On June 26th the fabulous city of Sausalito held its first post Covid event, a fundraiser for the three Sausalito Sister Cities: Casçais, Portugal; Sakaide, Japan; and Viña del Mar, Chile.
The Sausalito-Viña del Mar Program
The purpose and mission of the Viña del Mar Sausalito Sister City program is to promote a cross-cultural and economic exchange between the two cities.
Karen Aiken, Paula Tejeda, Melissa Mooney, Lizzie Brown-Jeremi
Decked out to represent Viña del Mar, Chile, at Sister Cities' fundraiser. The flag I inherited from my grandmother, Elizabeth Nielsen, and the painting is by my aunt, Georgina Rieloff.
In 2016 Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. won the Sister Cities International's "2016 Best Overall Program Award," for a city with a population less than 25,000.

This year the Sister Cities International award was given specifically to the Sausalito - Viña del Mar program for “Innovation for Business,Trade, and Professional Exchange for a City with a Population under 25,000." 

To celebrate this great achievement the Sausalito-Viña operations council hosted a wonderful luncheon at Plaza Viña del Mar in Sausalito, on August 30th.
Karen Aiken, Executive Board of Sausalito Sister Cities; Lorna Newlin, Operations Council; Dana Cilmi, President Sausalito Sister Cities; Deana Kardel, Operations Council; Cathy Stierhoff, Secretary Sausalito-Viña del Mar Operations Council; Jaime Allende, Consul General of Chile in San Francisco; Monica Finnegan, Chair Sausalito-Viña del Mar Operations Council and Executive Board of Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc., Lizzie Brown-Jeremi, Operations Council
"The luncheon celebration exemplifies how a community’s real strength is the aggregate of its multiple organizations and their support of one another. Sausalito believes in living well locally and working together globally. The Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. Program overall exemplifies how this model benefits an entire community." -- sausalitosistercities.org
Lorna Newlin smiling after tasting a Chile Lindo empanada. Thanks Lorna!
Isidora Alcalde, Project Development of Latitudes Wine Club, cheers a Chile Lindo empanada
Monica Finnegan, Chair Sausalito-Viña del Mar Operations Council and Executive Board of Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. accepted the award on behalf of the Viña Operations Council and the Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. program
Cathy Stierhoff, Secretary Sausalito-Viña del Mar Operations Council thanked all those who participated with her in the writing of the proposal for best program, among them Jan Swanberg, Deana Kardel and Lizzie Jeremi 
Paulina Rieloff, my mother, and Josefina Edwards, Chief of Staff, Chile California Council
Like mother, like daughter!
Susan Roe, aka Súper Susan, former President of Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. and founder of the Marine Mammal Center In Chile

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Paula Tejeda and Lizzie Brown-Jeremi, Centro Chileno Lautaro and Sausalito-Viña Sister Cities operations council
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Pato Lehuedé, Vino-Sur, Fernando Olmedo, founder Vino-Sur Wine Importer and Paula Tejeda, Chile Lindo
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