Rotary Club holds its Demotion Dinner

Outbound Rotary Club president Todd Mattern, left, receives his farewell gift at the annual ‘Demotion Dinner.’ Courtesy photo

The Rotary Club of Los Alamitos/ Seal Beach recently held its annual Demotion Dinner.

Outgoing Club President Todd Mattern, Los Alamitos Police Chief, recognized his board of directors for the year and received a gift from the club.

The Rotary Club enjoyed another successful year- adding several new members, conducting the annual youth fishing derby, and contributing to the community by recognizing the high school students of the month and donating to local non-profit organizations.

Dr. Milt Houghton was introduced as the incoming Club President for the 2015-16 year.

Houghton introduced his board of directors.

“I am excited to lead the club this year and look forward to continuing our community involvement,” said Houghton.

The Rotary Club of Los Alamitos/ Seal Beach meets at The Eagle’s Nest in Long Beach on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at noon, varies locations on the fourth and fifth Tuesdays of the month.

Visitors are welcome to meetings.

For more information, visit losalrotary.org.

Rotary International is an international service organization working to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

There are 34,282 clubs and over 1.2 million members worldwide.