PROGRAM June 19, 2018: Jody Skendenarian-“ Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Jeff King opened his next to last meeting of the year at 12:10 PM with the invocation by Paul Holden and the flag salute by Don Weber.
FINES:
Diane and Erik Schiesl’s anniversary was recognized with a $50 spin-the-wheel fine. Greg Baker, Jenny Dierek, Cale Kunkle Shelby McLean and John Traversaro were all fined $50 for being such fine Rotarians throughout the year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jack Hardy circulated the sign-up sheet for the July 21st Summer Sizzle at the Thousand Hills Ranch. Cale Kunkle reported that the wine collection for this event is lagging behind, so Pres. Jeff will levy fines on all members who haven’t brought in their 2 bottles by next week. Pres. Jeff announced that we received the Gold Club award and the Interact Club also received an award at the recent District Award meeting. He presented Shannon Bowdey her gold pin in recognition for being The Rotarian of the Year. A District Club award was presented to Deenie Dotson and a District Individual Recognition was presented to Michael Boyer. An awards check was presented to Shelby McLean and Ken Dalebout of the Arroyo Grande Hospital Foundation. John Traversaro and Harlan Silva were nominated and unanimously elected for 3-year terms on the Rotary Foundation Board. Paul Holden awarded the third Paul Harris Fellow to Jim Lewis and Major Donor pins to Michael and Ashlea Boyer and Michael and Jeannie Frederick in recognition for donating over $15,000 to Rotary International. Michael Boyer announced that this coming Saturday, June 23 is the date for the the 50 person barbecue that was won at the last year’s Summer Sizzle live auction.
Jody Skendenarian-“ Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast”
Jody Skenderian holds an M.A. in Political Science from SF State University and a B.A. from CalPoly. She is the CEO of the Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast serving 10,700 girls from Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. She began passing out patches to former Girl Scouts that were present at the meeting. She stated that the Girl Scouts stands for building the 3 C’s: courage, confidence in girls. She stated that there is a crisis in women leadership in the country because only 20% women are in that role. The Girl Scouts of America comprise 2.6 member girls from kindergarten to 12th grade with programs that stress leadership development. They are led by some 800,000 volunteers with an emphasis on outdoor experiences, life skills, entrepreneurial ship and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM). She then went on to topic of the State of Girls in 2017. California ranks 29th in the nation in girl’s health and well-being. At the close of her talk she handed out boxes of Girl Scout cookies to those whose ticket was drawn from the same hat that the 50-50 winner’s ticket was drawn from.
PROGRAM June 19, 2018: Jody Skendenarian-“ Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Jeff King opened his next to last meeting of the year at 12:10 PM with the invocation by Paul Holden and the flag salute by Don Weber.
FINES:
Diane and Erik Schiesl’s anniversary was recognized with a $50 spin-the-wheel fine. Greg Baker, Jenny Dierek, Cale Kunkle Shelby McLean and John Traversaro were all fined $50 for being such fine Rotarians throughout the year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jack Hardy circulated the sign-up sheet for the July 21st Summer Sizzle at the Thousand Hills Ranch. Cale Kunkle reported that the wine collection for this event is lagging behind, so Pres. Jeff will levy fines on all members who haven’t brought in their 2 bottles by next week. Pres. Jeff announced that we received the Gold Club award and the Interact Club also received an award at the recent District Award meeting. He presented Shannon Bowdey her gold pin in recognition for being The Rotarian of the Year. A District Club award was presented to Deenie Dotson and a District Individual Recognition was presented to Michael Boyer. An awards check was presented to Shelby McLean and Ken Dalebout of the Arroyo Grande Hospital Foundation. John Traversaro and Harlan Silva were nominated and unanimously elected for 3-year terms on the Rotary Foundation Board. Paul Holden awarded the third Paul Harris Fellow to Jim Lewis and Major Donor pins to Michael and Ashlea Boyer and Michael and Jeannie Frederick in recognition for donating over $15,000 to Rotary International. Michael Boyer announced that this coming Saturday, June 23 is the date for the the 50 person barbecue that was won at the last year’s Summer Sizzle live auction.
Jody Skendenarian-“ Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast”
Jody Skenderian holds an M.A. in Political Science from SF State University and a B.A. from CalPoly. She is the CEO of the Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast serving 10,700 girls from Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. She began passing out patches to former Girl Scouts that were present at the meeting. She stated that the Girl Scouts stands for building the 3 C’s: courage, confidence in girls. She stated that there is a crisis in women leadership in the country because only 20% women are in that role. The Girl Scouts of America comprise 2.6 member girls from kindergarten to 12th grade with programs that stress leadership development. They are led by some 800,000 volunteers with an emphasis on outdoor experiences, life skills, entrepreneurial ship and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM). She then went on to topic of the State of Girls in 2017. California ranks 29th in the nation in girl’s health and well-being. At the close of her talk she handed out boxes of Girl Scout cookies to those whose ticket was drawn from the same hat that the 50-50 winner’s ticket was drawn from.