February 7, 2025 • 18 mins
Discover the incredible journey of Albert Hernandez, a man whose life has been molded by service and resilience. From joining Rotary at the age of 19 to leading District 5280 in Los Angeles, Albert's story is one of inspiration. As CEO of Home Again Los Angeles, he dedicates his life to aiding unhoused families, drawing on lessons learned from his upbringing as one of 11 siblings. Albert's account of a young boy's selflessness in the "Shop with the Cop" project resonates with Rotary's mission of "service above self," offering a poignant reminder of the impact one can make in a community.
Join us to explore Rotary District 5280's global relief efforts, from supporting fire disaster survivors to long-term recovery initiatives. Our conversation with Albert sheds light on how Rotary has been a beacon of hope during crises, such as the COVID pandemic, through relentless fundraising and support to first responders. We also celebrate the collaborative spirit within Rotary, drawing inspiration from the Rotary Buzz podcast, and emphasize the importance of maintaining connections across districts for a united global response. This episode is a testament to the power of community and the unwavering commitment to service that defines the Rotary family.
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Brian Triger (00:29):
Welcome to the Rotary Spark podcast, albert,
tell us a little bit about whatyour roles are inside and
outside of Rotary.
Albert Hernandez (00:39):
Yeah, so my name is Albert Hernandez and I
serve as the district governorfor Rotary International
District 5280, which is in LosAngeles, California.
I've been a Rotarian.
It'll be 20 years this year, in2025, that I've been a part of
the Rotary family.
I actually joined Rotary when Iwas 19 years old, fresh out of
(01:03):
high school and excited to getmy hands dirty and do community
service projects.
And here I am, 20 years later,serving and volunteering as the
district governor of thisamazing district that's so
diverse in Los Angeles.
We've got over 60 clubs.
We've got about 10 Rotaractclubs and so many Interact clubs
(01:24):
, and it's an honor to serve asdistrict governor this year and
really help our clubs.
Our Rotarians really find thatRotary moment in their journey
of being a Rotarian.
What I do for a living isactually I also have been in the
nonprofit sector for 20 yearsnow.
I also have been in thenonprofit sector for 20 years
(01:44):
now.
Today I get to be the chiefexecutive officer of Home Again
Los Angeles, which is anonprofit homeless service
agency in Los Angeles that helpsunhoused families with children
by providing them shelter, andthen our goal is to get them the
(02:07):
resources that they need to befinancially stable and then move
back into permanent housing andmy day job and my time in
Rotary.
I love them both.
They're both in alignment withtheir missions.
It's all about helping peopleand that's really what I enjoy
doing.
I'm number five of 11 brothersand sisters.
My father passed away when Iwas a teenager and my mom had to
(02:29):
work two jobs just to make endsmeet, and I think going through
that experience kind ofreinforced in me the importance
of helping those that are goingthrough difficult times and
giving them a hand up difficulttimes and giving them a hand up,
and so I couldn't say Icouldn't be any happier with my
(02:50):
life right now, being a Rotarianand doing the work that I get
to do each and every day.
Brian Triger (02:54):
That's a fantastic story.
I think that it's extremelyrare to hear someone at the age
of 39 having 20 years ofexperience and I love you know,
on the surface I haven't dug toodeep into your nonprofit, but I
think that it's fantastic thatyou're helping out all of these
families.
(03:14):
Out of curiosity, you mentionedthat rotary moment, did you?
Albert Hernandez (03:24):
You know what?
I've had so many Rotary momentsin my time, but I will say my
first one was through a projectthat our Rotary Club, which is
in the city of Burbank I'm aproud member of the Rotary Club
of Burbank, I think it was myfirst or second year and we did
a shopping spree for childrenthat are in low-income families.
(03:47):
We actually called it Shop withthe Cop and what we did was we
matched a police officer and astudent and a Rotarian, and this
was back in 2005, 2006.
And we gave every child $100 togo and purchase items for
(04:07):
school.
It was a back-to-schoolshopping spree and the idea of
really pulling in the policeofficers was really to see, at
least here in Los Angeles.
It was important to me that thechildren realize that officers
are here to protect us.
They're here, they're awonderful, dependable individual
that really cares about thecommunity, and so we partnered
(04:31):
them together and I was matchedwith an officer and a child and
I got to tell you that child Iwould think that he wanted
school supplies or toys or jeansor, you know, shirts.
You know he did get some of theessential school supplies, but
he pulled out a little list outof his pocket and he said I need
(04:54):
to get my mom some shoes.
She doesn't have good shoes andI want to buy her those shoes.
And underneath that he had putthat he wanted to get his
brother, his younger brother, abook.
And I just thought to myself.
I said how amazing for thisyoung man, this, this child um,
(05:14):
I think it was about 10 or 11years old to think about others
before he thought about himself.
And I will always remember thatand it's it brings back that
motto of service above self,always taking care of others.
And that story will always bein my heart and I always reflect
on it from time to time as I gothrough my journey in life and
I just remember it's soimportant to help others as much
(05:37):
as possible.
Brian Triger (05:40):
Based on the background story that you shared
with us.
Do you see yourself in a lot ofthese people that you're
helping?
Albert Hernandez (05:48):
Yeah, you know I do.
I don't think I realized thatin the beginning, I think I just
wanted to help, but as timeprogressed, you know there's so
many families that came to ournonprofit Home Again LA.
You know I realized boy, thatperson reminds me of my mom or
that mom that this, this family,is a single parent and they
went through the same strugglesas as my mom did in my, in my
(06:12):
family.
And then there was sometimesthere was some teenagers that
would be in our shelter that Iwould say you know what they're
going through?
The same situation or similarsituation.
You know my family didn'tbecome homeless or we didn't
lose our home, but we werecertainly a paycheck away and
that was scary.
It was really scary.
(06:32):
And I think what was evenscarier was not being able to
see my mom as often as possible,because she had to be at her
first job at six in the morningand then her second job didn't
allow her to come home to about10 o'clock at night.
So you know people are justfighting to survive.
You know that was 20 plus yearsago and we still have people
all over the world, even here inthe United States, that are
(06:55):
just trying to make ends meetand you know Rotary is always on
the forefront providing youknow Thanksgiving meals or
providing gifts to families thatare low income.
And it just makes me proud tobe a Rotarian because I see it
every day here at my job.
People are in dire need.
The COVID pandemic startedalmost five years ago and
(07:19):
there's still families that arestruggling.
And Rotary is always there.
They've always been there and Iknow they will always continue
to be there to help people.
Brian Triger (07:28):
I see that too here.
It's taken me a little whileI'm only about a year and a half
to two years in and it'stouching, whether it's listening
to your story or anyone else'sstory within our district, or
really any other district forthat matter.
So I am also proud to be aRotarian and honored to be
(07:49):
elevated to a point ofunderstanding or at least a
little bit more of anenlightened mindset where I can
think of others before myself.
Albert Hernandez (08:02):
Right, yeah, yeah.
Brian Triger (08:05):
So great.
So what projects are you guysworking on right now?
Albert Hernandez (08:13):
So you know what Rotary here in Los Angeles
has been.
We've been so active, as youknow.
January 6th, january 7th, youknow, the local media was
posting signs that we were goingto be hit with winds as strong
as 80 to 100 miles per hour.
They were giving us warnings.
(08:34):
You know, bring your patiofurniture inside, make sure
things are held down tight.
Winds are going to be powerful.
And then January 8th hit, andnot only were we seeing all
these powerful winds, but wewere hit with wildfires left and
right.
There was a wildfire inPalisades, there was a fire in
(08:55):
Altadena, pasadena area, therewas a wildfire that popped up on
the north side of the county,in the city of Sylmar, and then
that evening we're seeingwildfires show up in the
Hollywood Hills and Calabasas.
And boy we just everybody Ispoke to those few days
everyone's trying to figure outwhat in the world is going on
(09:15):
here, dealing with anxiety oruncertainty because of all these
fires.
Imagine what our kids arefacing.
What are they thinking?
Those innocent children arethinking oh boy, am I to blame?
(09:35):
What's going on?
Why am I not in school?
Why are schools closed?
It's been so chaotic for thepast month here, but at the same
time, it's been so emotionalbecause we've been seeing the
outpour of support fromRotarians, not just here in Los
Angeles, but Rotarians fromevery country, calling, emailing
(09:56):
, texting us how they can help.
The amount of monetarycontributions that have been
coming in from countries likePuerto Rico and Ecuador and
Belize and France.
I mean it's been amazing, youknow.
I think those kind of thingsand those kind of experiences
have really lifted us up andreminded us the impact of Rotary
(10:18):
.
It's not just our respectivedistricts that you and I belong
to, it's a global movement, andso we've been raising funds so
that we can conduct projects.
We've been providing essentialservices to the fire disaster
survivors.
We've been taking them to thedisaster zones, getting people
water, food, clothing, warmblankets.
(10:41):
We've been delivering mealswarm meals to those that have
been impacted.
We've been sending funding tofirefighters who have been
battling those fires 24-7.
I mean I know firemen andfirewomen who were sleeping in
their cars and then waking upand getting back on the front
(11:01):
lines battling those flames.
It wasn't an intense threeweeks, but Rotary's been doing
all these service projects to atleast try to bring some sense
of comfort and normalcy to thesepeople that have been impacted.
My own non-profit.
We've welcomed 13 families intoour shelter and we've already
been able to support them infinding permanent housing, two
(11:23):
of them out of the 13 so far.
So we're just, we're trying tofind ways to support those that
have been impacted.
But now, here we are, a monthlater.
Now we're trying to think aboutlong-term projects.
What can we do?
How can we help rebuild housing, how can we rebuild community
centers, things of that nature.
So we definitely have our handsfull.
(11:45):
You know, it's as I said, it'sonly been a month, but it's.
It feels like it's been a yearthat we've been doing this.
It's it's been so much, it'sbeen a lot, but we're doing our
best to to be active, to respondto the needs of the community
and those that have beenimpacted.
And, again, rotary's been therethis entire time.
Brian Triger (12:08):
That's fantastic and to get plugged into what
your district is currentlyworking on.
If I'm not mistaken, I've beento your website several times,
we would go to rotary5280.org.
Albert Hernandez (12:26):
Is that correct?
Yeah, so anyone interested inmaking a monetary contribution
or just reading what we're doingBecause what I've been doing is
I've been updating our websiteand kind of journaling in a way,
putting what we're working onwhat's the latest news, what's
the impact that your monetarycontribution has made in our
community, what's the impactthat your monetary contribution
(12:49):
has made in our community, soyou can make a monetary
contribution on our website oryou can read up-to-date
information on what ourRotarians are doing, and it is
rotary5280.org.
I got to also say we're very,very active on social media.
So if you've got a Facebookaccount or an Insta account,
check us out, find us on both ofthose social medias.
It's Rotary District 5280, andyou get to see some of the
(13:14):
projects that we're working on.
And then, of course, we've beenvery active this year and we've
got a YouTube channel as well.
So if you go to YouTubecom,just type in Rotary District
5280, and you'll see some of theupdates of projects and
people's lives that we'rechanging on that platform as
well.
Brian Triger (13:32):
Perfect.
Yeah, we'll make sure to sharethose links in any follow-up
media.
And then also for Home Again LA.
Just correct me if I missanything.
It's wwwhomeagainlaorg.
Is that correct?
Albert Hernandez (13:49):
You got it.
That's the website, definitely.
Brian Triger (13:52):
All right, great, I look forward to reaching into
or not even reaching in, justkind of opening up those windows
to see what, what is going on.
And I also want to take thisopportunity.
I've thanked you several times.
I see you as kind of theunofficial grandfather of this,
uh, this podcast, because thevery first time that I saw your
(14:13):
website, I noticed that you guyswere doing uh the buzz.
Is that correct?
Albert Hernandez (14:21):
That's it.
That's the name of our podcast.
Brian Triger (14:24):
The rotary buzz podcast, the second that I heard
the quality and just saw someof the graphics and stuff, I
something clicked and I realized, hey, we could probably, you
know, do something like this too.
And you know, I reached out toyou.
I actually found out, found youguys in a backwards way through
(14:46):
discord, I think through one ofyour Rotaract discord servers,
when I was intending to not onlycreate a district discord but
also potentially an unofficialRotary International discord,
and that was a little bit of amess.
But one of your leaders in oneof your Rotaract clubs was kind
enough to send me your way andthat's how I discovered your
(15:08):
website, the podcast and gotinspired to create this.
So thank you so much for allyour support that you've given
us.
Albert Hernandez (15:15):
No, don't worry about it.
I mean, generally, we reallyare a Rotary family and if
there's anything that we canshare with one another, we may
be in different districts,different states, but there
really is no boundaries inRotary.
We're here to lift each otherup and share ideas because
(15:40):
ultimately it's going.
Some of your podcasts and I'mvery impressed with your
speakers, yourself and um, Ihope you continue running with
this because it's a wonderfuloutlet for for people who are
driving and just want to listento something, or waking up on a
Saturday morning and wanting tohear an update about a story in
rotary.
I think it's a wonderful way toto way to share those stories
(16:03):
of Rotarians and others.
So kudos to you.
Brian Triger (16:07):
Yeah, thank you.
I hope that this and any otherepisode, whether it's on your
podcast or Voices or any otherdistrict podcast, that it
inspires the connection andcollaboration of other districts
in additional ways Because, asyou said, it's just going to
build on top of Rotary, whichgives support to the rest of the
world.
Albert Hernandez (16:27):
Yeah agreed.
Brian Triger (16:28):
So any shout outs you want to give, I'm sure that
there are tons of people's livesthat you've touched and that
have supported you too, but anyfamily members or individuals in
your district that you want toembarrass for a second and give
kudos to, yeah, yeah, you knowwhat?
Albert Hernandez (16:46):
Always, I think every rootarian in our
district of 5280 has done such awonderful job this year, this
past month, as you said.
You know, I'm very fortunatethis year to serve as district
governor.
You know, when I was, when Iwas in elementary school, and my
teacher asked me what do youwant to be when you grow up?
I definitely didn't saydistrict governor.
(17:08):
But here I am and I'm excitedabout the journey and you know,
I think being district governoris definitely just a title.
I think the team that we'veestablished, that we put
together from our chief of staff, may Stacy, and Glenn Gomez
They've been there the entireway with me on this journey.
The club presidents have beenphenomenal.
(17:30):
We're focusing this year oncollaboration.
Our whole theme in our districtis teamwork makes the dream
work and our club presidentshave really knocked it out of
the park.
They're doing more projectstogether.
They're, you know, they'recombining their funds and and
helping more people.
They're having socials together.
(17:50):
So any shout out that I want togive is just the amazing
Rotarians from 5280, who arejust doing a wonderful job,
especially with this recentdisaster that we're facing.
They continue to remain oncourse and, you know, putting
others before themselves.
So just a big shout out to ourentire district for everything
that they've done and continueto do.
Brian Triger (18:13):
Thank you for joining us, albert.
Thank you to District 5280,5750, the Metropolitan Library
System, itspark and oursubscribers for all of your
support.
Have a good night, everyone.
You.
Welcome to the Rotary Spark podcast, albert,
tell us a little bit about whatyour roles are inside and
outside of Rotary.
Albert Hernandez (00:39):
Yeah, so my name is Albert Hernandez and I
serve as the district governorfor Rotary International
District 5280, which is in LosAngeles, California.
I've been a Rotarian.
It'll be 20 years this year, in2025, that I've been a part of
the Rotary family.
I actually joined Rotary when Iwas 19 years old, fresh out of
(01:03):
high school and excited to getmy hands dirty and do community
service projects.
And here I am, 20 years later,serving and volunteering as the
district governor of thisamazing district that's so
diverse in Los Angeles.
We've got over 60 clubs.
We've got about 10 Rotaractclubs and so many Interact clubs
(01:24):
, and it's an honor to serve asdistrict governor this year and
really help our clubs.
Our Rotarians really find thatRotary moment in their journey
of being a Rotarian.
What I do for a living isactually I also have been in the
nonprofit sector for 20 yearsnow.
I also have been in thenonprofit sector for 20 years
(01:44):
now.
Today I get to be the chiefexecutive officer of Home Again
Los Angeles, which is anonprofit homeless service
agency in Los Angeles that helpsunhoused families with children
by providing them shelter, andthen our goal is to get them the
(02:07):
resources that they need to befinancially stable and then move
back into permanent housing andmy day job and my time in
Rotary.
I love them both.
They're both in alignment withtheir missions.
It's all about helping peopleand that's really what I enjoy
doing.
I'm number five of 11 brothersand sisters.
My father passed away when Iwas a teenager and my mom had to
(02:29):
work two jobs just to make endsmeet, and I think going through
that experience kind ofreinforced in me the importance
of helping those that are goingthrough difficult times and
giving them a hand up difficulttimes and giving them a hand up,
and so I couldn't say Icouldn't be any happier with my
(02:50):
life right now, being a Rotarianand doing the work that I get
to do each and every day.
Brian Triger (02:54):
That's a fantastic story.
I think that it's extremelyrare to hear someone at the age
of 39 having 20 years ofexperience and I love you know,
on the surface I haven't dug toodeep into your nonprofit, but I
think that it's fantastic thatyou're helping out all of these
families.
(03:14):
Out of curiosity, you mentionedthat rotary moment, did you?
Albert Hernandez (03:24):
You know what?
I've had so many Rotary momentsin my time, but I will say my
first one was through a projectthat our Rotary Club, which is
in the city of Burbank I'm aproud member of the Rotary Club
of Burbank, I think it was myfirst or second year and we did
a shopping spree for childrenthat are in low-income families.
(03:47):
We actually called it Shop withthe Cop and what we did was we
matched a police officer and astudent and a Rotarian, and this
was back in 2005, 2006.
And we gave every child $100 togo and purchase items for
(04:07):
school.
It was a back-to-schoolshopping spree and the idea of
really pulling in the policeofficers was really to see, at
least here in Los Angeles.
It was important to me that thechildren realize that officers
are here to protect us.
They're here, they're awonderful, dependable individual
that really cares about thecommunity, and so we partnered
(04:31):
them together and I was matchedwith an officer and a child and
I got to tell you that child Iwould think that he wanted
school supplies or toys or jeansor, you know, shirts.
You know he did get some of theessential school supplies, but
he pulled out a little list outof his pocket and he said I need
(04:54):
to get my mom some shoes.
She doesn't have good shoes andI want to buy her those shoes.
And underneath that he had putthat he wanted to get his
brother, his younger brother, abook.
And I just thought to myself.
I said how amazing for thisyoung man, this, this child um,
(05:14):
I think it was about 10 or 11years old to think about others
before he thought about himself.
And I will always remember thatand it's it brings back that
motto of service above self,always taking care of others.
And that story will always bein my heart and I always reflect
on it from time to time as I gothrough my journey in life and
I just remember it's soimportant to help others as much
(05:37):
as possible.
Brian Triger (05:40):
Based on the background story that you shared
with us.
Do you see yourself in a lot ofthese people that you're
helping?
Albert Hernandez (05:48):
Yeah, you know I do.
I don't think I realized thatin the beginning, I think I just
wanted to help, but as timeprogressed, you know there's so
many families that came to ournonprofit Home Again LA.
You know I realized boy, thatperson reminds me of my mom or
that mom that this, this family,is a single parent and they
went through the same strugglesas as my mom did in my, in my
(06:12):
family.
And then there was sometimesthere was some teenagers that
would be in our shelter that Iwould say you know what they're
going through?
The same situation or similarsituation.
You know my family didn'tbecome homeless or we didn't
lose our home, but we werecertainly a paycheck away and
that was scary.
It was really scary.
(06:32):
And I think what was evenscarier was not being able to
see my mom as often as possible,because she had to be at her
first job at six in the morningand then her second job didn't
allow her to come home to about10 o'clock at night.
So you know people are justfighting to survive.
You know that was 20 plus yearsago and we still have people
all over the world, even here inthe United States, that are
(06:55):
just trying to make ends meetand you know Rotary is always on
the forefront providing youknow Thanksgiving meals or
providing gifts to families thatare low income.
And it just makes me proud tobe a Rotarian because I see it
every day here at my job.
People are in dire need.
The COVID pandemic startedalmost five years ago and
(07:19):
there's still families that arestruggling.
And Rotary is always there.
They've always been there and Iknow they will always continue
to be there to help people.
Brian Triger (07:28):
I see that too here.
It's taken me a little whileI'm only about a year and a half
to two years in and it'stouching, whether it's listening
to your story or anyone else'sstory within our district, or
really any other district forthat matter.
So I am also proud to be aRotarian and honored to be
(07:49):
elevated to a point ofunderstanding or at least a
little bit more of anenlightened mindset where I can
think of others before myself.
Albert Hernandez (08:02):
Right, yeah, yeah.
Brian Triger (08:05):
So great.
So what projects are you guysworking on right now?
Albert Hernandez (08:13):
So you know what Rotary here in Los Angeles
has been.
We've been so active, as youknow.
January 6th, january 7th, youknow, the local media was
posting signs that we were goingto be hit with winds as strong
as 80 to 100 miles per hour.
They were giving us warnings.
(08:34):
You know, bring your patiofurniture inside, make sure
things are held down tight.
Winds are going to be powerful.
And then January 8th hit, andnot only were we seeing all
these powerful winds, but wewere hit with wildfires left and
right.
There was a wildfire inPalisades, there was a fire in
(08:55):
Altadena, pasadena area, therewas a wildfire that popped up on
the north side of the county,in the city of Sylmar, and then
that evening we're seeingwildfires show up in the
Hollywood Hills and Calabasas.
And boy we just everybody Ispoke to those few days
everyone's trying to figure outwhat in the world is going on
(09:15):
here, dealing with anxiety oruncertainty because of all these
fires.
Imagine what our kids arefacing.
What are they thinking?
Those innocent children arethinking oh boy, am I to blame?
(09:35):
What's going on?
Why am I not in school?
Why are schools closed?
It's been so chaotic for thepast month here, but at the same
time, it's been so emotionalbecause we've been seeing the
outpour of support fromRotarians, not just here in Los
Angeles, but Rotarians fromevery country, calling, emailing
(09:56):
, texting us how they can help.
The amount of monetarycontributions that have been
coming in from countries likePuerto Rico and Ecuador and
Belize and France.
I mean it's been amazing, youknow.
I think those kind of thingsand those kind of experiences
have really lifted us up andreminded us the impact of Rotary
(10:18):
.
It's not just our respectivedistricts that you and I belong
to, it's a global movement, andso we've been raising funds so
that we can conduct projects.
We've been providing essentialservices to the fire disaster
survivors.
We've been taking them to thedisaster zones, getting people
water, food, clothing, warmblankets.
(10:41):
We've been delivering mealswarm meals to those that have
been impacted.
We've been sending funding tofirefighters who have been
battling those fires 24-7.
I mean I know firemen andfirewomen who were sleeping in
their cars and then waking upand getting back on the front
(11:01):
lines battling those flames.
It wasn't an intense threeweeks, but Rotary's been doing
all these service projects to atleast try to bring some sense
of comfort and normalcy to thesepeople that have been impacted.
My own non-profit.
We've welcomed 13 families intoour shelter and we've already
been able to support them infinding permanent housing, two
(11:23):
of them out of the 13 so far.
So we're just, we're trying tofind ways to support those that
have been impacted.
But now, here we are, a monthlater.
Now we're trying to think aboutlong-term projects.
What can we do?
How can we help rebuild housing, how can we rebuild community
centers, things of that nature.
So we definitely have our handsfull.
(11:45):
You know, it's as I said, it'sonly been a month, but it's.
It feels like it's been a yearthat we've been doing this.
It's it's been so much, it'sbeen a lot, but we're doing our
best to to be active, to respondto the needs of the community
and those that have beenimpacted.
And, again, rotary's been therethis entire time.
Brian Triger (12:08):
That's fantastic and to get plugged into what
your district is currentlyworking on.
If I'm not mistaken, I've beento your website several times,
we would go to rotary5280.org.
Albert Hernandez (12:26):
Is that correct?
Yeah, so anyone interested inmaking a monetary contribution
or just reading what we're doingBecause what I've been doing is
I've been updating our websiteand kind of journaling in a way,
putting what we're working onwhat's the latest news, what's
the impact that your monetarycontribution has made in our
community, what's the impactthat your monetary contribution
(12:49):
has made in our community, soyou can make a monetary
contribution on our website oryou can read up-to-date
information on what ourRotarians are doing, and it is
rotary5280.org.
I got to also say we're very,very active on social media.
So if you've got a Facebookaccount or an Insta account,
check us out, find us on both ofthose social medias.
It's Rotary District 5280, andyou get to see some of the
(13:14):
projects that we're working on.
And then, of course, we've beenvery active this year and we've
got a YouTube channel as well.
So if you go to YouTubecom,just type in Rotary District
5280, and you'll see some of theupdates of projects and
people's lives that we'rechanging on that platform as
well.
Brian Triger (13:32):
Perfect.
Yeah, we'll make sure to sharethose links in any follow-up
media.
And then also for Home Again LA.
Just correct me if I missanything.
It's wwwhomeagainlaorg.
Is that correct?
Albert Hernandez (13:49):
You got it.
That's the website, definitely.
Brian Triger (13:52):
All right, great, I look forward to reaching into
or not even reaching in, justkind of opening up those windows
to see what, what is going on.
And I also want to take thisopportunity.
I've thanked you several times.
I see you as kind of theunofficial grandfather of this,
uh, this podcast, because thevery first time that I saw your
(14:13):
website, I noticed that you guyswere doing uh the buzz.
Is that correct?
Albert Hernandez (14:21):
That's it.
That's the name of our podcast.
Brian Triger (14:24):
The rotary buzz podcast, the second that I heard
the quality and just saw someof the graphics and stuff, I
something clicked and I realized, hey, we could probably, you
know, do something like this too.
And you know, I reached out toyou.
I actually found out, found youguys in a backwards way through
(14:46):
discord, I think through one ofyour Rotaract discord servers,
when I was intending to not onlycreate a district discord but
also potentially an unofficialRotary International discord,
and that was a little bit of amess.
But one of your leaders in oneof your Rotaract clubs was kind
enough to send me your way andthat's how I discovered your
(15:08):
website, the podcast and gotinspired to create this.
So thank you so much for allyour support that you've given
us.
Albert Hernandez (15:15):
No, don't worry about it.
I mean, generally, we reallyare a Rotary family and if
there's anything that we canshare with one another, we may
be in different districts,different states, but there
really is no boundaries inRotary.
We're here to lift each otherup and share ideas because
(15:40):
ultimately it's going.
Some of your podcasts and I'mvery impressed with your
speakers, yourself and um, Ihope you continue running with
this because it's a wonderfuloutlet for for people who are
driving and just want to listento something, or waking up on a
Saturday morning and wanting tohear an update about a story in
rotary.
I think it's a wonderful way toto way to share those stories
(16:03):
of Rotarians and others.
So kudos to you.
Brian Triger (16:07):
Yeah, thank you.
I hope that this and any otherepisode, whether it's on your
podcast or Voices or any otherdistrict podcast, that it
inspires the connection andcollaboration of other districts
in additional ways Because, asyou said, it's just going to
build on top of Rotary, whichgives support to the rest of the
world.
Albert Hernandez (16:27):
Yeah agreed.
Brian Triger (16:28):
So any shout outs you want to give, I'm sure that
there are tons of people's livesthat you've touched and that
have supported you too, but anyfamily members or individuals in
your district that you want toembarrass for a second and give
kudos to, yeah, yeah, you knowwhat?
Albert Hernandez (16:46):
Always, I think every rootarian in our
district of 5280 has done such awonderful job this year, this
past month, as you said.
You know, I'm very fortunatethis year to serve as district
governor.
You know, when I was, when Iwas in elementary school, and my
teacher asked me what do youwant to be when you grow up?
I definitely didn't saydistrict governor.
(17:08):
But here I am and I'm excitedabout the journey and you know,
I think being district governoris definitely just a title.
I think the team that we'veestablished, that we put
together from our chief of staff, may Stacy, and Glenn Gomez
They've been there the entireway with me on this journey.
The club presidents have beenphenomenal.
(17:30):
We're focusing this year oncollaboration.
Our whole theme in our districtis teamwork makes the dream
work and our club presidentshave really knocked it out of
the park.
They're doing more projectstogether.
They're, you know, they'recombining their funds and and
helping more people.
They're having socials together.
(17:50):
So any shout out that I want togive is just the amazing
Rotarians from 5280, who arejust doing a wonderful job,
especially with this recentdisaster that we're facing.
They continue to remain oncourse and, you know, putting
others before themselves.
So just a big shout out to ourentire district for everything
that they've done and continueto do.
Brian Triger (18:13):
Thank you for joining us, albert.
Thank you to District 5280,5750, the Metropolitan Library
System, itspark and oursubscribers for all of your
support.
Have a good night, everyone.
You.
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