The Board of Directors of Foothill Unity Center met Monday to elect its 2014 roster. Board member Mary Ann Lutz, mayor of the City of Monrovia, was named president, succeeding David Steinmeier, owner of Microjoining Solutions. Board members expressed their sincere gratitude to Steinmeier for his outstanding leadership and commitment as president.
Dina Zaklama, district manager for Wells Fargo, was elected Vice President, Community Action Agency. Robin Salzer, owner of Robin’s Woodfire BBQ in Pasadena, was named Vice President, Fundraising.
Current members reelected for terms through January 2017 were Past President Steinmeier; Secretary Carl Foote, Glenair, Inc.; Treasurer and Past President Reverend Terry Keenan, Santa Anita Church, Arcadia; Members at Large Ulises Gutierrez, YMCA Youth Alliance, and Terry Nichols, superintendent, Duarte Unified School District; and attorney and Arcadia City Councilmember Gary Kovacic.
The meeting also featured a report on the Center’s achievements last year. The organization provided a total of 61,806 client services in 2013, including 35,190 food services, 4,749 bag lunches/meals to homeless individuals, and hundreds of support and referral services.
Health Services included over 400 dental and vision screenings for children and a Mobile Dental Clinic for 96 children (2,294 procedures). Its Children’s Health Connections (CHC) program, now staffed by 27 volunteer health care professionals, provided free services to 150 uninsured and underinsured children. Its Medical Outreach Program for homeless and uninsured clients handled 281 client visits.
3,066 volunteers ages 3 to 96 supported the Center’s small staff of 25 full and part-time employees and two AmeriCorps’ Duarte’s Promise staff. Volunteers contributed 45,407 hours to the Center in 2013, working in every area of the organization, including an all-volunteer Pet Food Bank that helped clients keep over 1,000 dogs and cats last year.
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