President Justin Frisco rang the bell to open the March 18, 2025 luncheon meeting.
After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, guests were introduced including:
- Matthew Pohl, Kiwanis Club of Imperial Beach
- Leslie O'Leary, mother of Claire LeBeau, Foundation President
- Joe Pisano
- Harriet Wolpoff
- Sandy Robertson
- Mary O'Tousa
- Sue Cohn
- Anita McKee
- Denise and Chris Davidson
- Linda Cipriani
- Elaine Eisenberg
- Kelly Riseley
Next, Emily Moberly introduced our speaker, Dr. Kwane Stewart. Dr. Stewart is the founder of Project Street Vet, and he spoke about providing veterinary care to the pets of the unhoused in San Diego and beyond.
Then we welcomed members Ryan Callan and Tim Callan from Callan Capital to give members a Foundation portfolio update.
Membership Chair Wendy Reuben gave an update on our recruiting efforts.
To that end, we welcomed new member Michaelene Abbott-Cooper.
We celebrated these member birthdays:
- March 1 - Joe Sigurdson
- March 17 - Annie Fitzgerald
- March 27 - Louie Ocana
Members gave Bill's Bucks to celebrate:
- Joe Sigurdson - the Boys to Men gala is coming up April 5
- Wendy Reuben - had an amazing vacation
- Brian Krause - looking forward to the Aztecs win and apologies for interrupting the last meeting with a phone call to President Frisco
- Karina Sousa - wonderful remembrance of member Drue Jordan plus amazing service project last weekend
- Lance Grob - father is in good health and an upcoming career fair at Miramar College
Linda Dao won the auction for an SDSU blanket and bobblehead.
Before ending the meeting, we viewed photos of recent events and looked ahead to what's coming.
