• Event auctioneer and emcee Gail Rappaport, left, attendee Arlene Larsen and Friendship Center Executive Director Heidi Holly at Friendship Center’s 2017 Festival of Hearts at The Fess Parker. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Board member Joe Wheatley, with wife Pat, passed out colorful leis. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Event chair Pamela Vander Heide, left, with Event Committee members Penny Mathison and Dana VanderMey. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Board member Marti Correa Garcia, left, Santa Barbara County Assessor Joe Holland and Romie Alvarado. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Friendship Center volunteer and ’60s hippie chick Carol Metcalf found a “heart” that looked just like her. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Board vice president Pat Forgey, left, with the Rev. Aimee Eyer-Deleve of All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • The Montecito Jazz Project played ’60s tunes. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Attractive “heart art” up for bid in the silent auction. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Senior activist and journalist Rona Barrett, left, with Barbara Allcock. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Sponsor CenCal Health was represented by Theresa Scott, left, Krista Vega and Gisela Taboada. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Bob Sorich, 93, attended with his daughter, Susie Tomlinson. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)

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