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| Activist philanthropist James Hormel, Shanti ED Kaushik Roy, honoree Kevin Burns and founder Charles Garfield. Photo by Rink. |
This year marks Shanti’s 35th year of providing compassionate services to individuals with life-threatening illnesses, and on Nov. 10, friends gathered together for an anniversary commemoration. This was not just a way to honor the legacy, but also to raise awareness within the community of the immense challenges Shanti clients face today. Founded in 1974, Shanti was one of the first-ever volunteer organizations to work with people with terminal diseases, and was later one of the first community-based agencies in the United States to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The masters of ceremony were San Francisco movers and shakers, Janet Reilly and Christopher Caen, who gave accolades to the over 15,000 volunteers who gave over 3 million hours of their time over the three and a half decades of Shanti’s service. They stressed the importance of volunteers providing highly personal, compassionate care to clients above all else.
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