| Posted by Paula Santos
On December 22, 2011, members of the Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club joined more than 150 workers at the Foothill Vocational Opportunities site to share in the holiday spirit. Foothill Vocational Opportunities is dedicated to maximizing the personal and economic potential of individuals with disabilities by creating meaningful employment opportunities. Rotarians handed out breakfast pastries and greeted the workers, all adults with disabilities in the Pasadena area. This was followed by dancing and games, and an arts and crafts project supplied and led by the Rotarians. Rotarians guided the workers in constructing snowflake ornaments. For more information on Foothill Vocational Opportunities including ways that you can help visit: http://www.foothillvoc.org/ |
| Posted by Nathan McCusker
Thank you to everyone who made it over tonight. It was a really fun night of food, beer, and a little planing for out event. We selected a couple potential locations, and are planning to visit them next week. We set up a potential date and and are working on both a committee structure and time line. Check back soon for highlights and photos. I will update my website over the weekend. (roger - please email me your photo's when you have a chance) Thank you to Steve, Paula, Roger, Andrew, and Will for your input. James and Eric thanks for coming by and hanging out later. It was a lot of fun. I look forward to hosting everyone again soon.
Nathan McCusker
Rotary Club of Pasadena After Hours
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| Posted by Greg Jones
The Motto of the Rotary Foundation is 'Doing Good in the World". We at PAH Rotary are doing our part to do good in the world by helping an eye hospital in Khurja, India ( a small city about 60 km east of New Delhi) to purchase the equipment to do cataract surgeries. You can follow this link to see more or you can read the copy from the link later in this article. http://www.matchinggrants.org/grant1932.html
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| Posted by Paula Santos
On 10/20/2011 Ana Maria Apodaca, Principal of Field Elementary spoke at the Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club meeting. She spoke of the school's increase of approximately 100 students since two nearby elementary schools were closed down, and how Field inherited the Mandarin Dual Language Program. Field is home to 18 classrooms and classroom teachers, 2 support staff, and about 460 students in Pre-K through 5th grade. Field Elementary was adopted by the Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club many years ago. Since then we have regularly donated books to Field in honor of those who speak at the club, put on Field Beautification Day to spruce up the grounds and plant flowers and fruit trees, and puts on an end of the year awards ceremony, Field's Finest where teachers honor their students of the year and their families over a meal served by the Rotarians. The Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club is currently pursuing a Rotary International District 5300 Simplified Grant to build an educational garden! |
| Posted by Paula Santos
Participate in the Pasadena Unified School District's Principal for a Day Program to find out! On Thursday November 8, 2011 spend a morning with a local principal and attend a luncheon. The Principal for a Day is a nationwide program used successfully in many school districts to builder stronger relationships among schools, businesses and the wider community. Community leaders spend a morning with a school principal to better understand their complex roles and get perspective on the school system from within. This program is sponsored by Merill Lynch and the Pasadena Educational Foundation. For more information about this program, contact Altadena Rotarian, Edward Jasnow at (626)395-3044 or jason@ligo.caltech.edu or use this form here: http://www.pasedfoundation.org/modules/toc/uploads/files/tid272_2011_pfad_form_cc666a4e_9f5a_fd50_u1.pdf |
| Posted by Paula Santos
Fox, Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee, and the National Association for Music Education have teamed up through the GLEE Give a Note competition to support music programs in dire need across the company. Vote every day now through November 7th to support our local school: http://www.gleegiveanote.com/vote_details.php?id=108 |
| Posted by Paula Santos
The Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club schedules a few fireside chats each Rotary year as a means of introducing and educating it's new members about Rotary International and the Club. It also serves as an opportunity for fellowship. On October 4, 2011, Paul Finchamp hosted a Fireside Smores Chat. Our newest member, Andrew Dean joined the group and acted as the sole marshmellow toaster. Paula Santos spoke about her experience as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in South Africa, and Paul Finchamp as a Group Study Exchange member. Also in attendance were Greg and Brenda Jones, Nathan McCusker, Steve Gackle, and Ria Apodaca, the Principal of our adopted school, Field Elementary. |
| Posted by Ruta Riley
On September 22, 2011, Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club hosted BillMurphy, the CEO of the local Pasadena non-profit Foothill VocationalOpportunities, Inc., as part of PAH’s Guest Speaker series. |
| Posted by Paula Santos
Pasadena After Hour Rotarians are proud of Pasadena Rotarian, John McDannel in his perseverance in service to his community. After years of planting trees along New York Drive in Pasadena, and caring for them, as well as drafting plans for a memorial stretch of 1.25 miles, he was successful in getting the City of Pasadena to approve of the first phase of the project. New York Drive will now house signs reading, "New York Drive A Memorial to 9/11/01". This project recognized the Pasadena After Hours Rotary Club for their support: http://pasadena911memorial.org/supporters/ |
| Posted by Ruta Riley
OnSeptember 15, 2011, PAH Rotary’s Guest Speakers were Anne Lansing of the Cityof Pasadena Housing Department and Mary Kirchen of Housing Works. Anne and Marytalked bout Project HOUSED Pasadena, a street-to-home initiative that seeks to identifyand permanently house Pasadena’s most vulnerable homeless. Once housed, HousingWorks and supportive service and healthcare agencies in the City of Pasadenawill provide the services necessary to allow the participants to remain housedand integrate into the community. |
| Posted by Ruta Riley
On September 8, 2011, Mike Bazdarich, a Product Specialist with Western Asset Management in Pasadena, California, gave a presentation about bond markets to the PAH Rotary Club. Prior to joining Western Asset, Mike ran his own consulting firm, MB Economics. He also served as the VP, Deputy Director of Research at United California Bank, and Senior Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. |
| Posted by Paula Santos
On August 18, 2011 Pasadena After Hours Rotarians and guests attended a concert at the Hollywood Bowl which celebratees its 90th season this year. Our evening began with a delicious potluck picnic before the concert. We shared a great meal complete with home-baked bread and pineapple upside down cake as well as various treats from Porto's Bakery in Glendale. The musical program was dedicated to Beethoven and consisted of the Choral Fantasy and Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic was the winner of the Musical America's Conductor of the Year 2011, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. The performance drew great applause from the crowd. The Hollywood Bowl takes up a special place in many peoples hearts making every visit there a celebration. It could also not be a more fitting venue for the expansive sound of Beethoven. Thanks to Tom Polezani who organized this fantastic night-out! |
| Posted by Roger McKee on Aug 01, 2011
Incoming President Paula Santos hit the ground running and laid out her agenda for the 2011-2012 year in her first meeting. |
| Posted by Roger McKee on Jul 07, 2011
Our speaker on Tuesday, July 12th is Dr. Lois Frankel, bestselling author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich. She will share with us her journey from being a human resources professional at ARCO to a Pasadena business owner and now a philanthropist with two non-profits to her credit. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear Dr. Frankel speak to the public about her personal path in pursuit of passion. |
| Posted by Roger McKee
How often have you heard that question? Do you stuggle for an answer?
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| Posted by Roger McKee on Jul 07, 2011
On June 29th Pasadena After Hours Rotary honored a long standing tradition of "demoting" past president Nathan McCusker. |
| Posted by Nathan McCusker on Jun 01, 2011
 The Club has a great Club Relaunch Party to officially kick off transitioning from an early morning club to an after hours club and it's new location at Villa Sorisso in Old Town Pasadena Thank you to Pasadena After Hours Rotarians, Roger McKee and Paula Santos for their support and planning of the event. Thank you Pasadena After Hours Rotarian, Norm Sauve for taking photographs of the event. And thank you to District Governor Roger Schulte, Pasadena After Hours Rotarian Greg Jones, and Interact President Cairo Briceno for agreeing to speak (and for not caring that they didn't). And a special thank you to everyone who attended and helped to get people there!
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| Posted by Roger McKee on Jun 07, 2011
Pasadena After Hours Rotary serves dinner and honors "Top of the Class" at Field Elementary on June 7, 2011.
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| Posted by Paula Santos on Apr 27, 2011
The Pasadena After Hours Rotary has been awarded a Lefler Matching Grant by the Rotary District 5300 Foundation to provide boos to children through Kids Reading to Succeed. |
| Posted by Paula Santos on Apr 30, 2011
For many years the Pasadena Sunrise Rotary Club has provided meal services approximately four times a year to the Union Station Adult Homeless Center in Pasadena. Since the Pasadena Sunrise Rotary Club adopted Blair IB High School and created an Interact Club there the Interactors have joined the Rotarians in serving up a BBQ to the patrons of Union Station. |
| Posted by Greg Jones on Feb 13, 2011
Rotary began the effort to eradication polio 25 years ago. Here is a great explanation of the importance of our efforts. |
| Posted by Roger McKee on Feb 10, 2011
Pasadena Sunrise had the pleasure of hosting the 2010-2011 school year Sunrise Grant Award winners on January 27th. Pasadena Sunrise is thrilled to have funded all of these wonderful programs this year. We look forward to another year of our signature cause, Sunrise Grants! |