Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person and via Zoom; and “CTE Scholarship presentations & our monthly fellowship breakfast”
June 8th 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 Gloria Leffler and an invocation was offered by Past President Jack Anderson…
Guests and Visitors:
Edgar Chamu & Dezzrah Ramirez (CTE scholarship recipients)
Rita with the EUHSD
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
No Birthday’s this week
Anniversaries:
Wedding Anniversaries
Mike Muehl is celebrating 21 years of marital bliss today!!
Here are some fun pictures from our monthly fellowship breakfast, a great time was had by all!!
Hi-Fives & Announcements…
Incoming President Mark Maus shared his experience at the Rotary convention which was held in Australia this year. He had a great time but forgot one tiny detail “What is the theme for next year?” He also had some sweet gifts for President Tina
Past Presidents Jim Ponder, George Beitner, Rich Aeling & Mike O’Malley presented gifts to President Tina from their annual fishing trip to Mammoth. The gifts were endless with a hat and miscellaneous other fun items
Alan Miller brought some gifts as well from his trip to Ireland
Ireland seemed the place to travel to this year, Kevin Svetich shared how he met some Rotarians in the town he was in and brought back a flag from there, he also shared how much he enjoyed talking to them
Kevin Svetich presented a Paul Harris Fellowship pin to Gary Ommen
Grape Day Update:
Past President Rich Agnew let everyone know that and e-mail was sent out to everyone to register on Race Roster and also that credit card donations can go through the site and checks can go directly to Bob Burson
Sadly, this will be Gloria’s final Rotary meeting, we will miss you terribly sweet Gloria. Congratulations to you and Kory
Program:
There were 8 CTE Scholarships awarded this year and 3 of those recipients were present to receive their award. Congratulations to Edgar Chamu, Dezzrah Ramirez and Leslee Ramirez!!
Edgar will be attending Palomar College to be a part of the P3 program and hopes to get his early childhood education certificate
Dezzrah wants to study international hospitality and eventually become an international flight attendant
Leslee will be attending Cal State San Marcos to study communications
Opportunity Drawing: Total today is $159
Jeff Johnson was the lucky raffle winner but o such luck in drawing the joker, sorry Jeff and Tony Criss gets $20 for lunch
Next Week’s Meeting:
Will be in person and online at the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 AM on June 15th to hear from Carl Reed about the Vet Villas
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; June 15th, 7:30 AM at the Chamber of Commerce…
Check President Tina’s email for the reminder…
