No Excuses: Yvonne Bogdanovich’s commitment goes beyond boys and girls
Yvonne Bogdanovich. Photo by David Fairchild Yvonne Bogdanovich can still recall when she got the letter. The return address on the envelope read, “Boys and Girls Club San Pedro.” Inside was a brief, but kind letter from an old friend named Mike Lansing, asking a favor. “Mike was a teacher at Holy Trinity for years when all of my kids went there. He sent me a very nice letter asking me if I would join the board of directors at the Boys and Girls Club. At that time I didn’t know why he had asked me, I didn’t have any ties to the organization mainly because when I was growing up it was a boys organization,” said Bogdanovich. “I thought to myself, ‘what do I know?’” During what Bogdanovich planned to be a short, polite phone call declining the position, Lansing successfully pleaded her into the two-year term. “When I took on this position, she was the first person I contacted to see if she would come and be a part of the board. I had seen her involvement in Holy Trinity School, both personally and in rallying other people to support our school,” said Mike Lansing, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club San Pedro. “I knew she had that leadership skill set and I wanted to change…
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