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Tag Archives: paying it forward
Our new Segil Urban Farm Fellow was appointed this last weekend – a wonderful celebration!
This is the time of year that the Segil Urban Farm Fellow is appointed through an endowment my husband and I have made to the Shalom Institute. What a fabulous camp it is and the environment with the market garden, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged animal husbandry, Bee Keeping, Camping, giving back, goats, paying it forward, Philanthropy, Shalom Institute, urban farming
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Latino Donor Collaborative – learned a lot about the powerful economic force of the community
I am proud to serve on the Advisory board of TELACU Foundation which serves the Latino/a community nationally but especially in the LA area. I also serve on the board of a Latina businesswoman who runs a Construction company of significant … Continue reading
Our Larraine Segil Scholars Holiday Party -Women of Excellence!
We held our Larraine Segil Scholars Holiday party for 2016. What a fabulous group of women – all but three of the USA based women were there – and of course we missed our two South African scholars. Check out … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Women's Topics
Tagged children, Holiday, Larraine Segil Scholars, party, paying it forward, Philanthropy, Women of Excellence
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Appointing three new Larraine Segil Scholars for 2016- amazing women with great futures!
I am proud to announce that our 2016 scholars have been selected and are now part of the Larraine Segil Scholars group. We hold our quarterly dinner in late September to celebrate. Look out for another picture then of our … Continue reading
Segil Urban Farm Fellow Endowment – for future generations
We are so proud to have endowed an annual fellowship for an Urban Farm Fellow at the Shalom Institute and Camp in Malibu Hills. This fellowship will enable a young adult to spend the summer at the camp becoming expert in … Continue reading
Our quarterly meeting of Larraine Segil Scholars Group in Los Angeles – amazing women!
Check out our website: www.larrainesegilscholars.com to find out more about these amazing women – from 15-55 years of age, in law, medicine, business, technology, biotech, healthcare, services, digital media, financial services, and two in high school – every time I connect … Continue reading
Mentoring young people – my joy in life
Nothing gives me more pleasure than mentoring young people. I do it for my Larraine Segil Scholars, now numbering 13 around the world – here the site is that features each of them – with video interviews of most too! … Continue reading
So wonderful to give back – here is our Larraine Segil Scholars Family Holiday Party – parents, children and siblings of many of our 13 scholars joined us
We are so blessed to have these outstanding young women in our lives – and here they joined together for a holiday party at The Little Farm – it was such fun! Our son James and daughter in law Donne … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Little farm products, Live Events, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Women's Topics
Tagged bouncy, cooking with kids, entertaining, family, Friends, giving back, grandchildren, grandkids, holiday party, Larraine Segil Scholars, Little farm, Mentoring women, paying it forward, Philanthropy, swimming
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Love the holidays – The So Cal Committee of 200 Scholars at The Little Farm to Celebrate the holidays
Joy is family togetherness. And this holiday season we have much to pray for and much to be thankful for. Living with fear is debilitating – and many around our world are doing that. I feel it when I think … Continue reading
Philanthropy Texas Style – The Ann Richards High School in Austin and The Committee of 200 Women CEO’s group
A few weeks ago I was privileged to join fellow women CEO’s from our group The Committee of 200 ( I was past Chair of the C200 Foundation and Past Vice Chair of the Governing Board) at Intel in Austin … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Live Events, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Women's Topics
Tagged all girls school, eleventh grade girls, high school, Intel, Larraine Segil, Latina Women, paying it forward, Philanthropy, President of Intel, Renee James, STEM, Texas, The Ann Richards School in Austin Texas, The Committee of 200, values
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Mark Russell the comedian is FUNNY! And musings on anniversaries….
Mark Russell is a political comedian and he can be very funny. One of his funniest lines is below: “The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.” By Mark Russell … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children
Tagged America the Great, anniversaries, family, giving back, immigration, Mark Russell, paying it forward, Rings of Saturn
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Wonderful celebration of the 7 awardees of the Larraine Segil Scholarship – so proud of these women!
This week we held the inaugural lunch of the 7 Awardees of the scholarships that I have endowed through Southwestern School of Law and Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Management PKE, Presidential Key Executive and EMBA programs. I graduated from Pepperdine … Continue reading
Peter Drucker – the father of management theory and insight – said simply how to succeed in business ( and in life) – Philanthropy Fridays
Peter Drucker, a management sage- had a wonderful definition of an entrepreneur ( extrapolated by me) – as someone who adds value to the dynamic of an experience. So, for example, when opening a restaurant – what makes it successful? Many serve the … Continue reading
