Leona Valley Scholarship Program

June 3, 2019 By Tom Smith 1 Comment

Leona Valley Sertoma Presents Scholarships

Each year the Leona Valley Sertoma presents scholarships to deserving graduating high school students. In addition, a scholarship is awarded to a community college student moving on to a four year college. This year Leona Valley Sertoma was able to present six very deserving young ladies with scholarships. It is fair to say they beautifully represent the Lakes and Valley communities served by Leona Valley Sertoma. We look forward to hearing of their successes and adventures when they come back home to visit family and friends. They are our future and we wish them great success in all their endeavors.

The Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship fund is made possible through the generosity of everyone who supports our fundraising events and we cannot thank them enough for their participation and support of Leona Valley Sertoma. Anyone interested in learning more about us is encouraged to visit our home page at leonavalleysertoma.org, or join us for a meeting. We meet at 8:00am, on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, at Jack’s Place, on 90th Street West.

Leona valley Sertoma awards a scholarship to Veronica Castro — (l to r) John Seymour, Veronica Castro, Kathy Bramwell

Antelope Valley College Scholarship

On May 17, 2019, Leona Valley Sertoma (LVS) had the honor of presenting Antelope Valley College student, Veronica Castro, with her scholarship. Veronica is majoring in deaf studies and will also be pursuing a second major in Child Life Advocacy at California State University – Northridge. In attendance to present Veronica with her scholarship award were John Seymour, LVS CEO, and Kathy Bramwell, LVS President.

– GOOD LUCK, Veronica

Quartz Hill High School Scholarships

Quartz Hill graduating seniors receive their scholarships from Leona Valley Sertoma. — (l to r) Evelyne Copeland, Paige Delgado, Juanita Kirkpatrick (Sertoma treasurer), Hannah Clark, Jan Clark (Sertoma 2nd VP), Eileen McGregor, and Madeline Copeland

On May 29, 2019 , Juanita Kirkpatrick, Treasurer, and Jan Clark, 2nd V.P., were happy to award the Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarships to our Quartz Hill High Graduating Students. Receiving scholarships were Evelyne Copeland, Paige Delgado, Hannah Clark, Eileen McGregor, and Madeline Copeland.

Thank you, girls for all your hard work and dedication allowing you to cross the high school finish line and proceed on to your new college adventure.

Sertoma is beyond proud of you.

GOOD LUCK to each of you.

May 27, 2019 By Tom Smith Leave a Comment

Comedy Night Dinner – 2019

Comedy Night and Dinner a Success

Event Committee Deserve a “High Five”

On May 18th, 2019, our Leona Valley Sertoma took a chance to organize and present a Comedy Night FUNdraising event for our local residents and out-of-town guests. Happily, this comedic event was well received and we raised proceeds that are dedicated to our annual scholarship fund.

We want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who made the evening a grand success. Finding sponsors is always an important step to making any event a success and Rally Auto Group and Round Table Pizza were happy to sign on as our main sponsors. Since 2006 this dynamic duo has never let us down and we continue to be most grateful for their continued support of our community outreach and our mission of SERvice TO MANkind. (SERTOMA)

The Comedy Night Crew

The main core “behind the scenes and up front help” truly need to take a bow: Comedian, Randy Lubas – Music by John Spear, Jim Lewandowski and Picker – Sertoma President, Kathy Bramwell – Juanita & Vance Kirkpatrick, Bev Brownfield, Teresa Braley, Ray Mullins, Cat Lord, Raul Matos, Michelle McAlister, Angie Hughes, KJ & Sandy Miller, Karl & Linda Pearcy, Chris Decker, Nicole Nanchy, Dave Millard, Kristin Talbot, Bill McGregor, Eileen Wright Catering, Souplantation, Casa Gutierrez, Sharkey’s Mexican Grill, Lu & Pe Mexican Café, Flora Donna’s Cakery, Ice House Comedy, Laugh Factory, Comedy Sportz, Flappers Comedy Club,

Comedy Night “dinner set music” trio. — (L-to-R) John “Pokey” Spear, Guitar, Jim Lewandowski, drums, Picker, Bass Guitar

Lake Hughes Women’s Club, Cherry Chapters, AV Press, Leona Valley Improvement Assoc., Web Master, Tom Smith AND YOURS TRULY- event coordinator, Jan Clark. So who can say that it doesn’t TAKE A VILLAGE in our small community to accomplish really BIG THINGS! Leona Valley Sertoma makes “it ALL happen”.

From the Audience: Linda Joynt / “A wonderful event” ~~ Pam Elliott / “Had a wonderful time, GREAT JOB“ ~~ Cassandra Parks / “Thank you to Sertoma for your service to our community”.

Comedy night dinner guest. — Comedy night dinner guest

Our membership is growing with the new inclusion of Michelle McAlister. She has only been involved for a short time and has already made a huge impact on our success. Always remember that we are constantly encouraging new membership to help us make an even greater impact and difference in our community and worldwide. We would love to meet new faces and hope to see you at one of our 8am breakfast meetings on either the first or third Saturday of any month held at Jack’s Place, 40352 90th Street West, Leona Valley.

Please check our website at: leonavalleysertoma.org and to stay tuned in for future events be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our blog in the right-hand column.
Written by: Jan Clark

March 4, 2019 By Tom Smith 2 Comments

Leona Valley Sertoma Presents
JR’s Comedy Club & Dinner Show

Leona Valley Sertoma Presents

Saturday Night with JR’s COMEDY CLUB & Dinner Show

Featuring Comedian Randy Lubas

Pre Show Music by: John (Pokey) Spear

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Mexican Dinner 6pm ~ Showtime 7:30pm
Coffee and Dessert Included with Dinner
* Cocktails, Soda & Bottled Water @ an additional cost *

Leona Valley Community Building
8367 Elizabeth Lake Road
Leona Valley, CA 93551

Adults Only (ID Required)
$30 Donation per person (cash or check)
*** Reservations needed as seating is limited ***For tickets email Jan at: 1grannyjanny@att.net

Co-Sponsored by: Rally Auto Group and Round Table Pizza

Proceeds Committed To Local and Antelope Valley College Scholarships

Click image to download Adobe .pdf of poster.

January 15, 2019 By Tom Smith Leave a Comment

Leona Valley Sertoma
2019 Scholarship Program & St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Are You Ready for what 2019 will bring?

The members of Leona Valley Sertoma look forward to what the new year will bring and to continuing some of their long-standing programs and events. These include the 2019 Scholarship Program and the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, both have been around for quite some time.

Scholarship Applications for 2019 are here!

Can you believe it? The Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship Program is twenty years old this year and still going strong. Leona Valley Sertoma established the Leona Valley SERTOMA Scholarship Program to identify and reward local students who have shown personal and intellectual qualities through academic achievement, as well as participation and leadership in extracurricular and community activities. Leona Valley Sertoma has given out close to $50,000.00, in scholarships since 1999. The goal of the program is to serve the needs of local graduating seniors and those community college students transferring to continue their education.

Scholarship consideration is also open to students attending Community college who live in Leona Valley, Green Valley, Lake Hughes, Three Points or Lake Elizabeth, who are transferring to a 4-year college.

Our most recent scholarship recipient was Margaret (Maggie) Mihaljevich. Click on her name to read the post and we welcome you to share our post on your Facebook page.

You can learn more about the Scholarship Program on our Scholarship Information page, where you can download the scholarship application form and the information sheet. You will find the scholarhip program page link under the “About” link (“Scholarship Program”) in the menu at the top of the page, or click here to open Scholarship Program page. (page will open in a new tab.)

The St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Another long-standing event is our annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner. This year, Leona Valley Sertoma presents a Traditional Corned Beef Dinner, with all the fixings, for St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17, 2019 – 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
It is being held at the Leona Valley Community Building, 8367 Elizabeth Lake Road, Leona Valley, CA.

In addition to the corned beef dinner, your dinner includes a GREAT selection of desserts, coffee & tea with drinks available at an additional cost, including a BAR featuring Irish coffee ~ ID Required. Soda and water are also available.

Donation (cash or check)

For Information Call:

Juanita Kirkpatrick ~ 661-270-0588 or Charlene Moore ~ 661-816-5177

50/50 Drawing

MEALS CAN BE DELIVERED TO THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND

Co-Sponsored by: Rally Auto Group

Click on flyer to download a .pdf copy.

st-patricks-day-2019-flyer-2

July 26, 2018 By Tom Smith 1 Comment

Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship – Margaret Mihaljevich

Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship Presented to Margaret Mihaljevich

On June 7, 2018 the Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship committee Chairperson, Charlene Moore, presented Margaret (Maggie) Mihaljevich with her $1,500 scholarship award to help launch the beginning of her college adventure. This Autumn, Maggie will begin studying business at the University of Washington. This young lady isn’t “just a student”, she has been named the University of Washington’s Purple and Gold Scholar at the Seattle Campus and has been offered $1,500 each academic year for four years. Sertoma’s scholarship choice isn’t just because of her yearly academic scores – it pertains to her focus on leadership and impeccable community service outside of school such as organizing blood drives, helping the homeless, volunteering at animal shelters, and time spent with local veterans for their service in the military – not to mention captain’s for the Quartz High School swim team and cheer-leading squad.

Every Spring, the Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarship Committee prepares to receive local applications from the areas of Three Points, Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake, Green Valley, and Leona Valley, and every Spring it is always a difficult choice, as all the potential recipients have worked very hard and are quite deserving. We never know how many applicants we will have to screen, but, I truly believe we make the perfect choice(s) every year.

The mission of Sertoma International is to improve the quality of life for those at risk or impacted by hearing loss through education and support, so the Leona Valley Sertoma is committed to providing one scholarship to a graduating student, who will be attending Antelope Valley College, and who is either majoring in deaf studies or who has a hearing disability.

2019 Leona Valley Sertoma Scholarhip

Charlene Moore will continue to chair the 2019 scholarship committee and we all look forward to helping deserving students dream of furthering their education after their high school graduation. The 2019 scholarship application period will open in early 2019, so be on the watch for an announcement at that time. For more on the scholarship program click here page.

As always, good luck to each and every student.