Tidings

President Steve Morris rang the bill to open our annual luncheon celebrating scholarship recipients.

After reciting the pledge of allegiance, he welcomed students and staff from:

• Cal State San Marcos
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• UCSD
• University of San Diego
• Coronado High School
• San Diego High School
• St. Augustine High School

Foundation President Gordon Boerner gave a history of the Foundation, followed by Scholarship Chair Brittany Curran's history of that committee.

Vice President Justin Morris invited the scholars up to answer questions about their experiences in school and plans for the future.

President Morris invited students to considering joining Kiwanis after graduation, and then welcomed Bill's Bucks from the members recognizing their achievements.

We were encouraged by our scholars and excited to follow their futures.

We met virtually on April 2, and President Steve Morris welcomed five guests from the Tierrasanta Kiwanis Club:

• John Haigis
• Jim Knox
• Dave West
• Jan Whitacre
• Peter Penczar

Arrod Mohammadian from Community HousingWorks introduced his organization and the good work they are doing in the community.

We celebrated these April birthdays:

• April 3 - Sherry Dietz
• April 18 - Doug Frost
• April 23 - Steve Morris
• April 25 - Shaun McArdle

Members pledged Bill's Bucks for:

• Gordon Boerner - just got back to a trip from the East Coast
• Doug Frost - daughter bought a wedding dress
• Steve Morris - celebrating his son's first birthday this month
• Karen Bower - son's girlfriend is part of the Point Loma Nazarene winning team
• Karina Sousa - enjoyed Giving Day and Easter weekend with her family

We did a recap of past events and a look at all the exciting events coming.

If you missed it, you can catch the video online:

Kiwanis San Diego Notice of Annual Meeting

This Annual Meeting will include the Election of 2024/2025 Club Officer and the Class of 2027 Club Board of Directors. 

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Time: Noon, or as soon thereafter as the meeting is called to order

Location: Zoom

Posted: April 1, 2024

By: Karina Sousa, Club Secretary

 Annual Meeting of the General Membership of the

Kiwanis San Diego

May 7, 2024

Agenda

I. CALL TO ORDER/DETERMINATION THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT

II. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 15, 2023

(Click HERE to access)

III. ELECTION OF 2024/2025 CLUB OFFICERS AND THE CLASS OF 2027 CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Justin Frisco, President
Steve Morris, Immediate Past President
Gordon Boerner, Vice President
Karina Sousa, Club Secretary
Brian Krause, Club Treasurer

2025: Glen Honig, Lance Grob
2026: Tom Bauer, Lauren Cook
2027: Ryan Callan, Wendy Reuben

IV. ADJOURNMENT

President Steve Morris opened the March 19 meeting by ringing the bell. After everyone recited the pledge of allegiance, guests were welcomed. They included:

Jexsi Gray and Jan Magot, both from Uplift San Diego.

Foundation President Gordon Boerner welcomed our speakers from Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties, Megan Thomas and Melissa Leon.

Next we celebrated member birthdays:

• Joe Sigurdson, March 1
• Annie Fitzgerald, March 17
• Louie Ocana, March 27

and member successes:

• Joe Sigurdson looks forward to the Rooted in Resiliency gala
• Louie Ocana was grateful that Brian Krause took him to see SDSU basketball
• Jan Magot remembers Bill Gibbs who knew her mother from church
• Monica Ball is partnering with Laurels for Leaders to support college prep activities, and she was also honored to be in San Diego Business Journal
• Jay Jeffcoat was honored to be pictured in Giving Back magazine

After recapping past events and looking forward to future, our meeting concluded with President Morris' ringing of the bell.

President Steve Morris opened our March 5th meeting and welcomed a packed crowd at Elijah's Restaurant! Most everyone was dressed in red and black to cheer on SDSU Aztecs. 

Foundation President Gordon Boerner introduced SDSU Athletic Director J.D. Wicker who then introduced Football Coach Sean Lewis.

After a rousing speech followed by Q&A, the Foundation was pleased to present SDSU Athletics with a check of $16,000.

President Morris was thrilled to speak of the impact the Club and Foundation make in our community, and he welcomed any and all of our guests to consider joining.

We welcomed new member Amber Bertelsen.

After a recap of events past and excitement of those to come, our first March 2024 meeting was a wrap.

President Steve Morris started our virtual meeting by welcoming members and guests.

Then Emily Moberly introduced our speaker, Justin Brooks, founder of the California Innocence Project. His presentation was engaging about the important work he and his team are doing, releasing innocent people from prison, often years after their convictions.

Next Elsa Morales-Roth from the Emilio Nares Foundation told us about the good work her organization is doing, encouraging members to support them with their time and donations.

We celebrated these February birthdays:

• February 1 – Heather Robinson
• February 5 – David Gugerty
• February 9 – Tim Callan
• February 9 – June Frost
• February 14 – Glen Honig
• February 18 – Todd Miller
• February 21 – Lauren Cook
• February 21 – Vic Bianchini

Our members shared and donated Bill's Bucks:

• Doug Frost - who survived the Tierrasanta tornado
• Justin Frisco - who was late to the meeting
• Karina Sousa - who enjoyed hospitality from Shaun McArdle who makes a mean Shauntini
• Karen and Greg Bower - who had an amazing trip to Australia
• Emily Moberly - who is excited to have her brother and his family back in San Diego
• Gordon Boerner - who wasn't wear his pin
• Sanam Charlton - who lost her pin

After a recap of past events and look forward to future ones, our meeting ended. If you missed it, catch it here:

President Steve Morris rang the bell to open our January 16, 2024 meeting.

We recited the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed guests including:

• Lori Sheets
• Dan Smiechowski

Carl Nettleton introduced our speaker 

from the Burnham Center for Community Advancement, Bill Ponder. 

We awarded Burton Ober the Youth Service Award for his work with the UCSD School of Medicine, as our Director of Student Affairs. Vice President Justin Frisco presented the award.

We celebrated January birthdays including:

January 16 - Mike Boland

January 19 - Drue Jordan

Our members were generous, as always, giving to Bill's Bucks. We celebrated:

• Mike Boland's birthday and years in the Club.
• Joe Sigurdson being in Giving Back Magazine and San Diego Business Journal.
• Jim Floros and the Green Bay Packers.
• Gordon Boerner who learned new members Karen and Greg Bowers' son just got a job in San Diego.
• Lauren Cook who enjoyed the speaker.
• Burton Ober who was grateful for all the Club does in the community.
• Wendy Reuben who was on KUSI to promote the Holiday Bowl.

Then we recapped past events including a successful service project with the Salvation Army, especially appreciated by their Captain and our member Jeremy Alexander.

And, we looked forward in the calendar to upcoming events, before Steve rang the bell to conclude the meeting.

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.

President Steve Morris opened up our virtual meeting December 5 with a welcome to members and guests.

Then Karen Bower introduced our speaker, Matt Wood, Program Manager for San Diego's Short Term Residential Occupancy Program.

Matt gave an informative talk about the city's program, followed by Q&A.

We celebrated these member birthdays:

• December 6 - Ricardo Sandoval
• December 11 - Tyler Harris
• December 17 - Judy Leitner
• December 23 - Traci Knight

We were grateful to the generosity of these members who pledged Bill's Bucks:

• Karina Sousa - last weekend's service project was inspiring!
• Gordon Boerner - excited that Karen Bower has offered to be Foundation Treasurer
• Jay Jeffcoat - enjoying La Jolla Playhouse's recent offerings
• Wendy Reuben - wishing Clemson was playing in the 2023 Holiday Bowl
• Eldon Thompson - glad to be joining the meeting online

Wendy Reuben donated two tickets to the USS Midway Museum's Jingle Jets, and Karen Bower won the auction for them!

After a recap of past events and a look forward to future ones, we signed off for the day.

If you missed it, you can watch the meeting online:

President Steve Morris rang the bell to open our November luncheon meeting at Elijah's restaurant.

After the Pledge of Allegiance, we welcomed several guests:

• Randy Bellamy from the Bonita Kiwanis Club
• Avi Klinger, prospective member
• Dan White, prospective member
• Rick White, prospective member

Vice President Justin Morris introduced our speaker from Midway Rising, Jim Andersen.

The talk was well received, and the meeting continued by welcoming several new and newish members:

• Greg and Karen Bower
• Sherry Dietz - who received her official badge
• Tyler Harris
• Wendy Reuben - who received her official badge and pin
• Sitara Sethi - who was inducted as a new member

We honored Ryan Callan with the Don McKee Spirit of Kiwanis award (although it was from 2021-2).

We celebrated Brian Krause as the only November birthday with Brian in absentia.

Bill's Bucks included:

• Ryan Callan - thank you for his Don McKee award
• Glen Honig - loves San Diego
• Karina Sousa - 14 years of Traveling Stories plus Brittany Curran as our new scholarship team chair

• Emily Morey - 14 years of Traveling Stories plus no fundraising campaign this holiday season and a well-deserved vacation
• Jay Jeffcoat - an amazing trip to New York, bringing back a bottle of wine to auction off
• Greg and Karen Bower - won the auction for Jay's wine
• Lauren Cook - congrats to Gordon for getting Traci Knight to join the Club
• Gordon Boerner - congrats to Lauren on an amazing SOSL event
• Randy Bellamy - impressive meeting with so many new members
• Heather Robinson - overcoming family medical hardships plus participating in the Juvenile Diabetes Walk this weekend
• Monica Ball - her October birthday plus working on reducing homelessness among minority populations

• Tyler Harris - ate the last kebob
• Justin Frisco - won the auction of the SDSU ring that the Bowers thought they were giving to Gordon as a gift
• Jay Jeffcoat - spotted in Giving Back Magazine
• Carl Nettleton - congrats to Gordon on getting Dr. Connie Mariano back to visit her old high school

After a look back at past events and a look forward to future ones, President Morris rang the bell and concluded the meeting.