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Lara Aki, pictured here with club President Alice Shiozawa and Kathi Baldwin is an engagement coordinator for School on Wheels. School on Wheels is a local non-profit providing youth in the counties throughout Southern California free year-round one-on-one tutoring at any library, park or other quiet space.

Another terrific TOP Soccer Festival! Volunteers from the community, Placentia Police, Miss Yorba Linda and Miss Placentia, Anaheim Hills Rotary, Placentia Rotary, and many others pitching in to make the event a fun and lively event.

This year the Rotary Club of Placentia, through the enthusiastic work of Membership Chair Debye Payne grew the second most in the entire District. of fifty clubs!

Our own Lisa Pacheco is a busy lady! Until her retirement a few weeks ago, Lisa taught English at Diamond Bar High School. She also teaches driving and is a ride-share driver through both Lyft and Uber.

Rotrians, using funds from a District matching gran,t restocked the Blessing Box at Kraemer Park. The grant monies will provide food throughout this year.

Our Kathi Baldwin is a long-standing member, and previous president, of the PRTWC. She provided us with information about the organization. The Placentia chapter first met in 1902.

Our Dental Clinic was held this past Saturday at Oberle Gym. Five dentists saw 88 patients. Services included x-rays, cleaning, filling cavities,and extractions.

A Paul Harris is awarded to anyone who donates $1,000 to the Rotary International Fund. Last week Lisa Pacheco was presented with her Paul Harris +4 pin in recognition of her fifth such donation.

The Placentia Chamber of Commerce celebrated it's 100th anniversary, AND Placentia Founders Society it's 50th on Saturday April 13. Due to the threat of rain, the festivities were moved to the Backs Building. Congratulations to both entities for their long-enduring contributions to our city!

On vacation in October 2017 Sargent Gillis attended a concert in Las Vegas now known as the Route 91 shooting. He recognized the need for a peer support group.

The new HOPE Center (Homeless Outreach & Proactive Engagement) has created a unified "hub" to align outreach efforts in efficient response to non-emergency situations, addressing welfare, protective custody, and safety concerns.

Teri Neibuhr is a 25-active member of the Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament and Learning School. This the site of the Santa Angelina Apartment Homes. The project includes a new, improved facilities for the church; new parish hall and a new preschool building with a lunchroom for the children.

The Rotary Club of Placentia's Community Service Initiative awards for those platforms most closely aligned with our Avenues of Service went to 1st place Miss Jillian Marquez, 2nd Miss Alyssa August, 1st place Teen Julianne Rocke, and 2nd Place Teen Jocelyn Barber.

We were introduced to this year's pageant candidates for Miss Placentia/Miss Yorba Linda. Each of candidate shared their school and platform.

Several community business and persons were recognized at the Chamber's 58th Annual Excellence in Placentia last week, including our own Nelida Mora. Nelida's business, Nelida Mora Real Estate was nominated for Woman-Owned Bussiness of the Year.

Jeanette Contreras, an alum of our Rotary Club, is the Director of the Placentia Library. The Library was established decades before the founding of the city. Highlights include the Library of Things - offers items to lend which you can't rent elsewhere and the Memory Lab- where photos and film can be digitized.

Lil Trout has been with Bikers Against Child Abuse for five years. BACA provides support for children who have been abused. BACA has chapters in every county in California and every state.

By utilizing tips from the Tamale Festival, the Rotary Club of Placentia was able to supplement District Grant funds and purchase non-perishable food items for the five Blessing Boxes located throughout the town. These sheltered, unlocked boxes are stocked with food to assist anyone in need within the community.

December was a very busy month for the Rotary Club of Placentia. We collected food for families in Placentia, provided Santa visits at the Tamale Festival, and cookie decorating at the Whitten Center.

Thanks to everyone who donated food for the families in Placentia. It seemed there were many more families than in past years, but the donated food lasted through the giveaway!