APRIL 9th, 2019
GUEST SPEAKERS
DONNA POLIZZI
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APRIL 2nd - EXEMPTION BADGE
The INCOMPARABLE RON NANNING
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BE SURE TO MARK YOU CALENDARS FOR THE APRIL 23rd MEETING
We will be welcoming 20 projects that have been
successful in receiving Charitable Giving Grant funds.
Come help us congratulate these programs!
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MEETING NOTES
APRIL 2nd, 2019
Call to Order: 12:05, Michelle Shipman, Club President
Flag Pledge: Virginia Souza
Invocation: Jim Talbott
Introduction of GUEST ROTARIANS: Jim Talbott introduced...
FRANK ORTIZ, Past District 5240 Governor from the Breakfast Club and
NICK FRANKLE, Past District 5240 Governor - Westlake Club and Guest Speaker
Introduction of GUESTS OF ROTARIANS:
Terri Lee Coleman....PETRA GOMEZ, Allan Hancock College
Virginia Souza....ERIN KRIER, Ag Professor @ Allan Hancock College
GUEST SPEAKER
NICK FRANKLE
Nick shared a heart warming description of "OPERATION FOOTPRINT" a Rotary International supported collaboration that has provided restorative surgeries, medical training, physical therapy to benefit children of Tegucigalpa, Honduras who have been born afflicted with clubfoot.
BY THE NUMBERS
* Started in 2002, the program has treated over 1,000 children.
* The 2019 effort has a goal of serving 35-40 children in 4-days.
* A WORLD WIDE birth defect, 1 out of 1,000 children are born with clubfoot.
* WHEN medical casting is available AT BIRTH, surgeries are typically avoided.
Nick concluded his presentation with a wonderful short story....
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking
something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into
the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.” “Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…
" I made a difference for that one.”
THANK YOU NICK, for your shining example of "Service Above Self"!!!!!!!
AND YES, WE ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE with OPERATION FOOTPRINT!
Contact Nick at
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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sips-N-Sombreros Planning Committee Members needed. Linda Gantt is looking for members able to visit her husband and past
Club Member, Gerry Stinn.
Heather Weare - "Ladies Get Loud for CASA", April 11th.
Heather Weare - President Shipman's "Step Down", June 18th at
the Far Western Restaurant. Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres.
John Henning - 2019 GREEN BUCKET CAMPAIGN has STARTED!!!
Bring your toiletry samples to the meetings for distribution
to Good Samaritan Services and Catholic Charities in April.
The Club is still recruiting a WEB MASTER for the Club Runner!
VIRGINIA SOUZA was recognized for her work on the Open Streets
event. An estimated 10-15,000 people attended.
WINE RAFFLE TICKETS were distributed......see below.
THE FINE MASTER, KEN DALLY
WAS BACK and in TRUE FORM!!!
FRED DONATI...$20 for being caught SLEEPING at the Lighthouse dinner.
MICHELLE SHIPMAN...VOLUNTARILY donated $50 for her Golden Lab pups.
ALLI BORGA....$20 for her training trip to Denver.
THE FINE MASTER KEN FINED HIMSELF...$20 for a visit with his daughter.
FINE MASTER's ROTARY TRIVIA CONTEST
JIM TALBOTT...$15 for speaking up without being recognized.
MICHELLE SHIPMAN...NO FINE for knowing Rotary's start date of 1905.
TERRI LEE COLEMAN...NO FINE for knowing Rotary's 1st city - Chicago.
TOM ROSS...$15 for not knowing the original version of the Rotary Moto.
CYNTHIA SCHUR...NO FINE for knowing what the original Rotary Wheel
represented; meetings ROTATED at member homes.
YVONNE BIELY...$15 for talking and not paying attention.
FRED SANDERS...$15 for speaking out of turn.
50/50 Drawing
JIM TALBOTT's number was drawn
but he STRUCK OUT in picking the elusive White Marble.
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SPEAKER CALENDAR
APRIL 9th...Donna Polizzi, founder/CEO of "Keys 2 the Coast"
APRIL 16th...Erinn Dougherty, Principal of St. Joseph's School
APRIL 23rd...Kurt Hixenbaugh, Vino de Amici Wine Bar
APRIL 30th..."Dark" for the Fifth Tuesday
AND......REMEMBER, EXCITING Program Speakers:
1) Help keep member attendance UP,
2) Attract and engage NEW MEMBERS,
3) Make the difference between
....AND....
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A GREAT PROGRAM SPEAKER,
CONTACT EITHER PROGRAM CO-CHAIR, BOB FRIAS or SCOTT DUNN.
Rotator Editor, Jim Talbott
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