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House of Lebanon E-Newsletter April, 2009 | |
HOL & Business
Golfing for Success
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LAF Golf Classic
Monday,
May 11th
Golfer Slots Still Available
For more Information call 310 789-5867 or email Golf@HouseofLebanon.com
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Welcome to Our Golf Classic
Sponsors |
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Dr. Lina Kreidie
Dorian J. Khouri
Kanan Hamzeh
Dr. Emad Ammar
Anise Garabet
Rachid & Angele Eletel
Dr. Hanna Shammas
Dr. Fuad Khuri
Komar Aviation
Northridge Medical Group
Southwest Airlines
The Coca Cola Company
California Garden Products Fouad El Abd
Downtown LA Motors Mercedes Benz
Dr. Ray Irani
SnJ Industries - John Koudsi
Partners Bank of California
Giantto
GG Ghazarossian
Jacobs Engineering
Hamer Toyota
InterContinental Hotel, Festival City, Dubai
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Calling all Lebanese Stamp Collectors
This year's LAF Golf Classic will feature a rare collection of Lebanese stamps to be auctioned off, with all profits going to the House of Lebanon.
The collection is a comprehensive collection of Lebanese postage stamps in mint, never hinged condition. The collection includes regular post, air mail, postage due and souvenir sheets. The nearly complete collection [missing two recent stamps from 1999], is housed in custom made albums from Germany in two volumes. The first issues under French mandate in 1924 until 2007.
If you are interested in bidding on this rare collection, email LAF at golf@houseoflebanon.com or call the LAF office at 310 789-5867.
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Upcoming House of Lebanon Events
April 11th
HOL Artists' Group trip to Mosaic Art International 2009 at the Museum of Man in San Diego. Anyone interested in art is invited.
For more information email Carol Choucair Oueijan at artbycarole@msn.com
Mosaic Art 
HOL Young Professionals Present A Networking Event
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Hotel Figueroa
May 11th 2nd Annual LAF Golf Classic, Braemar Country
Club in Tarzana, California
9:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM Putting Contest
11:00 AM Shotgun Start
4:30 PM Silent Auction and Social Hour
5:30 PM Dinner & Awards
June 7th
HOL Annual Picnic
12 noon - 6 PM
El Dorado East Regional Park, Long Beach, CA
August 8th
HOL Young Professionals Beach Day and Hike in Laguna Beach
October 18th
House of Lebanon's
Ray R. Irani Pride of Heritage Banquet honoring Mr. Vatche Manoukian at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
November 7th HOL Young Professionals Banquet
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 American
Arabic Educational Foundation Scholarships Available
Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 or more are available to students of Arabic heritage throughout the Southern California Arabic community. To receive an application or for questions email: Sondra Love - Arabic Scholarship The deadline for submission is June 13, 2009.
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Dear Friends of the House of Lebanon,
Turn on the news, read any business publication and everyone is talking about the economy. The House of Lebanon is reaching out to businesses, large and small to form a partnership for the 2nd annual LAF Golf Classic at the Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, CA.
By becoming a sponsor, we can create a custom package to promote your business to our golfers and guests, while contributing to a great cause.
Golf Contest Sponsor....$1,000
Tee Sign Sponsor ..........$500
Individual Golfer ..........$250
Dinner & Auction Guest....$ 65
For more info call 310 789-5867 or Email for Sponsor & Guest Info
Target market your products and services to a highly desirable market segment! We hope you will make plans to participate in this year's tournament.
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SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, June 7th will be the annual House of Lebanon Picnic at El Dorado East Regional Park in Long Beach, CA.  --Free Admission--International DJ--Lebanese Food--Dabkeh Dancing--GamesLook for more details in the May HOL E-Newsletter!
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Hole In One Sponsor Hamer Toyota
Now, 44 years later, the Hamer team is still strong and the number one selling Toyota dealer in its market area and beyond. Toyota has 9 models in their line getting 30 or more miles per gallon, including the legendary Hybrid Prius.
Hamer's 14th Annual Lee Hamer Memorial Golf Classic, is coming up on Monday, May 18th at Valencia Country Club and, once again, they will raise a lot of money to support local charities. Every dollar raised by the tournament is given back to the community. Many lives are touched by Hamer Toyota's generosity, with a tradition of giving that spans many years.
Zain Haroon, General Sales Manager, invites you to "Come in and see one of my Sales Managers and I guarantee you one of the most pleasurable and pressure-free car buying experiences you have ever had! We are here to exceed your expectations!"
Located at 11041 Sepulveda Boulevard in Mission Hills where the 5, 405 and 118 freeways meet. Call us at 818-365-9621 or check out our interactive website at www.hamertoyota.com. |
 HOL Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteers are seldom paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are PRICELESS!
--author unknown
We would like to introduce you to Lola Semaan...
Lola
Semaan was born in Sidon, Lebanon and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of four
with her family. She grew up in the
Downey/Bellflower area and currently resides in the City of Orange. She has four brothers and one sister. She works
as a Medical Dosimetrist in the Radiation Oncology Department at the
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and enjoys activities such as dancing, rollerblading,
skiing, river rafting, and cooking (she has an addiction to cook books with
beautiful pictures in them). Lola also LOVES to spend time with her 9 nieces
and nephews (who are the cutest kids on earth!).
She is currently the President-Elect for the
LA Cedars Rotary Club for the years 2010-2011 and enjoys working with this
group to help the local community and Lebanon.
Lola came across the House of Lebanon through an email her sister sent and
was excited to get involved when she heard they needed help at last year's Inaugural LAF Golf Classic. Lola felt drawn
to help this organization because of its mission and her pride of being Lebanese. "As a volunteer, it seems even the little
things you do seem like big things to the people you are helping" Lola says. Personally she feels a sense of fulfillment
when she has completed a task which has helped in some small way.
We are thrilled that Lola will be helping us again at the 2nd annual LAF Golf Classic.
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HOL Artists' Group Spotlight
An artist's job is to show people what was always there but they never noticed. --Andrew Hamilton
Introducing you to Janice Deeb...
Glass
artist, Jeanice
Deeb was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California
and currently resides in Toluca Lake, California. She is of Lebanese decent and her family is
actively involved in the Antiochian Orthodox Church and the Arab American
community. Her parents, Marion Deeb and the late Dr. Edward Deeb encouraged her
and her siblings to participate in their church and cultural Lebanese heritage
activities.
Jeanice wa s one of the
first members to join the House of Lebanon Artist group, and along with her
fellow artists, has been instrumental in creating more awareness to the
community of the diverse talents of it's many members. "I enjoy being a
part of this group and being able to bond with artists who share the same
Middle Eastern cultural values I was raised with." 
She has worked with the
medium of glass for the past ten years, has had several exhibitions, was
commissioned by Providence St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank to do a large glass
sculpture, and can most recently be seen along with some of her fellow House of
Lebanon artists in the book by Fayeq S. Owens "The Encyclopedia of Arab
American Artists".
"I'm passionate
about glass and the challenges it gives me to create a good sh ape, a strong
design composition and to fire a piece in the kiln without it bubbling or
cracking." Jeanice uses her family's original surname Mina and her
initials J.D. to mark her work. You can see more of her work on her web site
at: www.jdmina.com.
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HOL Young Professional Spotlight
The
young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible,
and achieve it, generation after generation.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
Featured HOL Young Professional Chahira Solh
Chahira Solh is the Membership Director of HOL's Young Professional
group and is an attorney who specializes in antitrust law at Crowell &
Moring, LLP. Chahira has counseled clients on matters ranging from
cooperation with government antitrust investigations, to antitrust issues
associated with mergers and acquisitions, to prosecution and defense of various
antitrust litigation actions. She
received her B.A. in Economics and History from UCLA and her J.D. from
Northwestern University School of Law.
Chahira says, "HOL YP is a great organization that
helps young professionals network and connect and Chahira is excited to help
organize fun events where young professionals can get together." Chahira also enjoys spending her free time with her
family and friends and traveling to exotic destinations.
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House of Lebanon Young Professionals [HOL-YP]
and Lebanese American Foundation
Cordially invite you to participate in the
Second Annual Professional Networking Event
Friday, May 1, 2009
6:30 PM - Midnight
Figueroa Hotel | 939 South Figueroa Street | L.A. | 90015
Represented disciplines include law, medicine & nursing, public relations, entertainment, financing, media and engineering.
PAY PAL PRICE $10.00 | DOOR PRICE $15.00
Click on the following to be directed to PAY PAL: PAY PAL Link
NOTE: All PAY PAL payments must be received by May 1, 2009 by 3 PM.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Refer questions to the HOL-YP Executive Board at holyoungprofessionals@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: this is NOT a job fair!
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