With great sadness I report that Bud Cashen, past-president and extraordinary humanitarian, passed away last Sunday, August 7. Bud moved to Wyoming several years ago, but that didn’t stop him from supporting our International projects and anything the club needed from him. He was a member of the Arch Klumph Society which is an elite group of Rotarians donating more than $250,000 to Rotary International.
Our August 10 meeting brought 50 members and guests. Keep up the good work! I’d love to see even more of you attend our meetings. We need your support. Special thanks to Ron Supancic and Nancy Porter for bringing guests.
We are growing the pot (no we are not growing that pot!) for our 50/50 drawing by selling additional tickets at $1 each. We are down to 16 cards now. That increases your chances of being able to pull the Joker. Last week’s pot was about $600. We sold an additional $27 in tickets at our first try so let’s keep increasing the $$$ and maybe more of you will attend to win it! That’s a win/win deal for all. And yes, it is fair to all concerned!
More thank you’s as promised! Ferne Saltzman, thank you for a great write up about our club’s achievements in the program for the Valley Women’s Center Fashion Show fundraiser where our club will be honored on September 18. Kim Wall, our Treasurer, has been working on modernizing our member payment methods to appease the masses. Accepting credit card payments for lunch is in the works. (Yes, seriously!) Thanks for your time spent on this project.
Jay Saltzman, thanks for always stepping up to plan our major fundraisers. The Halloween Family Faire will be our first Halloween event ever and we are looking for 100% member participation! We will definitely be in touch! This fun event will be on Saturday, October 20th from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Warner Center Park. Invite everyone you know with kids! It will be fun for the entire family.
Here’s where we need your help right now! Can you attend a festival and hand out our event flyers to the vendors? We need to sell booths at our event. Ask Michael Turner, Jay or me for flyers. Also, check out the Faire’s website” www.HalloweenFaire.org.
Our District Breakfast at the LAX Westin attracted 360 guests, including eight members from our club. We heard from Rob Klein, former Ram’s tight end, about the new stadium which will replace Hollywood Park. It will seat 75,000 fans and will be three times bigger than the Vatican! We learned that our District is bringing back “PRLS” which stands for Potential Rotary Leadership Skills training. The SFV session will be either Feb. 4 or Feb. 11, 2017. More info to follow on PRLS as it becomes available.
Cowboy Cookout – August 13! Thanks to Sandy Rosenholz and Lynn Miller for coordinating this fun event for our club members! We grilled on our club’s new grill (much easier to clean and transport than the old one!) We enjoyed corn on the cob, potatoes, salads, appetizers, desserts, drinks of all kinds, including a container marked “embalming juice” to be enjoyed by only the brave! (Ok, it was Iced tea!) Thank you to Paul and Dale Gross for offering your beautiful home for our event.
Upcoming meetings and events!
August 17 – Lunch meeting at the Woodland Hills Country Club
Rocky Rhodes, Rotarian in Simi Valley and past president of the (former) Rotary Club of Warner Center. I met Rocky in that club many years ago. He was a very active Rotarian in our Community. Rocky will introduce us to Tony Falato, fellow Rotarian who received one of Rocky’s kidneys! They will both share their experience going through this transplant process. Knowing Rocky, there will be lots of humor thrown into the mix! Linda Tapper will be our greeter and Rotarian of the Day.
August 24 – Lunch meeting at the Woodland Hills Country Club
Kristi Ling is a bestselling author, happiness strategist, transformational life and business coach, and inspirational speaker who works with individuals and organizations on building a firm foundation for lasting happiness and success. We could all use a little of that!!!!
August 25 – PF Chang’s Happy Hour at 4:30 p.m. – Members from the Calabasas Rotary will join us. Fun for the whole family!
August 27 – District Picnic and Cardboard Boat Race!
Location is Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach. It’s from 5 – 9 p.m. If you’d like to go earlier for extra beach time, just check in as a “member of Rotary” and you can get in for free. Admission is free in the evening as well. Dinner is even free! See, YOU CAN get a free….dinner! You can buy wine, beer and margaritas this year! (Sorry, not free!) I’ll be bartending at the event to collect tips for a donation to the Rotary International Foundation. Whichever Club President collects the most tips will mean that all tips collected for the entire evening will be donated to the R.I. Foundation and our club will get credit so bottoms up! Thanks Matt Schaaf, for preparing our boat for the race!!
August 31 – our second Wednesday Night Live dinner meeting will be held at the Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas. Event will be held outdoors. Similar to last meeting, it will be part business and part fun and games and socializing. Spouses welcome. Limited to the over 18 crowd please. Let’s shoot for an even better turnout this month!
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Posted by Lois Koch
We Lost a Great Humanitarian: Bud Cashen
RIP in peace, Bud Cashen . . . .a wonderful Rotarian who gave so much of not just his money, but also his time and energy to do Rotary projects around the world. Every 2 years for as long as I've known him, Bud funded a project in Papua, New Guinea to build something. He would go with a small group of Rotarians from the states and meet up with another group close to New Guinea and they would live and work for several weeks in a remote region while building a school, a home or something that was needed. Two years ago, while on one of these trips, a cholera outbreak occurred in a remote area up the river from where they were working and Bud flew supplies up to the site to help stem the outbreak. The world has lost a great humanitarian.
1995, April 26th to June 1st ♦ 36 Days
Kakoda Hospital, Papua New Guinea
Travel: $3,500
Building Generator: $60,000
1998, April 9th to May 2nd ♦ 23 Days
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Travel: $3,000
Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built Medical Dispensary & Rehab Cent
2000, May 1st to May 24th♦ 23 Days
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Travel: $3,000
Building, Food, Lodging: $55,000
Built House for Crippled Children's School
2002, October 26th to November 22nd ♦ 27 Days
Munda, Soloman Islands
Travel: $3,300
Building, Food, Lodging: $52,000
Rehab for Tuberculosis Center
2004, April 16th to May 11th ♦ 25 Days
Wewak, Papua New Guinea ♦ St. Benedict's College
Travel: $3,500
Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built Staff House
2006, August 16th to September 9th ♦24 Days
Gizo, Soloman Islands
Travel: $3,300
Building, Food, Lodging: $45,000
Built School
2008, November 11th to December 5th ♦24 Days
Nuku Alofa,Tonga
Travel: $3,500
Building, Food, Lodging: $50,000
Built School
2011, January 4th to February 1st ♦ 28 Days
Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Travel: $3,500
Building, Food, Lodging: $60,000
Built Duplex for St. Benedict's Teachers College
2014, November 13th to December 12th ♦ 29 Days
Wabang, Papua New Guinea
Travel: $3,500
Building, Food, Lodging: $100,000
Built 3, Bd, 2 Ba House for Doctor at Sopas Hospital
TOTAL DAYS: 239 (8 Months)
TOTAL COST: $542,100 funded by Bud Cashen
Doctor's house that was built in Wabang, Papua New Guinea in 2014
At our August 10 meeting, experiences with Bud were shared by Sheri Polak, Bob Einzig, Matt Schaaf, Tom Ludowitz, and Art Pfefferman. RIP Bud. He will be missed by all.
Past president Matt Schaaf
Tom Ludowitz
Past president Sheri Polak
Bob Einzig
Art Pfefferman
Photos by Neal Goldman
Fleet Street will be doing snow cones and there will be plenty of food provided by other clubs.
So we need to know who is going. Carpools will be set up. Please email or call /text Sandy Rosenholz immediately so we can get a count: SR@SeniorResourcesCA.com or 818-359-2125
PS: a must go to event . It is so much fun!
PPS: President Diane will be acting as bartender to earn tips for Foundation. Whichever president collects the most tips will get credit (and our club) for a donation of all tips going to the Rotary International Foundation.
Posted by Dennis McCarthy, Los Angeles Daily News
Pacific Lodge Boys Learn From Positive Male role Models
Positive male role models are scarce for the boys who live at Pacific Lodge in Woodland Hills - a home for troubled adolescents in the foster care system.
They have come from broken homes in neighborhoods where a rap sheet is a badge of honor, and toughness, not smarts, translates into respect.
A few Sunday’s ago, these boys had a chance to meet some of the toughest, most respected male role models in the country – a handful of old combat war veterans who stopped by for a barbecue and a chat, one-on-one.
Under the shade of an old elm tree on a sweltering day, they shared some steak, cole slaw, and potato salad with an extra side of tough love.
In the old days, boys like these were labeled as “wayward kids,” heading for a hard fall. The Dead End kids from the movies – not bad at heart, just too tough and stubborn for their own good.
The men who dropped by to talk with them were even tougher as kids, but they didn’t join gangs and fight each other in the streets. They joined the service and fought for their country.
They didn’t commit burglaries, do drugs, or commit crimes that had a judge sending them to homes like this for one more chance. They got married, had kids, and became role models.
“These boys needed the kind of straight talk us old-timers could give them,” said Ed Reynolds, a Vietnam veteran who dropped by with a handful of World War II and Korean War veterans.
“Some of them are already fathers at 16 or 17,” Reynolds said. “Their fathers failed them, and now they’re on the same road to fail their own kids.
“They’re lost and unsure of where they go from here. They have big ideas, but little know-how in making them happen. We tried to offer realistic suggestions with a lot of tough love thrown in, too.
“Did we make a dent? Yeah, I think so. But one visit won’t do it. We’ll be coming back with even more vets next time because these boys are too important to our future to let fall through the cracks,” Reynolds said.
The meeting was set up by the Rotary Club of Woodland Hills, a hands-on service organization that actively seeks out individuals and groups in its community that need help.
[Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from Dennis McCarthy August 4, 2016 Daily News column.]
Posted by Michael S. Turner, M.S.
Reaching MillennIals
As Rotarians, we are in a unique role. We are the connectors that make it possible for other people to get things done. Sure, we have our own events and programs, but our success is measured by the project we conduct in local and international communities.
Generational change and technology are combining to make much of what we used to do obsolete. So how do Rotarians remain influential in this era? The same way we’ve been for generations before—innovation and adaptation.
Speak the Language
One fundamental challenge Rotarians face with Millennials is their reluctance to join anything. This generation wants to start things, not join things. Their association with Rotary brings with it lots of baggage they don’t want, such as strange greeting rituals, singing, and the same dull programs. So how do you engage Millennials?
Don’t talk about “events” they should attend. Instead, promote the opportunities and experiences Rotary has created for them.
Don’t pitch them a membership the way you always have. Instead, ask them for an investment and be able to describe the return they can expect on that investment.
Don’t ask for “volunteers” for a committee. Instead, invite them to collaborate with fellow Rotarians.
Think words don’t matter? Test these out and see for yourself.
Know your Audience
If your Rotary club wants to cultivate the next generation of Rotarians, you need a sophisticated understanding of who they will be. All young professionals are not the same, and what appeals to some could turn others away. How can you know what they want? Ask them! They will be happy to tell you, and after you listen they will probably offer to help make things happen.
A young professional club is one way to engage Millennials, but beware! They aren’t eager to join things and the programs you offer need to cater specifically to them. What aids a young lawyer in climbing the ladder could be useless to the young entrepreneur who needs professional services and investors for her startup. Get creative and target the right people.
It’s About Culture
Millennials have an almost subliminal obsession with culture, and with finding people, places and organizations that match their values. What are they looking for?
Collaboration - They want a place where individuals can come together and collectively produce something of value. They will give you more in free services than you can imagine, if you can get them excited about the project. How do you get them excited? Engage in a two-way conversation where they feel like they’ve helped to shape the project’s goals.
Distributed Authority - Empowering leaders to feel ownership of projects or experiences will drive them to incredible results. In order to feel the comfort and trust necessary to do this, you need to be very careful who you place in leadership positions. But once you’ve matched the right person with the right project, the rest will take care of itself.
Recognition - After the fun is over you need to spend time thanking those people who made the event or program so great. This does NOT require expensive trinkets (trust me, they don’t want the engraved paperweight), it is about a sincere and personal expression of gratitude. This simple gesture will ensure that person is loyal to your Rotary for their entire career.
Developing a strategy to adapt your Rotary club to match the culture and values of the Millennial generation may seem daunting, but it is essential for you to remain influential. After all, influence is about spurring people to action. You can’t generate activity if no one is listening!
Around the Club Photos by Neal Goldman
Rotary Exchange Student Javier Pineda from Chile with Sandy Rosenholz, who co-chaired the Cowboy Cookout with Lynn Miller.
Past District Governor Les Grossman Inducting Michelle Goldwater as a new member.
August 10 speaker Rhonda Mayer with President Diane Nelson.
Michael Turner, editor ► michael@bearsworth.com
P.O. Box 144 ► Woodland Hills, CA 91365 ► (818) 344-5776
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