Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “North County Veterans Standdown; A Report on 2021 and Preparing for 2022” … January 13, 2022
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 meeting was held via Zoom due to the contagious Omicron variant of Covid… And, opened with a “virtual bell”…
Online meetings will continue through January…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by Sergeant at Arms, Gloria Lefler…
And, an invocation was offered by Kim Henson…
Guests and Visitors:
Past President, Dave Casey was with us after a long hiatus…
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
January 14: Past President, Jeff Johnson
18: Past President, Bob Burson
Happy Birthday Blessings to both of you…
Anniversaries:
None this week…
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Mark you Calendars…
Note some service opportunities coming up…
Gulls Game Coming Up On February 19…
Past President Rich Aeling reminded members of the San Diego Gulls game on February 19… There are seats still available, contact Rich for details. If the numbers don’t fill the box, the event may be postponed…
District 5340 Membership Workshop, January 15…
A Zoom event…
Future Events with Dates to be Determined…
Another ‘Cabin by the Lake’ installation at Guajome Regional Park…
A service project at San Pasqual Union School
And, possibly a Sunrise Rotary Club Anniversary Event…
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
A Thanksgiving Activity with the Ponders…
Past President, Jim and grandson, JD were busy around Thanksgiving time… JD working with some wood projects, including building a bird house and some interesting looking pancakes…
Hi-Fives…
“Furniture, the Wood Show” Off to a Great Run…
Past President, Brian Murphy, and a sponsor of the Wood Show exhibit at the Downtown Gallery was ebullient in his enthusiasm for the opening of the show last Saturday… Sunrise Rotary is one of the many sponsors for this great exhibit… Runs through February 25; the gallery is sent T, Th, F and Sat, 11-4… Don’t miss it!!
Program
President Richard introduced Matt Foster, coordinator of the North County Veteran’s Standdown… Matt is retired from the Marine Corps, and active with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Escondido and North County…
Matt shared information about last year’s Standdown Event… Sunrise Rotary participated in both serving on site during the event, and conducting a clothing drive in advance of the Standdown to enable donations to support many of the veteran attendees…
Matt Foster speaking to Sunrise Rotarians via Zoom…
Matt shared a video of the event held at Green Oak Ranch in Vista… Along with the video, photos of many aspects of the Standdown event were shared…
Importantly are the statistics reflecting the number of veterans served by the event. This, in spite of the Covid pandemic-caused delays…
Some of the services offered those veterans and their families attending the event include:
Legal services support… Through the Vista Court, on site actions forge over $105,000 in fines…
The Service Mall area housed many services including, VA benefit support, County Veterans Services support information and service, and many other service needs for the veterans…
Other services included:
Dental and eye care support…
Clothing items…
Veterinary support for the veteran-owned pets…
Plenty of volunteer support… And, food to feed both the veteran attendees and the volunteers… And entertainment…
The 2022 North Veterans Standdown is planned for October 20-23, 2022…
The Opportunity Drawing…
Temporarily in hiatus while we are in an online meeting mode…
See you on line on January 20…
Next Week’s Meeting:
Will be on line again as the Omicron variant is kicking up it’s ugly heels…
Our program is Dr. Derry Connolly of John Paul the Great University…
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 our first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as this pandemic is overtaken by our hard work and collective support…
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…… ONLINE… Next meeting; Thursday, January 20; 7:30 AM… Check President Richard’s email for the Zoom Link…
