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30
Mar
2023
No Speaker - Flag Repair

Mar 30, 2023
30
Mar
2023
5th Thursday Flag Repair Service Project
Mar 30, 2023 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Fifth Thursday Service Project: Flag Repair

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 7:30 am

 

We will meet at the shed at 9405 Buffalo Speedway, Houston to repair and make new flags

06
Apr
2023
Harriett Wasserstrum

Why Texas should adopt Ranked Choice Voting

Apr 06, 2023

Harriet Wasserstrum is Chair of Ranked Choice Voting for Texas, an organization she co-founded in 2019 to advocate for the adoption of this nonpartisan change in voting logistics.

Harriet spent 27 years in banking holding a variety of analytical, relationship management, and operations roles, and ending as Vice Chair, Texas Region, JPMorgan Chase Bank. After retiring from banking, Harriet spent 11 years as President of the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Leadership Forum (ALF), a national network dedicated to building stronger communities by joining and strengthening diverse leaders.

Since retiring in 2014, Harriet’s major pro bono activities include starting an ALF Criminal Justice Fellows Program in collaboration with Leadership Memphis in that city and serving as Chair of ALF-National. Harriet has a B.A. in sociology from Barnard College, Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Inivted by David Redford

harriet.wasserstrum@rcvfortexas.org

832.524.6714

11
Apr
2023
Club Board Meeting
Apr 11, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join
13
Apr
2023
Lupita Herrera

UoH Student Chapter to talk about Nicaragua project.

Apr 13, 2023

 UoH Student Chapter to talk about Nicaragua project.  Invited by Lucy.  Further details forthcoming  

17
Apr
2023
West U Rorary golf tournament
Apr 17, 2023 11:45 AM - 5:30 PM

Our 27th Annual Golf Tournament will be held on April 17th, benefitting Second Servings. Second Servings is a food rescue company founded in 2015 by Barbara Bronstein.  Second Servings have rescued over 10 million pounds of food, saved it from going to the landfill, and fed many very needy charities throughout Houston.

To help Second Servings continue its mission, we have named them to be the beneficiary of our annual Golf Tournament.  It's costing approximately $50,000 annually to operate, fuel, and maintain a fleet of 5 refrigerated vans.  I know many of you have volunteered and see the benefit of what this non-profit is doing.

20
Apr
2023
Kate McCormick

History of West U and Southside Place

Apr 20, 2023

Kate's Presentation:  The Story Behind the Story: How a neighborhood fire forged a bond between West University and Southside Place 

Kate McCormick has been a resident of Southside Place for 26 years. She is the author of two books on the city: a pictorial history entitled Images of America: Southside Place co-authored with Kris Holt and published by Arcadia Publishing; and a children's picture book, Happy: The True Story of a Stray Dog Who Became a Hero published by TCU Press and named a finalist for the 2019 Joan Lowery Nixon Award. 

Most recently, Kate researched and wrote a successful Texas Historical Marker nomination for Southside's Fire Truck Park which is anticipated to be dedicated in 2023.

Kate is a Board Certified labor and employment lawyer in private practice and has been a Municipal Court Judge for the City of Southside Place for over 20 years. She has been on the board of Preservation Houston since 2011, and is its immediate past president.

Kate is the curator of StoryWalk Houston, a page-by-page presentation of a children's picture book along an outdoor path that promotes early literacy,  physical activity and family time together outside. Pop-up StoryWalks have been installed in various parks in West U and in the Southside Place Community Garden as a community service. 

Invited by Kathy Kokas

 

mccormick.kt@att.net

 

27
Apr
2023
No Speaker - Club Social

Apr 27, 2023
04
May
2023
Raj Salhotra

Momentum Education is the perfect time

May 04, 2023

Raj Salhotra is a native Houstonian. He attended Rice University and graduated in 2013 with majors in Economics and Policy Studies. After Rice, he joined Teach For America and was placed at YES Prep Southwest where he taught Pre-Calculus and AP Statistics.  After YES Prep, he attended Harvard Law School where he focused on researching public policy issues and representing tenants being evicted from their homes. After returning to Houston in 2018, Raj deferred a job with Baker Botts to run for Houston City Council At-Large 1. He secured a spot in the runoff; however, ultimately lost to an incumbent. Now, Raj has launched Momentum Education to serve under-resourced high school and college students get to and through college and into the workforce.

Invited by Lisa Bunse

09
May
2023
Club Board Meeting
May 09, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join
11
May
2023
Pete Gershon

History of Smithers Park

May 11, 2023

Bio information forthcoming.  

Invited by David Redford.  

18
May
2023
Mark Solano

Nuro - Autonomous Prius vehicles or RYLA

May 18, 2023

Bio forthcoming. 

Invited by Sharon Williams 

markdsolano@gmail.com

01
Jun
2023
Ann Svendsen

Nutrition "Veggies vs. You"

Jun 01, 2023

NOTE:  A copy of the presentation is in the email folder.  

Ann Svendsen-Sanchez MS, is a fulltime faculty member at the University of Houston. Her area of emphasis is in the field of commercial food production, community nutrition, general nutrition. She has been involved in research on nutrition education in foodbanks.  She has developed school-based gardens, food bank community garden and UH kitchen garden for commercial use.  Svendsen-Sanchez has been published in 2 peer-reviewed journal articles and 4 book chapters. She teaches undergraduate nutrition courses and volunteers doing nutrition education to homeless organization participants.  Svendsen-Sanchez has developed school nutrition education programs for ages pre K to high school for the 4th largest school district in the US.  She developed nutrition education programs for low-income populations in Houston. 

Ann Svendsen-Sanchez received her masters from Texas Woman’s University, Denton Texas. Her research during her Master’s was on Nutritional Indices Predicting Mortality in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

Ann Svendsen-Sanchez has received funding as Director of Nutrition of Programs from national and local donors to educate low-income clients served by Houston Food Bank providing outreach activities.

She received grants thru the Houston Food Bank to provide Serve Safe certification for incarcerated felons learning food service skills at the food bank community kitchen. 

Ann Svendsen-Sanchez mentors undergraduate in unpaid internships for non-profits and homeless shelters providing nutrition education.  Her undergraduate students obtain dietetic internships to become Registered Dietitians/Nutritionist. 

Invited by Lisa Bunse to talk about all your work as a nutritionist for HISD, head of food services for Texas City ISD, leadership at the Houston Food Bank, and professorship at UH. 

13
Jun
2023
Club Board Meeting
Jun 13, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join
11
Jul
2023
Club Board Meeting
Jul 11, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join
08
Aug
2023
Club Board Meeting
Aug 08, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join
12
Sep
2023
Club Board Meeting
Sep 12, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Club members are welcome to join

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