Events

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

Join us for our December. meeting, u[coming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

Join us for our December. meeting,, there is also one tonight. See coming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

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.

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.

Join LA Cedars Rotary Club for a Lebanese Dinner with Special Guest Lourdes Saab on Jan 16th from 7pm - 9pm

Price is $50 and it includes dinner & wine

Link to purchase tickets:   https://www.lacedars.org/donate

Join us for our  January. meeting, upcoming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

Why?  Because it’s how we’ll have the bucks we need to benefit our home area of downtown and our various international endeavors. We do good stuff, but the money has to come from somewhere! The good people at The Comedy and Magic Club do insist that ticket sales be to persons who actually intend to come and be in the audience that night (arriving by 7:00 at the very latest)

Join us to raise a glass for the club president birthday and also some Rotary fellowship.

Join us for our January. meeting,, there is also one Tuesday.  See coming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

Mini Board Meeting:

To go over any pending items

Next Regular Board meeting on Feb 10, 2020

After graduating from Brigham Young University in 2006 with a BFA in Music Dance Theatre, Jeffrey moved to Los Angeles to begin working as a professional theatre actor. Over the past decade, he has established himself as a true triple threat in Southern California, singing, dancing, and acting in roles like Bobby Child in CRAZY FOR YOU (San Diego Musical Theatre and Moonlight Amphitheatre), Phil Davis in WHITE CHRISTMAS (Musical Theatre West and San Diego Musical Theatre), and Riff in WEST SIDE STORY (Performance Riverside). As the Emcee in CABARET (Welk Resort) he was nominated by the San Diego Critics Circle for Best Leading Performance. His one man show COMFY was awarded the 2018 Billy Barnes Award for Best Cabaret Performance. In addition, from 2013 to 2019, he was employed by the Walt Disney Company as a singer/dancer at their California parks.

In 2013, Jeffrey became a member of Musical Theatre Guild, and in 2015, he began efforts to expand their education outreach in connection to their season of one night only staged events. By cultivating relationships with educators all around the greater LA area, Jeffrey visits hundreds of students in their classrooms each year, introducing many to the musical theatre art form for very first time. These visits then become invitations as Musical Theatre Guild provides those same students with free tickets to attend their seldom seen musical productions at the historic Alex Theatre in downtown Glendale, CA.

San Pedro Rotary Club biggest FUNdraiser of the Year! 

$75 per person

Whether you own a business or are responsible for supervising employees, California Labor Laws can be dangerous.  Violations might be unintentional, but can result in administrative fines, wage and hour claims, lawsuits, and even class actions costing millions of dollars. 

Our own GSR Club member, Barry Bradley, Esq., from the law firm of Bradley & Gmelich LLP in Glendale, will provide us with an update on some of the laws and rules that impact how we all should do business and how we interact with people in the workplace.  You may want to invite any of your Human Resource professionals and business owners who are sure to get some helpful information to improve your policies and procedures, and to shield yourselves from liability.

About the Speaker:

Barry A. Bradley is the Managing Partner of Bradley & Gmelich LLP located in Glendale, California, where he oversees the Employment and Business Teams at the firm.  A former Deputy District Attorney, Barry’s practice concentrates on representing business owners in employment, business and licensing issues, as well as defending litigated cases involving negligent security, employment and business related issues.  The firm acts as general counsel for many companies in California.  Barry is the volunteer Legal Advisor to multiple non-profits. 

He has been conferred an AV-Preeminent Peer Rating by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating attainable, and has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer for the past 15 consecutive years in the area of Business Litigation.  bbradley@bglawyers.com  818-243-5200.

Bradley & Gmelich LLP is 25-attorney AV-Preeminent rated law firm who, for the past 20 years, has represented business clients in all matters of civil litigation, business law, and employment matters. Its Employment Department represent employers in all aspects of employment law, including defense of wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful discharge, misclassification, and other employment related lawsuits. It also provides employment counseling and training in all of these areas. Visit www.bglawyers.com.

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Join us for the funnest meeting of the year!  Valentines Day! We will have a lot of love in the air and our first ever Not so newlywed game!

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. 

Come out and mingle with your fellow rotarians and enjoy the Lakers vs Celtics basketball game and some Karaoke after the game. 
 

Glendale Sunrise Rotary has been a long standing supporter of the Soroptimist Club of Glendale's Bras for a Cause. 

Once again we have a entry done by Jory Potts and Nancy Young

This year my wife Pamela Ropfogel is being honored.

We would love to have at lease one Rotary table to support these three great women.

Flyer is attached.

More info coming soon

Join us for our  March. meeting, upcoming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

Sixty-five percent of students are failing to reach grade level reading by 4th grade and not catching up. Reading failures cause students to have low self-esteem and they become at risk of dropping out of high school and going to prison. It doesn’t have to be this way! With the right training program, teachers who teach up to 120-140 students a day, will be saving thousands of lives and helping students for many years to come!

In this presentation, you will learn:
• How teachers recognize a dyslexic student
• What teachers need to do to effectively teach a dyslexic student
• The power of music and how it impacts the brain of a dyslexic student

“Cruz is a 2nd grader and felt his little kindergarten sister was smarter than him. Within weeks, as a result of learning to read, his self-esteem has sky-rocketed! He is now teaching his little sister the phonics and grammar rules. Now he feels smarter than his baby sister!” Cruz’s Mom

Dr. Marianne Cintron has a Doctorate of Education in Leadership and Administration, has a Masters in General Education and one in Special Education, and has two California Teaching Credentials. She is a Dyslexia Specialist, President of Step By Step Dyslexia Solutions, and a National Trainer. She has twenty years of experience in Education, ten years as a Classroom Teacher, is an Author, App Developer, and Curriculum Writer. After teaching in several districts, she left the school system to have a greater reach and to help schools learn about teaching dyslexic students. She is currently a board member of the International Dyslexia Association–Tri County Branch, a member of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary of Christian Business Partners in Glendora. She is the only educator using music with her reading program to effectively help dyslexic students improve in reading at a profound rate. She is passionate to share this information with schools in order to close the achievement gap in reading and stop the school to prison pipeline

Join us for our March meeting,, there is also one Wednesday.  See coming events, new project update/

Questions, please let me know!

Keith

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Bring your unwanted shoes to our meetings this month so we can donate them at the District Breakfast on 31March!

Shoes will be collected during our meetings through

Friday, March 27

Your used shoes are tired of being stuck in the closet.  Let them live again. Share them with those who have none.  Children need shoes to get to school if they are lucky, or walk miles for water if not so.  Adults need shoes to get to and perform work.  Any kind of shoes including boots, sandals and high heels are needed.

Soles4Souls has collected over 2 million pairs of shoes per year for many years for distribution in the U.S. and around the world to those in need. 

Most used shoes end up in landfills adding to pollution, when they could be allowing a child to get to school or an adult to get to work.

Soles4Souls was formed by Wayne Elsey in response to the tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004 and provided thousands of pairs after Katrina.  The U.S. need has first priority but distribution is worldwide.

In addition to shoes, Soles4Souls relies on contributions to cover the cost of collection and distribution.  You can contribute directly at www.soles4souls.org.

Join the 3 Amigos Orphanage Foundation team and visit the kids at Estado 29 orphanage

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Robin Hutton has spent her adult life working in major event productions and the motion picture business. She was the writing and producing partner of Tom “Billy Jack” Laughlin for over
thirty years until his death in 2013. Currently she is President of Angels Without Wings, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that spearheaded the development and dedication of five national
monuments to Sgt. Reckless, the famous Korean War horse. These reside at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, VA (2013); MCB Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA (2016); the
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY (2018), Barrington Hills Farm, IL (2019); and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Ft. Worth, TX

(2019. One more is planned for Ocala, FL (2021) and hopefully on to South Korea. Her first book, Sgt Reckless: America’ s War Horse, was a New York Times Bestseller, as well as the 2015 Equine Book of the Year from American Horse Publications, and a 2016 Gold Medal winner from Military Writers Society of America. Her latest book, War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II, was a 2019 Gold Medal winner from Military Writers Society of America. The heroes in this book inspired a new project, the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery. Eight animals (6 posthumous/2 current) were awarded this new medal by members of Congress on November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill. This ceremony also launched the International War Animals Museum - a permanent museum to commemorate these war animals who fought side-by-side with our military war heroes.

AWARDS: Ms Hutton received three Certificates of Appreciation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as an award from the Department of Defense’s Korean War 60th Anniversary
Commemorative Committee. In 2014 she was named “Patriotic Citizen of the Year” by The Military Order of the World Wars and The Military Order of the Purple Heart for her charitable
work. She also received the Ambassador for Peace Medal from the South Korean Government.

On November 13, 2019 she was awarded the very first Sgt Reckless Award, a new medal presented by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. 

Education: Bachelor of Science, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 1976 - Magna Cum Laude

Help us reach our goal and assemble 1,000 birthting kits. This is a assembly day and fundraiser for Glendale Sunrise Rotary in support of Aid Africa.

It’s an incredible human tragedy. Each year, 500,000 African babies die on the first day of their lives, and 1 in 13 women in Sub-Saharan Africa die of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Infection following delivery is the leading cause of death among these mothers and newborns. But the risk of infection can be greatly reduced by providing the most basic elements of medical sanitation during childbirth… soap, a clean blade to cut the umbilical cord, a clean cord to tie the umbilical cord, and a clean sheet for the mother and baby to lie on after delivery.

Each kit is just $10 including shipping, and will save the lives of a mother and her child. Can you sponsor 1, 2, or 5? Or maybe join with friends or co-workers to sponsor 10, 20 or more?

Join us for the last district breakfast of the year.  Contact Alex Parajon for more info or to sign up.

Dr. Vivian Ekchain

On July 1, 2019, Dr. Ekchian became the Superintendent of Glendale USD, which serves 26,000 students in grades Pre-K through 12.  Prior to coming to Glendale Unified School District, she was the Deputy Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school district in the nation serving nearly 600,000 Pre-K through adult student learners across 1,100+ schools and centers, where she worked for 34-years.  She has dedicated her career to serving students with a focus on language learners, educators and communities in a variety of roles, including teacher assistant, classroom teacher, principal, director of instruction, chief of staff to the superintendent of schools, chief human resources officer, chief labor negotiator, local district superintendent, associate superintendent, and interim superintendent.

As a visionary and transformational leader, Dr. Ekchian ensures students are at the center of every decision and creates coherence, inspires innovation, and accelerates the academic success of all students. A proud servant of the people, she embraces diversity and values the indispensable contributions of every student, educator, employee, parent, and community partner. Throughout her career, Dr. Ekchian has been recognized for her keen ability to accelerate student outcomes by generating innovative solutions, removing barriers, and confronting challenges head-on.

As a lifelong learner, Dr. Ekchian has a bachelor’s degree and teaching credential from California State University, Northridge; a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of California, Los Angeles; and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of Southern California.

A firm believer in the unparalleled power of education to transform lives, Dr. Ekchian remains committed to providing a world-class, globally competitive education to all students in order to ensure they are college, career and life ready.

Join us for our  April. meeting, upcoming events, new project update.

This will b a ZOOM Meeting, link instructions to follow

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Topic: GSR Virtual Happy Hour

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Topic:  Glendale Sunrise Rotary Lucky 7 Meeting 
Time: Wednesday Apr 15, 2020 05:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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What is GSRs role as we emerge from this pandemic?

Rotary regards///

Keith

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Topic: Glendale Sunrise Rotary Lucky 7 Meeting

Time: Thursday Apr 16, 2020 05:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Join us for a Virtual Coffee with Rotarians

FAQS:

• Cost: $200/person, due no later than January 25, 2020; $220/person after January 25, 2020. ** note price increase for late payments 
• Make checks payable to "Rotary District 5280" with "RYLA" in the memo
• Mail checks to the Rotary District 5280 Office at 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., #210, Los Angeles, CA 90045
• Applications are due March 22, 2020
• Applications can be emailed to laine@paratusinsurance.com or mailed to Laine Caspi at 10655 Hailey Lane Chatsworth, CA 91311

WHAT HAPPENS AT RYLA?  

Each year, between 180 and 200 high school students from the Los Angeles area which defines Rotary International District 5280 meet for 2 ½ days and participate in a variety of activities, including active leadership workshops, team building activities, an Olympics and talent show. Set high in the San Bernardino Mountains, the setting of the camp is breath taking and completely private, giving the students a peaceful environment in which to learn to know themselves and each other better. 

GSR Board Meeting

Hi there,

Alex Parajon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Glendale Sunrise Rotary Board Meeting
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You don't want to miss the 2020 District 5280 Conference.  It's going to be Fun and Epic!