Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person
and “Escondido Children’s Museum”
March 21, 2024
As we all try to conduct our professional pursuits in new ways, it’s appropriate to remind ourselves of who we are as a Serving Organization… Our accomplishments, our fellowship and the reminder of our many successes is valuable as we seek new opportunities to serve…
We met again in person at the Chamber of Commerce… Great to enjoy the fellowship again and see all your smiling faces…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by past Jose Olivera and an invocation was offered by past President Jack Anderson….
Guests & Visitors:
Heather Disher & Christine Prianio from Escondido Children’s Museum
Peggy Seymour from PS Someone Cares
Special Occasions:
Happy Birthday to:
Donna Aeling (Beautiful spouse of Rich) – 3/1-3/31 We will be celebrating Donna all month long!!
Happy Anniversary to:
No Anniversaries
Happy Rotary Anniversary to:
No Rotary Anniversaries
High 5 and Announcements:
Beverly Marchetti introduced Peggy Seymour from PS Someone Cares which is an organization that creates healers for the world by providing nursing scholarships to single parents. They will be having a fund raiser on 5/4 for this worthy cause
John & Donna Boyce Boyce traveled for 6 weeks by 2 cruise ships to Australia and New Zealand!! They brought back gifts of course for President Mark
John Schwab updated everyone about Rising Stars. The scholarship selection will be on 4/25 and the Rising Star event will be on 5/9
Past President Rich Aeling talked about the Mexicali event and said everything went very well and he will talk about it in detail at a later date.
Upcoming Calendar Events:
Program:
Past President Rich Aeling introduced our guest speakers, Heather & Christine presented to us information all about the San Diego Children’s Museum of Escondido.
The San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum (SDCDM) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization providing hands-on educational exhibits and programs focusing on science, art, and world cultures for over 100,000 visitors including children, families and school groups annually.
Both Heather and Christine started at SDCDM as parents who brought their children to visit the museum. Here is a bit of timeline history of this amazing facility:
1999 - Museum founded in Escondido as a traveling education program in science and art
2000 - Incorporation as the Escondido Children's Museum
2001 -Opening of first Museum facility on Grand Avenue
2004 - Opening of second Museum facility on the campus of California Center for the Arts
2011 - Name changed to San Diego Children's Discovery Museum;
Opening of third Museum facility on North Broadway in December
2012 - Opening of Children's Discovery Garden
2015 - Mobile Children's Museum launch and purchase of first vehicle
2017 - Began providing Afterschool Enrichment services to all 17 Escondido Union School District elementary schools
2018 - Began providing Summer School Enrichment services to Escondido Union School District
San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum provides early learning supplemental educational resources to children, parents, and educators. They also provide:
- Educational programs and exhibits serving ages 0-10
- Programs support school readiness for young children
- Hands-on interactive learning opportunities
- Reinforcement of school education
- Accredited and trained education professionals research and develop educational workshops to align with state and national learning standards
- Workshops encourage critical thinking and problem solving through
STEAM education
- Field Trips and Mobile Children’s Museum to support teachers
Since 1999 San Diego Children's Discovery Museum has been sparking a love a learning so all children can discover their wildest dreams! Today, we remain the only hands-on educational children's museum in North San Diego County, serving children ages 0-10 with interactive exhibits and programs focused on early STREAM (science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math) education.
Interactive experiences are a crucial element of learning. Our museum features four focused program areas: Experimentation, Exploration, Imagination, and Discovery. All exhibits and programs are designed with the help of museum experts, educators, and childhood development specialists, ensuring a wide range of skill development and concepts that align with California’s Common Core curriculum for science, math, English language arts, visual and performing arts, and social science. Time spent at the Museum develops crucial life skills like curiosity, confidence, and creativity, which are all qualities that strengthen children’s potential to excel in school, careers, communities, and as parents. We challenge children’s imagination and curiosity through interactive exhibits and hands-on programming. Through play, children have the opportunity for creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and hands-on exploration and experimentation in a safe environment where there are no right or wrong answers.
Their mission here is:
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum sparks a love of learning so all children can discover their wildest dreams.
There are many ways to get involved, if you are interested, please visit them at:
320 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025
Or contact them at: 760-233-7755
And as you can see, we always have a great time here at ESR!!
Thanks for Attending Today’s Meeting….
Support for our Escondido Community …
Our great community and the success of its businesses is all of our responsibilities… Support the businesses that are doing all they can to survive this trying economy…….
The ‘Giving Arch’ on Grand Avenue and Centre City Parkway reminds us that Escondido is a caring, giving community…
To all; be safe and be well…. God Bless those men and women that carry the load at our medical facilities, and God Bless our first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as they navigate these times that have been difficult…..
The meetings will be technically managed by Past President Richard Agnew… Thanks for that Richard… And, Richard is prepared to support all of our attempts at joining the on-line meetings if needed….
SEE YOU SOON…… In Person … Next meeting; March 27th, at 7:30 AM
Check President Mark’s email for the reminder…
