Lynwood Rotary Meeting Update 06.02.2016
Posted by Gurdip (Honorary Member) Hari on Jun 02, 2016
At the June 2nd meeting, members and guests discussed among themselves coming community events, before a Rotary Board Meeting was held at the end of the meeting.
The annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life Event in Lynwood Park this year will be only for 12 hours, instead of the usual 24 hours. So, on Sat, June 25, the event will start at 9am and end at 9pm the same day. Daniel reminded the group that this event is the day after our club's Ten Year Celebration of Youth act on Fri, Jun 24, in the evening at Bateman Hall. He noted that last year, the club had a large turnout of relay walkers, along with a large turnout of Youth act members with some of their parents. Hopefully, this year we will also have a big turnout for the relay event!
There was discussion of Lynwood Rotary members attending the Rotary District 5280 Foundation Dinner on Oct 22 on board the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro. Our members have already signed up for a table.
Rotary guest, Veronica Ledesma, briefly mentioned her new position as Senior Field Representative for Assembly Member Anthony Rendon, 63rd Assembly District, who also holds the important position of Speaker of the Assembly.
Daniel mentioned along with Deborah Jackson, City of Lynwood, Director of Community Relations, they attended the Conference on Sat, May 28, at Cal State Dominguez Hills, entitled: “It's Our Neighborhood: Conference – Organizing and Empowering for Action.” The conference was organized by Assembly Member Mike Gipson, 64th Assembly District. Also participating was California Senator Isadore Hall. This conference is intended to be an annual conference. Daniel and Deborah both stated that next year Lynwood Block watch members should attend this conference, or else a similar conference be held in Lynwood for Block watch members and other interested Lynwood residents and businesses.
At the Rotary Board meeting, led by Club President Martina Rodriguez, detailed plans for the Ten Year Celebration of Youth act in Lynwood, along with Club Installation of the new officers for the 2016-2017 year were reviewed and agreed to. There was particular concern and focus on coordination between the two caterers who will provide the food, one of them being Lucy Avalos, and the other obtained by Tila and Fernando. Also the details of the funding to be provided by the Lynwood Rotary Club budget and also the funding to be provided by the Youth act organization. It was noted that Club members are encouraged to bring guests, but this must be done ASAP with the specific names submitted to Martina.
Daniel Miller / Omar Franco / Rowland Becerra
Public Relations and Community Outreach for the Lynwood Rotary Club