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Thursday, April 11, 2013

PORTILLO FAMILY PICNIC MAY 25, 2013

Thursday, April 4, 2013

FAMILY MEETING SUNDAY 4/7/2013

Hi Family,

I hope you all had a great Easter holiday! I wanted to remind you that we are having our next Family Meeting this Sunday, April 7th, at Cousin Lorraine's house. We will be discussing our upcoming Family Picnic in May. We encourage as many family members to be there. We will also be discussing this year's Relay For Life-National City. Our family has a huge presence at the event and we are all very excited!

Date: Sunday, April 7th

Address: 5615 Sweetwater Rd, Bonita, CA

Time: 2PM

*Please bring a dish to share*

We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

FAMILY MEETING 1/20/13

FAMILY!!! Our next meeting is this SUNDAY!!! Hope to see you ALL there!!!!'

Date: Sunday, January 20^th, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Lorraine’s House – 5615 Sweetwater Rd, Bonita, CA 91902
Please call Lorraine with any questions – 619-479-0913
This is the last meeting before our Mardi Gras Dance!
Attendance is very important!

*Please bring a small dish to share*

MARDI GRAS DANCE FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Get ready to get your groove on with The Portillo Family! It is time for our second annual Portillo Family Dance and this year's theme is "Mardi Gras"! So, get your beads and masks ready to celebrate with us, PORTILLO STYLE!!!!!!!!

Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Time: 7PM - Midnight
Location: American Legion Hall, National City
Cost: $10/person at the door
Music: DJ Will

*Our Fabulous Raffle Baskets will also be available to win*

MEETING MINUTES 12/9/12

PORTILLO FAMILY MEETING MINUTES

12/9/2012

I. Thank you to Lorraine for extending the use of her house

II. PRAYER by Alyssa

III. INTRODUCTIONS

a. State Name, P1/P2/P3, what branch of family

IV. Treasurer’s Update by Lorraine

a. Paid $250 for the park reservation

V. Mardi Gras Party

a. Date – Saturday, February 16, 2013

b. Location – American Legion

c. Time – 7pm – Midnight

d. Cost - $10/person at the door

e. Music – DJ Will

f. Raffles – each family to donate a basket

g. Wear Masks for contest

VI. Committee for Mardi Gras Party

a. Decorations – Kara and Mona discussed ideas at Primas Brunch. Decorations will be simple to make it look nice

b. Music – Carmel – Booked

c. Door – Katrina and Moni

d. Hall – Lorraine - Reserved

e. Raffle Baskets – Carmel, Chris, and Weenee will contact each branch of the family. They will start working on it in January.

f. Mailers – Stevie will make the flyer. Rachel and Bernadette will mail them to the family who does not use social media

g. Clean Up – all family that stays until the end will help clean

VII. Honoring the Aunts and Uncles – Dukie

a. It started out as a Primo Get Together, then turned into an event to Honor our Aunts and Uncles.

b. Saturday, December 15^th

c. 12pm – 6pm

d. American Legion Hall (no cost)

e. Focus will be on documenting our family history

f. Ray Juarez, documented the OTNC Reunion, has offered to help us do a picture narrative

g. He will be available to scan pictures and is also available to go to your house to scan pictures

h. Bring your pictures in an envelope that is clearly labeled with your name

i. We will create 16 CDs for each branch of the family

j. The end result will be a MASTER CD to document our family history

k. Please get information out to the Aunts. Uncles are confirmed

l. It will be a pot luck

VIII. Family Picnic – Summit Park – May 25^th, 2013

i. Lorraine has reserved Summit Park.

ii. Time – 11am – 6pm

iii. Cost was $250.00

iv. Layout will be the same as the Family Reunion 2012

v. We will have more emphasis on kid’s activities. This will provide an opportunity for the younger generation to get to know their cousins

vi. Individual families responsible for providing their own drinks and food

vii. $65.00 per Banner – 16 Banners.

1. Will be used at all of our family functions

2. Same size banner

3. The family fund will pay for the banners

4. VOTE PASSED TO BUY BANNERS

viii. NO ANIMALS

ix. Carmel booked DJ Will

x. Campsites should be reserve ASAP

xi. Decided to price out The Picnic People, which are professionals who will help with the games and activities.

xii. Weenee and Chris will get quotes and report back to the family

IX. Easter Weekend

a. Lorraine will be camping at Summit Park if anyone would like to join

X. ANNOUNCEMENTS

a. Pita was on Magic 92.5 with Xavier the X-Man. She won a lunch with Xavier and brought along Weda and Norma. They had a great time! The even sang “We are Portillos” on the radio.

b. Rocky (Stevie’s brother) moved out. He is now renting a house on Manchester Street in National City. CONGRATS!

c. Uncle Picho turned 83. He looked good and was talkative

d. A good friend of our family, Benny Diffenbaugh, passed away on Friday morning. A Celebration of Life will be on Saturday, December 15^th.

e. The Spot feed the homeless. It was an excellent and successful event.

f. Pita is helping Ricos Hair Salon with a Toy Drive on Christmas Eve. If you would like to donate an unwrapped gift, please contact Pita or drop them off at Ricos.

XI. NEW BUSINESS – Portillo Xmas in July

a. Use the Casa De Salud to coordinate efforts to help the needy

b. Xmas in July event

c. This is a tradition our family can establish for generations

d. We can partner with someone to help get the word out

e. Bernadette, Lorraine, Pita and Kara will volunteer to get this tradition started.

XII. NEXT MEETING

a. Sunday, January 20^th, 2013

b. Time – 1:00 pm

c. Location – Lorraine’s House – 5615 Sweetwater Rd, Bonita, CA 91902

d. Please call Lorraine with any questions – 619-479-0913

e. This is the last meeting before our Mardi Gras Dance!

f. Attendance is very important!

XIII. BIRTHDAYS IN NOVEMBER

a. Bernadette

b. Pita

c. Ciara

d. Little Richard

e. Guy

f. Damien

For more information about the Family, please visit:

http://portillo411.blogspot.com/

http://portillo.org/

MEETING MINUTES 11/4/12

PORTILLO FAMILY MEETING MINUTES

11/4/2012

I. Thank you to Christina for extending the use of her house

II. PRAYER by Alyssa

III. INTRODUCTIONS

a. State Name, P1/P2/P3, what branch of family

IV. Treasurer’s Update by Lorraine

a. Close to $412 in the family fund

V. FUNDRAISING IDEAS: Mardi Gras Party

a. Date – Saturday, February 16, 2013

b. Location – American Legion

c. Time – 7pm – Midnight

d. Cost - $10/person at the door

e. Music – DJ Will

f. Raffles – each family to donate a basket

g. Wear Masks for contest

VI. Committee for Mardi Gras Party

a. Decorations – Kara, Denise, Mona

b. Music – Carmel

c. Door – Katrina and Moni

d. Hall – Lorraine

e. Raffle Baskets – Carmel

VII. Future Event

a. Easter 2013 – Lorraine camping at Summit Park – Easter Egg Hunt

b. Memorial Weekend 2013 – Basic Family Picnic – Summit Park – May 25^th, 2013

i. Lorraine has reserved Summit Park.

ii. Cost was $280.00

iii. Layout will be the same as the Family Reunion 2012

iv. We will have more emphasis on kid’s activities. This will provide an opportunity for the younger generation to get to know their cousins

v. Individual families responsible for providing their own drinks and food

vi. We are pricing out Banners to be made for each Family.

vii. Carmel will book DJ Will

viii. Campsites should be reserve ASAP.

VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS

a. Stevie – New Gig at Seven Grand in North Park every 1^st and 3^rd Saturday – GO CHECK HIM OUT!!

b. Stevie also plays every Wednesday at Café La Maze

c. Christina – Prima’s Christmas Exchange

i. Sunday, December 9^,2012

ii. 11am – 1pm

iii. Lorraine’s House

iv. $20 gift exchange

v. Pot Luck

vi. Open to ALL family after 1pm

IX. NEXT MEETING

a. Sunday, December 9, 2012

b. Time – 1:00 pm

c. Location – Lorraine’s House – 5615 Sweetwater Rd, Bonita, CA 91902

d. Please call Lorraine with any questions – 619-479-0913

X. BIRTHDAYS IN NOVEMBER

a. Grandma Portillo

b. Mundo

c. Weda

d. Stevie

e. Frankie