April 28, 2021 Meeting

The Leo A. Deegan American Inn of Court’s Community Service Team You’ve Been Served presented on the community service projects they embarked on during the program year. Team You’ve Been Served is comprised of Hon. Judge Eric A. Keen, Diana Renteria, Everett L. Green, Matthew Forsse, Keith Willis, David Horton, Daniel S. Shahidzadeh, and Mathew Kraus.

During the program year, Team You’e Been Served volunteered their time at multiple projects. This includes:

• Riverside Food Co-op

  https://www.riversidefoodcoop.com/

• Riverside County Bar Foundation Elves Program

  https://riversidecountybar.com/foundation/theelves-program

• Riverside County Mock Trial

  https://www.rcoe.us/departments/educational-services/leadershipinnovation-and-outreach/student-events/mock-trial

• Meals on Wheels

  https://www.riversidemow.org/

• Feeding America Riverside/San Bernardino

  https://www.feedingamericaie.org/

• Calvary Presbyterian Church – Sunday Dinner Preparation

  https://www.calvarypresch.org/

• Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center

  http://petsadoption.org

• Room 8 Memorial Cat Foundation

  https://www.room8cats.org/

• American Red Cross

  https://www.Redcrossblood.org

• Riverside Legal Aid

  http://riversidelegalaid.org/

With Riverside County Bar Foundation’s “Elves Program,” various team members shopped for, wrapped, and delivered gifts for needy families in Riverside County in December 2020. Due to privacy concerns, pictures of these activities cannot be provided. One team member drove over 200 miles round trip to Blythe to deliver holiday gifts.

With Meals on Wheels, the group delivered hot and/or cold meals to housebound seniors and individuals with temporary or permanent disabilities, residing in the Greater Riverside County.

Community Service Team Members at Meals on Wheels

Community Service Team Members show off their specially made shirts at Meals on Wheels.

At Calvary Presbyterian Church, the group volunteered at an opportunity to assist in providing food to those who were homeless or in need on Sunday, April 11, 2021.

For the American Red Cross, team members donated pints of blood.

Community Service Team Member Diana Renteria donates blood.

At Feeding America, Community Service Team Members boxed up and distributed food to people within the Inland Empire.

Community Service Team Members at Feeding America, a local food bank serving the Riverside and San Bernardino communities in need.

At the Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center, a Community Service Team Member (Diana Renteria) helped clean kennels for the animals and donated used towels.

Community Service Team Member Diana Renteria

At the Riverside County Mock Trial, a Community Service Team Member (Diana Renteria) participated as a scoring attorney via Zoom.

If you are interested in donating your time or funds to any of the projects that the Community Service Team “You’ve Been Served” volunteered at, please visit their websites as noted above.

At the conclusion of the presentation, Inn members were invited to score the presentation, from a ranking of 1 (worst) to 5 (best). The team and winning presentation will be announced at the May 2021 meeting.