President Laura welcomed everyone to the last meeting before the Happy Face Music Festival. She said that if you need to submit check requests for costs incurred for the Music Fest, that they need to be submitted by June 10th.
Laura said that she had a great time at the recent Foundation Gala. There were quite a few references to our Club she said, all good of course. We shined in comparison to the other 78 Clubs. And Tim Gray was mentioned as being at the highest levels of the donor rolls. Well done Tim!
Lastly, Gem Munro forwarded another article from he's written on his experiences in the world's slums. See the link below:
Alyssa Potter lead the Flag Salute, a Flag that represents the greatest country ever conceived.
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Arun Sharma welcomed our Guests and they included Mr. Lyle Pennington (with Moorpark of Rotary), Mr. Milad Pezeshki (last time as a Special Guest), Ms. Caroline Thompson (Simi Sunrise Scholarship recipient) with her parents, Jill and Dale Thompson and our Guest Speaker Ms. Bridget McCarthy.
Lyle Pennington, past president of Moorpark of Rotary, was here this morning to announce his Club's 21st annual Golf Tournament. See the Flyer below under Community News.
Caroline Thompson, at the podium with her parents, Jill and Dale Thompson. Caroline was unable to attend last week's breakfast where this year's Simi Sunrise Scholarship recipients were acknowledged. So we had the pleasure of doing that this morning. Caroline will be attending Cal Poly SLO majoring in Civil Engineering. Congratulations Caroline!
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Mike Mutal, left, with Amar Nadig was our Greeter this morning.
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Dorina Timbol had the honor of inducting our newest member into the Club this morning, Dr. Milad Pezeshki. Milad is the Director of Outpatient Operations for Adventist Health Simi Valley, having over 12 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He received his Doctor of Medicine from St. George's University. Welcome Milad!
This picture in London was taken 4 months ago with his wife, Sara, and his now-1 year old son. Milad and Sara love to travel. So much so that their bay boy has traveled to 7 different countries on 16 flights since his birth!
Milad implemented the first covid drive-through testing in Los Angeles. This is from the Moorpark Urgent Care site.
Dorina Timbol, left, with Milad and Laura.
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Fernando Estevez's interview of Herschel Berger, on the left, as past president almost didn't happen. Fernando's agent had made it very clear previously; no ZZ Top introductory music, no Fernando. Well, someone fell asleep at the wheel and did cue up Sharp Dressed Man when Fernando approached the podium and Fernando nearly walked out. Thankfully, the misdeed was corrected in time and the show/interview went on.
Herschel was president 2011-2012 and the Rotary International theme was Reach Within to Embrace Humanity and our Club's theme was Let The Magic Happen. Fernando asked Herschel what Herschel's best accomplishment was and Herschel said it was asking Fernando to be the Community Service Director that year. Herschel felt that our early morning meetings would require a lot of energy to get them started and Fernando did an exceptional job providing that energy. Fernando took very good care of the Club.
Herschel was especially proud of the Cajun results, having achieved a net profit of $120,000. This provided for a lot of events and donations that year. One memorable donation was to Simi Adventist Hospital as Friends of the Hospital resulting in the placement of a plaque at the hospital.
Herschel's advice to future presidents is that, when given the opportunity to be president, grab it. The rewards are tremendous. He ended by saying that the members make the Club and that the president simply facilitates the working of the Club. He said that we're not just a Club, we're special and that, despite differences between us, we are here for each other.
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This is it. It's SHOWTIME!!!!!
The Happy Face Music FestivalisthisSaturday,May 27th. The Festival will be held from 1 PM to 7 PM at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park and will have an 80's theme. Tickets are now on sale.
If you need more tickets to either give out or sell, please get them from Steve P. We are in the stretch run for ticket sales so we all need to SELL, SELL, SELL!!!!!
Deb Davila, in charge of sponsorships, here with Steve Pietrolungo.
Scan the QR code above to access the Volunteer Hub and sign up to help out at the Festival. Thank You Anni Sumby for setting that up.
!!!!!VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
Deb thanked all of our Sponsors to date, listed below.......
Save the date for a certain Club president's Demotion on Saturday, June 10th. Look for an email from Kathy Scroggin. Once received, Kathy asks that you RSVP by May 26th.
AND TO QUOTE KATHY, SHE'S IN HER "NAGGING MOOD" SO THOSE 26 OF YOU HAVE NOT RSVD'ED YET HAD BETTER DO SO!
Kathy Scroggin
Anni Sumby and Dorina Timbol announced another Kareyucky Night! Save the Date for Saturday, July 29th starting at 6:00 PM. Sign ups ARE available online at kareyucky.com. The location, AKA the Speakeasy, is a closely guarded secret to be unveiled the Friday before the event and it is limited to the first 100 people to sign up. This promises to be even bigger and better than the last one! Sponsors are needed so please let Anni or Dorina know if you're interested. Thank You Bill Klepper for already stepping forward. Anni can be contacted at:
YES! is scheduled for October 21, 2023! Dorina Timbol is leading the charge for YES! across the District and is asking that sign ups start early. This YES! program will be bigger and better than last year (which will be hard to do!) with discussions happening with, among others, the Simi Valley Chief of Police and the Simi Valley Unified School District Superintendent. One theme this year will be humanizing the police.
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No Wedding Anniversaries this week
No Club Anniversaries this week
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This is the flyer about Lyle Pennington's Moorpark of Rotary Club's 21st annual Golf Tournament. Please let Lyle know if you're interested in playing or would like to purchase some raffle tickets for a trip to Maui.
Lyle Pennington
A reminder regarding Deb Davila's previous announcement about For The Troops. Deb encourages donations at any time.
Deb Davila
And here's one of those Troops, our very own Ryan Valencia, of whom we are so proud. Stay safe Ryan!
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“Nothing is more important for the public welfare than to form and train our youth in wisdom and virtue.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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Bridget McCarthy is a miniatures artist who began honing her skills at an early age. Bridget was born and raised in Southern California and her passion for creating Dollhouses led to working with major studios in the Hollywood industry. She recreates miniature sets and movie scenes at 1/12 scale along with highly sought after collectibles for Disney Parks, galleries and private collectors. And she does all this from home.
Bridget has over 600,000 followers on social media and will get anywhere from 1 million to 10 million views of her videos that she makes of her scenes and sets. The sets she creates can sell between $3,000 and $5,000. Upon hearing that Bruce Bromberg said that her line of work sounded very lucrative and asked about her marital status. Nice try Bruce. See some of Bridget's incredible creations below......
This is a doll house Bridget has at home.
This is ET's closet.
This is the set of the TV show Full House. Bridget told a story of meeting John Stamos through this set.
When the secretary adds a new member to our roster, you will receive an automatic email that gives you your login ID and a temporary password so that you can access the web site (ClubRunner). This gives you the opportunity to upload a photo and enter a permanent password. You can go to the public portion of our website (no login required) and see the calendar, list of officers, birthdays, past bulletins, etc. The link to the public portion of our website is:
There is a phone app that can be downloaded to your phone; everyone should have that app on their phones. You will have to download the app and then log in the first time. After that, the login portion is not required.
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Please remember to bring a friend or an acquaintance to our next meeting. This is a GREAT way to grow our membership!
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Our next meeting on June 1st will be at the Best Western Posada Royale at 1775 Madera Road. See you all there!
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