Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “Alternatives Medical Clinic; Serving the Family Needs of our Community”…
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 await the time we can gather together again…
President Chris opened the meeting in an entirely new hybrid format… Many of us in person, some of us online…
President Chris and President-Elect Richard Agnew discovering the new kinks to work out in our downtown Escondido location…
And, President Chris presiding over an in-person meeting for the first time in 11 months… Well Done!!
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag…
Past President, Jack Anderson offered an invocation…
Guests and Visitors:
Kim Henson was with us; wife of Kirk, and a volunteer at Alternatives Medical Clinic… Welcome Kim…
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
None this week
Anniversaries:
Past President, Jack and Judi Anderson, celebrating 53 years on June 1 … Congratulations!!
And, Past President, Mike and Julie Muehl on June 8… Congratulations!!
We’re all sure that Julie knew she was to be the ‘Fish Wife’…
Rotary Anniversaries:
Past President, Rich Aeling, 12 years… Happy to be serving with you Rich!!
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
No ‘Fun’ this week… Keep the pics coming …
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Mark you Calendars…
Note some service opportunities coming up…
Support for Neighborhood Health Vaccination Clinics…
President Elect-Elect, Tina Pope reported on the continuing need for volunteer support throughout May and June at Vaccine Clinics conducted by Neighborhood Health. Contact Tina Pope as to clinic dates that need volunteers…
District Governor Dinner, June 28th…
Still a chance to join President Chris and President-Elect, Richard at this fun-filled evening…
Rotary Golf Event, June 7…
Past President, Scott Putnicki is leading a team in the District Golf event at Twin Oaks in San Marcos on Monday…
Rotarian of the Month…
President Chris announced his final Rotarian of the Month Award… Past President, Barry Baker… Barry, our second President, has continued with his outstanding Rotary service in all avenues of support for 41 years… Congratulations Barry!!
High Fives:
A Reminder: Sunrise Rotary Meetings Will Continue Each Week in Person…
President Chris shared that we will continue meeting in person, along with a hybrid Zoom format.
Meetings will be held at ‘The Grand’ Coffee House and meeting space at Grand Avenue and Juniper… Arrangements are being made for this to be a two-month meeting option, until our regular meeting place at Cocina del Charro resumes breakfast service…
Chris thanked President Elect, Richard Agnew and Club Secretary, John Schwab for their yeoman’s work in bringing about this opportunity to meeting in person…
Look for more details from President Chris in an email…
Remembering Memorial Day and the Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion in Normandy, 77 years ago on June 6.
Past President, Barry Baker reminded us all of the immense sacrifice by all of those involved in wars to achieve freedom for the oppressed…
Program:
Alternatives Medical Clinic; Serving the medical needs of pregnancies and sexual diseases and, supporting families dealing with these challenges…
Club Secretary, John Schwab introduced our program speaker, Judy Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Alternatives Medical Clinic… Judy has only served as Executive Director for a few months, however has a long history of serving the organization…
Judy Fitzgerald speaking to Sunrise Rotarians…
Judy spoke about the mission of Alternatives Medical, and emphasized their medical accreditation through the AAAHC which places them in an equivalency with a hospital’s medical certification…Alternatives’ complete medical practice is the basis for the complete family services care they provide…
As a faith-based organization, their goal is to provide a sense of hope for every family that they serve. They focus on providing alternatives to each client they serve, engendering hope and a positive attitude to provide solutions for unplanned family challenges… To this end, they also focus on co-parenting to engage both the women and men involved with family issues…
Judy shared that approximately 68% of their clients dealing with unplanned pregnancy are from faith groups. And, one of the big challenges in this situation is the shame that comes about through an unplanned pregnancy.
Goals of the programs at Alternatives are to provide post-abortive counseling and to support options that may include adoption. The provision of ultrasound information, unlike Planned Parenthood, demonstrates to the clients that a new life is in their bodies...
Other emphases includes teaching the importance for both the men and women involved in unwanted pregnancies to understand the importance of knowing about, and accepting family responsibilities…
Alternatives has built a community base, partnering with many other community organizations…
Outreach is important too, as Alternatives provides a full service mobile clinic to meet their clients where they are geographically with the inland north county service area…
President Chris pictured with Judy Fitzgerald of Alternatives Medical Clinic…
Next Week’s Meeting:
The Escondido Education Compact will present their programs supporting the youth of our region…
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 the first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as this pandemic is overtaken by our hard work and collective support…
In Person and 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 Elect 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… AT ’ THE GRAND’ IN PERSON… OR ONLINE… Next meeting; Thursday June 10; 7:30 AM… Check President Chris’ or President Elect, Richard Agnew’s email for the Zoom Link…
