Meet-Up & Members Blog

The RPCVs of Gulf Coast FL invite you to a special event Saturday, December 7, 5 – 7 pm at Matt Montavon’s home, 7448 Ridge Road near Clark Road and Honore Ave.

We will bid farewell to Leita, who will be stepping down as President, and to Randy Adams, who has been a resourceful board member this past year.

Most important, we will have the honor of hosting special guest speaker, Glenn Blumhorst, who will visit us from Washington, D.C.

Glenn is leading the Peace Corps community’s flagship campaign to establish Peace Corps Park on a National Park Service site near the U.S. Capitol and the National Mall.

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We are looking for volunteers representing a wide variety of fields and skill sets. These include (but are not limited to) business development, banking and finance, marketing, economics, strategic planning, factory management, agronomy, resource mobilization, financial management, human resources, etc.

Rachel Hyman (she/her)        

Volunteer Engagement Associate, Agriculture-led Growth    

Office: 202.589.2610

www.iesc.org

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An exhibit of photographs and paintings

Wirtz gallery

United Community Bank South Miami

December 5th

5:30 p.m. To 7:30 p.m.

Contact  Basu at  subratabasu1945@gmail.com  

For details

Join us on Sunday, November 3^rd for an ART DECO Tour extraordinaire with longtime art deco preservationist George Neary, former Executive Director of the Miami Design Preservation League.  Enjoy healthy mocktails and light brunch bites at 10 a.m. at 8^th and Ocean Drive before departing on the 90 minute walking tour.  Then enjoy a dip in the ocean before heading home. 

No one does art deco tours like George, owner of Tours ‘R’ Us Miami. He was part of the struggle to preserve these treasures and is ready to share his passion and wealth of knowledge about the architecture, beauty, and history of South Beach. 

he $50 tour is a FUNdraiser for TCP Global, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer – Rotary program to economically empower marginalized entrepreneurs in underserved rural areas primarily in Uganda, Niger, Nepal and Colombia. TCP Global believes that by giving people the tools to improve quality of life in their communities, migration can one day become a choice rather than a necessity. Each dollar donated is matched annually by loan repayments, multiplying the impact of your generosity. 

For more information, visit tcpglobal.ngo or contact helenedudley@yahoo.com. The tour is limited to 30 - RSVP to helenedudley@yahoo.com and pay with the QR code to get the pre-event rate. 

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There has been discussion by the Board of volunteering opportunities in our area.  Alan Seigel and Larry Geiter volunteer at the Feeding South Florida warehouse in Pembroke Park on most Thursdays and RPCVSF has a team that volunteers as a group on the third Thursday of each month.  Please contact Larry Geiter to join in with the Saturday team.  

Some have asked for information on opportunities at the food pantries/kitchens supported by FSF.  A link to a list of the pantries/kitchens is at Locate an Agency - Feeding South Florida®  

Other opportunities related to food available through FSF include:

1. Volunteer to help prep, cook, and pack meals in our Community Kitchen at Feeding Palm Beach County.   in the Boynton Beach Community Kitchen Mon.- Fri. 8:30-11:30 and/or 12:30-3:30 and Saturday 8:30-11:30
2. Volunteer to assist site coordinator at specific location in distributing meal boxes to older adults.  Mon-Wed at various sites 10:00-1:00
3. City of Miami Beach food distribution, Thursdays from 8:00 – 11:30 am at 4000 Chase Ave, Miami Beach 33140

More information and sign-up menus is available at Feeding South Florida - Events