Ashley Ratcliff

Ricca Terra director Ashley Ratcliff Grenache Blanc — a grape variety for
Australia’s future By Ashley Ratcliff, Director, Ricca Terra, Riverland, South Australia When you drive around any winegrowing region of Australia today, you see more and more mass plantings of vineyards. Many grapegrowers have moved away from the old style ‘fruit salad’ blocks, replacing them with vineyards built for economies of scale.

Lea Ann King, a 30-year Volunteer Center board member, said the honor is well deserved. Hicks, the center’s president and CEO, was responsible for securing a building for the organization a year after she was appointed as the Volunteer Center’s executive director in 1987. At that time, the organization didn’t have a designated venue. The Rancho Palos Verdes resident helped enact a capital campaign to remodel an abandoned mortuary that the center was renting from the Torrance Redevelopment Agency.

The Time Travel Marts are storefront gift shops in the front of both 826LA writing centers in Echo Park and Mar Vista. The whimsical store sells unique items for time travelers as well as 826LA’s student publications. All funds raised in the store support the free writing and tutoring services 826LA provides at its centers and throughout Los Angeles at high-need public schools. The TTMs are central to 826LA’s fundraising strategy, brand identity, and volunteer outreach efforts.