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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdditional Information TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS PROGR - WELCOME �0• ���2Yy� Honorable City Attorney Glen Googins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION Pastor fon Venter,7be Refinery COMMUNITY AWARDS PRESENTATION Honorable Mayor Mary Casillas Salas Honorable Deputy Mayor Stepben C.Padilla Honorable Councilmembers Mike Diaz,Jill M. Galvez,and John McCann STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS Honorable Mayor Mary Casillas Salas ADJOURNMENT Reception Immediately Following ENTERTAINMENT Moonlight Miles CITY OF CHULAVISTA qPONSORS �• COX .�'.M I L L E N I A REPUBLIC Be�nwiN Sows �r %�! �r�n..,M wn i S�8 RII�1 �� Community / / pients Rosy Vasquez • Awarded by Mayor Mary Casillas Salas Rosy Vasquez sees life to be lived in one of two ways—in fear or leadership.Community Through Hope provides case faith.She chooses faith.That's because when Rosy got called to management for unsheltered homeless in Chula Vista and serve the most vulnerable population in her community 11 years throughout the South Bay by using an action-first model that ago,she was broken herself.But a personal crisis humbled her addresses immediate needs such as assessing for mental health into a life of serving others as she realized that broken crayons and sobriety issues.Rosy's volunteer-driven and still color.Since then she's been dedicated to helping foster a partnership-based team connects unsheltered homeless better life for the unsheltered homeless and those facing food individuals to the resources and programs they need,while insecurity.As Executive Director of Community Through Hope, educating them on a concrete path to self-sufficiency.Since Rosy's goal is to better understand the human spirit and opening in November 2018,Community Through Hope has encourage those who have lost their dignity to believe in opened roughly 150 individual cases of what it calls themselves enough to turn their life around through the "comprehensive case management;"36 of which are now principles of prevention,intervention,healing,education and housed. Adriana Guevara Gluyas • Awarded by Deputy Mayor Stephen C.Padilla,District 3 Adriana grew up in many cities on three different continents,yet View)as classroom helper,ELAC committee chair,DAC/DELAC and her favorite childhood memories were from her time in Chula Vista SSC member,all while finishing her doctorate degree in during elementary school.Years later,while living in Mexico,when Environment and Development.Her understanding of the she became a mother at the age of 19,she knew that she wanted to importance of urban sustainability and her passion for Chula Vista, move back to Chula Vista so her children could make their own led her to have a strong desire to serve the city and she recently was childhood memories in what she was convinced to be the best city appointed to the Sustainability Commission,a position to which in the world.It took her 10 years of hard work,education, she applied to as soon as she became a U.S.citizen.She is also convincing her husband to expand his business to the border and starting a Zero Waste business with the goal to give back 2%of its support from her aunt and uncle,residents of Chula Vista,to revenue to the environment through reforestation,a concept that achieve this dream for her family.When she arrived in 2013,her was strongly embedded in her from a hands-on experience of young son and daughter did not speak English.To support them planting a tree when she was in third grade at Chula Vista Hills and other English learners,she volunteered at their school(Olympic Elementary. Ruben Torres • Awarded by Councilmember Mike Diaz,District 4 Ruben Torres and Love Thy Neighbor are based in Chula Vista at the Probation Department's Professional Development and have been assisting the unsheltered,senior citizens,at risk Academy,and as a Latino Community Liaison for the San Diego youth and families in San Diego and Tijuana.Ruben's desire to District Attorney's office Regional Leadership Institute.As an Arts create social change began in 2010,and is what led him to Advocate,Ruben organizes art shows and school assemblies organize his first"Love Thy Neighbor Toy Drive"benefitting throughout San Diego and brings in many of his celebrity underserved communities and bringing Christmas to thousands friends to share their stories and to inspire and empower youth annually.Internationally,Ruben and his team currently provide to pursue their dreams and promote the entrepreneurial spirit food,clothing,and basic needs for the growing community of through the arts.Ruben is a community Chaplain and uses his unsheltered,deportees,orphans,immigrants and refugees that influence to bring a message of hope to his audience.Ruben crowd the shelters in Tijuana.Ruben's passion for our and his wife Rosa have three teenage childrenl;Benicio and community is evident through his support for law enforcement, Gianni are both in high school and Vienna currently attends as he organizes"Coffee With A Cop"events,with his involvement Southwestern College, Maria Galleher • Awarded by Councilmemberfill M. Galvez,District 2 As a life-long Chula Vista resident,Maria Galleher makes a community garden and fruit tree orchid on school grounds. difference in the community she loves.In 2010,she co-founded Maria currently teaches a restorative justice course where the Quin Murphy Foundation,which has awarded over$100,000 students who get in trouble can fix their wrongs through peer in scholarships to more than 140 SUHSD students.The mediation.And just last year,Maria helped raise nearly$18,000 foundation also does campus cleanups throughout the year at for seven families affected by the camp Fire.Those seven multiple schools in the Sweetwater Union High School District. families were all former Chula Vistans.Maria,we thank you for As a teacher at Chula Vista High School,Maria spearheaded a your service to making Chula Vista a better place to live. class project that cleaned up their campus and brought a Tony Stewart • Awarded by Councilmember fobn McCann,District I Tony Stewart is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer and a strong foundation dedicated to helping veterans,active duty military, leader in veteran related causes. Tony has served as Post and their families to overcome hardships and improve their Commander of American Legion Post 434 in Chula Vista and ability to contribute their unique experiences,training,and honored as the City of Chula Vista's Veteran of the Year in leadership skills to society. In 2016,"US-4-Warriors"was the San 2011-12 and 2012-13. Tony is President and CEO of Diego County Non-Profit of the Year and received the San Diego "Us-4-Warriors Foundation;"a 100%volunteer non-profit Veterans Allegiance Award.