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By Dr. Bill Terry Koehne (Showtime) gonged us into submission. He praised Rotary International president Mehta who has recently removed Showtime from the “no-fly” list. Greeter Gary Sloan led the salute and asked for a moment of silence for those in Ukraine. Our guests for the meeting included a friend of Chris Lofaso, Carl Rosenblum, who grew up in Flushing, New York with Chris. They now work together. Three Interacters from Cal High School joined us. April is Mother and Child month for Rotary. It is also Each One Bring One month to build membership. Announcements: The Six-Club meeting is Wednesday, April 20 in the evening. We are sponsoring. The annual Educators Luncheon is April 21 at the community center. The next District function is on May 7. Check with Norbert Waltz for details. Dennis Harvey reminds us that Smoke Alarms for Sunny Glen is coming up. Demotion for Showtime is June 9. We will hand out awards at the same time. Renee Gallagher turned 50 and Chris celebrated by plowing the back 40. For some obscure reason Chris Gayler celebrated his birthday in Indiana and Santa Barbara. Norbert Waltz announced that financial constraints force us to change the mantra for the Wine and Beer Festival from “One for the customer; one for us” to “two for the customer, one for us.” Interact Report from Danielle Lee: Hively Store Volunteering Date/Time: 4/13, 4/14, 4/20, 4/27 (Time Varies) Hively is a new store open to the general public where people can get items they may need for free. We will be restocking the food pantry, hanging up clothes, collecting hangers off the rack, putting out home goods merchandise, etc. - Cards for Health Care Heroes
Date/Time: April 15th (6:30-7:30pm) - Emergency Bags for Seniors - Meals on Wheels
Date/Time: April 19th (4-5pm) Pack emergency kits for senior citizens. They will be filled with a variety of emergency preparedness items such as flashlights, socks, whistles, band-aids, masks, etc. - Trinity Center Sandwich Making
Date/Time: April 21st (3:30-5:00pm) Monthly event with two board members and four volunteers each shift making sandwiches going towards homeless - SRHF Sheep Shearing Event
Date/Time: April 23rd (9:30AM-3:30PM) /// Where: Forest Home Farms Historic Park We will help with the face painting booth, selling ice cream, set up, and more Date/Time: April 30th /// Where: 2700 Camino Ramon, San Ramon Help out with a variety of tasks during the event - Interact 5160 Six Flags Celebration
Date/Time: May 21st (10:00AM-8:00PM) The price of $55 includes all-day admission, parking pass, lunch, picnic activities, and we will be announcing the winners for our Interact district awards New board was introduced by Incoming President, Michael Roberts, who is still naming people to serve: Colette Lay will handle Public Relations. Carolyn Degnan is in charge of Club Administration. Karen McNamara will organize Community Service. Kathy Gailey will head up International Service. Patti Hennigan will do Vocational Service. Terry Koehne will assume the job of Sergeant-at-Arms. And in a momentous move, Julie McKinney will take on the duties of Treasurer, replacing Geoff Disch after 25 years of service. (It will be interesting to see if Geoff’s decision to put all the Club’s money into cryptocurrency paid off.) Mike announced he was going to conduct a Club Assessment of the members. We will be accepting credit cards for payment of dues. We are looking at a possible Fashion Show fund-raiser. Mike wants to make more of a big deal of new members in the club and to honor their sponsors. He plans to use a small group to select speakers and assign Greeters. He hopes to be engaging and open-minded. It sounds as if we are in for an exciting time. Oh, and the new president of Rotary International is our first woman, Jennifer Jones, and her motto is “Imagine Rotary.” The Raffle was won by Mike Thelan and our guest, Carl Rosenblum drew blue. This correspondent wishes to thank the Rotarians who peeled him off the pavement in the parking lot, particularly Chris Gallagher and Terry Koehne who are a lot stronger than they look. |
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