Events

Glendale Tech Week was created in 2016 to celebrate tech and innovation through discussions, panels, workshops, codefests, site tours, happy hours, and networking events. Each tech week event offers a fun, exciting, and inspiring environment as the City looks to strengthen our innovative ecosystem in and around Glendale.

Tamar Bezjian, Marketing & Economic Development Liaison

Tamar joined the team in September 2018. She assists with social media outreach, event planning and coordination, and digital marketing. Prior to this, Tamar was employed at Pepperdine’s Health and Wellness Department, where she coordinated outreach events geared toward the Pepperdine undergraduate student body. She also worked as a legal assistant in a private probate and real estate law firm in Glendale.

Tamar earned a  Master of Public Policy degree at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, and her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

...At the Magic Castle.

This event is for GSR Members ONLY no guests (at this time)  we are limited to 12 total.

Lunch reservation is for 11:30.  $20.00 (cash only).

Magic Show @ 1:00 and if there is time I will also perform.

Dress Code: Business/Country Club casual. NO jeans.  Men must wear a collared shirt.

Agenda coming soon!

Join us for an amazing opportunity of a joint fellowship with other clubs in our district.  Great opportunity to learn about the various clubs projects, ideas, and how we are one team in making a difference in our communities.

Participating clubs:

-Latinos Unidos Rotary Club

-Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club

-Downtown LA Rotary Club

-Hollywood Rotary Club

-Glendale Noon Rotary Club

-Thai Town Rotary Club

-Burbank Noon Rotary Club

-North East Los Angeles Rotary Club

-Plus many more

Join our membership co-chair Kim Villa and Rick Diner as you get to meet the proposed members. 

Lucy Burghdorf currently serves as the Director of Public Affairs and Communications for Hollywood Burbank Airport. She is the official spokesperson for the Airport and is responsible for communicating Airport messages to the media and public. She also contributes to the development of creative ideas to assist the Airport in reaching its strategic goals, promotes Airport relations with on-airport partners, local government officials, business and community constituencies, as well as planning and coordinating Airport utreach strategies. Lucy first joined the Airport staff in 1995, and has served as Community Relations Officer, Community Relations Manager, and Manager of Public Relations and Government Affairs. Lucy was instrumental in educating Burbank residents about Measure B, which Burbank voters approved in November 2016, allowing the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority to move forward and build a 14-gate replacement passenger terminal.

A lifelong Burbank resident, Lucy was educated in Burbank public schools and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from University of LaVerne. Very  active in her community, Lucy served as a commissioner on the City of Burbank’s Transportation Commission from May 2001 through July 2017, including serving as chairperson for two years. In July 2017, Lucy was appointed by the Burbank City Council to the Parks and Recreation Board and recently appointed as Chair. She also serves on the Verdugo Workforce Development Board, Burbank Business Partners Board, Burbank Adult School Community Advisory Committee, and the Burbank Hospitality Association, representing the Airport. In addition, Lucy is a board member on the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Lastly, Lucy has been a member of the Burbank Noon Kiwanis since 2003.

In November 2008, Lucy was named Burbank’s Woman of the Year by The Zonta Club of Burbank, and in 2009, Lucy was presented with the Golden Achievement Award from the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley.

Albert Hernandez works at Family Promise of the Verdugos where he has served as Executive Director for four years. Hernandez has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 17 years most notably with Boys & Girls Clubs around Southern California. He is active in the communities of Burbank, Glendale and in his new hometown of Glendora and serves on various boards including Leadership Burbank, Glendale Latino Association and Burbank Noon Rotary where he served as Club President in 2018-2019. He is most proud of his time at Family Promise where along with his team they’ve helped many homeless families move back into housing through their unique program. Under Hernandez’s leadership Family Promise received the 2016 Non-Profit of the Year award from the 25^th Senate District.  In 2017, Albert was named one of 30 Top Visionary Leaders by the Southern California Leadership Network and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

Having been brought up in a family of 11 brothers and sisters with a single mom has given him the strength and motivation each day to help individuals who are at-risk.

Jim Collins is the founder, owner and operator of Town Kitchen and Grill in Montrose, CA, a 100 seat new American restaurant that recently won 10 best new American restaurants in Los Angeles. But that’s just his night job. During the days Jim has CEO’d a series of national, venture-backed distributed enterprises including Affinity Internet, a hosting company with more than 500,000 websites and Pictage, a B2B2C enterprise connecting professional photographers and their clients. Today Jim is CEO of Pasadena, CA based Kitchen United, a commercial kitchen outsourcer and operator serving the delivery, restaurant and entrepreneurial food community.

Join us and unite with other Rotarians for a day of service.

This will be an amazing experience.  Signup sheet will be available soon:

REGISTER HERE:  https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0338&console_type=event_list&res_code=60UFBu&ht=1

Come out and volunteer at the GCC concession stand and know that proceeds are going to GCC food pantry and GCC football team

North LA County Chapter -Inaugural Meeting

In 1911, Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, wrote an article entitled “Rational Rotarianism” which can be summarized as follows: “Life in Rotary should be a rational mixture of business, civic activities, and good fellowship.” Rotary Means Business Fellowship was created to encourage Rotarians to network among themselves and to find ways to do business and support each other. An original intent of Rotary was for like-minded business professionals to amplify their fellowship and through association strengthen businesses as well as their communities. Rotarians in the 63 Rotary clubs of Northeast Florida District 6970 continue to build on those core principles put in place over 100 years ago. After all, who would you rather do business with?

Rotary Means Business (RMB) encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them.

We share a common belief that we should honor the roots of our great worldwide organization and support one another in business guided by the core principles of Rotary.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of our clubs.  When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented in Rotary, our members will be stronger, thus creating stronger clubs.  In addition, we encourage Rotarians to bring guest to these meetings, which WILL increase the membership of your individual clubs.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of Rotary.

When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented at Rotary, our members will be stronger creating stronger clubs.

Stronger clubs automatically mean Rotary itself is stronger, The Rotary Foundation is stronger, and therefore we are able to do more to make our communities stronger.

Advancing through a series of life experiences, coupled with a tremendous amount of training and education,  Corey’s leadership has expanded well beyond the traditional theories of leadership, and dives into the, how to make it work, and the secret of influencing and motivating others, even in the absence of the leader.  He has taught in many different areas in the All Risk environment, ranging from leadership, decision making, wildland, pre-hospital care, urban search and rescue, overall incident management, All Risk Simulation Training (Planning, Design, and Delivery), stressing clear leaders intent, making a difference, all while developing others for the better in the process.   

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• LAFD Medal of Valor
• United States Congress, Outstanding Performance Award
• California State Senate, Outstanding Firefighter/Paramedic of the Year
• City of Los Angeles, Certificate of Tribute, Heroic Service to the United States
• 9/11 Commendation Medal, Governor Gray Davis, Courageous service
• California State Legislature, Resolution: Outstanding Performance
• United States Congress, Certificate of Special Recognition
• Board of Fire Commissioners, Resolution No. 1086, Unselfish Commitment & Dedication

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Safety Emergency Response Team (SERT) Calvary Community Church, Operations
•  Amore Ministries, building homes in Mexico
• Bible study to first responders

Join us in a day of volunteering in our lovely community of Glendale and making this event a success for Glendale Arts!  Invite your friends,family and neighbors for a great event!

o disassembly of the Arts Market

New members, sponsors, and club presidents alike- all are invited to answer that question, "Just what is Rotary?"! 

Discover, connect and get inspired! 

This event is free to attend and a great session to bring your new members to! 

Here is the Link to Register:  https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50010/Event/new-member-training-1

Great opportunity to learn about Rotary:

https://rotary5280.org/event/new-member-training-1/

If you have questiions let me know!  This Saturday!

Keith

Join Rotary members from Glendale Sunrise Rotary and other clubs around District 5280 in support of OneLegacy Donate Life.  Tickets are discounted to create awareness and bringing the LA community together to support such a great cause of Organ, eye, and tissue donation.

Purchase tickets online at  https://www.onelegacy.org/ant/

or with Alex Parajon who has tickets on hand.

Dave Gallagher is currently Associate Director for Strategic Integration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Previously, he was the Director and Deputy Director for Astronomy, Physics, and Space Technology and before that he was manager of JPL's Advanced Optical Systems Program Office. Prior to that assignment, Gallagher was the project manager for the Space Interferometry Mission. He also managed the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Starlight project, the Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer instrument and Drop Physics Module reflight. In addition, he served as the integration and test manager for the Wide-Field/Planetary Camera 2 instrument, which corrected the spherical aberration for the Hubble Space Telescope. Gallagher received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1982. After working for IBM for several years, he started and ran a software consulting firm until he joined JPL in 1989.

Come out and volunteer at the GCC concession stand and know that proceeds are going to GCC food pantry and GCC football team

15th Annual State of the Schools Breakfast on October 3rd from 7:00 to 8:30 am at the Glendale Civic Auditorium! 

https://www.glened.org/event/15th-annual-state-of-the-schools-breakfast-3/

Luis Amaya is the co-founder of Vista Network, a local Cryptocurrency company offering Mining Hardware, Mining Software, Mining Pool Services and Cryptocurrency Exchange Services all brought to you from secure servers around the world, across four continents.

We will volunteer at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank assembling food packages for over 26,000 low income seniors, women with infants, and children in Los Angeles County. The food packages consist of food items like canned fruit, canned vegetables, rice, cereal and other non-perishable food items. By giving just a little of our time, we can make a big difference in our community.

Once you register you will receive an email confirmation with all the logistics and forms

Minimum age requirement to volunteer is 14 (sorry, no exceptions)

All volunteers must wear closed toed shoes

Event Registration Link:    https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0338&console_type=event_list&res_code=AYfHgZ&ht=1

Join us as we volunteer at the Montrose Oktoberfest and do ID validations. 

North LA County Chapter Mixer

In 1911, Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, wrote an article entitled “Rational Rotarianism” which can be summarized as follows: “Life in Rotary should be a rational mixture of business, civic activities, and good fellowship.” Rotary Means Business Fellowship was created to encourage Rotarians to network among themselves and to find ways to do business and support each other. An original intent of Rotary was for like-minded business professionals to amplify their fellowship and through association strengthen businesses as well as their communities. Rotarians in the 63 Rotary clubs of Northeast Florida District 6970 continue to build on those core principles put in place over 100 years ago. After all, who would you rather do business with?

Rotary Means Business (RMB) encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them.

We share a common belief that we should honor the roots of our great worldwide organization and support one another in business guided by the core principles of Rotary.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of our clubs.  When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented in Rotary, our members will be stronger, thus creating stronger clubs.  In addition, we encourage Rotarians to bring guest to these meetings, which WILL increase the membership of your individual clubs.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of Rotary.

When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented at Rotary, our members will be stronger creating stronger clubs.

Stronger clubs automatically mean Rotary itself is stronger, The Rotary Foundation is stronger, and therefore we are able to do more to make our communities stronger.

Walk for Water

2019 Awards Luncheon

Wednesday, October 16

Please RSVP by October 4, 2019

Bring your bowling skills to the test and bring your family, friends or a guest to learn about Rotary and sharpen your Bowling Skills!

Our Regular Club meeting has been moved to Wed Oct 16 for the Glendale Fire Department Awards Luncheon.

Please contact us at glendalesunriserotary@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.

Come out and volunteer at the GCC concession stand and know that proceeds are going to GCC food pantry and GCC football team

At our September meetings we agreed to host two October meetings:
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd at 8am-9am, then 5:30PM-6:30PM.

You can attend either meeting.

Questions, please let me know!  Please RSVP.  Refreshments will be served.  See the attached information.

Keith

At our September meetings we agreed to host two October meetings:
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd at 8am-9am, then 5:30PM-6:30PM.

You can attend either meeting.

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

Glendale Sunrise Rotary will be painting the offices in the Campbell Center and members of Glendale Kiwanis will be joining in to provide additional helpers to unite and beautify the Campbell Center.

DISTRICT 5280 GALA

ANNUAL FOUNDATION CELEBRATION!

Tickets are $130 per person.  RSVP as soon as Possible.

We need a team of Rotarians to join us and bowl for a good cause at the Campbell Center Bowl-A-Thon

LAST GAME OF THE SEASON!

Come out to support or volunteer at the GCC concession stand and know that proceeds are going to GCC food pantry and GCC football team

North LA County Chapter Mixer

In 1911, Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, wrote an article entitled “Rational Rotarianism” which can be summarized as follows: “Life in Rotary should be a rational mixture of business, civic activities, and good fellowship.” Rotary Means Business Fellowship was created to encourage Rotarians to network among themselves and to find ways to do business and support each other. An original intent of Rotary was for like-minded business professionals to amplify their fellowship and through association strengthen businesses as well as their communities. Rotarians in the 63 Rotary clubs of Northeast Florida District 6970 continue to build on those core principles put in place over 100 years ago. After all, who would you rather do business with?

Rotary Means Business (RMB) encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them.

We share a common belief that we should honor the roots of our great worldwide organization and support one another in business guided by the core principles of Rotary.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of our clubs.  When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented in Rotary, our members will be stronger, thus creating stronger clubs.  In addition, we encourage Rotarians to bring guest to these meetings, which WILL increase the membership of your individual clubs.

RMB provides a structure to bring business relationships back into Rotary in a way that supplements rather than competes with the service and fellowship aspects of Rotary.

When we are able to provide opportunities to strengthen the businesses represented at Rotary, our members will be stronger creating stronger clubs.

Stronger clubs automatically mean Rotary itself is stronger, The Rotary Foundation is stronger, and therefore we are able to do more to make our communities stronger.

Christina Aghajanian is an Attorney at Lynk Law, Inc. She practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration and Medi-Cal planning. Christina has extensive experience designing and drafting estate plans, analyzing taxable events, restructuring and consolidating assets, preparing asset protection trusts and administering trusts. She has often been called upon to create strategies to preserve client assets and design gifting plans to utilize the estate and gift tax exemption. Christina also has experience in planning for VA and Medi-Cal benefits, as well as resolving Medi-Cal estate recovery matters.

Christina’s goal as an Attorney is to make the estate planning process as painless as possible. She takes pride in providing her clients with a supportive environment while guiding them to the appropriate plan to meet their goals. Christina received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Philosophy from California State University of Northridge, then went on to receive her Juris Doctor (J.D.) cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Christina is a member of the Women’s Council of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Kiwanis Club, and is a board member of Glendale Arts.

Operation Gratitude -Sending care packages to US Military

Founded in 2003, Operation Gratitude seeks to lift spirits and meet the evolving needs of our Active Duty and Veteran communities, and provide volunteer opportunities for all Americans to express their appreciation to members of our Military. Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000+ care packages filled with food, hygiene products, entertainment and handmade items, plus personal letters of support, addressed to individual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines deployed overseas, to their children left behind, and to Veterans, New Recruits, First Responders, Wounded Warriors and their Care Givers. Through Collection Drives, Letter Writing Campaigns, Craft Projects and Financial Donations, Operation Gratitude provides civilians anywhere in America a way to say “Thank You” to the men and women of the U.S. Military through active, hands-on Volunteerism.

889 Americana Way #408, Glendale CA 91210

Please join us for the 2019 Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff Breakfast. 

There is no charge to attend, since this will be replaceing our Friday meeting on the 22nd

Please register for the event be this Friday. 

Thank you!!

Join us for our monthly meeting. Stay late and enjioy the sniow at the Americana At Brand. Refreshments will be provided, of course.

Rotary Night Special Movie Screening

Rotary club of Historic Filipinotown will have a Rotary night fight against human trafficking

This is a fundraiser for Historic Filipino town and all proceeds will go to them.  They are offering us 50% of ticket sales from GSR back to us if we are able to help them fill the theater.

Latinos Unitos

Join us in our annual tequila tasting! Bring all your (21+) for a night of fun and fellowship!! All proceeds support our scholarships, holiday projects, and humanitarian trips!

Celebrating and Serving the Community

Angel City Celebration is the largest Rotary service project in the Greater Los Angeles Area.  Led by Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA5) in partnership with District 5280 and Rotarians from rotary clubs of District, the project started 10 years ago, evolving from a simple toys and food giveaway in a church parking lot to a park-sized event featuring a resource and health fair, book fair and many other activities to improve quality of life for underserved families with young children in South LA.  The mission of the Angel City Celebration is always the same: empower our neighbors in South LA with knowledge of preventive healthcare and provide wellness check-ups; bring joy to the young children with toys and books; and educate parents on how to access after school activities that offer their youth an alternative to gangs. Throughout its 10-year history, though, one the most pleasing by-products of the Celebration are the smiles: smiles of happiness on the faces of 3,000 plus children who receive toys they only dreamed of, smiles of relief on the faces of parents who can now provide their children with these toys as well as gifts of reading and improved health, and smiles of holiday joy on the faces of the 500 volunteers who are essential to making all this happen year after year.

Partnering with both LA City and County Parks Departments, Angel City Celebration has rotated among several parks in South LA. The 2019 Angel City Celebration will be at Jesse Owens Park, 9651 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90047, on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
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Sign up for the Montrose Christmas Parade.  In Partnership with our club and Sunland-Tujunga Rotary we will utilize the Sunland-Tujunga club vehicle with the huge Rotary emblem that will have christmas lights.  We will want folks as Walkers and need some ideas as to what we should wear etc.

Please RSVP to Les Vincent for questions.

Come mingle, catch up or just have a question about rotary.  Stop by and have coffee with the GSR President

GLENDALE SUNRISE ROTARY -ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY

31st Annual GSR Holiday Party

Bring your Family and enjoy the holiday festivities with your Rotary family.

Price:  $25 for Non GSR members

 Complimentary for GSR Members and Spouses

Mini Board Meeting at Oakmont on Friday December 20th 2019

-Membership Updates
 

Please join us for an hour of Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army, Saturday Dec. 21^st at Vons La Cresenta from 10-6 pm.

We are looking for 3 volunteers per 1 hour shift.  Feel free to volunteer for more than 1 hour.  Let us know what shift you want.  Also, shift sign-ups will be available during our meetings and holiday party!

We will be cooking and serving breakfast for the clients at Ascencia and we will be giving them a Holiday gift based on the collections we received.

Join your fellow rotarians in a day of fellowship and having the honor to decorate the 2020 Rose Parade Float.

This program is a reminder of how we should be taking care of ourselves during the busy holiday season as well as in the New Year. 

Peak Performance: The Six Facets of Health Wouldn’t it be great to wake up in the morning feeling motivated and full of energy, excited to tackle all the day has to offer? Stretching & exercise, good posture, proper nutrition, restful sleep, a positive attitude and a balanced spine are the key components to staying healthy & feeling great.