Club President Steve Morris opened the meeting and welcomed new and returning members to our first virtual meeting of the Kiwanis year.

Foundation President Gordon Boerner introduced speaker Andy Field, Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation at the City of San Diego. Members were interested to learn about all the things Parks and Rec does around the city.

Next we celebrated October member birthdays including:

• October 1 – Gordon Boerner
• October 3 – Susan Day
• October 5 – Ashley Morey
• October 7 – John Rush
• October 9 – Sanam Charlton
• October 14 – Dick Shaw
• October 16 – Jay Jeffcoat
• October 16 – Paul Riggs
• October 19 – Monica Ball

No meeting, virtual or otherwise, would be complete without member generosity in the form of Bill's Bucks.  This meeting we recognized:

• Gordon Boerner - for his October birthday, years in the club and gratefulness to Karina Sousa who attended the Downtown San Diego Partnership event representing the Club
• Jay Jeffcoat - for his birthday, years in the club and fabulous vacation
• Mike Boland - for his fabulous vacation to Paris with family
• Karina Sousa - for attending the Downtown San Diego Partnership event representing the Club
• Susan Day - who is thrilled to turn the presidential reins over to Steve

The meeting ended by reviewing past events and looking forward to future ones.  If you missed it, you can watch the recording: