Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person
and “Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration w/Barry & Lee Baker”
March 14, 2024
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 Kelly Mayberry and an invocation was offered by past President Jack Anderson….
Guests & Visitors:
Ralph Travares
Lee Baker (Barry’s beautiful bride)
Special Occasions:
Happy Birthday to:
Donna Aeling (Beautiful spouse of Rich) – 3/1-3/31 We will be celebrating Donna all month long!!
Happy Anniversary to:
No Anniversaries
Happy Rotary Anniversary to:
No Rotary Anniversaries
High 5 and Announcements:
Past President Jim Ponder updated everyone that there is a need for facilitators and volunteers for the RYLA meeting.
Sadly, past President Jeff Johnson’s brother David lost his battle with brain cancer. You are all in our thoughts and prayers
Past President Rich Aeling updated us all about the Mexicali project that a group will be going to the weekend of March 14th. An extra slab needed to be poured and so ESR was able to fund that. Thank you to all of the volunteers and sponsors that contributed to the success of this project
Escondido Sunrise Rotary also made a donation to SPHS baseball in the amount of $200
Past President Richard Agnew’s wife Marcia is going in for knee replacement surgery, he said nothing is needed at this time
The RYLA interviews are complete, special thanks to Travis Catania, Beverly Marchetti and Kendra Koed for all of your help with this
Judy Fitzgerald attended the Women of Escondido 2024 where Kitty Aeling was honored
Travis Catania attended the district training
Another red badge was presented to Rino by Kelly Mayberry, welcome to the club!!
Upcoming Calendar Events:
Program:
Enjoy all of the antics from our incredibly fun morning celebrating everything Irish!! A huge thank you to Barry & Lee Baker for being so patient with all of us educating us on the meaning of pie 😉
Today's pot: $187
Beverly Marchetti was lucky today with her ticket but not so lucky in her pick, Mike O'Malley left today with $20 for lunch
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 this trying economy…….
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 they navigate these times that have been difficult…..
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 if needed….
SEE YOU SOON…… In Person … Next meeting; March 21st, at 7:30 AM where we will hear from Heather from The Escondido Children’s Museum
Check President Mark’s email for the reminder…
