IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK 6/9/10

Posted by Daniel Cavanaugh Jr. 
 

June 9, 2010

By Dannie Cavanaugh

This week's meeting was held at Rotary Plaza for our annual lunch at this great site. A tanned and refreshed Phil Tangalakis (fresh from his trip to Greece and Italy) delivered an off-the-cuff Invocation, Art

Endo led the Pledge, and President Bill sang the Patriotic Song. For the second week in a row, we were joined by Gerald Reneau of Home Care Health Care who was at the meeting courtesy of Doctor Don. Linda Levin, guest of Chuck Perelman, was also with us and she and Gerald were welcomed in song by the Club with Michele Walman leading the way.

This is always a casual meeting and there was not a lot of formal club business. Darlene Kiyan again asked that anyone who is planning on attending the meeting next Wednesday at the YMCA, confirm their attendance with her either by phone or email. She can be reached at 310-390-3604 or at darlenekiyan@ymcala.org. Linda Black gave a brief update on the Shoeboxes for Haiti project. Janet Chabola asked the Club for some help in raising money to buy projectors for a couple of the grammar schools in Culver City. In less than 5 minutes she secured $450 in pledges from individual Rotarians – good job everyone.

 

The podium was then turned over to Allan Goldman to run the Culver City Rotary Community Foundation meeting. First order of business was to call up Lyn Caron who introduced the board members and manager of Rotary Plaza. Following that, the election was held to elect two members to the board of the CC Rotary Community Foundation and Cy Pierce and Bruce Jagger were unanimously approved. Treasurer Keith Jones gave a report on the financial statements of the Foundation and then he and Allan presented a check to Leslie Adler, Executive Director of the Culver City Education Foundation, who was at the meeting with Margaret Fujikawa, the Scholarship Coordinator from Culver City High School.

Chuck Perelman ended the meeting with a thorough history of the development of Rotary Plaza, starting with the initial idea of providing senior housing, the challenges in getting the project funded, and the contributions made by numerous Rotarians to see the project through. Rotary Plaza was, and is, a model project and it has inspired other Rotary Clubs around the country to take on similar projects.

Have a great week Rotarians.

Rotary Moments

Announcements

The Book...

.. is at Deano's Motel located at 3868 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, just south of Venice Boulevard. Please stop by and see how President Bill makes it all happen.

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District 5280 eYellow Pages

Take advantage of posting your business information and searching for other businesses on the Rotary eYellow Pages. It's simple and free! Click on the Rotary eYellow Pages link on the District Web site or go to

www.yp5280.org .

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Make Ups....

Please email your make up information to Darlene Kiyan at darlenekiyan@ymcala.org.

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CALENDAR

June

June 26th - Demotion Party

Future Planning Dates

Board of Directors Meetings - Third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 at the Radisson Hotel

Culver City Interact Club Meetings - Thursdays, C.C. High School, Room 20 at 12:20

More Details and the District Calendar can be found at the following web pages: CCRC Calendar:

http://www.culvercityrotary.org/ District 5280 Calendar : http://www.rotary5280la.org/

Make-ups at Nearby Clubs:

Monday:

Beverly Hills, 12:15 pm, Beverly Hills Hotel

Tuesday:

Playa Sunrise, 7:15 am, Courtyard by Marriott-MDR

Inglewood, 12:10 pm, Hollywood Park Casino

WLA/Brentwood, 12:15 pm, Chez Mimi

Wednesday:

Malibu, 7:15 am, Pepperdine University

Century City, 12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel

Latinos Unidos, 7:00 pm, Truxton's American Bistro 8611 Truxton Avenue, LA 90045

Thursday:

Pacific Palisades, 7:15 am, Aldersgate Retreat, 925 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades

Venice, 7:30 am, Firehouse Restaurant, 213 Rose Ave, Venice, 90291

Friday:

Santa Monica, 12:00 pm, Riviera Country Club

Officers and Directors of the Culver City Rotary Club

President - Bill Gardner

Secretary - Darlene Kiyan

Treasurer - Chris King

Immediate Past President - Kathy Haworth

President Elect - Linda Black

Dir-Club Service-Ops - Tim Messmer

Dir-Club Service-Special Events - Victor Gallardo

Dir-Vocational Service - Scott Easley

Dir-Community/Youth Svc - Chris King

Dir-International Service - Craig Ferre

Director at Large - Cy Pierce

http://culvercityrotary.org/contacts.htm

Current District Governor Current Rotary International President

Susanne Sundberg John Kenny

Governor District 5280 Theme: "The Future of Rotary is in

Your Hands"

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