I have officially received the Jack London Award from the California Writers Club.
This isn’t a writing award like the Pulitzer Prize, it’s an award to recognize service given to the club, in particular, my 3 years as President of the Sacramento branch of the CWC.
As President of the Sacramento branch, Bernard Wozny created the Sacramento Book Festival. This flagship program encourages inclusion in the community, attracts new members and promotes the California Writers Club. During his three-year term he also encouraged the branch to be active during the California Writers Week every October.
He built infrastructure such as web site improvements to provide information for the branch. Encouraging the board to work together for the benefit of the branch membership.
Above all, Bernard has always worked with the membership in mind. Everything he did was always for the members of the Sacramento Branch, his slogan was, “It is the members who make the club, I just help them along”. With this in mind he often spent many hours mentoring individuals to get their books in progress, ready for publishing.
That is me receiving the Award from Roger Lubeck Ph.D, statewide President of the California Writers Club.
Don’t forget, there are 21 branches with over 2300 members statewide.
Members always asked me how much I charge to help them. I always say, “I work for wine.” The odd bottle is always nice, but the real kick I get is the help I can give. I’m not rich but I’m happy.
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