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As summer is upon us, our local service organizations are busy volunteering and planning for the coming club year. While most clubs take a little break as people vacation and kids are out of school, those who remain active for members who stay in town are busier than ever.
Members of the Coral Gables Woman’s Club with friends and family are off on an 8 day/7 night fundraising cruise this week that makes a stop in Roatan, Honduras, where members will perform a day of service delivering school supplies to an elementary school in need on July 1. Roatan is the hometown of club member Rita Tennyson. Rita, owner R Catering and Birdie Bistro, hosted a Sunday brunch for volunteers at her restaurant to prepare the backpacks and fill them with donated school supplies for the school. Among the volunteers were Vivian Garcia, Dr. Iris Torres, Ruth Martinez, Rita Tennyson, Barbara Lapsley, and Martha Black. Those interested in learning more about this dynamic group and possibly joining, can visit www.gfwccoralgablesowmansclub.org. Look for more on that day of service in Roatan in our July papers.
Prior to the club’s cruise on MSC World America, Coral Gables Woman’s Club’s Arts & Culture Chair Alex Guillen has arranged the first in a series of arts programs that will also serve as mini fundraisers. This first program, called Women in Music, featured the music of three female composers. As guests enjoyed drinks with the option of purchasing a bite from Charcuterie Bree, there was time to socialize before a beautiful two-part program featuring Duo Vizcaya’s string quartet. After intermission, during which everyone sang happy birthday to the club’s Past President Linda Hartwell, Duo Vizcaya’s founder Madison Ryan played violin with marimba accompaniment to a standing ovation. Kudos to Alex Guillen, a great physical therapist in real life, a woman of many talents whose first event in a series speaks to her talents as well as her organizational and leadership skills. In fact, the club held its July 18 Gringo Bingo where Alex Guillen once again stepped up to fill in as DJ with a packed house at Birdie Bistro complementing Vivo’s Steven Bradley as emcee. With a portion of the proceeds directed to the Out Of Foster Foundation, OOFF’s founder Rudy Bustamente was in hand with supporters with ongoing event sponsors Lynn Bauer, Dr. Hal Wanless, Jerry Kavulich, Carlos and Mayra Rossi, Tom and Kim Davison, Dr. Jose Chaviano and Miami’s Community Newspapers.
Aside from Gringo Bingo on June 18, earlier that day the Greater Miami Festivals and Events Association (GMFEA) held its annual conference at the beautiful Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment in Hialeah. A Wizard of Oz theme opened the event up to lots of fun. Among the many members of this group is the Coconut Grove Arts Festival whose Executive Director Camille Marchese was a recent guest on my show. Marchese sits on the GMFEA board, so our focus was on GMFEA. That is such a great resource for keeping up with trends in the industry and for vendors looking to promote and party planners looking for entertainment and venues. More on the upcoming issues in my next column and at festivalsmiami.org.
Coco Plum Woman’s Club is busy with committee meetings as well this summer and took time on June 14 to plant flags around their flagpole for Flag Day. Meantime, Rotarians like Robert Bull from Pinecrest Rotary are busy taking care of our environment with coastal clean ups and more. Many Rotary Clubs are installing new officers over the summer as well. The Rotary Club of Coral Gables is busy with several ongoing programs from monthly bingo games for our veterans at the VA Hospital to those coastal clean ups, school supplies drives and more. Coming up soon RCCG president, Jim Skinner, will turn the gavel over to president-elect, Greg Petrino.
More on these events and others over the summer.
Finally, here are dates to save on your calendar:
August TBA –Young Entrepreneur’s Showcase at International Mall
September 25 – 28 – General Federation of Woman’s Club FL Fall Board, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, FL
October 4 – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. –Bowling Tournament at Bird Bowl, 19275 SW 40 St, to benefit Family Resource Center www.frcflorida.org
October 4 – Out of Foster Foundation /Citrus Family Care Network’s “Hope Under the Stars Gala” at Trump National Resort, 7 p.m.., for info www.outoffoster.org
October 24 – The Home Team 10th Anniversary Masquerade 5 – 9 p.m., $500 pp
October 25 – Alfalit International Groove Ball (1960’s attire), Trump National Resort, Cocktails start 6:30 p.m., contact- info@alfalit.org
October 31 – Voices for Children Annual Luncheon at Loews Coral Gables
November 7 – AFP National Philanthropy Day Luncheon – Jungle Island.
November 14 – GFWC FL District 11 Meeting – Miami Springs Woman’s Club
November 13 – Miami Lighthouse’s “See the Light” luncheon at The Biltmore Hotel. For information contact Cameron Sisser at csisser@miamilighthouse.org.
In closing, remember to count your blessings, share a kind word and a smile, and make a difference!
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