Upcoming Events

Sunday, January 15

KODAWest Camp Applications will be posted!!

Saturday, February 11
Family Bowling Night
Jewel City Bowl
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Glendale, CA

Saturday, March 10
Shamrocks For KODAs
Poker Tourney Fundraiser
(must be at least 21 to enter)

Sunday, April 15
Team KODA for CSUN Sign and Run
Chili’s Fundraiser for KODAWest
immediately after the run
(Northridge Chili’s only)

Saturday, May 19

Seeds For Tomorrow

3rd Biennial Dinner Fundraiser

At the beautiful home of

Brent and Kate Nelson’s

Woodland Hills, CA

July 2 – 8
KODAWest Camp
The Catalina Experience
@ White’s Landing on Catalina Island

July 29 – August 1
KWHQ @ Deaf Nation World Expo
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Saturday, August 18
KODAWest Day At The Beach
Tower 19, Huntington Beach, CA

Saturday. October 13
Halloween Gathering

KODAWest 6th Annual

Day at the Beach

Saturday ~ August 20, 2011

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Huntington Beach

meet at Tower #19 @ PCH (Pacific Coast Highway #1) and Beach Blvd.

(When you drive on Beach Blvd. toward the water,
make a right to the City Beach and Park near #19)

Parking Fee: $15.00 all day for cars, $40.00 for RVs.

Bring your own lunches, drinks, chairs and umbrellas.

We will have Games and Prizes!!

~ Upcoming Events ~

July

5th Annual KODAWest Camp
at Camp Surf: Imperial Beach, CA
July 10-16, 2011

August

6th Annual Day at the Beach
Huntington Beach
August 20

Thanks to those who made our Shamrocks For KODAs a success!!

KODAWest extends genuine and heartfelt THANKS to the following people for making the Shamrocks For KODAs a success:

Scott and Terrie Berdy for opening up their very beautiful home, and to Scott for making the Festival Lights and all his hard work preparing for this large scale event!!

Desiree and George Cartmell for all their hard work and long hours of COOKING the delicious, authentic Mexican menu of Chicken, Pork & Beef tacos, with rice and beans and the works!!!! Thanking them also for all their hard work helping to set up and take down!!

Tina Jo Breindel and Sharon Wilson for their awesome decorating skills, baking SCRUMPTIOUS & Shamrocky desserts and collecting prizes for and organizing the Shamrock Raffle. To Tina Jo for her immense patience and dedication to helping us clean-up, and to Sharon for the AWESOME hand-sewn bags she made for executive the committee!

Gerri Ehrlich Perna, our Casino Games Instructor, who flew all the way over here from Las Vegas!! Thanks to her, many of us left much more enlightened in the gaming field, she taught many tricks of the trade! We look forward to her return next year!!

Ray Chahayed for his invaluable dedication to the Logistics of the event, as well as his helping to setting up and taking down everything!! We cannot thank you enough!!!

Bob Taylor for custom building the Casino Table for Gerri’s corner, and all his patience!!

Candace Hodgson for her incredible professionalism in directing the entire tournament. KUDOS to her for adhering to the times and corralling players in this fun and crazy environment!

Ron McLaughlin of the Tobacco Barn for donating customized Shamrocks for KODAs cigars. Due to unforeseen circumstances, he was not able to come. We thank you for coordinating in getting the products TO the event!

Victor Valdez II and Mikey Anderson for all their help throughout the day!

Stephanie Johnson for sewing from scratch all the BEAUTIFUL and festive aprons for our Shamrock Girls!!

Last but NOT LEAST, many many many thanks to our waitresses, kitchen staff and bartendresses for making this night absolutely fabulous!! Without you, we are nothing!!! Many THANKS to those of you who stayed after hours and worked further into the night to help us clean!!!

Dyan Kovacs, the Shamrock Girls committee lead, and most valuable photographer!!! Many thanks for capturing our precious moments!!

The Shamrock Girls:
Desiree Cartmell, Marcy Woodard, Vanessa Woodard, Lisa Price, Shelby Cartmell, Mary Ruth Summers, Georgette Visco, Teresa Maxwell and Gloria Moriarty

Bartendresses:
Lisa Price and Gloria Daniels

Kitchen Staff:
Renee Love, Zibby Bayarsky, and Tyler Bayarsky

BIG Thanks to these wonderful Shamrock Girls who dressed to the NINES with Green Spirit and raked in lots of TIPS!!!!

Winner of Most Tips Garnered, Vanessa Woodard
Winner of Most Spirited Outfit: Desiree Cartmell
(This was the hardest decision to make, we wish we had a prize for EVERYONE, they were ALL FABULOUS!)

Big Congratulations go to the winners of this year’s poker tournament:

1st: Steve Wnek
2nd: Carol Bella Adams
3rd: Craig Herman

(Carol and Steve decided to do an even split of the 1st and 2nd prizes, then did a one-hand play-off, where Steve ultimately won!)

MANY MANY thanks to all the players and fans who came to support the cause!  On behalf of all the KODAs you are helping , thank you!!!