The Meeting Opens: John Milich, “Copy Cat” opened with the  standard incantation: “Barry Rassin is R.I. President and his motto is: ‘Be the Inspiration’”.

Greeter: Gobind Anand gave us the “Thought for the Day”: Smile. Pray or mediate 60 minutes a day if you can, and remain positive. “Life is simple. Don’t make it complicated”. There were no visiting Rotarians.

Patriotic Song: Don Jones led us in ””God Bless America”. 

Recognitions: The honorees were mostly absent so they escaped judgment day. However, we were able to sing “Happy Birthday” for Mo.

Interact Club: Aakash Bhegade, Communications Director for Interact, gave the club an update on Interact’s activities and plans: The Senior Graduation Awards ceremony will be held at CCCC on April 18 12:00 pm. Camp Venture application deadline is March 15. Same for Camp[ Royal. The CSF Preschool Toys Sanitization project is March 23. The Quail Run Elementary School Silent auction is Thursday, March 28 5 – 8 pm. Also, the Interact Project Proposal Applications are ready to be filled out by students who have an idea they want Interact to work on

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Paul Harris! Paul Harris was born April 19, 1868 in Racine Wisconsin.

 

President-Elect Mark Maloney’s theme for his upcoming year is: “Rotary Connects with the World”.

Ginny Weber: Glen reports that Ginny is recovering well from her surgery.

 

 

Rotary International Disaster Response Fund is accepting donations in the form of district designated funds. Funds cannot be for specific disasters or events.

 

Six-Club Dinner: The 6-club dinner is April 17 at Round Hill CC. The speaker is Betty Yee, CA State Controller. She will be presented with a Paul Harris . The cost is $39.00 per person.

 

District Assembly May 17-19 at the Peppermill in /Reno, NV.

 

Smoke Alarm Project:  The Smoke Alarm Project at Sunny Glen will take place April 27. Be sure to sign up. The work starts around 9:00 am. Get there a little early.

 

Bocce Ball
Tournament: The Rotary  Bocce Ball tournament will be held May 11 at the Martinez waterfront park on May 11. You can still sign up if you have not already.

 

Six Presidents Meeting: John reports that an event called “Truck Time” will be held on Saturday, May 4 at 2700 Camino Ramon. This will be an interactive outdoor family festival that will encourage children to explore a variety of trucks and vehicles. The ticket price is $7.00 for all attendees over the age of one year. You can buy tickets on line before April 28.  See trucktimesanramon.org  The event is sponsored by the Dougherty Valley Club.

 

Cal Fire Fundraiser: The San Ramon Valley Rotary will sponsor a “Tips for Change” event at Gianni’s Italian Bistro on April 1, 2019 from 5 pm to 8 pm

 

 

 

MAIN EVENT: Kathy Gailey and Priya Jhingan led us in a “brain storming” session regarding ideas for a hands-on project for our club. Each table was given a poster board on which to write suggestions, and the ideas we developed were then posted on the wall for all to discuss. Main areas of interest were: health, housing food service,  and  education.

Some of the ideas presented were: Food Bank sorting; Special Olympics, Christmas in April in which assistance in home improvement would be offered to selected SR Valley residents; an Alzheimer’s Walk fund raiser. Park clean up; an Ocean cleanup; Meals on Wheels; “Loaves and Fishes”, a program of St. Vincent de Paul; Shepherd’s Gate, a home for battered women in Livermore; Blue Star care packages; dog toy making (from old T-shirts; a Crayon Initiative in which used crayons would be remade into usable new crayons and distributed.

 

Raffle: Mark Hornstra won the Greeter gift. Mark Bronzini won a chance at the Progressive, but drew a blue ball.