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President Eileen's News Flash!
January 13, 2022
To My Esteemed and Amazing Fellow Rotarians! First, Happy New Year! Can you believe we are already in our second week of 2022? Time is just moving right along so don't forget to stop and smell the roses!

I hope you were all able to enjoy holiday festivities with your families and friends! It has been almost a month since we had our last in-person meeting and were able to enjoy lunch together! To wrap up our 2021 year, we have included photos from our last meeting and other activities that Rotarians enjoyed during the holidays!
It was great to see so many Rotarians participate in the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade, including our wonderful Senator Pat Bates, our amazing Mayor Elaine Gennawey, our distinguished Council Member/Sergeant-At-Arms Rischi Paul Sharma, and our fabulous Treasurer RoseAnne Ruccello! Great job Rotarians!
Before I continue, I would like to take a moment to congratulate our amazing Past President Madame Kim Douglas on her special recognition by our District Governor Cisca Stellhorn! Governor Cisca presented Madame Kim with a Certificate of Appreciation for her dedication, inspiration, innovation and creativity as the 2020-21 President of the Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel! I wholeheartedly agree with the statement on the certificate that reads, "You have made a positive difference in your community and the world!" Please join me in thanking and congratulating Madame Kim for all her hard work and dedication to our club and beyond!
President Eileen Gomez
January

Birthdays

Chris Doherty
1/1

Wedding Anniversaries

Ken & Beverly Tokash
12/19

Club Anniversaries

Bob Brown
1/8

Marilyn Crary
1/3

Robert Ming
1/11

Mark Montgomery
1/1
As you all know, due to the surge in COVID cases in Orange County, and in an effort to make sure all of our members stay healthy and safe, tomorrow's meeting will be held via Zoom. This will give members the opportunity to stay safe at home or at their office while the COVID numbers hopefully start to decrease.

Please follow the link below to our meeting tomorrow, January 14, 2022, to join our first Rotary meeting of the year!

Eileen Gomez is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel Weekly Meeting - 15 Minute Social Time
Time: Jan 14, 2022 11:45 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 867 2955 5984
Passcode: 361725

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdI2hK4t5u
NOTICE TO ROTARIANS REGARDING INCOMING BOARD NOMINATIONS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH DISTRICT RULES OF GOVERNANCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROPOSED BOARD MEMBERS AS VOTED ON BY THE CURRENT BOARD AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD VIA EMAIL ON DECEMBER DECEMBER 8, 2021, WITH A TOTAL OF 14 "YES" VOTES:

INCOMING BOARD:
President: Chandra Chell
President-Elect: Mike Gerard
Vice President: Stewart Mims
Secretary: Janet Park
Treasurer: RoseAnne Ruccello
Past-President: Eileen Gomez
Public Relations/Webmaster: Mike Gerard
Sergeant-at-Arms: Rischi Paul Sharma
Programs Chair: Mark Montgomery
Foundation Chair: John Veytia
International Co-Chairs: Bruce Birkeland, Kristin Epperson
Board Member-at-Large: Kim M. Douglas
Board Member-at-Large: Jim McGinley

VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED INCOMING BOARD:
Eileen Gomez, President
Chandra Chell, President-Elect
Kristen Epperson, Vice President
John Veytia, Secretary
RoseAnne Ruccello, Treasurer
Kim M. Douglas, Past President
Rischi Paul Sharma, Sergeant-at-Arms
Caroline Swift, Membership/Social Chair
Dale Stinchfield, Club Foundation Chair
Bill Nguyen, Scholarship Chair/Dictionary Project Chair
Mark Montgomery, Program Chair
Bruce Birkeland, International Chair
Mike Gerard, Publicity/Marketing Chair
Taje Gill, Dictionary Project Chair

Your Rotary Club thanks you for your support and for continuing to volunteer for this amazing organization!

Serving To Change Lives,

Eileen Gomez
2021-22 President
Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel
Next Meeting: Friday, January 14, 2022 at Noon on Zoom!


Meeting ID: 867 2955 5984
Passcode: 361725

Please join me in welcoming Susan Parmelee, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Wellness & Prevention Center, and Megan Hernandez, WPC Board Member! Their presentation topic is "Well Being of Youth and the Work of the Wellness & Prevention Center." See you all on Zoom tomorrow at noon!

SUSAN PARMELEE, LCSW I Executive Director
Susan is one of the founders of the Wellness & Prevention Center. A graduate of Cornell University and San Diego State University, Susan has been working in non-profits and mental health care for over 16 years. Susan is dedicated to access for all to quality prevention and mental health services. Susan has witnessed an increase in teens diagnosed with anxiety and depression and is striving to help communities in South Orange County target the causes of this increase while helping teens who are struggling.
Megan Hernandez, WPC Board Member
Megan Hernandez lives in Laguna Niguel with her husband and two children, 10 and 7. She is a leadership coach, facilitator, and yoga instructor, and is passionate about bringing people together around issues that matter. Four years ago she helped initiate and nurture a movement in the community to bring more mental health support for our teens. This effort has resulted in additional mental health support on the campuses of our middle schools and high school, as well as community education events around mental health and wellness, and drug use and prevention. She now serves as secretary on the board of Wellness & Prevention Center, and represents the Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel communities. 

Serving To Change Lives,

Eileen Gomez
2021-22 President
Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel

This week's meeting will be conducted via Zoom!
We hope to be back at Fratello's soon!

Friday, January 14, 2022
12:00pm - Social Time on Zoom
12:30pm - Program Begins
1:00pm Meeting Adjourns
The Rotarian's Four-Way Test
of the things we think, say or do!
First - Is it the TRUTH?
Second - is it FAIR to all concerned?
Third - Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Fourth - Will it be BENEFICIAL to ALL concerned?