Posted by Joy Lupanow with Kimmy Tharp and Charles Bloomquist
The Program is....
Semih Sinik had everyone’s name badge in alphabetical order!
 
Flag Salute:
Jan Zegel
 
Song:
Naomi Finkel led a rousing rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”!
 
Invocation:
Stephanie Bell-Harbourne provided the invocation and there was not a dry eye in the house!
 
Visiting Rotarians: 
Honorary Westlake Village Noon Rotarian, Pat Palucci joined us today
 
We are just 12 hours away from Kimmy’s birthday! (This is big – Kimmy Tharpe will now be eligible to be POTUS!)
 
The salads served for lunch today were delicious!
 
Pat Palucci presented info on the Midsummer Wine Fest on August 19th at the Hyatt in Westlake Village. This event will benefit Special Olympics. Pat gave two tickets to P Lee to raffle off. Bidding started at $160. P Lee won…
 
PDG (Past District Governor) Deepa Willingham will be speaking at the Conejo Rotary Club on August 27th about an international project.
 
Harrison Reed said that the Fun and Games boxes are almost sold out. Apparently Harrison demonstrated some pretty technical arithmetic that baffled our favorite banker and Flag report, Kimmy.
 
Linda LeVine spoke about the Feeding the Homeless program. Poornima Prasad volunteered to deliver the meals for July!
 
Christine Calvi Auda talked about Meals on Wheels. Audrey Brown will be delivering them this Saturday. We still need volunteers for the August 19th. Kudos to PP Dapper Spar for taking on August 19th.
 
Nadine Larson spoke about the backpack program. It will take place on July 29th and we are still looking for a few good (or not so good) volunteers.
 
Mary Olson did a terrific job with Happy Dollars. PP Dapper kicked in a few bucks for a planned vacation in an attempt to avoid a fine. No dice, PP Dap – Fine Master Daddy PP Charles Bloomquist will be calling on you soon…
 
Program:
Kimmy presented info on the Club’s budget, Kyle Griffith went into greater detail about the Oakheart Country Music Festival’s numbers.
 
PP Andy Lupanow talked about using Rotary email using Clubrunner. He sent out an email to show everyone how easy it is to use.
 
(PP Andy Lupanow, photo courtesy of Aaron Guerrero)
 
Kelly Honig has agreed to take on the Publisher role for the Flag, Joy Lupanow will be her back up. We are looking for a few note takers. Contact Kelly if you are up to becoming a scribe. Please consider doing this important service for the Club you love!
 
PP Andy and Joy Lupanow are spreading the gospel of Clubrunner. Go the website and sign on, everyone!