Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person and via Zoom; and “The Grape Day 5K is Up and Running… And, New Members Join to Serve with Escondido Sunrise”…… August 12, 2021
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…
This edition of the Sunrise Rotary Newsletter will include two weeks worth of meeting news… As you lowly editor was on vacation…
President Richard opened the meeting in our new hybrid format… Many of us in person, a few of us online…
And, he has his Presidential Bell… His virtual bell was present…
Along with a new speaker with an “ever-seeing” eye for those joining us on Zoom…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag…
And, an invocation was offered thanking God for the opportunity to gather and serve others as Sunrise Rotarians…
Guests and Visitors:
Tina Inscoe was a guest this week; Welcome Tina!!
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
August 4: Belated Best Wishes to John Sawtelle
9: Belated Best Wishes to Kirk Henson
10: Belated Best Wishes to Past President, Tony Criss
13: Connie Criss
Anniversaries:
Recently celebrated;
Past President Barry and Lee Baker, 51 years… Congratulations!
Past President, Rich and Donna Aeling, 20 years!!
WooHoo!! to both celebrating couples…
Rotary Anniversaries:
Past President, Kelly Mayberry a recent 14 year celebration of Rotary Service…
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
The Baker Family Celebrates and Celebrates…
Past President, Barry and Lee Baker and their ever-growing family celebrated a 51st wedding anniversary…
Great family fun… on land and on the water…
Ohio Calls the Agnews for a Family Reunion…
President, Richard and Marcia celebrated family style in Ohio with a bunch of Agnews…
The San Diego Padres Host the Beitners…
Past President, George Beitner teaching his newest grandson the “ins-and-outs” of baseball at Petco Park…
Some Anniversary Wine Tasting in Oregon
Past President, Rich and Donna Aeling found some great wine in Oregon...
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Mark you Calendars…
Note some service opportunities coming up…
District 5340 Conference…
The District Conference will be held in Coronado September 10-12… Be there or be square…
Grape Day 5K October 9…
See event and fundraising details below…
High Fives:
Past President, Jack Anderson says “Aloha”…
The Anderson family (all 9 of them) enjoyed a week on Oahu… Jack brought some special beads for President Richard…
Recovery and Healing from Covid for Gloria’s Son…
Sergeant at Arms, Gloria Lefler shared an emotional thank you with Club Members as her son is in the recovery process from a bout with the Covid virus…
Grape Day 5K Fliers Available for your Business Locations as we Market our Amazing Community Event…
Past President, George Beitner shared the availability of fliers advertising the October 9 Grape Day 5K Community Celebration…
A Reminder: Sunrise Rotary Meetings Will Continue Each Week in Person…And on Line for those unable to attend…
President Richard announced at the Club meeting the possibility of moving to a better meeting room location… In a recent email; he announced our new meeting location as of September 2 will be the Escondido Chamber of Commerce building at 720 N. Broadway…
Program(s)
Grape Day 5K… “10 + 1”…
Escondido Sunrise is again leading the way in outstanding community events with our (eleventh) read “10 + 1” event on Saturday, October 9…
Past Presidents Jeff Johnson and Jim Ponder shared details…
All of the support we have raised over the years; over $400,000 has benefitted our community and our charitable efforts…
There are many ways club members can help build success for this event… Each and everyone can raise $500 and enroll 10 participants… At the last meeting; the challenge was laid out “No member has an excuse to not pay the $25 registration fee for the event…” Are you up to the challenge??
This year’s fundraising theme is related to the movie “Top Gun”… Four teams including all Club members are working with their Captains, John Boyce, Mike O’Malley, Chris Leso and Rich Aeling…
“Do your share of the lifting”… Soar with the Eagles!!
Program II; New Members
Escondido Sunrise is growing in numbers and service strength… Thanks to the hard work of those that have sponsored the new members and Membership Chair, Joe Holtz we have four new members…
Inducted on August 5; Kim Henson…
Kim’s membership was sponsored by Past President, Chris Miller…
Kim loves serving in the community, and enjoys her family immensely…
Welcome Kim!!
Inducted on August 11; Judy Fitzgerald…
Judy was sponsored by Past President, Brian Murphy…
Judy’s middle name is “service”… She loves her family; a former police officer, and a cross fit guru… Judy is ready to strengthen our community through Rotary…
Inducted on August 11; Jerry Fay…
Jerry was sponsored by Past President, Rich Aeling…
Jerry loves to serve his communities… As a youth, active with a Boys and Girls Club in New Jersey, he serves with the Escondido Branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego… And he is a family man, and loves his combined family of his wife and 6 children…
Inducted on August 11; Mark Quick…
Mark was sponsored by Past President, George Beitner…
Mark’s company services the operating needs of clients like George’s tiny sign business… Most importantly, Mark is committed to his customers and hopes to serve his community… As a native of Escondido, Mark wants to give back to his town.
In addition to serving his clients; Mark is a committed family man. His two children, one of which has special needs, take his time and love away from work…
Welcome to all of our New Escondido Sunrise Rotarians!!
The Opportunity Drawing is Back…
Tickets are available at each Sunrise Rotary meeting…
$536 in the big pot… Past President Rich Aeling had the lucky ticket, but no luck with the unlucky card…
$20… And the small pot goes to Past President Brian Murphy…
See you in person on August 18…
Next Week’s Meeting:
Nicole Estrada of “Fresh Creations”…
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 during this challenging time… Take out some chow… Be ready to support them when the economy begins working again…
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 the first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as this pandemic is overtaken by our hard work and collective support…
In Person and Online Meetings:
Technical Support for Online Meetings:
Our meetings will begin as a hybrid setting with in-person and on-line opportunities…The meetings will be technically managed by President Richard Agnew… Thanks for that Richard… And, Richard is prepared to support all of our attempts at joining the on-line meetings… Look for his email with details and links to log on to the upcoming Zoom meetings…
Watch for emails defining the next meeting. The system works fine, dependent upon your technical support available through your PC or laptop…
SEE YOU SOON… AT ’ THE GRAND’ IN PERSON… OR ONLINE… Next meeting; Thursday August 18; 7:30 AM… Check President Richard’s email for the Zoom Link…
