At the September 21, meeting, Lynwood Rotary members and guests were present when Rotary District 5280, Chief of Staff, Jerry Brown inducted two candidates to become members of Lynwood Rotary Club.
The new members are: Gudiel R. Crosthwaite, New Superintendent for the Lynwood Unified School District (LUSD), and also Alejandra Avalos.
Jerry Brown also talked about current activities of Rotary worldwide, including an update on elimination of polio worldwide.
Before the presentation, President Joe Wang,
Noted that five Rotary members supported the City of Lynwood Employees Appreciation event, at the Natatorium on Saturday September 16, from 11am to 3pm. The principal duty of the Rotary members was to help with the sign-in procedures for city employees and their family members.)
A frequent visitor, Lynwood Manager for the Lynwood Home for participants in Teen Challenge International, Cheryl Hunt, along with two of the home's current residents, talked about the Walk for Recovery 5K that was going to be held on Saturday, September 23, at Valley Christian High School, in Cerritos.
Long time Lynwood Rotary member Raj, as Foundation Chair for the Club, talked about the coming Rotary Foundation Dinner on Sat, October 28, and he encouraged members to receive raffle ticket books and to sell the 10 tickets, at $10 each (= $100.00) for fund raising for the Rotary Foundation.
There was a discussion among members to see if a group of members would plan to attend the Saturday October 28 Foundation dinner, at which the Keynote speaker will be Dr. Peter Salk, Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation, President
There was also discussion about members paying their quarterly dues (=$175 per quarter).
With President Elect Barbara Battle, taking the lead, there was a brief discussion and a brief moment of silence, wishing and praying that Club Past President Ramon Rodriguez have a quick recovery from his medical treatments, and hoping that he can attend the next meeting, Sep 28.
President Joe Wang reminded everyone that the next meeting, being the last meeting in the month, on September 28, will be at 6pm!!
Daniel Miller / Omar Franco / Rowland Becerra –
Public Relations and Community Outreach for the Lynwood Rotary Club