Jan 01    HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Jan 04    Meeitng: Club Assembly

Jan 11    Meeting: Guest will be the visiting Korean High School students.   

Jan 18    Meeting: Kim De Broux will give a presentation about the “Visioning Training” that is available for local Rotary clubs.

Jan 24    State of the City Luncheon: at 11:30AM at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 11767 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove.  RSVP by Monday Jan 19, 2012 by email to Elizabeth Rodarte: elizabeth@gardengrovechamber.org or by phone 714-638-7950.  The cost is $35.00/person.

Jan 25    Meeting: Gary Foxen, Donate Life, Organ transplant recipient & donor support group.  Founder of the Donate Life Rose Parade Float.   

Feb 01    Meeting: Steven Kuykendall, candidate for U.S. Congress will discuss redistricting, the new open primary system and the race he is in.

Feb 08    Meeting: Matt Kinley from the law firm of Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle in Long Beach will speak about the legal challenge to Obamacare that is before the US Supreme Court.

Feb 12    Sweetheart Dinner: 5 PM, Park Avenue Restaurant, 11200 Beach Boulevard, Stanton, CA 90680-3221.  Cost $65.00/person.

Feb 15    No Meeting: DARK

Feb 22   Meeting: Mark Ladney from the Garden Grove Public Works Dept will talk about two volunteer programs the city runs:  the monthly Graffiti Paint Out (Project GO) and the monthly Adopt a Park clean up program.

Feb 29    Meeting:

Mar 07    Meeting: Club Assembly

Mar 10    Rotary District Assembly will be held from 8:00 AM to Noon at Chapman University in Orange.  It is a training session for Garden Grove members of the 2012-13 Board of Directors/Officers.

Mar 14    Meeting:

Mar 22    Meeting:

Mar 28    Meeting:

Apr 04    Meeting: Club Assembly

Apr 11    Meeting:

Apr 25    Meeting:

Apr 27    Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp (RYLA)  Friday April 27, 2012 - Sunday April 29, 2012  Idyllwild Pines, California

May 02    Meeting: Club Assembly 

May 09    Meeting:

May 16    Meeting:

May 23    Meeting:

May 30    Meeting:

June 01    District Conference - Fri Jun 01- Sun Jun 03 - Long Beach Hilton

Jun 06    No Meeting: DARK

Jun 13    Meeting:

Jun 20    Meeting:

Jun 27    Meeting:      

PAST CLUB CALENDAR, ACTIVITIES OF 2011

Jan 01    HAPPY NEW YEAR! To see our Rose Parade float and the fun we had decorating it click here

Jan 05    Meeitng: (Board assembly at 1100)

Jan 12    Meeting: Guest will be the visiting Korean High School students.   

Jan 19    Meeting: Robert Wonsch, private investigator

Jan 25   State of the City Luncheon: at 11:30AM at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 11767 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove.  RSVP by Monday Jan 17 to 714-638-7950.  The cost is $32.00/person

Jan 26    Meeting: Jackie Slater, former football player for the RAMS

Feb 02    Dark, No meeting

Feb 05    Rotary Club Seetheart Dinner at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, $70/person. RSVP to Errol or Harry K.    (Correction: price for the Sweetheart dinner was posted in error it is now correct at $70.00/person including tip and tax)

Feb 09    Meeting: Rae Schirer, business law attorney and District Governor Elect.  She will speak to us about recent legislation that has an impact on business.

Feb 16     Meeing: Larry Dick, owner of Riddle Appliance here in Garden Grove.  He'll speak to us about our Orange County water supply.

Feb 23    Dark: No Meeting.

Feb 24/28  Mexico trip!  Depart LAX at 1035.

Feb 24    You are invited to an open house at the Concorde Career College Dental Hygiene Clinic, 12951 Euclide Street, Garden Grove from 4:00 until 8:00 PM.  Please call Ms Eileen Derr at 714-620-1031 to confirm your attendance.

Mar 01    Gem Theater Night,  Program sales deadline

Mar 02    Meeting:

Mar 05    Training Session at Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA for all incoming officers.  Follow the signs and banners.  The school bell rings at 0900.  Don't be late for class.

Mar 09    Meeting: "One Time Special Good Deal"  We will be meeting at Jay's Catering,  10581 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843.  Same time, different station.   Please bring a friend.  Tour of the facility

Mar 16     Meeting: Joe Voltarel, owner of Nicholas Chevrolet.

Mar 23    Meeting: Robert Piccioni who is an expert on Albert Einstein

Mar 30    Meeting: Speaker: Nick Novak of the Tiger Woods Learning Center.

Apr 03     Gem Theater Night:  "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"  To see picture report of the
             night click here:  http://www.gardengroverotary.org/Activities/gemtheater.html

Apr 06     Meeting: Dwight Tomkins, attorney to speak on estate planning.

Apr 12      Meeting: Don Napolitano is talking about the US Coast Guard.

Apr 14/23  Trip to Anyang, Korea a Sister Cities event.

Apr 19      Pending:

Apr 26     Pending:

Apr 29     District Conference, Hospitality Suite,  Hilton Hotel, 18800 MacArthur Boulevard, Irvine, CA.  (Conference ends,              May 01)     Register NOW for Rotary District 5320 Conference - April 29, 2011  Interactors and Rotaractors!
                    Register Here!
                    http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Main.cfm?FuseAction=Event&EventID=77157005&UserID=800183984

May 04    Dark!

May 11     Dark!

May 18    Meeting: Jordan Buenefe gave a thank you presentation for the support he recieved from the club for a beautification project.

May 22    Speakeasy: The May 25 edition of the Speakeasy is out.  Click here to read it.

May 25    Meeting: Annual Sixth Grader Awards and Decorations Luncheon.  Please note the meeting place has changed.  We will be meeting one time only at the Hyatt Hotel at Harbor and Chapman.

Jun 01     Meeting: Pete and Helen Maxwell from District will talk about a Rotary International matching grant.

Jun 08    Meeting: Lunch date with Miss Garden Grove.  Leah Cecil will be our guest.

Jun 15     Metting: Ted Hayes ex-Black Panther to talk about life in the big city.

Jun 22    Meeting: Arshad Rokerya to talk about the banking business today.

Jun 27    July Speakeasy is out!  Click here to go there: http://www.gardengroverotary.org/Activities/2011.07spkeasy.html

Jun 29    Meeting: Kevin and Tish Voellen to talk on the recent exchange student visit to Anyang, Korea

July 06   Meeting: All hands assembly

July 13   Meeting: Sam Allevato will speak on "The Great Park"

July 18   August Speakeasy is out.  Click here to go there:  http://www.gardengroverotary.org/Activities/2011.08spkeasy.html

July 20   Meeting: Douglas Beniot EdD, Dean at Orange Coast College, the conditions at the community college system.
            Miss Garden Grove selection at 5:30 PM at the Grove Body Shop, 10242 Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92843. 

July 22    It is Settled!  THE DEMOTION-PROMOTION DINNER HAS BEEN SET, JULY 22, 2011.  I will be held on Friday evening at 6 p.m. at The Riviera at the Fireside, 13950 Springdale Street, Westminster, CA 92683.  Phone 714-897-0477.   Please RSVP to Don Alaxander by July 1st.  To see pictures of the event click here http://www.gardengroverotary.org/Activities/Promotion2011/promote2011.html

Jul 27    Meeting:  Dr Jim Boyce spoke about the tornado devastation in Joplin, Missouri.

Aug 03   Meeting: Leah Cecil, Miss Garden Grove and Runner-up in Miss California, will talk about her experience at the Miss California Contest. 

Aug 10    Meeting: Board at 11:00, Club assembly at noon.  In addition, the City of Garden Grove will make a short presentation about the Moving Wall (Vietnam War Memorial) coming to Garden Grove.

Aug 17    Meeting: Cheryl Scott form OC Sanitation District    

Aug 20    Rotary Night at the Ball Park (Saturday Evening) Angels vs Balimore.  Game time 6:05 pm.  Please contact Bryon Holt for tickets and seating preference.
Miss Garden Grove Contest at the Marriott Hotel, Harbor and Chapman, Garden Grove. The starting time is 7 PM.

Aug 24    Meeting: Past District Govenor, Lane Calvert to speak on Rotary's New Avenue of Service with Youth.

Aug 31    Meeting: OC Transportation Authority, construction upgrades to 405, 605 and 22 freeways

Sep 07    Meeting: All hands Club Assembly

Sep 14    Meeting: C. Walter Gruenig from the Monarch Beach Sunrise Club will talk about various humanitarian activities of U.S. servicemen.

Sep 21      Meeting: Former member John Bushman will talk about the Lone Pine Film Festival.
Sep 28     Meeting: Laura Schwalm, Ph.D. Superintendent, Garden Grove Unified School District  

Oct 01    Steak Dinner Fund Raiser for pictures click here

Oct 05    Meeting: Dark

Oct 12     Meeting: District Gov. Greg Owen

Oct 19     Meeting: David Cisneros, representing the American Egg Board, will tell us how eggs can be good for us

Oct 26    Meeting: Herb Trumpoldt, past president and past district governor 92-93, spoke on eradication of polio in India.

Nov 02    Meeting: Club Assembly

Nov 09    Meeting: Representative from the Oriental Cultural and Media Center.

Nov 16       Meeting: West County Connectors Project (overview of the construction at the junction of the 22, 405 & 605 Fwys)

Nov 19    Rotary Foundation Dinner: Old Ranch Country Club, 3901 Lampson Ave., Seal Beach, CA at 5 PM. 
            Steve Larson has the details; email him at cityboy@socal.rr.com  or register online at http://www.rotary5320.org/

Nov 23    No Meeting, Dark

Nov 30    Meeting: Pilot from the Goodyear Blimp


Dec 04    Christmas Holiday Party: New Location!  Mr. Stox Restaurant, 1105 E Katella Ave., Anaheim, at 5 PM.
                   Howard Kunihiro has all the details: email him at kunidoc@aol.com.  For a link to the party, click here.

Dec 07    Meeting: Deepa Bharath, investigative reporter for the Orange County Register

Dec 14    Meeting: to be determined

Dec 21    No Meeting, Dark

Dec 28    No Meeting, Dark   















CLUB CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2010

Dec 01    Meeting: (no Board meeting): Speaker from Orange County Council on Aging: long term care insurance.

Dec 08    Meeting: speaker Jim DeBoom: Navigating the District website

Dec 11    CLUB PARTY:  Marriott Hotel @ 1730 (5:30PM)

Dec 15     Meeting: Speaker, Don Napolitano from the US Coast Guard: normal duties and dealing with terrorism.

Dec 22     Meeting: Speaker, Kathleen Ely, Family Support Network

Dec 29     DARK (Christmas Holiday)

Dec 30    Rose Parade Float Decoration Project.  Bus leaves from the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, at 0645 (6:45 AM).  We should be back by 1730 (5:30PM).  What a fun day!
To see what we did click here.