Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “Sunrise Rotary a recap of the Recent Board Meeting and the ’State of the Club’… May 2, 2019…
President Dave led the meeting…
Past President George Beitner led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
Father Bill Dopp offered an invocation…
Visitors and Guests:
None this week
Birthdays:
May 5: President Dave; the ‘Cinco de Mayo’ man… Happy Guacamole!!
Our Birthday Boy President… making like a flamenco dancer for his Cinco de Mayo birthday…
Anniversaries:
None this week
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Dates to Remember:
May 15: All Escondido Clubs Meeting at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park; the meeting begins at 11:30, cost is $35 which includes lunch, parking and admission to the Park for the entire day… Meet Past President Rich Aeling at the Park Entrance…
16: Our regular meeting will be dark…
Interfaith Meal Serving Project…
21: Rotary Night at Petco Park
June 20: Demotion Event
Reminders:
Spring Flower Baskets are available as a fund-raising project of the East Rotary Club… Cost is $30 and they will be delivered to our Club on Thursday May 9 at our Club Meeting… Funds raised will provide support for Police and Fire Cadet programs in Escondido…
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Past President Jim Ponder and his grandson JD having a good time with big equipment and a little face painting…
A group of Sunrise Rotarians at work in Grape Day Park last Saturday… Nice job! Thanks for serving our community!!
A special gathering of Sunrise Rotarians with Past President John Masson… Good to see you out and about John!!… He appreciates our prayers and support…
High Fives and Announcements:
President Dave shared a thank-you note from the Escondido Education Foundation for our $500 gift supporting the Mike Caston Innovation Awards Program…
President Dave encouraged Sunrise Rotarians to ‘Do a Bit More’ this year with an extra gift for Polio Plus… If you haven’t gotten around to it, contact Past President and Treasurer Bob Burson and he will add your gift to your monthly invoice…
Past President and Foundation Chair, Kevin Svetich thanked members for their Rotary Foundation gifts… reminding us that we have risen to #4 in per capita giving with District 5340… We are currently $5,500 out of first place as we rest at $268 per capita…
Kevin and President Dave presented his first Paul Harris Award to John Schwab… Congratulations John and thank you for your generosity…
Past President and Bulletin Editor, Jack Anderson, thanked Past President John Boyce for his outstanding support for bulletin notes and photos while Jack was gone last week… Thanks, John!!
John Schwab shared information on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce regarding the upcoming Grand Avenue Street Festival, taking place on May 19… John shared some information on the special entertainment and attractions that will be at this year’s event…
Program:
Past President Mark Hoekstra presented a recap of the recent Board Meeting and shared the status of the Club and some thoughts on the future…
From this photo, you can see that no one leaves a Board Meeting hungry… all cravings are fulfilled…
Mark provided an update on the year’s Interact program with the students at San Pasqual HS… Many thanks to the leadership of Rorie Johnston and Tina Pope. There will be a lunch meeting on Tuesday May 21 at 11:45… All Club members are invited to attend…
Mark gave a brief update on the Club’s financial status; it appears that we will end the year with about $20,000 in the bank… Thanks to Past President and Treasurer Bob Burson for his great work managing our resources… Success for sure! President Elect Brian Murphy shared that he and Nancy will miss the International Convention, so the funds available for that trip will be used during his year…
Mark shared brief information regarding our scholarship program at CSUSM that has been seeded with a $26,000 principal amount for the endowment… Some discussion took place about some local sholarship support that would enable full control to be exercised the Sunrise Rotary…
Finally, Mark asked Past Presidents Jim Ponder and Jeff Johnson to share an update on the Grape Day 5K event… Jim reminded us that this is our major fundraising event of the year and important for all of the good that we do as a club…
Jim Ponder sharing information about activities and sponsors for this year’s event on October 12, 2019… Start and end in Grape Day Park; hugely embraced by the City…
Next Week’s Program:
Not certain, come and enjoy the fellowship and the information…
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $609; Past President Jack Anderson…George Beitner…Sorry Jack, not so lucky today…Thanks for saving the pot for next week…
Lunch Money: $16.00… And, the winner is… John Schwab…
