Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) cope with stress and use specific strategies to draw upon resiliencies to achieve positive health. (To read more about Daniela Domínguez, visit the Healthcare Foundation website here; you can also search the site under her name for a more recent interview with her.)
“It is a great pleasure for us to be able to recognize three people for whom we have long had enormous respect as imaginative, talented experts in their fields and huge-hearted members of our community,” said Healthcare Foundation Board Chair Courtney Cochran. “The organizations that our Wetzel Award recipients founded, Corazón Healdsburg and On the Margins, respectively, are outstanding champions of health equity for our region and have been essential community partners of the Healthcare Foundation.”
The 2023 Wetzel Awards is sponsored by Alexander Valley Vineyards, Costeaux French Bakery, Eddinger Enterprises, and Healdsburg Running Company.
What: 2023 Wetzel Awards
When: Thursday, Nov 2, 2023, 8:30 am
Where: Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, CA 95448
Who: Honorees Ari and Dawnelise Rosen and Dr. Daniela Domínguez; Katie Wetzel Murphy; Healthcare Foundation Board Chair Courtney Cochran; Executive Director Kim Bender; Healdsburg Mayor Ariel Kelley; Healthcare Foundation Board Member and prior Spirit of Wetzel honoree Montserrat Archila; and other special guests.
Tickets ($65) are available at: https://hfnsc.ejoinme.org/wetzel23-tickets
*Please note, that this intimate event is almost sold out. Press can be accommodated by contacting Mary Ott at mott@healthcarefoundation.net or (717) 542-4625.
For more information: https://healthcarefoundation.net/events/wetzel-awards-2023/
About the Wetzel Awards
The Wetzel Community Leadership Award and Spirit of Wetzel Award are named for the late Maggie and Harry Wetzel, longtime friends of the Healthcare Foundation and generous members of our community. The memory of the Wetzels lives on through award honorees who exemplify humanitarian leadership values in action daily, with an impact on our community that is truly beyond measure.
About the Healthcare Foundation
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County connects people and resources to promote wellness in underserved communities. We do this by supporting nonprofits in the areas of access to healthcare and mental healthcare, with a vision of eliminating health inequities in our region. The organization’s values center on community, compassion, and equity. All our strategies support equitable access to culturally sensitive healthcare and mental health services and promote overall community wellness. Founded in 2001, the Healthcare Foundation has invested more than $23 million to build a healthier region for all who live, work, and play in northern Sonoma County. For more information, visit healthcarefoundation.net.
Mary Ott, Development Director, mott@healthcarefoundation.net, (717) 542-4625
Each year, the Healthcare Foundation presents the Wetzel Awards to honor individuals, couples, and families who demonstrate extraordinary community leadership and service in strengthening health and wellness in our region. The recipients of this year’s Wetzel Community Leadership Award are Ari and Dawnelise Rosen, and the recipient of this year’s Spirit of Wetzel Award is Dr. Daniela Domínguez. All three are examples of how we can each make a positive impact on the health and well-being of our community.
Wetzel Community Leadership Award recipients Ari and Dawnelise Rosen are local community leaders and successful restaurateurs, and the visionary co-founders of Corazón Healdsburg. The start of 2011 of Scopa Has a Dream (officially launched as Corazón Healdsburg in 2016) was a bold, much-needed initiative to address the disparities and inequities facing Healdsburg’s substantial, mostly low-income Latino population. Today, Corazón is a thriving hub of activity, supporting and creating greater opportunities for thousands of low-income families and individuals through a range of programs, direct services, community engagement, and disaster relief. (Read more about Ari and Dawnelise Rosen on the Healthcare Foundation website here.)
Spirit of Wetzel recipient Dr. Daniela Domínguez is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco and the Chief Executive Officer at On the Margins, LLC. She is a licensed psychologist and professional clinical counselor with a special interest in liberation psychology, anti-racism, migrant justice, and gender and sexuality matters. Her program of research has focused on understanding how Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) cope with stress and use specific strategies to draw upon resiliencies to achieve positive health. (To read more about Daniela Domínguez, visit the Healthcare Foundation website here; you can also search the site under her name for a more recent interview with her.)
“It is a great pleasure for us to be able to recognize three people for whom we have long had enormous respect as imaginative, talented experts in their fields and huge-hearted members of our community,” said Healthcare Foundation Board Chair Courtney Cochran. “The organizations that our Wetzel Award recipients founded, Corazón Healdsburg and On the Margins, respectively, are outstanding champions of health equity for our region and have been essential community partners of the Healthcare Foundation.”
The 2023 Wetzel Awards is sponsored by Alexander Valley Vineyards, Costeaux French Bakery, Eddinger Enterprises, and Healdsburg Running Company.
What: 2023 Wetzel Awards
When: Thursday, Nov 2, 2023, 8:30 am
Where: Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, CA 95448
Who: Honorees Ari and Dawnelise Rosen and Dr. Daniela Domínguez; Katie Wetzel Murphy; Healthcare Foundation Board Chair Courtney Cochran; Executive Director Kim Bender; Healdsburg Mayor Ariel Kelley; Healthcare Foundation Board Member and prior Spirit of Wetzel honoree Montserrat Archila; and other special guests.
Tickets ($65) are available at: https://hfnsc.ejoinme.org/wetzel23-tickets
*Please note, that this intimate event is almost sold out. Press can be accommodated by contacting Mary Ott at mott@healthcarefoundation.net or (717) 542-4625.
For more information: https://healthcarefoundation.net/events/wetzel-awards-2023/
About the Wetzel Awards
The Wetzel Community Leadership Award and Spirit of Wetzel Award are named for the late Maggie and Harry Wetzel, longtime friends of the Healthcare Foundation and generous members of our community. The memory of the Wetzels lives on through award honorees who exemplify humanitarian leadership values in action daily, with an impact on our community that is truly beyond measure.
About the Healthcare Foundation
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County connects people and resources to promote wellness in underserved communities. We do this by supporting nonprofits in the areas of access to healthcare and mental healthcare, with a vision of eliminating health inequities in our region. The organization’s values center on community, compassion, and equity. All our strategies support equitable access to culturally sensitive healthcare and mental health services and promote overall community wellness. Founded in 2001, the Healthcare Foundation has invested more than $23 million to build a healthier region for all who live, work, and play in northern Sonoma County. For more information, visit healthcarefoundation.net.
Mary Ott, Development Director, mott@healthcarefoundation.net, (717) 542-4625
