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 Volunteer Spotlight:
 Peter and Sue LaTourrette
by Kathy Switky

Quiet, steadfast and exceedingly generous, Committee  Board members Peter and Sue LaTourrette are well known for their many  years of volunteer service, vision, leadership and just plain hard work.

As anyone who knows them can attest, neither Peter  nor Sue is prone to stand in the spotlight. But they are always there,  dedicated to giving their support wherever it is needed. These stellar  CGF volunteers recently received a bit of recognition: last December,  the Los Altos - Los Altos Hills Joint Community Volunteer Awards Committee  presented Peter and Sue with a Community  Volunteer Service Award .

Individually and together, Peter and Sue have made significant contributions to both their local community and to the greater Bay Area and environmental communities. Nature lovers and hikers, both Pete and Sue have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to public service on behalf of the environment, education and community-building.

Longtime CGF members, the LaTourrettes joined the  Committee Board of Directors in 2001,  and Sue was nominated as CGF's Secretary soon after. Similarly, Peter  became Treasurer, a role he still plays. Both have served this organization  in numerous ways; most recently, Peter stepped up to work closely with  the staff during the Committee's search for a new Executive Director,  and has spearheaded our reorganization (as he's described in his  letter in this issue).

A talented professional  photographer, Peter generously donates his work to local environmental  causes. He's led numerous hikes and bird watching trips throughout the  Peninsula. Peter also regularly volunteers at Jasper  Ridge Biological Preserve, where he spent years creating a comprehensive  set of slides for use in environmental education programs. He's been a  mainstay in the Preserve's bird  monitoring program, part of a long-term scientific study designed  to detect environmental change. And when he can be coaxed inside, he maintains  websites for several local organizations, among them Peninsula  Open Space Trust and Santa  Clara Valley Audubon.

Sue is similarly busy with a range of community causes.  For the last six years, she has served on the Los  Altos Community Foundation Board, where she oversees the distribution  of some $170,000 each year. And among other things, she also volunteers  with the Santa  Clara Valley Water District on the Permanente  Creek project, designed to improve flood protection, erosion control  and habitat restoration.

Clearly, this duo is not only dynamic, but also enthusiastic, hard-working, generous, modest, caring and deserving of recognition. Congratulations -- and thank you -- Peter and Sue!
Published March 2004 in
Green  Footnotes.

Page last updated March 8, 2004 .

 

 

      

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Photo by Philip Robertson.