Club 2151 Awards Recognition

On Saturday, May 3rd I attended the Founder’s District 2014 Spring Conference and am pleased to recognize club members who were given awards at the conference.

A special pin was created for the Distinguished Member Program award which recognizes the commitment and persistence needed to earn this award; three members qualified for the DMP designation:

Bill Harmon former club president earned his CC in September and CL award in October of 2013 to become a DMP. In addition Bill earned the Advanced Leader Bronze designation in Feb. of 2014 which earned him the Triple Crown Award!

 Rose Abbott earned the CC and ALB designations in 2013-2014

Kim Acedo earned the Advanced Communicator Bronze and Competent Leadership in 2013-2014

Krystal Rose who is our club VP of PR was the rock star of the conference winning three VPPR achievement awards:

1.       1^st Place the Founder’s Film Award (awarded to our club) production team: Krystal Rose, Vernon Budinger, Sonja-Sophie and Leslie Shuy

2.       2^nd Place VP PR Achievement Award

3.       2^nd Place Diamond Web Award

Our club also won a $10 Toastmasters Gift Certificate for “Beat the Clock” membership contest, and Michelle Bender was recognized for her contribution to the District newsletter and won best decorated table.

We are proud of our member achievement which honors our club and distinguishes us over 200 clubs in the Founders District and over 4,000 members. Please give a virtual round of applause to our distinguished TM members and club! ~ Rose Abbott VP of Education

WINNERS OF SPEECH CONTEST ANNOUNCED

Please congratulate the winners of our Humorous and Evaluation Contest:

Evaluation Contest: 1st place – Shannon O’Connell; 2nd Place – Joshua Cuy (Joshua will represent us at the B2/B3 Contest). Humorous Contest: 1st Place – Daniel Ryan; 2nd Place – Philip Chiao

Unfortunately, Dan and Philip cannot attend the contest. Therefore, we have an opening for a member to represent our Club in the Humorous Contest. Please let us know if you would be interested in giving a 5-7 minute Humorous speech to compete with other members in B2 on Oct. 1 at Presbyterian Church in Pasadena (morning contest).

It would be a great opportunity for you!

Division B Newsletter

Division B is now publishing a monthly newsletter to further enhance performance and networking of clubs within the Division B boundary. The editor of this informative newsletter is Michelle Bender, VP of Education at Parsons Toastmasters Club 2151.

Parsons Toastmasters New Club Film

During the June 15th 'Presidents Distinguished Club' Celebration, Carolin von Petzholdt debuted a new club that she produced (under excitingfilms) to share the 2010-2011 past events that led to the outstanding achievement. The Presidents Distinguished Club status has never been achieved before. Congratulations to the entire club for your efforts. Check out the touching  video and share it with friends.