Newsletter - Archive  Jul 8, 2010

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Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter

Club Assembly

A special thank you to Jeannie Hankins who once again opened her home to the club for a fireworks viewing on July 3rd.  A number of club members and their spouses enjoyed the hospitality and great view of the fireworks from Peralta Park while consuming  wonderful snacks, desserts and beverages that were brought by the guests.

Our meeting this week began with an invocatation by Craig Beinlich.  Bob Bell led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Bryan Nash led the recitation of Rotary's Four Way Test.  Our song was Take Me Out to the Ball Game in honor of this Sunday's  Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Anaheim.

Guests:

The Glenn Clan- Lorraine, their son and granddaughter Sara Beth Glenn who attended this year's Camp RYLA.

Steve Lopushinsky- Orange Club

Birthdays/Anniversaries:

Art Dunn- celebrated his birthday on July 3rd in Santa Monica with family.

Mark Schmidt- celebrated with a trip to Bend, Oregon - July 5th.

Steve and Lainey Stern celebrated their 46th Wedding Anniversary - July 5th with dinner at the Canyons Restaurant.

Peter Giacobbi celebrated his birthday on July 6th with a special dinner prepared by Lesslie.

Osso Bucca, Rasberry Tart and other faves.

Happy Bucks:

Bill Baker was happy to announce the birth of his grandson Broderick Spencer Norrdin.

Jay Applebaum wanted to thank Peter Giacobbi for helping him install a new fuel pump in his boat and the Sterns for allowing him to use their yard to store his boat during its overhaul.

Jim Glenn was happy his family could attend today's meeting.

Bryan Nash was happy the Irvine Park fire spared the site for Camp to Belong.  He was also very happy to announce the camp has enough grants to support 100 campers this year.  Bryan will be in Minnesotta next week visiting his grandchildren.

John Broussard went fishing at June Lake and caught a mess o' fish with his grandchildren.

Nagy Ibrahim was happy about his grandson Patrick who was born 2 years ago on the fourth of July.

Announcements:

Jane McDonald- talked about a project called Cell Phones for Soldiers.  The goal is to donate your old cell phones  that will be used to create calling cards that will be given to the troops so they can call home.  If you have an old cell phone to donate simply ask Jane for one of the mail-in envelopes and pop it in the mail.  There is no deadline for donations.

John Broussard read us thank you letters from families at the Ronald McDonald House.

Bob Kreisberg reminded us that next week we will begin our speaker series.  He has lined up a number of interesting speakers . Jane McDonald, Jay Lieberman, Pam Dunn, Nagy Ibrahim and Pete  Moriarty volunteered to help serve on the committee.  Next weeks speaker will be Jason Childs a former NFL Player who will tell us some of his experiences while playing professional football for the Seahawks and Raiders.

Greg Mills announced that Jeannie Hankins is resigning for her position as Foundation Chair. He opened the floor to nominations and Nagy Ibrahim volunteered.  He received unanimous support from the club and will be voted in formerly in 2 weeks.

Jill Kuli presented Sara Beth Glenn with a certificate for attending RYLA this year. Sara Beth gave a brief talk about her experiences at the camp and some of the highlights of the weekend.

Drawing $950- George Poulos and Milt Stamos drew a 3- no trip to Athens this time fellas, you can share an appetizer at a Greek Restaurant.

Club Assembly: 

A List of Projects Was Created and Handed to the Club members

President Greg Mills kicked off the discussion with Club Service and gave a list of all the different projects and expense items  that Club Assembly is involved with.   Jill Kuli this year's Community Service Chairperson let us know that this year there will be more hands on projects.  The first project to consider is donating childrens books to the O.C. Fair. If you show up with 3 books on July 28th  you can get free admission to the fair.  Jill is still also looking for donations to Working Wardrobes.

This year it was also noted that our budget is down from last year when we had $52 alotted and actually spent $41,000; this year's budget is $27,000.  So we are looking to do a few projects well and will require that any group seeking funds request the funds and the purpose for the funds..

Jane McDonald the Chairperson of International Service disscussed the projects she would like to pursue this year as did Vocational Chair Linda Bartrom-Olsen.

Here is a recreation of the hand-out.

Proposed VP Rotary Projects 2010-2011

Club Service: Craig Beinlich Chairperson

                       Tree Farm- a new irrigation system is planned

                       So CAL Nevada PETS- President Elect Training

                       Garage Harmful Chemical Round-up

                       Weekly Breakfast Meeting at City Hall- $10/member

                       City Council Chambers - rent @$25 per meeting.

                       International Dues- $30/member per quarter

                       District 5320 Dues

                       District 5320 Conference- Greg wants strong attendance and

                                       to look into sharing space with another local club

                       Rotary Foundation

                       Christmas/Holiday Party- 

                       Demotion Party

                       Club Service Supplies

                       Treasurer Supplies and Banking Charges

                        President-Elect Attendance at International Conference- $4000 budgeted

                        Website Fees

                        Taxes and Fees

                        Post Office Box Rental

                        Opportunity Drawing

                        Fireside Chats and Special Dinners

                        Fall Fundraiser and proposed Spring Fundraiser.

          No spefics were discussed on the cost of these projects except as above

          Bob Meyer told us that the Orange Club has a credit card and puts all its expenses on the

            card to get miles which can be used to cover the cost of the President-Elect's travel to the

            International Meeting- Milt Stamos will look into this.

Community Service-  Jill Kuli Chairperson

                        Marines at Thanksgiving

                         Interact Scholarships for Community Service- VPHS and LuHI

                        Ronald McDonald House Dinners

                        Above and Beyond Community Service Awards

                        VPRC Special Projects and School Grants

                                Catholic Club for Service Projects

                                Football Program Community Support

                                VP Elementary Jog-a-thon

                                Project Hope- Outdoor Science and Ice Cream Fridays

                                VPHS Grad NIght

                         VPRC Special Projects and Community Grants

                                 Villa Park Women's Home Tour

                                  Assistance League of Orange

                          WISEplace Women's Shelter

                           Scout Council "Friends of Scouting" suppport

                           Meals on Wheels- expanded participation was requested- deliveries

                                              are on Mondays-  7-11 meals are delivered

                           Beverly House- neglected children, girl's transition -house from Foster Care

                           Camp to Belong

                           Service  Projects: Working Wardrobes/OC Fair Book Drive/ Mail train/

                                                  community cooks.

Vocational Service- Linda Bartrom-Olsen Chairperson

                            Interact Recognition Dinner for VPHS and LuHI

                            Speech and Song Contest

                            RYLA

                            Science Olympiad- fostering of youth through vocation of science education

                                Cerro Villa Middle School

                                 Villa Park High School

                             Vocational TV Media Education

                              Future Scientists and Engineers Education

                              Reading By NIne

                              AP Exam Support

                              Mini-Grants to Teachers for exemplary use of their vocation as Teachers for

                                      original projects

                                    VPE

                                    Serrano Elementary

                                    Cerro Villa Middle School

                                    Villa Park High School 

                               Teacher of the Year Competition- County-wide competition

                               Four Way Test Essay Contest

                               Santiago Canyon College Scholarships

                               Entrepreneur  Program at Santiago Canyon College

                               Business of the Year

                               Camp to Belong- Life Skills and Emancipation

                               Rotaract Club Support at Santiago Canyon College

                                Junior Achievement

                                Drug Abuse Prevention

                                Entrepreneur Program at Cal State Fullerton

International Service- Jane McDonald Chairperson

                                Tecate Backpacks- pack and deliver to poor children in conjunction with

                                          Tecate Rotary

                                Project "A Bit Of Home" Troop Support

                                Kenya, Africa Project-pack educational backpacks for poor children

                                 Cell Phone Recycling Program- used for prepaid calling cards for troops

                                 Tecate Health Clinic Support

                                  Clean Water Projects in underdeveloped areas

                                  Shelter Box Project

                                  Kenya School- coordinate with Nairobi Rotary Club to support Graceland's

                                          establishment of a new school

                                   Uganda Charity Support-coordinate with Rotary Club in Uganda

                                   Matching Grant Project with Rotary Club of Kabarole, Uganda for birthing

                                                 mothers.

Update on Fall Fundraiser- formerly known as Oktoberfest

       Bryan Nash has taken all the name changes into consideration and decided to call it

       Rotary Club of Villa Park  Fall Festival Fun-Raiser

        Date: October 7th 

        Location:  Phoenix Club

        Tickets:    $75.00 per person.

        The format will change somewhat with a sitdown dinner rather than a buffet,

         a pared back Silent Auction and more focus on high ticket items for the Live Auction.

         Bryan would like the event to highlight what Rotary and in particular our club is all about.

       Bryan also showed a mock-up of the announcement that will appear in the August 28th

       Water Bill.

Tree Farm Update- Paul Hudson-

        The irrigation system is in need of major repairs and a work party will tackle the problem in the

        next couple of weeks.