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Service above Self Since 2005
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Last Week's Meeting Highlights
Last week, we had a Fun-filled meeting
Celebrating our Rotarian of the Month:
JAN OSGOOD ... Our September Birthdays:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARIAN GRETA ROSE…
And the beginning of the
Jewish New Year – SHANA TOVA!
We ate donuts from Sidecar, we welcomed Maritza Morales from the CARES Child and Family Program who told stories about how much our
Bears mean to the children who receive them,
and met a member of our Board:
LINDSAY THOMAS-MILEY!
We donated to Visitation School,
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH VISITATION and are so proud
to be a sponsor for this year's Carnival.
(See flyer below for more details)
We announced two new projects,
OUR FOOD DRIVE FOR THE SENIOR PRIDE PANTRY
AT THE LOS ANGELES GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER and
OUR JACKET/KEEP WARM CLOTHING DRIVE
FOR TEMPLE EMANUEL…
It wasAll F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME OUT FOR
OUR FUN AND FABULOUSFELLOWSHIP MEETING
and
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
TO OUR COMMUNITY!!
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* CHEERS TO HAPPY HOUR! *
We met at Gulp in Playa Vista with our Director of Club Service/Social, Becky O’Reilly, for a delightful Happy Hour! Thank you to all who came out for fellowship and cheers to hanging out with John Buckley’s parents who were here visiting for a couple days!! Love them!
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* PVSR REPRESENTS AT MOONLIGHT
ON THE MARSH *
A group of Rotarians and our guests attended the Moonlight on the Marsh event, supporting the Friends of Ballona Wetlands, who advocate, educate serve and protect our precious wetlands and natural resources including a desperately needed refuge for migrating birds and other wildlife.
We thank the Friends for their tireless mission to support restoration of this treasured resource.
There was an exciting announcement made that, after an incredible amount of arduous work, the freshwater marsh walking path will reopen to the public.
We congratulate all the awards recipients, especially our dear friends, Lucy Han and Jan Haagen, from the Friends of the Jungle, who along with an army of volunteers, have dedicated immense resources to keeping our Playa Del Rey Community and local beaches clean. Through their partnership with the City and Pacific Division Police Officers they have made a huge impact on crime. And…it is always wonderful to hear from Councilwoman Traci Park who brought us up to speed on local efforts to reduce encampments. What a spectacular evening we had!
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♥️ PVS BUILD-A-BEARIANS ♥️
Sunday, we TOOK OVER the Build-a-Bear Store
in the Culver City Westfield Mall for a crazy good time making Bears for the CARES unit at the Los Angeles General Medical Center.
This is such an amazing program! Thank you to Dr. Lamb and Maritza for your service to our children!
And thank you Program Chair, Kathrine Russell,
for your organization and long-time support of this program! We closed the day with dinner at Cantalini’s – thank you to everyone who came out to participate in such a lovely day!!
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Oktoberfest Cultural Dinner is Nearing! ~
Wichtige Nachricht!!
Our Cultural Dinner Fundraiser is Coming Soon, Honoring the President of the
LAX COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION,
LORY SARLO!
We are So PROUD to RECOGNIZE
LORY’S UNWAVERING DEDICATION in Supporting our Schools!
This is our Biggest Fundraiser of the year~
We need Everyone’s SUPPORT!
OKTOBERFEST is this year's theme
for our Cultural Dinner and we are planning some great FUN!
EIN PROSIT - OANS, ZWOA, DREI, GSUFFA!
(One, Two, Three, Drink!)
This is our Club's Signature Event and we have put together some INCREDIBLE SILENT ACTION ITEMS
along with our
FAMOUS “TASTE OF THE BAY RAFFLE”, WINE LOT RAFFLE
featuring over 20 bottles of fine wine, andsome EXCITING NEW LIVE AUCTION ITEMS!
Tickets to our Event include Food, Entertainment, Hosted Bar and the opportunity to help fund our most treasured community projects and programs
including our High School Scholarship Program,
Santa Tour, Holiday Adopt-A-Family,
Pageant of the Arts, Build-A-Bear, and
Teacher MiniGrants, to name a few!
We will start out on the Patio with a
LIVE PERFORMANCE by one of LA's
Best Authentic German Bands -
Hammerstein Musik Bavaria,
who will be accompanied by professional
Polka Dancers to help set the mood.
We will also have a BIERGARTEN and
delicious food from Rasselbock German Kitchen,
starting with delicious, traditional appetizers like Bratwurst, Homemade Spatzle, Spicy Mixed Pickles and Sauerkraut, Oma’s Potato Salad and fresh, Hot Bavarian Pretzels - but, save room for dinner because we have a wonderful menu planned finishing with a mouth-watering Apple Strudel!
The PARTY is happening on October 23rd at 5:30PM - Bavarian dress is welcome
and encouraged, but however you come,
know that your support is so greatly appreciated - Danke!!
PURCHASE TICKETS & PRE-REGISTRATION
on our secure website
with this link:
Coming up this week, we will welcome Club Member, Lauren Elkins, the Executive Director of Support Services, Cedars-Sinai, Marina Del Rey Hospital,
who will share the progress and projected completion of the Hospital Construction and the exciting new services we can expect from this new
state-of-the-art facility.
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We will be assembling care packages for the
Temple Emanuel Mitzvah Corps.
♥️ Please join in for this hands-on service project
at our club meeting this Wednesday.
Our Director of Community Service, Martha Jeffers, will have everything ready to assemble
including a special note from our club. ♥️
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Next Board Meeting TONIGHT
Tuesday 10/8
Tuesday, Oct. 8th at 6:30p we will gather for our
4th meeting of the Board of Directors at Visitation Church’s O’Grady Center - ALL ARE WELCOME.
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* SERVICE PROJECTS *
We will participate in
Temple Emanuel’s support of the
HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION,
whichfocuses on creating a city where everyone has food,community, and support.
Please help by donating “keep warm” products for the cold winter months -
Gently used coats, jackets, sweatshirts, beanies, blankets, even sleeping bags. We will be assembling more of our “toiletry care kits” for this very worthy cause. Thank you so much for your kind consideration.
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* FOODDRIVEFORSENIORS *
Benefitting the Senior Pride Pantry at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center,which supports over 400 food-insecure seniors. We will be collecting food throughout the next 6 weeks and will drop off our donations on 11/16. I have a list of needed items which we will post on our bulletin board and a collection box will be kept near the badge table - your support and generosity is greatly appreciated.
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* MIDNIGHT MISSION *
On Sunday, November 17, we will be volunteering to serve at the Midnight Mission. Thank you to Event Chair, Lucy Wegner, for organizing this for our Club. More information to come - this promises to be a truly memorable Rotary Moment.
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* HOLIDAY ADOPT A FAMILY *
And December would not be complete without our support of the Mar Vista Family Center through our “Adopt a Family” program coming up in December - Look for details next month from Co-Chairs Martha Jeffers and Iris Monreal. This is one of my all time favorite programs!!
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* DISTRICT EVENTS *
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* FEAST, FUN AND FELLOWSHIP *
Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant
for Cicchetti
(Last Sunday of the month at 3pm
and will run October (10/27),
November (11/24),
and December (12/29).
We will meet at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant for Cicchetti (chi-keh-tee) which means small plates and a little “ombra”
(local wine or spritz)!
You are welcome to order from the menu or participate in a pre-fixe menu,
designed by President Lisa, which will feature a variety of delicious bites, sweets and drinks for a fixed, all inclusive price of $25.
We promise, you will not leave hungry! We hope you can Join us - Salute! ❤️ ❤️
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President Lisa's Rotary Jumble has become a club Fave and this time
with words associated with Service!
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We're Proud to be
Playa Venice ROTARIANS! Foundation President Gail's
ROTARY PIN Pride Raffle!
It's Easy ... wear your Pride & Pins or logo clothing to the meeting to enter this special raffle hosted by Foundation President, Gail Goldstein! Will you be this weeks winner?
Wear your Rotary Pin or Logo gear to Play!
You never know what the prize will be!!
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We Are BETTER TOGETHER! "Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today"
Cirque du Soleil returns to the Santa Monica Pier with Kooza, and we have tickets!
Thursday Nov 21 8pm. Join Club friends for an evening at the circus! 5 tickets are still available at $94.25 each. The group will have dinner before hand and carpooling will be available. Contact Lucy Wegner (310)463-981 soon
if you are interested.
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PLAYA VENICE SUNRISE ROTARY
Serving our Community since 2005
