Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person and via Zoom; and “Peggy Schneider with the Patio Playhouse” January 19, 2023
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…
We met again in person at the Chamber of Commerce… Great to enjoy the fellowship again and see all your smiling faces…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by past President George Beitner and, an invocation was offered by past President Jack Anderson...….
Guests and Visiting Rotarians:
Bret Geernaert Assistant Governor and member of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
Bob Burson celebrated his birthday which was the week before and we evidently didn’t acknowledge it. Sorry Bob, you do mean the world to us
Spouse Birthday:
Marcia Agnew (wife of past President Richard) January 23rd
Richard said he’s taking her somewhere nice for dinner
Anniversaries:
No Wedding Anniversaries this week
Rotary Anniversaries:
No Rotarian anniversaries this week
Dates to Remember:
February 9: Sunrise Rotary 43rd Anniversary Dinner at Stone Brewery… No meeting that day
March 10: Whisky Tasting fellowship event
March 11: PAL Fundraising event
March 23-26: Mexicali Build Project
High 5’s and Announcements:
Past President Mike O’Malley wen to Mexico and Catalina and brought back a little gift for Tina
Past President Jeff Johnson went on a little trip to Las Vegas, he went to a couple shows and brought back a deck of cards for Tina
Past President Rich Aeling and a couple other Sunrise Rotarians packaged 10k meals at Orange Glen High School on Monday 1/16 to benefit The Outreach Program
Bret Geernaert had some announcements on some upcoming events:
1/28 Human Trafficking Seminar at Liberty Station (see David Oates for more info)
Baseball is coming, there will be some dates announced for May/June/July
3/25 District Training
RYLA is also coming up (be on the look for more on this)
Rotary annual conference in Melbourne, Australia, the theme this year is “Create Hope in The World”
Golf Round Up is coming too
Presentation was made to past Presidents George Beitner and Jeff Johnson for being a Paul Harris Fellowship 5 times
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
Past President Jim Ponder and his lovely wife Carol went to the Monster Jam and it looked like they had a great time!!
Kirk & Kim Henson enjoyed the very cold weather in Minnesota to visit some friends an at the same time was able to check off of Kim’s bucket list, snow mobiling
Program:
Kendra introduced our speaker this week, Peggy Schneider who is the general manager at the Patio Playhouse in Escondido. Peggy has been in theatre since she was a little girl, she originally came to Escondido to visit what used to be called the Wild Animal Park.
She wanted to get involved in theatre so she contacted Patio Playhouse on Grand and Kalmia. Patio playhouse is a non-profit organization and teaching association providing theatre education to the public. The tiny theatre holds 83 seats and has been around for 57 seasons. Not only do kids find a love for acting, they also give back to the community with an event called “More Than Apples”.
Unfortunately, Patio Playhouse has been financially affected especially during Covid so they are in great need. They also need volunteers, those volunteer opportunities include: set design, ticket booth and working on their website. There will be several performances this summer (you can get that info on their website).
Another bit of trivia, our very own past President Alan Miller participated in a production at Patio Playhouse
ESR generously donated $1000 to Patio Playhouse
Opportunity Drawing: There are only 19 cards left
Grand Prize; $777 lucky ticket held by Kendra Koed… Sorry, unlucky card…
Lunch money; $21… also Kendra Koed (way to go!!)
Will be in person and online at the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 AM on January 26, 2023……
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 Past 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…… In Person or ONLINE… Next meeting; January 26th, 7:30 AM at the Chamber of Commerce…
Check President Tina’s email for the reminder…
