President Deb Davila welcomed everyone and shared District Governor Savi Bhim's message on this month's bulletin. Savi shared information about how Rotary has always been at the forefront during times of disasters and other major issues in our world. Through it all we have left the world a better place.
She also shared a video message from RI President Mark Maloney who talked about the cancelling of the international convention planned for Hawaii this summer. He said he hopes to share online some of the events that have been planned along with some of the speakers.
Again a big thank you Dr. P. for making this happen for us all!
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Birthdays
Savi Bhim - April 7
Carolyn Boucher - April 8
Rotary Anniversaries
Vince Dulcich
April 8 -- 8 years
Sponsor - Dick Erbe
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Mike McCaffrey
April 6 - 20 years
Sponsor - Tim Shannon
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Rotary Family Happy News!
Don't forget to share your happy updates with President Deb so she can share with all of us!
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Senior Concerns
and Rotary
Jim Visage has been working hard on arranging for our club to work with this organizations to find match ups for seniors and donations for them also.
If you would like to be a match up you need to go through a background check. Once this is done, please reach out to Jim so he can form his team of volunteers. Information was emailed yesterday about how to start this process. Please refer to it.
Donations of non-perishable items (canned goods, grains, paper goods, etc.) are now being accepted and you can bring them to Jim's office and deposit it in a box there. The address for Jim's office is: 370 Easy Street. His email is: jim@computermetal.com. Phone: (805) 558-7100.
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Grand Vista Hotel Wait Staff Donation
President Deb thanked everyone who participated in the survey last week about donating our food part of the monthly bill to the wait staff at the hotel. We were recently billed for the month of April and will likely not be meeting at the hotel again for breakfast. If you do not want to donate your portion of your bill to the wait staff, please reach out to John Tolson to let me him know.
Additionally, if you would like to donate additional money to the wait staff, please let John know that too!
John's email is: john@simichamber.com.
District 5240 Donating Money
District Governor Savi Bhim said that the District is using $36,000 from it's surplus to donate $9,000 to each of the four regions food banks.
Help for Local Family
Jake Finch talked about the need of a family to have someone drive for them since the mother doesn't know how to and needs to be able to pick up lunches for her children that are being provided by the SVUSD.
Blood Drive at Latter Day
We are in need of blood and there will be a blood drive on Tuesday, April 14 at the LDS Church on Sinaloa from 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Peace Builder Award Update
Cindy Jacoby reported that a few applications have been received for the 2020 Susan Smith Peace Builder Award and that she will reaching out to form a committee to review and choose the winner for this year.
President Deb suggested that we present the winner at the same meeting that we award our scholarships this year.
Scholarships for High School Seniors Update
Kathryn Scroggin said that the deadline for accepting applications has been extended to April 24 and that she has reached out to the counselors to see when the applications will be available for all to review. She is looking for volunteers to serve on the committee to read applications. Email her at: kscrog@roadrunner.com.
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New Member Proposal:
Stephen Munday
Ryan Valencia
Steve Munday
Ryan Valencia
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Welcome Guests
Jim Lowry
Wayne Snyder
Erik Sellfors
Dick Strayer
Ryan Valencia
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