INVITING EVERYONE TO WCC "DAY WITH CREATIVE WOMEN"

Cover Artist
Yelena Kozlova

Yelena Kozlova is from Sunnyvale, CA in the Bay Area. She’s a student at Cal Poly.

We at WCC have been working hard getting everything ready for our annual fundrasing
"Day with Creative Women"
Every year women from all over California come to San Luis Obispo and participate with their art and music in our wonderful day.
We invite you to come on August 14, 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Mission Plaza!

WCC "OPEN HOUSE"

Jan Potter, WCC Volunteer and Divorce Class Facilitator
Angie King WCC President
Sonia Paz Baronvine WCC Board of Directors

Sonia Paz Baronvine getting the raffle tickets ready!

Raffle Items

Rev. Charles Archibald, Unitarian Universalist

Ed Martin WCC Volunteer

Bill Morem, SLO Tribune Colummnist

Paul Rinzler Jazz Professor Cal Poly

Robin Rinzler WCC Vice President

Our Family Law programs

Dianne Tuttle, Owner Academy Travel Consultants and member of the Commission on Status of Women.

Rebecca Said WCC Volunteer

Bill Morem SLO Tribune Columnist

Robin Rinzler WCC Vice President

Jan Potter WCC Volunteer

Sonia Paz Baronvine WCC Board of Directors

Information on our magazine "Women's Press "

and our annual fundraising event "Day With Creative Women "

Rev C Hite owner of Art Zero Gallery

Consuelo Mieux PhD Strategic Mentor, Organizer of the first Central Coast Women's Conference in Paso Robles and Member of the Commission on Status of Women.

Janice Fong Wolf Director of Programs at the SLO County Community Foundation.

Our Buffet with delicious food donated by our local stores.
Vons in the Marigold Center and Arroyo Grande

and San Luis Obispo Trader's Joes

Barbara Bellinger, Local Business Woman

Sonia Paz Baronvine, Women's Community Center Board of Directors

Diane Tuttle, Academy Travel Consultants and Member of the Commission on Status of Women.

Patricia Gundert Legal Assistant at the Women's Shelter, legal service program

Angie King WCC President

Wayne Bellinger Artist

In the middle of April we held a very successful Open House, to celebrate our move from the Goodwill Building last June to our new offices at the San Luis Business Center, and a good time was had by all!
Thanks to our sponsors for this event!!

Angie King , Robin Rinzler, Sonia Paz Baronvine

WCC Board of Directors

OUR NEW BANNER

Here we are, Robin, Angie and Sonia Paz in front of our new office with the brand new WCC banner!!

CELEBRATING ROBIN'S CUESTA COLLEGE AWARD!

Angie King, Robin Rinzler and Sonia Paz Baronvine

We are very happy to announce that our vice president Robin Rinzler has been awarded the "Progress for Women Award " by Cuesta College!!

This honor is awarded to a woman whose commitment to a particular program or issue of special relevance to women has helped to improve the quality of life for women.

As an example: arts, science, health, etc.

We celebrated Robin along with her family and presented her with balloons and cards!
She was glowing as she thanked the public, which included other recipients and the creme of San Luis Obispo women's volunteers.

Congratulations Robin on a well deserved award!

Sonia Paz Baronvine and Angie King

WCC Board of Directors

RSVP FAIR

Sonia Paz Baron Vine and Angie King sitting at the WCC table

NOMINATING ROBIN RITZLER

I wanted to write an article to share with all of you and also to keep
this information for posterity..

We are nominating our sister, board member, and colleague, Robin
Rinzler, to be Cuesta College 2010 Woman of Distinction for Community
and Public Service, Volunteer.
We believe Robin is the perfect woman to win this most prestigious award.

It would take me several pages, to tell you all the services Robin
provides for our community, but I will give you a small glimpse into
her volunteer life.

Robin has been on the Women's Community Center Board of Directors
since 2004, where she has personally been an inspiration to me. I
have observed her dedication to the tasks, her uplifting attitude, her
compassion and her work ethic; all of which is very contagious!

She is the coordinator of the Family Law Action programs of the WCC,
and, as such, oversees the monthly seminar meetings on divorce issues,
runs the monthly legal clinic, which provides legal advice to women,
and their families, who need help, but cannot afford an attorney.
Robin is the force behind all these programs. She makes the calls,
sets up the appointments and attends the seminars and clinics, always
arriving early to set up and staying late to clean up after.


As a professional mediator and owner of her own divorce mediation
business, she sometimes donates time either to the Court for mediation
of small claims cases or as a guest speaker to talk about conflict
resolution.
Robin has developed a new program with the Women's Community
Center called B.E.T.T.E.R. Supervised Vistitation. (Building Enduring
Ties That Enrich Relationships) This program allows anyone in our
county to obtain affordable supervised visitation as ordered by the
Court. She has trained several volunteers to become monitors, has
developed all the paperwork necessary, and has the ball rollilng to
begin this project in the next few weeks.

Every year the WCC celebrates our major fundraiser: "Day with Creative
Women" in Mission Plaza. It is Robin who organizes the vendors, the
volunteers, the city permits, the decorations, traffic and a million
other details, making each year a huge success and loads of fun.
Robin also picks up the Women's Press newspaper, the WCC publication,
bimonthly, from the printer in Santa Maria, loading 6.000 copies into
her van and unloading them at the WCC in SLO, often without help.

She also volunteers every Christmas Day with her husband Paul at the
Odd-Fellows Hall in San Luis helping to feed the homeless. She
arrives two hours before dinner is served, and stays to help clean up
after.
Robin is a brilliant, fun and wonderful woman, and as our WCC
president Angie King said, " Robin Rinzler uses her considerable
intellect and education to rationally determine a course of action and
then follows through".
We are hoping, with much love, and fingers crossed that Robin wins
this most deserving award!!


Sonia Paz Baronvine
WCC Board Member

OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY

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Our Christmas Party was a success, many friends who have supported us during the year, came to celebrate.
We ate delicious food, and played " The White Elephant Game" opening presents and stealing them from each other!
We want to thank our friends for all their support during 2009
and our hostess for a wonderful evening!

Angie King
Robin Rinzler
Sonia Paz Baronvine