We are finally seeing our sun shine through the overcast skies- perhaps the signs of summer will become more evident as the days pass by.
Pres. Khing Khong tried to get his fellow Berkeley Kiwanians to rise without sounding the gong; however he was gently admonished by a DPLTG (not vc) that no one had to rise until the gong had sounded. Thus, the gong was gonged and we did rise! Pres K.K. then called upon our beloved B. Rice to lead us in The Star Spangled Banner. All this editor can say is that it ended well!! Rev. R. Bliss gave a longish invocation thanking for a variety of wonderous things including the red tablecloths/black napkins which reminded her of Harvard and another someone of Stanford. No more to be said on that subject!! B. Skrak was assigned the fine box; and he did a fine job filling up the "poker table".
It was a pleasure having C. Fitch's son, Robert, join us for our meeting. He was here from Santa Clara
We are 99.9% sure of having Circle K members present, and summer shows no downward trend in that area. Alex, Gail, Max, James & LTG Cheriz all came- they and their fellow comrades are engaged in many activities no matter what time of the year. We even learned that cooking lessons are going on and kick boxing?? They are active with a group of children at Rosa Parks School
UPCOMING
EVENT(s) OF IMPORTANCE:
July 1: TONIGHT!! Dine Out at Bobby G's on University Ave.
July 8: There will be an interclub going to San Leandro K. for lunch. If you want to go.. call BC.
July 10: DCM w/ LTG E. Levitch (at the hospital??).
Aug.15-17: District Convention in Anaheim
Sept. 14: Solano Stroll- Save the date. We'll need help as we always do, and it is a fun day!!
Sept. 20: OCTOBERFEST. Plans are underway and chair J. Egeberg says he'll be having a committee meeting soon. There's no reason not to attend as it's a "bye" week for Cal
Sept. 23: Installation/Installation of Khong/Haughin.
Think it's a dinner thing – and at the moment it's being held at Chevys in Emeryville. And yes, just to confirm, it is installation/installation- that's installation of Khong as Immediate Past Pres. and installation of Haughin as Pres. Pres.
In between these things, think about getting down to the quilting room at D. Haughin's office M-F while she is there… there is work you can do solo or with a friend!
NOTES OF INTEREST
YPSO: if you have money to turn in, please do it soon so the books can be closed on that event.
TENNIS BALLS: there are hundreds over at the Bliss house… whenever you feel in the mood- drive over and cut up a few!! We are getting more requests from schools for them.
INTERCLUBBING: none this week but see above re going to San Leandro
THANK YOU: from scholarship winner Lea Cohen. This reminded Pres. K.K. that we have a scholarship winner who comes to lunch almost every week (Gail), and scholarship winner parents who are active in BK (Blisses).
DINE OUT: with D. Wong out of town for two months, we'll have Pres K.K. in charge of dining sites- so think about August- where might you like us to meet?? What about a Sat. breakfast before a project or lunch after a project? We miss you, G. Maxe!
JJJJLJJJJLJJJJLJ$$$$
There were plenty. LTG E. Levitch L that Jessica will be out of K. lunch for a couple of weeks, but J that she is getting accounting lessons. VC delighted family attending Alameda County Fair tomorrow- when "old folks" get in free and you can get regular tickets for $7 each if you are a member of Triple A. Just hope the sun comes out!! D. Haughin L about an employee being injured in a car accident. E. Goodman J to be back after being in Connecticut
YES! There were celebrations today, but singing was not allowed. "They" said it was time allotment… we all know what that means.. Anyway: Pres K.K.'s birthday is the 11th, and B. Barnwell's is the 24th. There are two anniversaries on the 11th- B. Rice and Esther (19 years) and J. Asher and Kim (??? Years). No $$$ collected for singing or not singing… BOOOO.
J. Rosano auctioned off some outstanding goodies. D. Haughin brought more home grown love from her garden. White corn, tomatoes and "zucchini daddy" went to VC for a handsome fee- and the corn will be LOVED by their (vc and bc) grandson!! VC's homemade plum jam (handpicked plums from an employee's garden tree) went to E. Levitch.
Our speaker was Christi Tuleja from the organization Through The Looking Glass. TLG is a disability community-based nonprofit organization started in 1982. They provide relationship-based services for families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability. TLG is also the National Resource Center
More than 80% of TLG's staff has personal or family disability experience. The overall goal of the program is to enhance all aspects of the development of eligible family members, providing mental health and developmental services. TLG also has an ABC Lending Library, an adaptive Baby Care Equipment Lending Library for Parents with Physical Disabilities. Caregivers have found that using this special equipment
has made baby care more satisfying and allowed for more choices in their baby care roles. These items available "on loan" are designed by occupational therapists at TLG, and are designed to make baby care easier, decrease fatigue or pain, and reduce the chance of secondary disability or injury.
Another point of interest is the development of the Ed Roberts Campus, to be located very close to the Ashby BART station. The Ed Roberts Campus mission is to ensure that people with disabilities can live independently and without discrimination. It will be a national and international model dedicated to disability rights and universal access. Construction on the Ed Roberts Campus will begin in 2008.
This is a very interesting program and certainly a great service to our Bay Area community. Thank you, Christi!
Our pledge was led by Circle Ker Max, the gong was gonged by PKK- and we meandered out into the gorgeous sunshine- for what hopefully was the remainder of a great day for each and every one of us. We missed you if you were unable to come. We HOPE to see you soon!
SAQOTW:
There are days when
any electrical appliance in the house,
including the vacuum cleaner,
seems to offer more entertainment possiblilites than the TV set.
Harriet Van Horne
HAVE
A
GREAT
WEEK!
EDITOR: VC
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