Club Secretary Karina Sousa rang the bell to open our July luncheon meeting.

After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, we welcomed guests:

• Scott and Karen Tritt
• Allie Cohn

Next, Wendy Reuben introduced our speaker, Georgeanne Irvine, from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

Georgeanne shared stories about her years at the zoo. She also generously donated two of the zoo's children's book publications for auction. Congratulations to winning bidder Gordon Boerner.

Zoo volunteers and Club members Wendy Reuben and Sherry Dietz were equally excited about the books and speaker.

We celebrated these July birthdays:

• July 1, Jeremy Alexander
• July 3, Sitara Sethi
• July 20, Chuck Day
• July 25, Greg Bower

and members donated Bill's Bucks in honor of:

• Jeremy Alexander - birthday plus years in the Club
• Doug Frost - great visit with his daughter after the Kiwanis Convention

• Emily Moberly - fabulous trip to Honduras
• Gordon Boerner - spotted in Giving Back magazine
• Monica Ball - great time at the Zoo

After a look back to the last month's events and forward nod to what's coming, our meeting concluded.