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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Last Week's Meeting Highlights
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Fun & Service IS here!
Last week, we had a very full, Fun and Fabulous Fellowship Day complete with a wonderful hands-on service project, filling our Club Logo-Halloween Bags with lots of fun toys and candy for the children at the Mar Vista Family Center! I love seeing our Club members joining together in service – thank you all who helped assemble these cute “treats” to get these little
Trick-Or-Treater’s Halloween festivities started!
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Thank you to the Club members who were able to come to our meeting in costume, especially Board Member, Becky who looked amazing and did a fabulous job sharing a bit about her life’s journey and what inspired her to become a Rotarian! Thank you, Becky!
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Birthday Fun!
We celebrated our October Birthdays and because it was Member Marsha’s Birthday -
THAT DAY! We had fun presenting her
with a cake to commemorate her 75th!
Happy Birthday all and thank you Birthday Fairy Bobbie for spreading the love!
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** ROTARIAN OF THE MONTH **
Our October Rotarian of the month was proudly revealed. Congratulations Charles Pannunzio!
Your service is so greatly appreciated!!
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While we are grateful to all of the members of our Cultural Dinner Committee and everyone in the Club who helped support this important event, I handed out a couple of President’s Star awards to Rob Bird, my choice for the MVP of the Cultural Dinner for his incredible contributions to the silent auction and so much more.
I also recognized Member John Buckley for the “spirit” he consistently brings to our events.
I mean, the guy grew a special “Irish” beard for our last Bingofest and donned some pretty cool lederhosen at our Oktoberfest!
Thank you, John, for your service and enthusiasm!
Thank you, Gwen, for Chairing the Annual Cultural Dinner for the 17th time!
Thank you for your leadership, amazing attention to details, and for being the behind the scenes “Glue” that holds all the many moving parts of this Club together!
This year’s Cultural Dinner Committee did an ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB!
We thank the entire team: Rob Bird, Becky Reilly-Francis, Gail Goldstein, Martha Jeffers, Bobbie Casalino-Lewis, Keely Scarlata Majka,
Iris Monrreal, Jan Osgood, Lisa Schwab, Lindsay Thomas-Milley, Gwen Vuchsas.
Our Oktoberfest was a tremendous success
* DISTRICT EVENT *
FOUNDATION ROTARY BOWL
We had a wonderful time at the Rotary Bowl at SoFi Stadium.
DG Albert reimagined the Foundation Celebration Dinner in a really fun and creative way! We celebrated in true Tail-Gate Style, enjoying burgers and hotdogs, trading baseball cards for raffle gifts and of course sporting all manner of Dodger-wear!
Such a huge bonus to be celebrating our Boys in Blue winning the World Series!
The band kept everyone moving, ending their set with “We are the Champions” – how fitting!!
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COMING UP! WELCOME
** THIS WEEKS SPEAKER **
This week we welcome Maria Canchola,
from the Hollywood Park Casino,
to share with us details of what developments are happening in Inglewood
as we prepare for the 2028 Games.
You do not want to miss this!
Maria brings over 25 years of valuable experience in the gaming industry to the table. Originally from the Coachella Valley,
she began her career in Indian Gaming,
working with tribes throughout Southern California. Her portfolio boasts involvement in notable projects such as the grand opening of Morongo Casino Resort and Spa and Quechan Casino in Arizona.
Over the past nine years, Maria has served as the Marketing Director for the new Hollywood Park Casino and is the Chair for the
LAX Coastal Chamber.
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** BOMBEROS CHAPALA **
Also this week, we will hear (via zoom) how the Lake Chapala Firefighters have been doing and what needs they currently have.
The club has been supporting the Lake Chapala firefighters in Mexico for a number of years, inclusive of sourcing and supplying medical supplies for their ambulance.
We also set up and hosted their firefighters to train with the Los Angeles Fire Department. As part of our International Avenue of Service, we continue to provide funding for supplies and training of their firefighters. We look forward to presenting the Bomberos Chapala with this year’s donation! Thank you Member Ray Morales for assisting us in getting these much needed funds to the firefighters!
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** New Member Induction **
this Wednesday!
We are so excited to welcome Debbie Bennett as our newest member -
Debbie is a retired educator and
will be an amazing asset to our club and our programs!
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JUST AROUND THE CORNER
** HAPPY HOUR FUN**
Join us for the next Happy Hour!
Thursday, November 7
We'll gather at
The Manchester
located at 8522 Lincoln Blvd. (Corner of Manchester) at 5:30 PM.
Please join us for some lively libations!
SEE YOU THERE!!
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** Rise Against Hunger **
Service Event
Saturday, November 9th
Please see BELOW for details.
And you can always Ask Gwen!!!
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** PVSR CLUB BOARD MEETING **
Tuesday, November 12, is our regular Board Meeting at Visitation Church at 6:30 PM.
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** HOLIDAY ADOPT A FAMILY **
Wednesday, November 13th,
we kick off our “Adopt a Family” program. We look forward to hearing from Chairs Iris Monrreal and Martha Jeffers about our families and their needs. This is one of my all time favorite programs!!
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* FOODDRIVEFORSENIORS *
Thank you for those who have donated so far~ Only 2 more weeks of collecting.
This drives is 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 for the remaining 2 weeks and will drop off our donations on 11/16. Please see the list below
for the needed items. You can also refer to this poster posted on our bulletin board. The collection box will be kept near the badge table.
Your support and generosity is greatly appreciated.
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** SERVE AT THE MIDNIGHT MISSION **
Sunday, November 17, we will volunteer
at the Midnight Mission.
This is a wonderful service project that
promises many Rotary Moments - Please sign up with Event Chair,
Lucy Wegner. After serving at the mission there will be an opportunity for the group to go to an early dinner.
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Monday, November 18, is our quarterly Foundation Board Meeting,
at 6:00 PM.
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* FEAST, FUN AND FELLOWSHIP *
Meet at Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Restaurant
for Cicchetti(chi-keh-tee)
Come out to Cantalini’s on Sunday, November 24
for Chicchetti – Small Bites of delicious treats,
Fine Wine, Fun and Fellowship…3-6pm.
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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President Lisa's Rotary Jumble has become a club Fave and this time with words associated with
Patriotism!
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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"
-- President Lisa
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Quote of the Week
"The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable,
to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
