Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “African Promise Foundation, Caring for the People of Northern Uganda”… July 25, 2019
President Brian led the meeting…
Past President George Beitner led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
Father Bill Dopp offered an invocation…
President Brian was prepared to improvise when his bell went missing recently… He put a large mallet into use… Made of walnut and white maple, he made sure we all could hear it pound the lectern clearly…
He almost ended up destroying Cocina’s lectern with his incessant pounding!!
President Brian and his mallet… (AKA a fake bell…)
But, alas the President’s bell suddenly reappeared this week…
Those pesky past Presidents… It seems that Past President Mike Dunlap missed having a Presidential Bell so much, that he just had “to spend a little time with Brian’s cherished bell”…
Brian’s bell, when missing, was protected fully by the ‘Bobcat Patrol’ at Dos Picos County Park… The site of our newest “Cabins by the Lake” charity project…
Past President Mike Dunlap… ‘Guilty as Charged” begging forgiveness for pilfering the bell…
Visitors and Guests:
Assistant Governor for District 5340, Richard Fogg of the Rancho Bernardo Club
Alexandra Keegan from the Escondido Club
Justin Gray also from the Escondido Club
Alexandra and Justin shared with Sunrise Members about their classification; both are with the Escondido Chorale, providing musical programs at the California Center for the Arts for school-age children that transforms formal opera into fun musical stories…
Alexandra Keegan explains her role in the youth musical programs… She is the musical conductor; or as the children describe her, “The one in the pit with the stick”…
Birthdays:
July 23: Randy Bailey
25: Kristine Allaband
26: Linda Bailey
31: Past President Mike Dunlap
Anniversaries:
July 31: Past President Barry and Lee Baker, 49 years!!!
Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
Bonnie Maloney; 2 years
Dates to Remember:
August 1: Special Program at our regular meeting, Col Marianne Waldrop, USMC Ret., Phd… Speaking about the important role of women in the Marine Corps
August 25: Pine Valley; Softball Game with the Calafia Rotary Club from Mexicali… Players needed!!
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Past President Jack Anderson at a recent Dodger game (in LA no less) with his Grandson Luke, his son-in-law Ish Perez and friend Ivan Castro… The Dodger Dogs were great, and the Dodgers sent the ‘B’ team to beat the Marlins, 9-0… Ho Hum…
Ralph Tavares was showing off his award from the City of Los Angeles for five modular buildings his team constructed…
Nice work Ralph!!
High Fives and Announcements:
John Schwab was recently on the East Coast… Where they enjoy clams… He brought President Brian a ‘shucking knife’ for those pesky clams… Be careful Brian, they say the blades on those knives are more deadly than a scroll saw and a wood-turning lathe…
Attendance… There were fewer tables set this week for our great meeting… Sunrise Rotarians, Where are you??? It’s great to have a full meeting… Try to attend as often as you can; great fellowship and great programs…
Grape Day 5K Event:
Teams are actively beginning their fundraising efforts. All members are encouraged to set up their individual fundraising page which will enable all donations to be properly recorded for team credit.
As presented last week, the City is a major partner in this year’s event, allowing the start and end of the race to be held at Grape Day Park, with Broadway closed. Major sponsors are Palomar Health and the Berg Electric Foundation. The day’s activities will include ‘Tots ’N Trucks’ in the park… an event that will draw up to 3,000 children and adults… Lots of partners involved to help make this a high-impact community event….
This ad appeared on the back cover of the Escondido Recreation Guide that arrived in your home mail box this week…
Program:
Doug Shultz introduced our speaker, Jessica Livingston… Jessica is Executive Director of the Africa Promise Foundation. Serving Northern Uganda, and area that has known civil war for the past 20 plus years is in dire need of support.
Jessica Livingston presenting to Sunrise Rotarians…
Jessica spoke about the dream of the local people that have been under challenges of children’s abduction, lack of education and clean water for way too long… The Foundation’s efforts include raising money so that the children can attend school as well as providing support for good nutrition and housing…
The slides below show the need for assistance in Northern Uganda, and the lessons learned in providing for care in such a challenging environment…
Escondido Sunrise offered a gift of $250 to support the efforts of the African Promise Foundation…
President Brian pictured with Jessica Livingston…
Next Week’s Program:
Col. Marianne Waldrop, USMC Ret., PhD… She’ll be speaking on the topic, “The Very Few, The Very Proud: Women Who Succeeded in the U.S. Marine Corps!”…
You don’t want to miss this program!!
Col. Marianne Waldrop…
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $807.00; Past President John Boyce… drew the card… No Luck! … Thanks John, for saving the pot for next week’s potential winner… Only 10 cards left…
Lunch Money: $30.00… And, the winner is… Alexandra Keegan, our visitor from the Escondido Club…
