See you this Wednesday!
Another Great Meeting Coming Up ~
Join us for the Fun!
The Magic is HERE!
Service above Self Since 2005
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Happy Veteran’s Day!
“To our Men and Women in uniform,
Past, Present, and Future,
God bless you and Thank you.”
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Last Week's Meeting Highlights
Last week we had the privilege of welcoming Maria Canchola, from Hollywood Park Casino and Chair of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce, to share with us about the exciting developments happening in Inglewood including the New
13 story, Kali Hotel being built adjacent to the SoFi Stadium and YouTube Theater and within walking distance from the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum. There is a lot to do in preparing for the many events happening in Los Angeles
in the next few years, including the
2025 Gold Cup, 2026 NBA All-star game,
2026 FIFA World Cup and
2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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** BOMBEROS CHAPALA **
We also welcomed the Bomberos Chapala via Zoom to present them with our donation of $1500.00 for safety equipment and supplies for their rescue equipment. We are grateful to Past President Jim Vuchsas for bringing this program to our Club as part of our International Avenue of Service, and it has been a privilege to support these brave firefighters from Chapala, Mexico for many years now. Thank you, Justin, for making the Zoom link happen!
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** Welcome New Member
Debbie!! **
Past President Kathrine Russell inducted new member Debbie Bennett, and we had the privilege of meeting her husband Gene.
One if the greatest moments at a Rotary meeting, is to welcome new members. Debbie has already shown enthusiastic support of our service projects, and we look forward to working together!!
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We had an expanded Raffle prize selection thanks to the contributions of Martha Jeffers and Guest Speaker, Maria Canchola!
There were many happy winners!!
Martha’s daughter is making Custom Christmas Sweatshirts – please inquire with Martha if you are interested.
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** PVSR HAPPY HOUR FUN**
We had a fun Happy Hour at The Manchester in Playa Del Rey this past Thursday! 1Really cool little bar with lots of happy hour offerings. Thank you to all who could join
the fun and fellowship and thank you Club Service Director Becky for making the arrangements!
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** PVSR SERVICE ABOVE SELF **
Several Rotarians volunteered at the
Rise Against Hunger event this past Saturday at the Torrance YMCA
to help our District package over
65,000 meals.
Excellent job, PVSR Rotarians!
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* CLUB ADMINISTRATION *
The Nominating committee will meet tonight to discuss our Slate of Officers and Directors for 2025-2026 and will present recommendations at our Board Meeting on Tuesday Night, November 12th.
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** LOOKING AHEAD **
We will kick off our Adopt-A-Family program this coming Wednesday. Co-Chairs Iris and Martha will
announce this year’s teams and
lead us in a fun hands-on project
making Holiday Baskets to present to our families at our
introduction meetings.
This is a wonderful program filled with an abundance of Rotary moments, lots of Holiday cheer and the genuine gift of love that overflows with joy due to the generosity of our Rotarians! Please make every effort to be with us in person!!
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COMING UP! WELCOME
** THIS WEEKS SPEAKER **
Also, this Wednesday, we welcome Marie and Luc, the founders of the Jacaranda School in Malawi, Africa
who will show us their recent video and share a little bit about whats happening at the school as well as express their gratitude for our support including the abundance of
Goats we have pledged.
What a pleasure to have them with us!
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This week will be our final push to collect items for our Food Drive helping the Pride Pantryand “Keep Warm Clothing” for Temple Emanuel –
Please help if you are able.
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** SERVE AT THE MIDNIGHT MISSION **
Sunday, November 17,volunteer
at the Midnight Mission
On November 17, we will volunteer to serve at the Midnight Mission – thank you to Treasurer, Lucy Wegner for your leadership with this program. We are out there making a difference, and I could not be more proud.
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** DATES TO REMEMBER **
We will have our Quarterly Foundation Board meeting
on Monday, November 18th at 6pm. Please RSVP to Gail Goldstein for location details.
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Meet at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant
for Cicchetti(chi-keh-tee)
Join us for a Fun Feast at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant on November 24th at 3pm – please come hungry and enjoy the variety of small plates and delicious drinks while hanging out with our Rotary friends. This event is open to everyone, so please bring a guest!!
We hope you can Join us - Salute!
(Last Sunday of the month at 3pm
and will also run December (12/29).
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November 27th Will be a CLUB ASSEMBLY
where we will share a little gratitude, discuss some club business including the announcement of our Slate for 2025-2026, provide updates related to our
finances and reflect on the
Rotary year so far.
Since Brady and I started our year this past July 1st, our club has done some wonderful work and we have not only provided much needed support for so many in our community, we have also overcome some pretty major hurdles.
We are STRONGER TOGETHER and we still have many exciting programs on the horizon! I hope you can join us on this day of Thanksgiving - before Thanksgiving.
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December 4th
at 5:30p we will have our Holiday Happy Hour at Whiskey Reds
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December 5th at 4:30p will be the Venice High School Jackets of Excellence Program
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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President Lisa's Rotary Jumble has become a club Fave!
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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? You never know what the prize will be!!
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We Are BETTER TOGETHER! "Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today"
-- President Lisa
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Quote of the Week
“Throughout the course of American history, courageous men and women have
taken up arms to secure, defend, and maintain these core principles upon which our nation’s freedoms depend.”
