President Steve Morris rang the bell to open our December 19, 2023 last meeting of the year!

We were happy to welcome many guests including:

Desiree Perez, Steve's wife

Lt. Gov. Fernando Orozco along with several members from Kiwanis of Bonita, pictured with Secretary Karina Sousa

Jexsi Grey and Dr. Ethel Sims, guests of Monica Ball and Lauren Cook

along with many members including Justin Frisco, Sanam Charlton, Shaun McArdle, Gordon Boerner, and Chuck Day

and Eric Wever, pictured with Shaun McArdle

We were honored to hear from Deanna Martin Mackey, General Manager of KPBS

After the presentation and Q&A, we celebrated these member birthdays:

• Ricardo Sandoval - December 6
• Tyler Harris - December 11
• Judy Leitner - December 17

and these members experiences, along with their donations towards Bill's Bucks:

• Monica Ball - collecting coats for the unsheltered
• Gordon Boerner - was featured in Giving Back Magazine and his daughter is working on an SDSU/Rubio's partnership
• Fernando Orozco - happy to have our Club's help at Wreaths Across America
• Wendy Reuben - Holiday Bowl is coming up
• Karina Sousa - great to see new faces and old, thank you to Krauses for hosting holiday party, looking forward to Laurels for Leaders
• Lauren Cook - loved today's program
• Brian Krause - amazing house building experience in TJ
• Carl Nettleton - grateful to the Club and had an awesome experience with Wired Magazine
• Chuck Day - looking forward to the Holiday Bowl
• Jay Jeffcoat - pleased Buddy could join the meetig

We did a quick recap of prior events and a look at upcoming events before adjourning the meeting.