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After 100 years, Coral Gables Woman’s Club is thriving as its members serve our community with the club’s free children’s dental clinic and countless outreach programs and initiatives. With more than 90 members, they should reach 100 by year end.
Membership chair Kim Davison is doing her part and making sure members stay in touch and participate. In fact, Kim and past president Myra Dominguez coordinated a “Good Vibes” event for new members, prospective members and others that proved to be a fun night for all on Aug. 30.
Next up, September began with a general meeting on Sept. 6 at the clubhouse and on Monday, Sept. 11, a mixer at DocB’s, coordinated by fundraising chair Rita Tennyson to benefit the Coral Gables Police and Fire departments.
On the topic of service clubs, the Rotary Club of Coral Gables (RCCG) always is staying on top of current issues with their guest speakers thanks to the efforts of RCCG past president Felix Pardo. As AI has been the topic on everyone’s radar, they have had two guest speakers on the topic recently including attorney Fred Woodbridge. Fred, husband of club past president Yolanda Woodbridge, always is a big draw whenever he speaks to the Rotary Club of Coral Gables (RCCG).
Of particular interest on Aug. 24, Fred shared insight on ethics and liability issues for those using AI/GPTChat. Turns out, reading the fine print when you accept the terms and conditions leaves you, not GPTChatAI, liable, so, be careful with what you use.
RCCG’s Yolanda Woodbridge had a busy week organizing the RCCG’s new member mixer on Aug. 22, at Season’s 52, in Coral Gables. With a small group of new members and some officers, the intimate setting provided a great way to bond with new members including Jenny Azcuy, Dipak Joshi, Gui and Amanda Fujisawa with baby Guilia, and Mitchell Zuriarrain. Others attending the affair with this writer were past presidents Felix Pardo, Sally Baumgartner; president-elect Jim Skinner, and Immediate past president Ana Fournaris. With president Frank Sexton unable to attend, Ana took charge of program of self-introductions as everyone enjoyed wine, flat breads and more.
In other news, Dr. Beatriz Gonzalez, president of Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus, recently joined us on Gloria’s Gab LIVE to give an update on MDC and share information on partnerships and programs. Now in her fifth year and under her watch, Dr. Gonzalez has spearheaded the effort to promote the college’s short term certificates program to upskill our workforce.
The New Student Center (NSC) team works on developing community partnerships to make these free programs available to residents. In fact, the NSC team has been working with Lotus House since October 2022 and so far has enrolled 19 women in certificate programs.
Partnering with Mami-Dade County’s Human Resources Department, county job descriptions have been reclassified to align with MDC’s certificate and AA programs. MDC has truly been remarkable in this effort to upskill our workforce.
For more information, visit https://www.mdc.edu/skillup/.
Until next time, share your talents, make a difference and be kind!
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