The Yolo County Civic Leader of the Month Series was inspired by longtime Yolo County leader Gary Sandy, who passed away in August after a year-long battle with liver cancer.
“Immediately after sending the email, something in my gut told me that I needed to help this young man,” Gonzalez emphasized. “From that point forward, I made it my mission to locate his grandfather’s family. The entire time I was hoping and praying his grandfather was still alive since Yannick mentioned he would be 96 years old.”
After a summer of patiently waiting, the now fourth grade students at Beamer Park Elementary School, along with the outgoing city of Woodland Mayor Vicky Fernandez and Woodland Joint Unified School District Superintendent Elodia Ortega-Lampkin held a ribbon cutting for the school's newest feature, a friendship bench.
This year’s Dinner on Main marks a “return to normal” for the event and will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Heritage Plaza located at 701 Main St.