Riviera Club Luncheon - 3/8/23 Donna Farris and I were invited to speak at a luncheon on 3/8/23 at the Hills Hotel hosted by the Riviera Club. They are a non-profit women's group located in South Orange County. Their president Kathy Moon, is an excellent, motivated...

The Healing Odyssey Christmas party was held on 12/4 at an outside venue in Irvine Park. It was well attended and the weather turned out warm!  The graduates brought wonderful homemade food to share, and the staff supplied drinks and desserts. Ross found a wonderful...

We held our first in-person retreat in two years in September, 2021 at beautiful Pali Retreat Center in Running Springs, CA.  Because of Covid, we had been doing Zoom retreats to stay in touch with our grads and future participants.  Zoom is a great interim tool to...

  Southwest Airlines reached its one-millionth Act of Kindness in September. To continue its quest for kindness, Southwest Airlines announced a one million dollars of thanks contest. The contest offered 501(c)(3) organizations an opportunity to enter a contest*...

A lot has happened since I wrote my last letter. As I reflect back, I realize my last letter was posted justas we entered 2020. We were full of hope, with many events and programs planned. Then came March,2020 and the shutdown. We had to reluctantly cancel all our...

For the last 3 years we have been invited by the instructors at the UCI Informatics department to submit a project to its students. We were grateful to be selected by a team again this year and we were ready with a project. Over the years we have heard your comments...