2019 Recipient – Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente exemplifies the commitment it has to the community through its partnership with the California State Fair. Kaiser Permanente has formally partnered with the California State Fair for more than a decade. The healthcare organization currently sponsors the California State Fair Farm and School Farm Tours. It provides sunscreen for guests throughout the Fair and interactive programs, such as the “plant a seed” program during the California State Fair.
During the California State Fair, Kaiser Permanente allows us to their parking lot across the street on Saturdays and Sundays for Fair guest parking. Kaiser also sponsors a Kaiser Kids Day at the Fair where they select and bring a group of children to the Fair. During the 2018 Fair, Kaiser sponsored 170 children and parents for Kaiser Kids Day.
Kaiser Permanente began its partnership with the Fair in 2005 when it served as the title partner of the Kids’ Park and Kids’ Stage from 2005-2008. Kaiser also worked with the California State Fair to create a “Treasure Map” around the Fair so that guests could walk 10,000 healthy steps. Kaiser was the official Sponsor of “Thriving Seniors” and gave away pedometers to the first several hundred guests on Senior Days.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2018 | BloodSource and Univision |
| 2017 | Pete Leesha |
| 2016 | Gail Kautz |
| 2015 | Joe Barkett |
| 2014 | Golden 1 Credit Union |
| 2013 | Save Mart Supermarkets |
| 2012 | Earl “Butch” Butler |
| 2011 | Harry Moos |
| 2010 | California Cattlemen’s Association |
| 2010 | Ralph Petty |
| 2009 | Willie Pelote, Sr. |
| 2009 | California State Fair, Agricultural Advisory Council |
| 2008 | Sacramento Magazine |
| 2007 | California State 4-H |
| 2007 | Future Farmers of America |
| 2006 | California Milk Advisory Board, Butch Diaz, Chair |
| 2005 | Steve Markstein |
| 2004 | Steve Beneto |
| 2003 | Lou Blanas, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. |
| 2002 | Cotton Rosser |
| 2001 | George & Gloria Soares |
| 2001 | Robert Spacagna |
| 2000 | California Forest Products Commission |
| 1999 | Robert Mason, Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
| 1999 | The Black Culture Day Committee |
| 1999 | Jean Runyon, Runyon, Saltzman & Einhorn |
| 1998 | University of California, Davis |
| 1997 | Larry & Joann Davis, Carnival Time Shows, Inc. |
| 1996 | Donald Brown, Lucky Stores |
| 1995 | Laura Trout, Assistant Executive Director, Western Fairs Association |
| 1994 | Ben B. Norman, DVM, University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine |
| 1993 | Henry J. Voss, Director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture |
| 1992 | Bob Vice, California Farm Bureau |
| 1991 | Gordon Nooyen, Friends of the California State Fair |
| 1990 | Dave Caffrey, Governor Deukmejian’s Cabinet Secretary |
| 1989 | Senator Leroy Greene |
| 1988 | Joe Albertson, Albertson’s |
| 1987 | Don Hansen, Crystal Cream and Butter Company |
| 1986 | Chris Almeida, California Department of Education |
| 1985 | Ron Sellers, Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. |
| 1985 | Janece Long, Friends of the California State Fair |
| 1984 | Jack Clifford, Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association |
| 1977 | Jim Van Maren, California Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture Committee |
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