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CIRCLE OF LIFE DONOR’S “WOW!” MOMENT MOTIVATES HER ONGOING PHILANTHROPY
SEEING IS BELIEVING and philanthropy,” she explained. “The Center has been my life for the last 20 years in some form or fashion, and I have a soft spot for it. The Center does great work, so it was a no-brainer for me to give back and help out.” Trumpet is particularly impressed with how the Center has expanded geographically in the past five years with the openings of Mi Centro in Boyle Heights, Center WeHo in West Hollywood, Trans Wellness Center in Koreatown, and Center South near Leimert Park. “The Center is ever-evolving and looking at different communities and different needs,” she said. “The Center doesn’t rest on its laurels.”
It was a real ‘wow’ moment. I didn’t realize the Center’s reach. It was really impactful and made me even more committed to donating and being involved with the Center.
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“It’s all been so memorable,” she said. ridget Trumpet arrived in the United States from her native En- “The Center’s community is the most gland 31 years ago with a college beautiful thing—it’s a safe place. When scholarship and dreams of becoming a I attend the dinner events, you meet everybody, you feel safe, and you feel professional basketball player. Ultimately, she found her biggest suc- comfortable.” It wasn’t until she cess off the court as a Certified Public Accountant working for such firms as KPMG went on a full tour 10 and Ernst & Young before forming her years ago of the Center’s Health Services Trumpet Financial Group, Inc., in 2010. Ten years prior, one of her employers facilities and tranasked her to transfer from New York to sitional housing for Los Angeles in order to take on some youth when she really clients in the entertainment industry. got the full picture of She happily settled in West Hollywood the Center’s work. “It was a real ‘wow’ and quickly found herself looking for moment. I didn’t realcommunity. “We didn’t have Google then, but we ize the Center’s reach,” did have phone books, and I found the Trumpet said. “It was Center and its different programs and really impactful and groups,” Trumpet recalled. “I just kept made me even more going to things. It was a way of finding committed to donating and being involved other LGBT people.” After attending Center events and with the Center.” Her altruism includes supporting the groups for several years, Trumpet became a donor and joined host committees for Center in her estate plan through the Cirsome of the Center’s signature events, in- cle of Life program. “Having a financial background, I uncluding the Anniversary Gala Vanguard derstand the importance of estate planning Awards and Simply diVine.
