Escondido Sunrise Rotary; 2019 Mexicali Project; Rotary Service “Hands Across the Border”… April 4, 2019…
President Dave led the meeting…
Richard Agnew led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
Past President Jim Ponder offered an invocation…
Visitors and Guests:
Donna Aeling and Kathy O’Malley were guests and part of our service in Mexicali…
Al McDonald was a guest, and a project member from the Mexicali effort
Shawn, the manager from Dunn Edwards Paint, was our guest and thanked for providing paint for the Mexicali project… Thanks for your generosity, Shawn!!
Dave Jones was visiting from the After 5 Rotary Club, and announced their upcoming “fun-raiser”
The Events include:
Saturday April 6, Texas Hold ‘em Tournament (suebarajas@hotmail.com)
Saturday April 27, Whiskey Tasting (davejones@cox.net)
Saturday May 18, Horseshoe Tournament (eheights@cox.net)
Paint Whatever, Available through August 1 (rogelio.painting@gmail.com)
Birthdays:
April 5: Susie Miller
6: Alta Farley
7: Debbie Svetich
Anniversaries:
April 8: Tina and Allen Pope, 30 years… Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
April 7: Tina Pope, 2 years…
Dates to Remember:
April 12-14: RYLA
16: Rotary at the Padres
27: Rotary at Work Day
30: Rotary Foundation Gala
Reminders:
Spring Flower Baskets are available as a fund-raising project of the East Rotary Club… Cost is $30 and they will be delivered to our Club on the Thursday before Mother’s Day…Funds raised will provide support for Police and Fire Cadet programs in Escondido…
The Highway 78 Club is hosting their Mariachi Festival at the California Center for the Arts on April 14… cost is $100 for a VIP reception and the concert; concert only tix are from $25-$50 …
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Gloria Leffler enjoying the Borrego Springs desert…
High Fives and Announcements:
Club Secretary announced that Palomar College will have an Open House for their new Maintenance and Operations Facility on April 12…
President Dave shared a thank you note from the Boys and Girls Club for the donation from Escondido Sunrise…
President Dave announced that Ann Van Leer is leaving Escondido Sunrise for another Rotary Club.
Program:
Past President Mark Hoekstra shared details about the recent project in Mexicali…
The project was on a school site, approximately 42 minutes south of the border. This was the 41st year for the project for the group from Northern California…
A joint service project with Rotary Clubs from Escondido and Mexicali and Lions from Northern Cal & Washington…
President Dave gave Past President Rich Aeling $40 to cover the bribe he paid for running a red light on the way to the project while caravanning with other Rotarians. The rest of the group was very gratuitous in waiting for Rich to be released from custody before they proceeded to the project site…
The team arrived on Thursday and enjoyed the traditional Chinese Dinner. Work started on Friday and continued until Sunday morning. The medical clinic and the construction project were located at the same site for the first time.
The medical teams performed dental, eye, health and podiatry procedures and exams. The construction project consisted of scrapping, power washing and painting the entire school, Repairing/replacing the basketball hoops and concrete footing; also scraping, sanding and re-painting picnic benches, a total of 4 benches were completed! That team moved on to the children’s playground equipment; more scraping, sanding and paining. The team also replaced swings and other playground equipment needing repair. Once the work was done, we all enjoyed watching the children having a great time on the repaired equipment.
Medical support exams were important for many of the neighborhood residents…
Also, with the help of ‘Handy’ Andy Aeling and Al ‘has everything’ McDonald the team cut and finished a new door between classrooms.
Friday night’s dinner was at an Italian restaurant along with the celebration of Donna Aeling’s Birthday! Saturday night the team all headed to Pappy’s house by bus for a Pig Roast and great fun for all.
Special thanks to Andy Aeling, Al McDonald, Dunn Edwards Paint, Shawn and the Rotary wives that even skipped having massages on Sunday morning to help complete the job!! Thanks to all for a great international project.
Lots of construction and repair efforts…
And, a very ‘special’ birthday dinner for Donna Aeling…
And the last meal with Rotarians from Mexicali…
Next Week’s Program:
Sgt. Chris Leso and the Escondido PD Cadet Program…
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $532; Mark Maus… Sorry Mark, “a swing and a miss” …better luck next time…
Lunch Money: $21.00… And, the winner is… Past President Mike O’Malley…
