Events

Melody St. John has been involved with Rotary throughout her entire life, from her days as the daughter of a Rotarian in South Dakota when women were not accepted as members. Today she utilizes her passion for youth programs and has been involved with Rotary Youth Exchange for over 25 years. She and her husband Paul have hosted over 22 students in their home from around the world.   A member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Hollywood, St. John is involved in a number of  Rotary District 5280 initiatives.  
 
Beyond the District, she is the Chairman of the multi-state high school Rotary Youth Exchange program (SCANEX) and works with over 100 students each year, placing them in the best situations here in the U.S. and abroad. She and her husband, Rotarian Paul St. John (LA5), are co-founders of the Rotary USA Train Tour and taken as of this summer over 1,000 exchange students on a month long train tour around the United States.   In her professional life, St. John’s founded Video Tape Library, a stock footage image library, in 1984.  The library has over a million images compiled from over 250 cameramen form around the world.  Fun fact:  Her library was used in beta testing for a fledgling website called “YouTube.”   ​

The Pilot-in-Charge (PIC) is responsible for all aspects of the airship's operation. The PIC is ultimately responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the airship and, along with the Assistant Pilot-in-Charge (APIC), supervises and directs the training and development of all other pilots, department chiefs and crew members. Based on weather conditions and other circumstances, the decision to fly at any time belongs to the Pilot-in-Charge.

One of the most important jobs of the PIC is to monitor and confirm that Blimp pilot candidates are prepared to safely operate the Blimp. The PIC must hold a commercial Lighter-than-Air (LTA) rating and an instrument rating, and each Goodyear Blimp pilot candidate must successfully undergo and complete a comprehensive Goodyear Lighter-than-Air flight training program to help them successfully pass the Federal Aviation Administration requirements to obtain an LTA airship rating.

The Public Relations (PR) Specialist is the communications representative and planning agent for the Blimp at his or her designated hangar. With a primary focus on generating public relations opportunities at the local and national level, the PR Specialist helps to tactically deploy the airship to televised events, customer-related initiatives and community-based events.

The Airship Public Relations Specialist works to capitalize on media opportunities and partnerships that will lead to positive press for the Blimp and Goodyear.

We are meeting for lunch at 22nd Street Cafe prior to the tour at 11:30am

No weekly lunch meeting today

Coastal Cleanup Day is the world’s largest volunteer day to protect our environment. Heal the Bay invites you to take part on Saturday, September 21, 2019. On this day, volunteers from all over the world will do their part to clean local beaches, rivers, creeks and parks.

Heal the Bay is proud to be the official host of cleanup sites in Los Angeles County. It’s easy to participate. No special equipment or experience is necessary, and all are welcome!

Last year, Coastal Cleanup Day in L.A. County brought together 13,464 individuals who removed over 29.8 tons of ocean-bound trash from 78 cleanup sites in 3 hours.

For preliminary information and to be informed when registration opens as a cleanup volunteer, you can send us your information here: www.healthebay.org/ccd.

Wear RED for polio awareness month

1st 10 signups paid by the Club

Director of Outreach and School Relations at El Camino College and a member of the 2014 RUHS Athletic Hall of Fame

Nikki's improv team has a murder mystery dinner fundraiser on Oct 18 from 6-9:30. It is early 2000s themed (cuz the kids think that was a long time ago...sigh...) and will feature L and L Hawaiian food for dinner. Adult presale tickets are $18, and at the door is $20. It includes, dinner, a drink, dessert, and an interactive show.

Benjamin 'Ben' Allen is an American attorney and Democratic politician. He has been a California state senator representing the 26th district since 2015. He previously served as University of California Student Regent and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District school board member.

Anne Shea will also be speking about the LAX modernization project

Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food and other life-changing aid to people in developing nations. Founded in 1998, Rise Against Hunger mobilizes more than 350,000 volunteers each year to package meals for people in need around the globe. Since 2005, Rise Against Hunger has distributed more than 315,000,000 meals to recipients in 74 countries with a mission to end hunger.

https://www.riseagainsthunger.org/

Dr. Alec Koo, MD is an urology specialist in Torrance, CA and has been practicing for 33 years. He graduated from University Of California, Los Angeles, School Of Medicine in 1986 and specializes in urology.

Wayne Ung of Northrop Grumman will tell us about the recently completed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).  It is still here in Redondo  Beach waiting for a ride in 2021 from French Guiana that will take it 940,000 miles  into space.  It will orbit the sun, not the earth.  The telescope has a huge increase in capabilities over the Hubble Space Telescope. The project is an international collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and costs nearly $10 billion.  Our club heard an early briefing on the JWST in April 2016.  Since then the many challenges have been resolved with ground-breaking technological advances.  

Volunteer bell ringers are the difference between an empty kettle and one that raises the funds that sustain the help we give all year long. The Salvation Army relies on money raised in red kettles to serve more than 25 million people in need each year. Become a Volunteer Bell Ringer

Rotary Clubs in Los Angeles and surrounding areas have joined forces with community volunteer groups, local businesses, churches, schools and LA County government agencies to meet the needs of the surrounding community – even if for a single day.

Volunteer bell ringers are the difference between an empty kettle and one that raises the funds that sustain the help we give all year long. The Salvation Army relies on money raised in red kettles to serve more than 25 million people in need each year. Become a Volunteer Bell Ringer

We will be recognizing 2 students from October and 2 students from November

Braille Institute project, seeking volunteers assist sight challenged students celebrating the holiday at its Hollywood campus on Vermont.  The date is set for December 12, please contact the project Chair Jim Miceli at jimmiceli@aol.com or 818-395-7473 for details and signing up to help.