Westmont Magazine Wallace Emerson Society

Not only are Don and Barbara Raney the parents of three Westmont alumni, but they also worked on staff. After retiring from a 22-year career teaching chemistry at San Mateo Community College, Don became a lab instructor at Westmont, and Barbara worked in Voskuyl Library. Today they keep busy as volunteers. Both have given their time to a local hospital and to Food Share, a ministry that feeds the hungry. Don also visits stroke victims and takes them on errands. The Raneys attend Ventura Missionary Church and lead a neighborhood Bible study as well. When their mutual equity fund increased in value, they used part of it to set up a gift annuity with Westmont, and so became members of the Wallace Emerson Society. This extra income helps them pay for long-term care insurance. “We love Westmont and have great regard for what it accomplishes in the lives of students,” they say.

For more information about the Wallace Emerson Society, call Iva Schatz, Director of Planned Giving, (805) 565-6034.