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The Wellness Community-West Los Angeles held its

8th Annual Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards Dinner

on May 25, 2006 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. 

The Wellness Community-West Los Angeles held its 8th Annual Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards Dinner on May 25, 2006 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Honorary Dinner Co-Chairs were the creator and executive producer of ABC’s award winning series “Lost,” JJ Abrams, and his wife, Katie McGrath; chef extraordinaire and restaurant mogul Wolfgang Puck; and Academy Award Winner, Diane Keaton. Jorge Garcia and Terry O’Quinn, stars of “Lost,” were our hosts as we presented the “Human Spirit” awards to actress Katherine Heigl and to two remarkable and deserving couples: Laura Owens & Jack Bender and Ruth & Donald Salk.

Terry O'Quinn, Laura Owens & Jack Bender, Honorees, & Jorge Garcia Donald & Ruth Salk, Honorees, with Mitch Golant, VP Research TWC National
TWC-WLA Silent Auction Joyce Eisenberg Keefer, Terry O'Quinn, & Daisy Torme
Ruth Weil with friends Marianna, Jason Ritter, and Nancy Morgan Ritter
TWC-WLA Silent Auction Daisy Torme, Mel Keefer & Joyce Eisenberg Keefer
JJ Abrams & Katie McGrath Ron Rifkin, Laura Owens, TWC Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards Honoree Sophie Owens-Bender and Mae Whitman
Ron Rifkin Harriet Benjamin, Co-Founder TWC, & Lucille Cayton Joyce Eisenberg Keefer & Mel Keefer
Laura Owens & Nancy Heigl Jorge Garcia & Guest
Lynn Silbert & Barbara Lazaroff TWC Dinner Guests
Teresa, Kevin, Ruth, Karen, Jean, Darin, Don, Zachary, and Annie Salk, and Lauren and Anton Schiff. Carla Tulchin, TWC Facilitator, Janet Galea, TWC Executive Director, Karen Wurtzel, TWC Facilitator, & Bonnie Schuman, TWC Director of Communications & Media Relations
Jack Bender & Laura Owens, Honorees Susan Golant, Mitch Golant, VP Research TWC National, Dave Gooding, TWC-WLA Board Member
Jim Cone, TWC-WLA Board Chair TWC-WLA Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards Dinner Daisy Torme
Jack Bender & Laura Owens, Tribute to the Human Spirit Award Honorees Ruth & Donald Salk, Tribute to the Human Spirit Award Honorees Tom Weary, TWC-WLA Board Member, & Melanie Weary
Ruth Weil and Rabbi Judith Halevi Jim Cone, TWC-WLA Board Chair, Greg Agnew, & Nicole DeSonier, TWC-WLA Board Member
Michael States, TWC-WLA Clinical Program Director John Delfino and Joan Dunham
Top Row -- Left to Right: Yvette Gabledon, Albert Gabledon & Lisa Leija. Bottom Row -- Left to Right: Rosemary Gabledon and Jeannette Richards Carla Tulchin, TWC-WLA Faciliator, Bill Tapp, Flo Porter, TWC-WLA Community Coordinator
TWC Dinner Guests Laura Owens, Jason Ritter