We inducted our newest member last Thursday.  Bob Blisten, a former Rotarian, was officially inducted into the GVN Rotary  Club.  Congratulations Bob.  We are very happy to have you join us.

We met a group of Venezuelan Rotarians who were soliciting a donation to buy a new Rotary Bell for the Valera Rotary Club, located in the State of Trujillo, in the western part of the country.  One of the members have kept in contact with me all along and coordinated all the details.  Due to the difficult political situation and the humanitarian crisis that the country is going through, she works in Colombia and travels to Venezuela every two weeks to attend the Rotary meetings.  Their Bell had been stolen probably to resell as cooper.  Rotary Bells are copyrighted and can not be reproduced without the consent of Rotary International.  My husband, Les reminded me we had a Bell at home from our former NSFV/Panorama City Club RC merged with the Van Nuys Rotary Club.  

I wanted to polish the Bell before sending it, but the Rotarians felt that it was a relic and felt tremendously honored to inherit it, as it was.  The Venezuelan Rotarians are very active and have been extremely grateful and excited about their new Bell and have made us feel very proud to experience the human connection and the true spirit of Rotary.

 

 

 

 

Lisa Miller, was the guest speaker at our regular meeting recently.  Her topic of discussion was on Cryptocurrency.  She has given us permission to post her article/paper on our website. 

  Lisa Miller and Raul Castillo after the presentation of her article at our meeting

 

A Ripple in Time: Early Cryptocurrency Adopters Earn Advantages

Our annual "Service Above Self" event will take place on April 25, 2019 at the Odyssey Restaurant, located at 15600 Odyssey Drive, Granada Hills, CA.  Event starts from 6:00PM - 9:15PM.  For  your information, there are great items listed for the live auction and you will not be disappointed.  Looking forward to see everyone at the event.  Mark your calendar please.

 

Chellie Campbell was the guest speaker at our meeting last week.  In addition to other things she talked about,  was peoples beliefs about money.  According to her, "much of what is passed along about money is negative, therefore, we need to reprogram our minds with positive beliefs about money".  She encourages people to repeat positive statements each day.  Below are some of the positive statements if repeated daily, can  change peoples consciousness about prosperity. Below are some of her prosperity affirmations.

People love to give me money, I am rich and wonderful, I am now earning a great big income doing what satisfies me, My affirmations work for me, whether I believe they will or not, I am a money magnet, I am a big winner, all my dues are paid in full something wonderful is happening to me, and many more. For more on Chellie Campbell, visit her at www.chellie.com

 

Congratulations to Recipients of GVNR Club Scholarship through the LAVC Foundation for 2018/2019 school year.

 

 

 

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Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club partnered again this year with the Laborers’ Local 300 Union to award scholarships to children of union members in Los Angeles.  This year over 50 young adults received scholarship to attend various universities/colleges throughout the country.  In the words of Sergio Rascon, “this annual event is important to all of us because it expresses our commitment to a brighter future for our sons and daughters.  Through education, these beautiful young women and men will gain the power to shape the world in ways we can only imagine”.

 

Greater Van Nuys Rotary is happy to contribute this year again to making this possible.  Our club is a service club established in 1825, and has been serving the communities of Van Nuys, Pacoima, San Fernando, Mission Hills, Chatsworth, Reseda, Panorama City, North Hills, Lake Balboa, Arleta, Sylmar, and Lakeview Terrace.

 

Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club salutes the scholars of Laborers’ Local 300.

 

Below are pictures from the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Renee Michelle Gordon was a guest speaker at our regular meeting held recently.  Dr. Renee is a renowned author and has written several books as well as being an international speaker.  Some of her books include; Five Simple Steps to Attract Your Soulmate Within 90 Days, Finding your Love at Last, and is currently working on her next book, Finding Your Love at Last Duets, Five Simple Steps to Creating harmony and Love in Your Marriage due out later in 2018.

As president and founder of Love at Last, Dr. Renee Michelle Gordon believes, “We help singles and couples build strong relationships by teaching them to first know and love themselves in order to have the best life possible”.  Further, her passion is to first help people find their perfect match as well as helping couples rediscover their love and spark in a harmonious way that impacts the quality to the rest of their work and personal lives.

 

According to Dr. Renee, LOVE is everything, Love is open to possibilities, Love is everlasting; Love is the everlasting center of being here on earth; Love is beautiful; Love is kind; Love is whatever you want it to be. We all have the capacity to love.  However, we must start by loving ourselves first.