Weekly Bulletin - April 3, 2013
Photos by Rick Mendoza
Click above for photos of this weeks meeting.....
(REDONDO BEACH) April 3, 2013 – Among the visitors at today’s luncheon were three Rotary Group Exchange volunteers. Jewel Price of the Glendale Rotary Club and her two team members discussed the GSE program. More on that later in this eBulletin.
Visitors: Seth Stoddard, Odila Goncalves, Pam Jeffreys, Mary Jane
Visiting GSE Team members: Jewel Price, Glendale Rotary Club, Allen Andriassian and Dr. Richard Cortes
Meals-o-Wheels: Scott Fellows and Michael Jackson delivered today, next week Chantel King and Michael Jackson will deliver.
Family of Rotary: “No news is good news,” said Pearl Davis who said she had nothing to report.
Announcements:
President Nancy Campbell announced the club will be dark for the April 10 noon luncheon. Instead, we will have an evening meeting, same day, and same place. Featured Speaker: Jeanne Peters, R.D., who will speak on Backyard Gardening. Jeanne is the wife of Rotarian Allen Peters and has a passion for gardening. All members and spouses are invited.
Other announcements:
April 11th: The Salvation Army will host its annual dinner. We have two seats available. See Scott Fellows.
April 18-21: Springfest in North Redondo. See Jim Chen.
April 19: Go-kart racing for the annual Grand Prix prize. See Scott Fellows.
April 24th: The Salvation Army is hosting a shoe drive. See Galina Gilman.
May 2-5: District 5280 annual conference at the Fess Parker Ranch in Santa Barbara. Click HERE to learn more about this exciting event.
May 9: The Club will join with the Molina Foundation to deliver books to Fry Elementary in Wilmington. See Terry Bichlmeier.
May 18: District Assembly at the Carson Center in Carson. All board members for the 2013-14 year are encouraged to attend.
President Nancy Campbell also announced the club has $14,969 in accounts receivable. She encouraged all members to bring dues and membership fees up-to-date. Nancy was also presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship with three sapphires. Congratulations Nancy!
Group Study Exchange:
To date, Rotary Clubs have sponsored more than 70,000 individuals on Group Study Exchanges to foreign countries, said Jewel Price. She is a member of the Glendale Rotary Club, formerly in District 5260; but since the merger last summer the Glendale club is now in District 5280. Price led a District 5280 GSE team to Japan last October.
GSE Team members returning to LA following month in Japan.
Price said the Japan GSE team traveled to 10 cities in five prefectures (states) in Japan. The month-long trip was in conjunction with District 2620 in Japan.
“It was a professional development experience,” she said. “We visited real estate companies, hospitals, IT departments, educational institutions, social media projects and more. We had numerous cultural experiences including visiting ancient temples. Local newspapers interviewed our team members.
“We met with professionals in fields similar to our own,” said Allen Andriassian, a GSE team member, “and that is one of the objectives of the GSE concept. We also learned about our host country and made lots of friends.”
“Overall it was an unbelievable experience. We were fortunate to meet many outstanding Rotarians,” said Price. “We even visited the Japanese-American Football Hall of Fame that honored American-style football.”