Happy June! Summer is not far away and here in Paso Robles, we have already had a few days close to 100°. Some people love the hot weather but I am not one of them. It’s a good thing we have air-conditioning!

The weather was beautiful for the SLOBC Golf & BBQ and everyone had a great time playing golf, eating delicious BBQ and meeting and greeting old friends and new. There was a great sense of camaraderie and many thanks to Alan Hayashi and the entire Hayashi Family for another successful fundraiser! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped prepare food, set up the BBQ at the Ranch, helped put together the musubi and snack bags for the golfers, signage and organized the tournament. A huge thank you to all who made Hole Sponsor donations and raffle donations! Everything made for a terrific day and a successful tournament! Thank you! Thank you!

Our next big event is the Obon Festival. It will be held on August 3, which is the first Saturday in Au-gust. In preparation for Obon, the BWA will have an Inarizushi workshop like we had last year. Inarizushi is sushi made in age (tofu pouches) that we sell during Obon. To help keep the sushi making consistent, we will hold a workshop on July 12 after clean up day from about 11:00 a.m. Please plan to attend and use the skills you learn to make inarizushi for Obon when we will need many helping hands. More information will be sent out in the future.

Last year we made origami cranes on sticks and presented them to attendees at the Obon Festival. We want to do the same this year and plan to make the cranes after services during the next few weeks. We will begin making the cranes and attaching them to sticks this week, spending just about an hour after church service and social time. Your help would be very much appreciated.
We plan to have a Japanese pickled vegetable work-shop soon and information will be sent out. If you are experienced in making kimchi and pickled cabbage, cucumbers and carrots, please let me know and we can use your help in the works.

If you have any questions, please contact me.



In Gassho,

Sandy