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Dr. Zeltzer is a Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director of the Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, and Past-Medical Director of Trinity KidsCare pediatric hospice. She is also Associate Director of the Patients and Survivors Program in the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, on the steering committee of the UCLA Centers for Integrative Medicine, the UCLA Psychoneuroimmunology Program, and the Center for Neurovisceral Sciences. Her pain program integrates complementary and traditional therapies for treatment of chronic and cancer pain in children, and she studies the development of chronic pain, mind-body-pain connections, and the impact of complementary therapies on chronic pain. She has over 200 publications, including her recently published book, "Conquering your Child's Chronic Pain: a Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood,"(HarperCollins, 2005). She has been an invited expert on the Peter Jennings Show, Today Show, Discovery Channel, and National Public Television, as well as others, including a recent filming for the update of the Bill Moyers' mind-body medicine series ("Good Medicine") on PBS. She and her husband co-hosted the most widely tuned in medical program for WebMD on the internet. She was also featured in a leading Newsweek story on pediatric pain in May 2004, a September 2004 New York Times article on belly pain in children, a February 2005 Time Magazine story on chronic pain, as well as stories about pediatric pain in the Washington Post and in the Boston Globe in March 2005. She and her program were on ABC's Good Morning America and the Evening News with Peter Jennings on May 10. She was featured in a story on pediatric pain in USA Today on May 9 and on NPR's California Report on May 25, 2005.

Join your fellow Rotarians and their family at the Seaside Lagoon on Saturday, August 24th for our annual BOAT RACE. This years event will include our siganture boat races, cornhole games, food contest, and much more. We look forward to seeing you all for some fun fellowship. 

 

Board Directors will share an overview of their roles and plans for the new fiscal year that started on July 1, 2024.   

The Rotary Club of Mental Health & Wellness is excited to announce a new and impactful vocational project, and we would be honored to have you join us in bringing it to life. We are assembling essential vocational kits for 45 dedicated students enrolled in the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) program. These kits will include vital tools such as stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, stopwatches, scrubs, and other supplies that will support them in their studies and training.

This project is more than just providing equipment; it’s about offering hope and opportunity. The students we’re supporting come from underserved communities, and for many of them, this is their last chance— to create a better life and serve others through a career in healthcare. By coming together to assemble these kits, we are helping to empower them to succeed in their journey.

We would love for you to be a part of this initiative. Your participation would not only be greatly appreciated by the students but would also demonstrate the power of community and support. Together, we can make a meaningful impact on the lives of these future healthcare professionals.

For those of you that can't attend in person. Please feel free to email us some heartfelt motivational messages for the students so that we can include them in the kits on your behalf. 

Please join us for this special assembly event:

Date: 09/21/24 

Time: 1:00PM-3:00PM

Location: Shaar Residence

Thank you for being a part of our Rotary family and for all that you do to make our world a better place.

You’re Invited! Distribution Day for Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Kits

After much planning, preparation, and your generous support, we are thrilled to announce the distribution day for the vocational kits that will empower 45 incredible students enrolled in the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) program.

These kits, filled with essential tools like stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, scrubs, and more, symbolize more than just equipment—they represent hope, opportunity, and the belief that every one of these students has the potential to succeed and make a lasting impact in their communities.

We would be honored to have you join us as we hand over these kits to the students. This will be a day of celebration, connection, and inspiration. Your presence at this event will not only bring smiles to the faces of these future healthcare professionals but will also show them the strength and support of our Rotary community. Let’s come together to celebrate this important milestone and to wish these students well as they take the next steps in their journey.

Please note, we will begin the distribution at the East LA campus, followed by a visit to the Hawthorne campus. We hope you can attend one or both of these events, as your presence will make the day even more meaningful for the students. 

Please contact our Service Projects Co-Chair for the event, Joseph Delgado for more informaiton at 626-506-6847

Louise co-founded Luminary Impact Fund to make grants and investments in ventures focused on family mental health and wellness.  Previously, she co-founded Peer Health Exchange, Inc., an organization that helps fill a gap left by underfunded, understaffed health education programs in public high schools nationwide. As chief executive officer, Louise was primarily responsible for leading Peer Health Exchange’s national growth to show up for more young people, building and managing the Peer Health Exchange staff and boards, raising funds and providing fiscal and organizational oversight. At Yale University, her alma mater, she co-founded and directed Community Health Educators, the student volunteer program out of which Peer Health Exchange grew. Louise is an Aspen Entrepreneurial Education Fellow and an Ashoka Fellow. She sits on the Board of Directors of Cow Hollow School and America Achieves. Louise graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History. She lives in SF with her husband and three sons.

Dr. Angela Glymph was selected as the CEO of Peer Health Exchange in 2023.  She joined Peer Health Exchange (PHE)in 2014 and for the past 10 years, Dr. Glymph has led the organization through significant programmatic transformations, which has been guided by her strong belief to align to evidence- and stakeholder-informed practices. She and another executive leader co-developed PHE's current strategic plan, which is a bold and unprecedented vision to reach hundreds of thousands of young people in the places and spaces in which they say they need and want to be reached. . She has demonstrated her strong commitment to centering young people's voices within and outside of PHE in an effort to advance health equity for the most marginalized young people in our country. She previously held the position of President of the Youth Health Equity Collaborative (YHEC) business unit at PHE, where she fundraised for and maintained a budget of $7mil. In her former role, Dr. Glymph set the vision and plan for PHE’s work in addressing the health equity and education needs of over 15,000 young people annually in schools and communities across the country in partnership with the former CEO, board, YHEC Executive leadership, and young people.

Rita Boccuzzi, also known as Mamma Rita Money, is CEO of Flourish Inc, a Safe Money Expert, Coach, Speaker, Executive Vice President of Five Rings Financial, Philanthropist and Humanitarian. She is passionately committed to her mission of educating and empowering five million women and their families in the next five years around money. Her focus is education based self-development around the behavior, knowledge, and skill set associated with money. She educates people with a holistic and transformational approach connecting them with their money’s purpose and how to protect it through mindset mastery to skill set mastery. Her belief is that a financially educated society is an empowered and elevated society. Together, we get to raise our financial intelligence and flourish. She has been featured on KTLA Morning News, the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles Business Journal, Voyage LA, and an Honoree "Women in Business" Most Inspirational Legislative Awards. She is a co-author of “Wine, Women, & Wealth – Inspirational stories of women who got their financial act together” and “50 Empowering Wealth & Financial Mind-$hifts.” You can find her as a guest on podcasts and as a speaker at summits and conferences.

Save the date for the 2024 Foundation Celebration! 

Join Us for an Exciting Trivia Night! 🎉

📅 Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024  
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM  
📍 Location: Avignone’s Lounge

Get ready for a fun-filled evening of trivia, prizes, and camaraderie! Put your knowledge to the test and compete for exciting prizes, all while supporting a great cause. 

🎟️ Cost: $35 per person  
All proceeds benefit the Rotary Club of Mental Health & Wellness.

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Don't miss out! Gather your friends and join us for a fun night and giving back to the community. 

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Dear Club members,

Please consider the Rise Against Hunger Rotary event on Saturday, 11/09 at the YMCA in Torrance.  The objective is to provide 50,000 meals to individuals across the globe who have suffered manmade and natural disasters. Volunteers are needed and there is no age limit, so this is an easy way to start the season of giving with your friends and loved ones. If you are unable to attend, please consider making a donation on behalf of our club. 

Dear Rotary Club of Mental Health & Wellness Members

In the spirit of gratitude, we warmly invite you to our Friendsgiving potluck on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 3:00 PM at the Shaar residence.

Let’s come together to celebrate our friendships, share our favorite dishes, and reflect on the meaningful work we’ve done together. Please RSVP by 11/09/24 and let us know what dish you'll bring on our Friendsgiving Potluck Sign-Up Sheet.

We look forward to a wonderful afternoon of good food, laughter, and gratitude!

Greta is a VC backed entrepreneur with media roots as an award-winning filmmaker. She has spent the last 12+ years working at the intersection of media, technology (focus on AI for 5+ years) and mental health, building B2C and B2B2C products. Currently, she is CEO/founder of Blue Fever, a mental health AI companion and well-being community for Gen Z/Alpha. BF has been named Apple’s App of the Day and supported millions of people. The platform is a front door mental health solution and navigation tool that provides a bridge between the mental health needs of young people and the resources that can best support them. Most recently, Greta has been recruited as a technology expert to advise Congress’ AI Caucus and support proposed trust and safety policy meant to protect youth mental health and data privacy. She has given testimony in the senate and and continues to be active in the movement to bring accountability to big tech. She is also a public speaker who has been on panels and given keynotes for: SXSW, Google, Headstream Innovation Festival, Silicon Beach Festival, Techstars and universities like: USC, UCLA and NYU. She has been featured in Techcrunch, Forbes, CBS, Fox, NBC, Spectrum News, Nylon, the Masters of Scale Podcast, Product Lab Podcast and other mental health/startup podcasts.

Jennifer is the founder of Promly.  She has been a therapist for teens and young adults for 20 years. She specializes in treating high risk adolescents. Jennifer has been an assistant principal and featured on podcasts. She has also served as a board member and provides consultation with numerous schools and agencies, including Center for Humane Tech (“The Social Dilemma”) on best practices for teens and tech, 2020. Jennifer speaks publicly on a variety of mental health concerns; she most recently spoke to members of Congress about the harmful effect of YouTube’s suicide “how-to” videos. Jennifer loves TikTok dances, is a huge fan of Gen Z, and feels like life would be better if every room had a disco ball.

Guity Javid's experience spans to thirty-eight years in banking, investments, and structured finance.  Javid is the founder and President of Hutton Capital.   She was Senior Managing Director and co-founder of Spring Street Capital.   Prior to that she was a Senior Vice President and manager of the Western U.S. for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Senior Vice President and Manager of Western U.S. Corporate Banking for Wells Fargo Bank/First Interstate Bank, Western Region Manager for CIT Business Credit, Managing Director at Chase Manhattan Bank and Vice President at Citicorp.  She is also a mediator with emphasis in business, bankruptcy, cross cultural, and diversity matters since 2006.  She graduated from University of California at Berkeley in Business Administration.  She is a member of Rancho Park Rotary Club since January 1991.  She served as the President and numerous other positions in her club and district 5280.  She was an investor with an angel organization focused in women owned businesses. Javid co-chaired the first American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life" in Beverly Hills. She has also served on various not-for-profit boards. 

This is a district event. For more information or to register for the event, please visit the district website: https://rotary5280.org/

Lina Sergie Attar was a visiting fellow with the Muslim Diaspora Initiative at New America and the founder and CEO of Karam Foundation. She is a Syrian-American architect and writer from Aleppo. Sergie Attar is a co-founder of the How Many More? project and she serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Syria Campaign. She was named one of GOOD magazine's 2016 Good 100 for Karam's innovative work with Syrian refugees. Her articles and essays have been published in The Atlantic, BBC, Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, New York Times, and Politico. She has appeared on BBC, CNN, Huffington Post, NBC, and NPR, and she has given a TEDx talk. Sergie Attar has spoken about the Syrian humanitarian crisis at schools, universities, and institutions including: Aspen Institute, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, King's Academy in Jordan, New America, The New School, Northwestern University, Phillips Exeter Academy, Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Chicago.

Born and raised in Portland, OR, to parents committed to community activism and educating underprivileged youth, Remi Sobomehin has always known that education was the field in which his life would be committed. After Stanford, Remi spent his career devoted to the community of East Palo Alto, as a school leader and director at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, until launching Ambition. Remi has two kids, Jaiye (5) and Kemi (3) with his wife Kendra. They live in East Palo Alto.