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Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “Lots of Sunrise Rotary Serving In Spite of the Covid Pandemic” … December 10, 2020

Editor’s Note…

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 await the time we can gather together again…

 

 

So, we met via Zoom… On December 10 …  Sunrise Rotary members talking about service and connecting through fellowship in new ways…

 

President Chris opened the meeting… Even with a gavel and the familiar chime of a gavel striking a bell…  23 Sunrise Rotarians joined the Zoom meeting… Nice job all of you for joining us…

Past President George Beitner led the salute to our Nation’s Flag… 

 

Past President, Jack Anderson offered an invocation…

Guests and Visitors:

    Lisa Behymer joined us again as a visitor… Welcome again, Lisa…

 

Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…

Birthdays:

    December    1:    Julie Muehl    

            3:    Past President Barry Baker 

            4:     Allen Pope

            6:    Past President Mark Hoekstra

            10:    Erin Beitner

            12:    Pam Putnicki

            20:    Nancy Murphy

            22:    Mike Morasco

            26:    Past President Rich Aeling

            31:    Lee Baker

            

Anniversaries:

    November    29:    Past President Scott and Pam Putnicki; 46 years 

    December    6:    Past President John and Donna     Boyce; 45 years    

            7:    Past President Bob and Rosemary Burson;  46 years    

            14:     Past President Dave and Kathy Herbert; 34 years

            20:    Ralph and Silvana Tavares; 40 years

            21:    Past President Alan Miller and Lorraine Paige;  38 years

            21:    Past President Jim and Becky Lund; 46 years

            22:    Doug and Natalie Shultz; 13 years…

Congratulations to All!!!

 

Rotary Anniversaries:

    December     4:    Past President Dave Casey; 6 years

            31:    Silas Harrington; 11 years

 

Sunrise Rotarians Having Fun…

President Chris and Past President Barry Baker preparing to deliver  Thanksgiving dinners with the Escondido East Rotary Club… Pictured with Darol Castor of the East Club…

Also helping with the meal distribution were Past President George and Erin Beitner and Past President Dave Herbert…

 

The Beitners are celebrating the birth of a new grandson, Beckett Thomas Beitner, son of Owen and Mallory Beitner… Congrats to Mom and Dad and to Grammy Erin and Grampy George…

 

Salvation Army bell-ringing at Major Market brought out the best of Escondido Sunrise Rotary.  Thanks to the hard work of Club Secretary, John Schwab, the time slots were filled by willing volunteers… 

Some pics of our charitable efforts benefitting a most worthy cause…

Past Presidents Jim Ponder and George Beitner were ‘jingling’ the bell… as was Marie Schwab…

 

 

Also standing duty were Past President John Boyce… And in the companion photo, Past President Jeff Johnson along with his Bride, Cathy… and, shaping the group selfie is President Chris…

Thanks to all who stepped up to gain donations for the Salvation Army!!

 

Keep your ‘fun’ photos coming to President Chris…

Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements: 

Community in Unity and Pajama Drive… Past President Rich Aeling and Tina Pope shared the latest information on the plans for the ‘Community in Unity’ event…

Rich Aeling sharing details of the Pajama and Blanket drive, and toys for the youth participants of the Police Athletic League (PAL)… Rich also commented about the Club purchasing items at Kohl’s…

 

December 17 at the California Center for the Arts ‘drive-through’ on Escondido Blvd. is the place to drop off Pajamas for Ronald McDonald House and Blankets for the Elizabeth Hospice… 5:00 - 7:00 PM is the scheduled hours for the drop off…

Or, items can be delivered to Aelott Air Conditioning on West Washington and Past President Rich will deliver them…

 

Bikes for Kids

Past President George Beitner, reported on the logistical fun related to the ‘Bikes for Kids’ project. George and his very ‘Rotary-Supportive’ bride, Erin, oversaw the pickup of the bikes at the Bikes for Kids Foundation… The trip in the U-Haul truck was interrupted in the first 10 minutes with a mechanical breakdown…George and Erin made good use of the delay and counted cars on the I-15 HOV lane for three hours before they were ‘rescued’… The delivery to Camp Pendleton was delayed, but all ended well…

Past President George describing the bike-pickup adventure…

 

 

Update your Rotary Calendar

President Chris shared some upcoming Rotary events… Mark your calendars.

 

 

In addition to the above dates, President Chris shared that the Target gift shopping with youth from the Boys and Girls Club will be different this year with gifts purchased for the kids from their wish-lists… The youngsters have completed their lists, and Dave Luevanos, Rich Aeling and Mike Muehl are coordinating the purchase and delivery of the wish-list items…

 

Christmas Gift Exchange

Due to Covid concerns, the Christmas Gift ‘theft’ event will not be held this year…

Our regular club meeting (via Zoom) will feature a surprise VIP guest speaker to add to our Christmas Holiday excitement…

 

Sunrise Rotary Club Member Recognition…

Women in Rotary Award

President Chris announced that Past President Constance Larsen is recognized as our ‘Women in Rotary’ Award recipient for December…

Congratulations Constance!!

 

Rotarian of the Month

President Chris announced that Club Secretary John Schwab is our December ‘Rotarian of the Month’… John is supporting the Club administratively in fine fashion as Club Secretary, and he has admirably ‘herded the cats’ as he shepherded the Salvation Army bell-ringing project…

Congratulations John!!

 

High Fives:

President Chris shared with Club members that he met recently with Tricia Masson… Tricia’s mother recently passed away, so family support issues are still over-filling her plate. She and the children are doing well; and so proud that the Bike Park at Jesmond Dene will be named in honor of John… 

 

Club Secretary John Schwab commented on the support from Sunrise Members as is involved with a strategic planning effort for the Library…

 

Past President Barry Baker commented that he and family members would be traveling to Sacramento to celebrate his mother’s 100th birthday…

Barry also recalled the Club’s past service with the Salvation Army bell-ringing, including locations at K-Mart, Target and Vons as well as Major Market. President Chris also commented about the incident at K-Mart when an attempt was made to steal the kettle… Past President Paul Seeley was on ‘duty’ at the time, and chased the perpetrator, recovering the kettle… Great memories…

 

Tina Pope commented on the efforts of Neighborhood Health to reach out to their older supporters, many of whom have been isolated and quarantined with the Covid pandemic; Tina commented about the value of conversation and connecting with those that are experiencing loneliness during these challenging times…

 

Program:

Our program was to be Solutions for Change; unfortunately was unable to join us on Zoom…

 

Next Week’s Meeting:

Our program will be a surprise VIP speaker on our Zoom meeting…

Join us for sure!!

The Club will not meet on December 24 and 31… See you in 2021…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

 

 

 

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… 

 

 

Online Meetings:

Technical Support for Online Meetings: 

Our on-line meetings continue to be technically managed by President Elect 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 online meeting. The system works fine, dependent upon your technical support available through your PC or laptop…

SEE YOU SOON… ON LINE OR IN PERSON….. Next meeting; Thursday December 17; 7:30 AM… Check President Chris’ or Richard Agnew’s email for the Zoom Link…