Alta Bates Summit Foundation’s annual Heroes in Health Care Awards Dinner — held at the Claremont Resort & Spa on May 7 — honored exceptional contributors to the Foundation and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in 2008. The honorees included the following:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Carol N. D’Onofrio, Dr.P.H., and Alan Lifshay, M.D.
• Philanthropist of the Year: Ione Gille
• Foundation of the Year: The California Endowment
• Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year: Marily Johnson
• Employee Fundraiser of the Year: Cesar Calderon

Through their generosity, these benefactors have made a lasting difference in the East Bay’s health care and well-being.