Axis Newsletter - January 6, 2025 (Jan. 06, 2025)

Published: January 6, 2025

Jan 07, 2025 12:00 PM

Deborah Marks Bertling, PASF Board President

Special musical performance by PASF members

The Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) was formed in 1982 by the late Sylvia Dellar to provide financial aid to deserving vocal and instrumental students with professional performance potential who live and/or study music in Santa Barbara County.

Cam Audras, violist and Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation’s Board member, and pianist Erin Bonski-Evans will perform at our Tuesday meeting following lunch.

Board President Deborah M. Bertling will introduce the program.

Jan 21, 2025 12:00 PM

To Be Announced

Feb 04, 2025 12:00 PM

Lisa Amador

Amador Matchmaking

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Registration Open
for District 5240 Foundation Gala

This is an exciting opportunity to come together and celebrate all the work we’ve done this year, and all that we will continue to accomplish.

The gala will be held in Pismo beach on January 25th.

The keynote speaker is Past RI President Barry Rassin.

Barry Rassin served as World President of Rotary International in 2018-2019. His responsibilities involved leading and motivating the 36,000 Rotary Clubs in the 200+ countries throughout the world. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Board for Rotary International.

Click here to view complete details and register for this special event!

We meet the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 12:00 PM
on the main patio of the
Music Academy of the West
1070 Channel Drive

Free parking is available in both the upper and lower lots.

Member Birthdays

Peter Buehler

January 20

Lynda Nahra

January 24

Join Date

Larry Minasian

January 1, 1987

38 years

Peter Buehler

January 1, 2003

22 years

Tony Morris

January 30, 2018

7 years

Dear Rotarians,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season filled with laughter, connection, and quality time with family and friends. It’s hard to believe we haven’t been together for over a month—it feels like forever!

As we step into 2025, I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together as a club. Our first meeting of the year is this Tuesday, and I hope to see everyone there. Let’s start strong with positive energy and fresh ideas for the months ahead. Together, we can make this a great year for our club and the community we serve.

Kim

Support for Unity Shoppe

Kim Stone and Kerri Murray at the Unity Shoppe Telethon

Our Club's support for the Unity Shoppe was multifaceted this year. Members donated toys for underprivileged children, including one very special koala sleep sack purchased by the much-missed Rosslyn Ray.

Additional support (and a little local advertising) was provided by Kim who brought her mobile beverage service to the Unity Shoppe telethon to provide passersby with coffee, cookies, and hot chocolate. And Kerri Murray served as one of the emcees for the annual Unity Shoppe Telethon.

Many thanks to all who helped make the holidays brighter for Unity Shoppe families across our county.

A small selection of the dozens of toys donated by members for distribution by Unity Shoppe.

Friendship Center Breakfast

Rotarians Mark Osiel, Susan Hersberger, Bernadette Bagley, and Kim Stone celebrate with Santa

Clients of the Montecito Friendship Center and their families shared a Holiday breakfast on Tuesday, Dec. 10th. Montecito Rotarians were on hand to seat and serve guests. Festivities were supplemented with live piano music and a special appearance by Santa Claus.

Thanks to all those pictured above, as well as Larry Minasian, for including service in their seasonal activities.

Holiday Party 2024

Someone (me) must have have a bit too much holiday cheer, and forgot to take photos at this year's holiday party.

It was a lovely event organized by Cathy Cash and Lora Fisher, and generously hosted by Jeff and Karen Kerns. Food was plentiful and a good time was had by all.

P.S. - If anyone else has photos, please send them to me and I'll update this article. :)

The liberation of Julie Mulligan
After being kidnapped abroad, Rotarian Julie Mulligan set out to live a more authentic life of Service Above Self

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