Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person and via Zoom; and “Club Assembly with President Mark Maus”
August 17th, 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 and, an invocation was offered by past President Jack Anderson
Special Occasions:
Happy Birthday to:
Brad Allaband – 8/23
Happy Rotary Anniversary to:
Mayor Dane White – 1 Year
High 5 and Announcements:
Past President George Beitner announced that his daughter and grandkids are living with them for 5 weeks before they leave for Japan. They enjoyed a Padre game and will spend some great family time together before they leave
Past President Rich Agnew announced that there will be no more remote meetings due to everyone being able to attend in person. It will be done on a case-by-case basis. Thank you, Richard, for all you do for our club especially the technical part
Past President Tina Pope talked about ways to help Maui in their rebuilding efforts, ESR will be participating
John Schwab reminded everyone about the upcoming Chamber golf tournament that is raising funds for PAL and Rising Stars that is being held on 9/15
Congratulations to Cory & Gloria as they said I do. The pictures say it all!! Gloria wore 2 rings that represented over 100 years of weeded bliss on her hand, she was beaming!!!
Rotarian’s Having Fun!!! A picture is worth a thousand words!!
Kendra Koed and family went fishing in Oceanside and Wyatt was successful in a catch also he took a picture on a replica motorcycle that Tom Cruise rode in the movie Top Gun, move over Tom!!!
Check out a blast from the past in these pictures from past ESR Rotary meetings, can you recognize some of these faces??
Richard Agnew showed another picture from his vacation with Marcia to visit her aunt and uncle. Aunt Sara has MS and he wanted us to see how important our fund-raising efforts are, it really makes it personal when someone close to you has been diagnosed with MS.
5K Update: 22 Days to go!!!
It looks like the Padres have a slight lead over the Yankees still with the Pirates and the Diamond Backs closing in!! We are now over $94k with 592 registered for the race, awesome work everyone!!
Liz Phillips let us know that the SP cheerleaders are ready to go along with the SPHS band
Program:
It’s our annual Club Assembly Meeting:
President Mark introduced and presented pins to this year’s board members and his charity of choice is Tunnels To Towers.
Past President Rich Aeling talked about where the past incoming presidents have gone to convention and he announced that upcoming president Dave Leuvanos will be going to Singapore and Gerry Fay agreed to serve as our president after Dave and he will be going to Calgary, Canada. After showing us the locations for the future conventions Kendra Koed and Kim Henson said they would throw their hat in the ring!!
President Mark’s membership goal this year is 5, we discussed ways to attract new members
Next Week’s Meeting:
Closing: President Mark Maus announced that we will be meeting in person at the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 AM on August 24th… and our guest speaker is Susan Johnson from Alabaster Jar
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…
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; August 24th, 7:30 AM at the Chamber of Commerce…
Check President Mark’s email for the reminder…
