MUSIC
Tom Burrows
played the piano before lunch while Kiwanians and guests greeted
one another and socialized. Ed Moulton led the group in
song, opening the meeting with The Grand Old Flag and
closing with Hail Kiwanis International.
OPENING
Bob
Martin led the flag
salute reminding Kiwanians of America’s 233rd
Birthday and the true day of independence: July 2!
Skip Boyd
gave prayer for the invocation.
Nick
Berkuta gave a brief
summary of his trip to the
International Kiwanis Convention in
Nashville, TN.
As always,
Ed Moulton led the group in a rousing rendition of Hi
Neighbor!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wendy Smith
– Reminded members of the Midnight Mission tour today at 1:45
p.m. with members carpooling.
Diane Della Valle
– Asked members to remember Rolando Morales and his
family as his oldest daughter became ill while traveling this
week in Mexico.
Cory Stevens
- Announced the Kiwanis Club Summer Social, a Hawaiian themed
party on July 26 starting at 5:00 p.m. at the home of Daryal
& Mary Gant.
Pat Anderson
– Announced the September 9 Verdugo
Hills Hospital Business Expo.
Mary Gant
– Reminded members of the upcoming Wine & Gourmet Food Event on
September 20th.
Mark Alexander
– The City of La Canada is hosting the next Chamber Mixer on
July 16, 5:30 p.m. at Olbert’s Park. Bring your Hawaiian shirt!
Frosty Boyd
– Gave his SLA report.
Reminder
– The next Kiwanis Board Meeting will be held July 9th.
GUESTS
Special Guest Day - organized
and promoted by Linda Magarian had members bringing a
total of 18 guests! There were guests seated at every table!
Diane Della Valle handed out a lot of candy! Listed below
are members who brought guests:
Tom Slaughter
– 1 guest
Cory Stevens
– 1 guest
Mary Gant
– 1 guest
Emelita
Bituin– 1 guest
Jim Phillips
– 1 guest
Paulette
Ke– 1 guest
Bea Cirar
– 4 guests
Pat Anderson
– 1 guest
Jim Ackland
– 1 guest
Wendy Smith
– 2 guests
Harriet Hammon
– 2 guests
Jennifer Berger
– 1 guest
Carl Christensen
– 1 guest
Linda Magarian
directed guests to the Kiwanis brochure emphasizing Kiwanis
Club’s mission to serve others and make community connections.
Linda showed a brief slide show highlighting Kiwanians’ reading
outreach program to local elementary school students.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Mary Gant
– Happy $ for passage of the Parcel Tax.
Tom Slaughter
– Happy $ for his guest Tom from Phat Energy.
Linda Magarian
– Happy $ for the recent marriage of her son and the successful
room renovation done by Jim Smith.
Ellie Wildermuth – Happy $ for a wonderful grandson!
Skip Boyd
– Happy $ for his first granddaughter and 3rd
grandchild!
Pat Anderson
– Happy $ for Pat from Citibank and new Chamber employee, June.
Sad $ for Starr, Chamber employee who recently spent time in the
hospital.
Bea Cirar
– Happy $ for her 4 guests.
Paul Westmoreland
– Happy $ for the opportunity to run last week’s meeting.
Norm Johnson
– Happy $ for his 2nd great grandchild!
Jim Phillips
– Happy $ for all the members on the Finance Committee
THE
PROGRAM
Bill Watts
introduced guest speaker Ana Salazar, Senior Gifts-In-Kind
Coordinator, for The Midnight Mission of Los Angeles. Ana, a
native of Honduras and mother of five children, has worked for
The Midnight Mission for the past nine years. Ana has worked
tirelessly to reduce the organization’s food budget by seeking
gifts-in-kind from businesses and companies across the nation.
Ana showed a brief video
presentation highlighting the numerous services of the mission
and the people it seeks to serve.
Since 1914, The Midnight
Mission has provided a myriad of services to the people of Skid
Row and the greater Los Angeles area. Their objective is to
work with homeless individuals and families to help remove
obstacles to self-sufficiency, while ensuring that immediate
needs like food, shelter, and clothing are met. The mission
also operates a drug and alcohol recovery program that offers a
bridge to self-sufficiency through counseling, education, job
training and placement. Safe transitional housing to homeless
families is also available. A program for battered women helps
individuals start over by working and saving income.
Ana noted that a majority of
people coming to the Mission for services are women and
children. Many are mothers under the age of 18. The current
economic recession has produced an increase in the number of
families coming to the Mission for help.
The Mission utilizes 6,000
volunteers and serves an amazing 4,000 meals daily!
Four major annual events are
put on by the Mission to reach out to the community;
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and Picnic street fairs.
The Midnight Mission is one of
the most efficient non-profits in the nation having received a
Four Star Charity Rating. You
can learn more about the organization at
www.midnightmission.org
Wendy Smith
is organizing a Kiwanis “turkey drive” to raise funds necessary
to provide turkeys for the Mission’s Thanksgiving meal. If you
are interested in making a donation, turkeys are $18.00 each.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing:
Pat Flynn
Secret Greeter: Still a
secret!
Master of the Cash Box:
Chuck Gulick
This Week's Reporter: Bryan
Schwartz
This Week's Photographer:
Wendy Smith
Webmaster, Newsletter
Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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