RKC (ROSEMEAD KIWANIS CLUB) WEEKLY REPORTER – 06/22/2008

Greetings to our K-Family (Kiwanis affiliated partner group of clubs), RKN (Rosemead Kiwanis Network) and other friends

          Below are:

· NEWS: Recent developments and activities related to Rosemead

· EVENTS: Activities in and around Rosemead, with emphasis on Rosemead Club meetings and Rosemead Kiwanis Network activities.

· FAX OF LIFE: An inspirational email attachment, courtesy of Scott’s Valley Kiwanis. This one is entitled “What Goes Around Comes Around”

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NEWS

          No special news this weekj

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Africa Missions (Regular Meeting)*

Mark Clark, pastor of Rosemead’s Grace Chapel Church, shares his observations from a March trip he took to an orphanage his congregation helps support in Africa

THURSDAY JULY 3, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Rosemead Safety Department and Neighborhood Watch (Regular Meeting – Rescheduled from 6/12)*

Don Anderson, Rosemead Safety Department Administrator, and Mandy Wong, formerly with the Rosemead School District and newly appointed Community Coordinator, will cover Rosemead’s Safety Department with emphasis on the rebuilding of Rosemead’s Neighborhood Watch units.

THURSDAY JULY 10, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Disaster Counseling

(Regular Meeting)*

Speaker: Lynda Harbert, M.S., MFT, Family Therapist and Emergency Situations Therapist will discuss her experiences.  These include the Sept 11th Tragedy in New York and the Oklahoma City Bombing and how she had to help console the many victims and their families. She will also discuss her duties when there is a national tragedy and how fast she must prepare to get there. 

THURSDAY JULY 17, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Batter Up! (Regular Meeting)*

Speaker Jay Johnstone, former Dodger and Angel baseball star, will share some of his historical and hysterical stories of his experiences with the some seven or so baseball clubs he played for and how baseball has changed over the years from a sport to a profitable business. He hopes to bring a few souvenirs and autograph some pictures as well as any bats, gloves, or balls our members may want to bring for him to sign.

THURSDAY JULY 24, 2008 – RKC MEETING:Maryvale (special meeting –

location: 7600 Graves, Rosemead CA )*

In conjunction with Bookends, San Gabriel Kiwanis and others, the Rosemead Kiwanis Club has been helping to develop a Reading Resource Center at Maryvale, which began as the Los Angeles Orphanage over 150 years ago.  The center is now operational and we will be part of an open house, coordinated by Maryvale’s RKC liaison, Joanie Rudesill, who is also the center coordinator.

Lunch details associated with this meeting are still being arranged.

THURSDAY JULY 31, 2008 – RKC MEETING: (Regular Meeting)*

   (details to be announced)

                            * - unless otherwise indicated, Kiwanis meetings are at 12:10 in

                                 California Mission Inn chapel’s multipurpose room, 4807 Earle

                                 (north of Mission and south of Grand ½ block on west  side of

the street), Rosemead. Street parking is normally required.

WEEKLY FAX OF LIFE INSPIRATIONAL E-MAIL: “What Goes Around Comes Around” – see file attached

     (Note: the rosemeadkiwanis.org website now has a two year accumulation

of Fax of Life inspirational monographs available for review  – see the Fax

of Life link at bottom of the “Newsletters” section of the website.)

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