As printed in the November 2005 issue of the
Project Understanding Newsletter


Mike McGuire Receives 2005 Shalom Award

The Project Understanding board of directors is pleased to announce that the 2005 recipient of the Dan Stevens Shalom Award is Michael R. McGuire, president and CEO of Affinity Bank in Ventura.

The Dan Stevens Shalom Award was created in 2002 to honor the ministry and work of the Rev. Dan Stevens who was the pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church for more than 25 years. The award is presented annually to a person in Ventura County who has positively impacted his or her community (either locally or globally) in the areas of peace and social justice.

Mike McGuire meets this description very well. He gives of his time freely and willingly to advance community efforts in both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

Mike has served Project Understanding by participating in the blue-ribbon Site Selection Committee for the Daybreak Center and he was president of the board of directors of Turning Point Foundation, a local nonprofit agency assisting the homeless mentally ill.

In Santa Barbara, Mike served for many years with Transition House, an agency providing emergency and transitional shelter to homeless families in that city.

Project Understanding is proud to recognize Michael R. McGuire as the 2005 Dan Stevens Shalom Award recipient.

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