Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “The Escondido Community Foundation; Together the Community is Served for the Greater Good…” January 27, 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 February due to the contagious Omicron variant…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by Police SGT, Chris Leso…
And, an invocation was offered by Past President, Jack Anderson…
Guests and Visitors:
Our speaker, Trudy Armstrong, member of the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club was with us…
Also joining us was Donna Aeling…
And, we were graced by our erstwhile Sunrise Member and future Sunrise Rotary President, Andy Ommen…
Welcome to all of you…
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
None this week
Anniversaries:
None this week…
Rotary Anniversaries:
January 28: Past President, Bob Burson, 13 years…
February 1: Brad Allaband, 4 years…
1: Sergeant at Arms, Gloria Lefler, 20 years…
Congratulations to all of you, and thanks for serving together with us all for a combined 37 years…
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Mark you Calendars…
Note some service opportunities coming up…
Support for Fisher House at Camp Pendleton
Thursday March 17, after our Rotary meeting, will be the delivery project for items supporting Fisher House at Camp Pendleton… A list of needed items will be distributed soon...
Future Events with Dates to be Determined…
A service project at San Pasqual Union School
A Grand Avenue service project
Local Rotary Events…
Area Rotary Clubs are celebrating…
The Bonsall Rotary is celebrating its 25th Annual “Wine Brews and Blues” event on May 14th
The After Five Rotary Club is having a fundraising gala event entitled, “The Great Gatsby” celebrating ten years of philanthropy… Saturday February 26th at the Morgan Run Club in Rancho Santa Fe…
The Route 78 Rotary Club is hosting its 8th Annual Mariachi Festival with Tacos, Tequila and Concert on April 10…
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
No Fun This Week…
Hi-Fives…
N95 Masks Available at the Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce…
John Schwab shared that there are plenty of masks available for the asking…
Community News Updates and Comments in Memoriam…
Past President, Rich Aeling shared the following news from the community…
The County Board of Supervisors extended operating support for the San Pasqual Academy to continue operating…
In Memoriam…
Rich mentioned that some long time Rotarians had recently passed away…
Gary Cook, a member of the Escondido Club and owner of Crest View Manor and Valle Vista Convalescent Center… Gary’s father Ralph pre-deceased him and also was an Escondido Rotary Club member…
DeLisle Calac, also a member of the Escondido Rotary Club passed away recently. DeLisle was active with the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, representing them on many statewide Native American issues…
Bob Wilson, passed away recently as well. Bob owned the Fish Market Restaurants, and was very generous with local charitable efforts. A graduate of Escondido High School, his support for youth included cash gifts for high school students whose families were impacted by the Paradise Fire; and for campus improvements at Escondido resulting in the football stadium being named Bob Wilson Stadium…
Program
Tina Inscoe introduced Trudy Armstrong, Director of Regional Outreach for the San Diego Community Foundation… Trudy is well known in Escondido as the staff representative to the Escondido Community Foundation… And, she has a full resume of Rotary achievements, including serving as Assistant Governor for Past District Governor, Mike Stelman…
Trudy offered background on the parent foundation, The San Diego Community Foundation and its regional affiliate in Escondido, The Escondido Community Foundation…
Trudy Armstrong speaking to Sunrise Rotarians via Zoom…
Trudy began her presentation by showing a video highlighting much of what the San Diego Foundation and its affiliate organizations, such as the Escondido Community Foundation accomplish in providing support to community organizations…
One of the recent landmark projects is the iconic “Giving Arch” on Grand Avenue in Escondido. A major donor and many smaller donors helped to make the arch become a reality, while also raising awareness for many of the philanthropic needs of the community.
Trudy spoke about the “Power of Pooled Philanthropy” and emphasizing the strength gained through our community’s affiliate with the San Diego Community Foundation; which was founded by Mayor Pete Wilson in 1975…Trudy quoted President John Kennedy in stating that “A rising tide lifts all boats” to that end, the San Diego Foundation and its Affiliate Foundations are in the “Boat Building Business” as they support a wide variety of not for profit organizations in the region…
The San Diego Foundation and affiliates have the largest scholarship program in the region, outside of the state universities…
Affiliates are located in various regions of the County, from Oceanside and Escondido, down to Chula Vista and communities in between… Among the affiliate organizations, their endowment exceeds $ 2.6 M and over 1,000 members are regular donors to the foundation(s)…
The Escondido Community Foundation was founded in 2006 and since that time, over $6M has been raised, and one $3M granted for programs determined by the Community Foundation members…
One of the important local programs is the “Secret Santa” program conducted with the Escondido Police Department. Police Officers are given $100 dollar bills to ‘gift’ to individuals and families they encounter that are experiencing difficult circumstances… This program builds relationships with the community and the Police Department…
SGT Chris Leso commented on the value of this program to support our officers as they serve in challenging settings, especially during the Christmas holidays…
Trudy spoke extensively about the “Giving Arch” project as it not only enhances the image of Downtown Escondido, but also still enables donors to be recognized on the base columns while their donations continue to do great things in the community…
Each year, the members of the Escondido Foundation participate in deciding the focus points of the next year’s charitable goals…
An organization that has benefitted from the Community Foundation's generosity is Neighborhood Health. Sunrise Rotary President Elect, Tina Pope, commented on the value the Foundation has been to Neighborhood Health...
The incoming Chair of the grants committee in our own Donna Aeling…The focus of grants for 2022 is workforce development…
Thanks to Trudy for an informative presentation on the importance of philanthropy in our community…
The Opportunity Drawing…
Temporarily in hiatus while we are in an online meeting mode…
See you on line on February 3rd…
Next Week’s Meeting:
Will be on line again as the Omicron variant is kicking up it’s ugly heels…
Our program will be Jean Larson and Laura Mello speaking about planned giving…
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, February 3; 7:30 AM… Check President Richard’s email for the Zoom Link…
