Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “Solutions for Change… Really Helping the Homeless to Rejoin our Communities”…… July 11, 2019…
President Brian led the meeting…
Past President Jack Anderson led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
President-Elect Chris Miller offered an invocation…
President Brian already has this “Rotary meeting thing” all figured out…Huh??
Visitors and Guests:
“Former Member,” Rorie Johnston was with us this week… Packing and preparing to move to Tucson… Great to see you Rorie!
Birthdays:
July 15: Past President Kevin Svetich
Cathy Johnson
23: Randy Bailey
25: Kristine Allaband
26: Linda Bailey
31: Past President Mike Dunlap
Anniversaries:
July 16: Linda and Randy Bailey, 42 years!!
19: John and Marie Schwab, 44 years!!
21: Dave and Maria Luevanos, 7 years!
31: Past President Barry and Lee Baker, 49 years!!!
Congratulations to all the Rotary Anniversary Couples… a combined 142 years!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Dates to Remember:
July 13: Saturday will be a painting project for the cabin at Dixon Lake. This was our first project with the ‘Cabins by the Lake’ charity… Needs work inside and out; Sherwin Williams has donated some of the paint… Volunteers are needed…
18: Regular meeting; Topic will be discussion regarding the Grape Day 5K… It’s upon us; only 13 weeks away!
August 25: Pine Valley; Softball Game with the Calafia Rotary Club from Mexicali…
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Some grandpa fun!!
Past President Jim Ponder trying to teach his grandchildren water safety in the jacuzzi…
Past President John Boyce celebrating his Independence Day birthday with two of his ‘grands’…
And, President Brian welcoming his granddaughter for a visit to Escondido…
High Fives and Announcements:
President Brian shared thank you notes from the ‘Girls on the Run’ San Diego program…
And from the Education Compact for our financial support for Compact programs…
Past President Barry Baker distributed fliers on behalf of the Education Compact Youth Diversion Program’s Compliance Monitor training… Training will take place on July 25 at the Compact office on North Broadway at Second Avenue… See Barry for more information…
Past President Mike Muehl was traveling recently to Paso Robles, Belize, and of course… A tuna fishing trip… He brought some goodies for President Brian…
Past President Mike Dunlap announced that the ‘Cabins by the Lake’ charity will be dedicating two cabins at Dos Picos County Park on Friday July 19…
Past Presidents Mark Hoekstra and Tony Criss were both commenting (lamenting) the glorious changes in their home lives as their wives are retired now… Glynna for a year or more, and Connie just at the end of June… Poor guys…
Past President Rich Aeling announced the painting project for the cabin at Dixon Lake on Saturday July 13…
Rich, announcing the work project opportunity…
Past President Jim Ponder reported on some sponsoring partnerships for Grape Day 5K, including an increased role for Palomar Health, and continued funding expected from the County of San Diego and Supervisory Kristin Gaspar…
Rotary Foundation Awards:
Past President and Foundation Chair, Kevin Svetich presented information on our standing for per capita contributions to the Rotary Foundation among clubs in District 5340. As of the last report, Escondido Sunrise is at $591 per capita, and at first place in the District… Great job by all who added gifts at the year-end appeal…
Kevin presented Paul Harris awards to the following members:
Past President Mike Muehl and his Major Donor Award… Thanks for your generosity Mike!!
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Past President Mike O’Malley and his 7th Paul Harris Fellowship award… Congratulations Mike!
Past President Tony Criss and his 6th Paul Harris Fellowship award… Thanks for your gifts Tony!!
Past President Jim Ponder for his 9th Paul Harris Fellowship award… And accepting the 6th award for Past President Kelly Mayberry… Thanks to Jim and Kelly for your ongoing generosity…
Program:
John Schwab introduced our guests from Solutions for Change… Debra Sallaz is the Development Associate with Solutions, and the Founder is Chris Megison.
Debra Sallaz speaking to Sunrise Rotarians regarding ways that our members can connect with the program and their efforts to overcome homeless problems in the North County region…
Chris Megison began his presentation by sharing a story of how, as a young Marine, he served as a volunteer at a shelter in Oceanside… Reluctant at first, he later found a way to become directly involved with the clients…
Chris Megison sharing his passion for helping the homeless to recover and rejoin society as productive community members…
Chris focused on the simple path to recovery from the issues that plague the homeless population; primarily by helping them to find a purpose in life, and to take responsibility for their situation. He used the Marine Corps theme of “Get up — Suit Up — Show Up” as preparing people to be successful and stay out of the homeless/addictive cycle…
He also spoke about Solutions focus as creating ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ opportunities for their clients. Some of their work effort with clients began by selling newspapers on street corners… at one point, Solutions had contracts with four daily newspapers… Now, they also have an aquaponics farm, and all of their clients learn life responsibilities through having work to carry out daily…
Solutions also has forgone receiving Federal dollars for their programs, because they were required to allow heroin use to continue among clients… Chris’ comments were strongly focused on being chemical free in order to overcome the homeless cycle…
The following visuals reflect Solutions for Change’s program essentials as they serve our communities…
President Brian pictured with Chris Megison of Solutions for Change…
Next Week’s Program:
Planning and Discussions all about the Grape Day 5K Event… Be There!!
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $754.00; President-Elect Chris Miller drew the card… No Luck! …Thanks Chris for saving the pot for next week’s winner…
Lunch Money: $22.00… And, the winner is… Past President Jeff Johnson
