Escondido Sunrise Rotary Works Together on the Grape Day 5K Event… Big Opportunity Prize is Finally Awarded!!  August 23, 2018… 

 

Flag salute led by Sunrise Rotary Tech Guru, Richard Agnew…The invocation was offered by Past President Jack Anderson… 

Visitors and Guests:

None this week…

Birthdays:                

August:    23;     Brad Allaband

        25:    Mike Maloney, Bonnie’s Favorite Man!!

        26;    Past President Dave Casey

 

Anniversaries:

August:    28;    Past President George and Erin Beitner; 36 years!! WooHoo!!                     Congratulations

Rotary Anniversaries:                        

    None this week

 

Rotarians Having Fun… Photos:

No photos of fun this week…

But a pic of President Dave… Remaining awake and upright at the District Council Meeting…

Dates to Remember:

 

September:    13:    Visit by District 5340 Governor, Mel Gallegos

        15:    District 5340 Leadership Seminar

        21:     Chamber Challenge Golf event at the Vineyard, Benefitting the                     Police Athletic League; Commission of Fun and Past President             Scott Putnicki is organizing the players 

October:    6:     Escondido Sunrise Main Event… Grape Day 5K

 

Grape Day 5K… An update; 

Richard Agnew encouraged Sunrise Rotarians to sign up with the Haku website so that fundraising can be documented…

 

 

 

Grape Day 5K Fundraising Update:

Team numbers…As of August 23

Green Lantern-$8,000

Flash-$10,360    

Deadpool-$5,200    

Hulk- $3,225    

Electra-$1,250

Teams need to get all members signed up on line and join your team and then get your letters out asking for support.

Past President Jim Ponder shared some ideas and thoughts about each of us working to get more participants… More individual donors and finding more companies that should become sponsors…

Past President Jim addressing club members…

 

 

Jim also encouraged us to gather in our teams and discuss ways to strengthen the presence of our Grape Day 5K in the community and region…

 

Escondido Sunrise Rotarians comparing notes and strategies about ways we can support the Grape Day 5K….

 

 

Program:

No program presentation this week…

 

Next Week’s Program:

It’s a surprise… Come and find out who is presenting to us

OpportunityDrawing:   

The ‘stack of cards’ is getting smaller and smaller… come and win!!

Grand Prize; $1,164… Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner… We have a winner!!  

’Lucky’ Past President Rich Aeling’s ticket was drawn (two weeks in a row…)

Rich drew the lucky Joker… 

Past President Rich had to make a quick trip to the bank… Pay attention Donna!!