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Published on 09/21/1998 All articles from this issue

LAH councilman gets YMCA's highest honor for volunteering

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Town Crier Staff Report

Los Altos Hills councilman Sid Hubbard will receive the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula's high honor for volunteering, the Red Triangle Award, at the 18th annual award dinner set for Oct. 7 at Hyatt Rickeys in Palo Alto.

In addition to Hubbard's award, the YMCA will present "Distinguished Service Awards" to six other volunteers. Organizers said "several hundred" guests are expected to be on hand to pay tribute to the honorees, including keynote speaker Leonard P. Edwards, Santa Clara County Court juvenile judge and Los Altos Hills resident.

Outstanding volunteers from each local YMCA branch have been selected for the service awards, including Gay Krause of Los Altos Hills, for her work with the El Camino YMCA in Mountain View. Other distinguished service winners are: David Hettig of the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula's Association board of directors; Priscilla Bates of the East Palo Alto YMCA in East Palo Alto; David Kennedy of the Page Mill YMCA in Palo Alto; Jim Phillips of the Palo Alto Family YMCA in Palo Alto; and Lois Koenig of the Sequoia YMCA in Redwood City.

YMCA spokeswoman Anne Marie Krogh said the Red Triangle Award recognizes "an individual who has given at least 10 years of exemplary volunteer service to the YMCA, demonstrating devotion, significant participation and accomplishment."

An active participant in YMCA activities as a youth at the downtown Palo Alto YMCA, Hubbard served as a camp counselor at Camp Campbell YMCA as a youth and attended dances as a teen at the newly opened YMCA on Ross Road. Thirty years later, Hubbard would prove instrumental in laying the foundation for that YMCA's major renovation as he served as a member of the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula's Association Board of Directors from 1985 to 1991. Hubbard would also play a pivotal role in the formation of the El Camino YMCA in Mountain View as he headed the building committee for that YMCA while on the association board, and later served on their board of directors as they became an officially chartered YMCA.

Hubbard took the reigns at the Association's top leadership spot, the association's board chairmanship, in 1990 where he took a lead role in initiating talks to incorporate the independent Sequoia YMCA in Redwood City into the YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula's Association.

As a YMCA senior director, Krogh said Hubbard has continued to be "a vital fund-raiser for the youth and families of our community through the YMCA annual support campaign and also in crucial capital fundraising efforts where he currently serves on the major gifts committee of the El Camino YMCA's Phase II project" for the expansion of that YMCA facility.

"The YMCA was such a big part of my youth," Hubbard said. "It's important for me to be able to provide the same opportunities for the kids of today. So many of the pressing needs of our society are being met by the YMCA - child care, after-school programs, teen leadership, family support, sports programs, camping experiences and fitness training for all ages. All of these Y programs contribute to a greater sense of self-worth and help to strengthen and support families. I have greatly enjoyed my association with the many outstanding volunteers and staff of the Y. The YMCA has done a lot to help make this a great place to call home."

Hubbard, who has served on the Los Altos Hills Town Council since 1990, is completing his term. He served as mayor from 1991-92 and 1996-97.

Sid and his wife, Doni, an active volunteer and philanthropist in her own right, have been married for 33 years. They have two daughters, Vallee Hubbard Bubak (who just made them first-time grandparents this month with the arrival of grandson John) and newly-engaged Audrey Hubbard.

The event begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by dinner and an awards presentation at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for $55. For more information, call 842-3553.