Right on time Les Fishman gaveled our meeting beginning with Juliette DeMoss on the piano. Derald Sidler led our flag salute, off-key Jackie Ignon led our patriotic song and Jim Hartman reminded us of gratitude in his invocation.
Lunch proceeded apace.
Mel Shrier introduced our guest, Rick Mendoza, past District Governor of 5280.
Please remember Donna Duperon, whose mother passed away at 101 great years,
and Allen Bond whose father passed away.
Announcements included:
Inga Liden announced the May 15 date for our Beer and Wine Festival with Rotary Club members Karen Greenberg and David Henseler of South Bay Rotary and the El Segundo Rotary Club. Inga needs more volunteers on her committee. Please email or text to let her know you are interested. She is aiming to double the number of wineries over last years successful fund raiser.
Chris Stillians is heading the Artists and Galleries committee for the Festival.
You can access the application form on our web site. If you know of interested artists in the area, please forward the form.
Joan Behrens announced the Speech Contest winners:
1st Amanda Bishop, theme Commitment, who will go on to the District Contest
2nd Gopika Jalan, theme her visit to India and Giving of oneself
3rd Alison Hsieh, theme Stone Soup
We all agree that this years contestants were all exceptional
Virginia Butler and Derald Sidler won the raffle.
Our program consisted of two great craft talks by new members.
Kelly Curtis-Intagliata is the chief Officer for Public Relations at Marymount
College. At 22 she realized that her passion was work with non-profit organizations.
She also serves on the PV C of C, San Pedro C of C, the Peninsula Seniors Board and the PV Performing Arts Council. Kelly earned a Masters in Health Care Administration. Kelly is responsible for community relations, media, marketing and grant funding.Her daughter Alise is a teacher and daughter, a graduate of Marymount, works at the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce. Marymount, a small local university has seen tremendous growth recently. It offers BA and well as graduate level education. Marymount is adding a second campus and is dedicated to serving the under served. Through Marymount, the Peninsula Seniors Board offers anyone interested for a $50 annual fee, the opportunity to audit selected classes on a pass/fail basis. Great feature. A course catalog for fall and spring terms is available on line or at the office located next to RPV City Hall.
The second craft talk was presented by Stacy Dubowitch. Stacy works at the new Sunrise Senior Living complex on Hawthorne Blvd. She is a transplant of 15 years from Philadelphia. One of 5 children, she is the only one to venture west. She received her BS from Drexel University and began her career at Wells Fargo, and then the Department of Commerce, overseeing 1000 enployees. Seeking more fulfillment, she moved to Hoag Hospital. After earning her Masters in Health
Administration, she began at Sunrise specializing in Alzheimer and Memory Care.
She presented a unique chart for finding your Purpose in Life, which includes identifying your Vocation, Avocation and Passion.
Two wonderful new members to welcome to our Club.
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This story has been edited to reflect the true name of Jim Hartman originally published in error as Jim Harmon. We have no Jim Harmon in the Club.