Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “A Visit with District 5340 Governor, Steve Weitzen”… September 17, 2020
Editor’s Note…
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…
So, we met via Zoom… On September 17… Sunrise Rotary members talking about service and connecting through fellowship in new ways…
President Chris opened the meeting… Even with a gavel and the familiar chime of a gavel striking a bell… 22 Sunrise Rotarians and three visiting Rotarians joined the Zoom meeting… Nice job all of you for joining us…
Past President Scott Putnicki led the pledge to our nation’s Flag…
Past President Jack Anderson offered an invocation…
Guests and Visitors:
Along with our speaker, District Governor Steve Weitzen, we were joined by District Governor Elect, Dan Ginsler of the Coronado Rotary Club…
And by District Governor Nominee, Chuck Pretto of the San Diego Rotary Club; the renowned Club 33…
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
September 19: President Elect, Richard Agnew
Anniversaries:
September 21: Floyd and Alta Farley… 48 years… Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Sunrise Rotary Awards
President Chris was presenting Rotary Awards through his own ‘touchless’ delivery system…
Bonnie Maloney was honored in August as Sunrise Rotary honors ‘Women in Rotary’… And President Elect Richard Agnew received the ‘Rotarian of the Month’ recognition…
Congratulations to Bonnie and Richard…
Sunrise Rotarians Having Fun…
President Elect-elect Tina Pope recently traveled to Tennessee to visit her daughter… While husband, Alan was completing some ‘Daddy-dos’… Tina found her way to the Jack Daniels Distillery…
She is pictured here with a statue of ‘Gentleman Jack’… Funny, I don’t remember her bringing a gift to President Chris from this trip…
A number of Sunrise Rotarians and friends enjoyed a golf outing on September 11 at the Vineyard Golf Course… Thanks to Past President Scott Putnicki for arranging the outing…
Naturally, the President’s team found their way to the Victory Circle… Hmm??
Pictured are some of the players enjoying a libation after the grueling event… Look for another outing in November.
Keep your ‘fun’ photos coming to President Chris…
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Youth Protection Certification
President Chris reminded all that Youth Protection Certification is required if you work with youth in any of our programs.
Past President Mike O’Malley oversees the certification and recently sent emails with the forms, procedure and all the details…
Project Mercy Tijuana House Build Project
Past President Rich Aeling reported on this next year’s Tijuana House Build Project; he reported that due to the Covid pandemic, our project will entail constructing the frame elements of the house in San Ysidro from which they will be transported across the border to the project site. Likely to take place on a Friday in March, 2021… Watch for more details.
Escondido East Rotary Thanksgiving Dinner Delivery
President Chris announced that East Rotary is seeking drivers to deliver meals on Thanksgiving Day… Contact is with Darrol Castor of the East Club, contact President Chris to volunteer and connect with Darrol.
See you in person at an upcoming Sunrise Rotary meeting...
President Chris announced that plans are underway for one meeting a month to be held in person at Cocina Del Charro… Watch for details coming soon…
Guatemala Literacy Project
Escondido Sunrise will be joining this project along with 600 other clubs from 80 districts around the Rotary world. We were unable to secure global grant funds for this year, and this project became available to us as a participating club. Rotary International President, Ian Riseley calls this project, “The Gold Standard” of Rotary projects as it meets a real need in Guatemala, and it involves participation from through the globe…
Special Announcement:
Grape Day 5K Update:
President Elect Richard Agnew and Past President Jim Ponder reported on the status of the event. Jim stated that major sponsors needed to be confirmed by September 21, so that logos can be included with the tee shirt order.
Two additional sponsors were confirmed recently with Escondido Disposal (EDCO) and Neighborhood Healthcare were confirmed…
Total funds raised to date, without the major sponsor support, is $12,579…
Team standings and the funding total are shown in the following photo…
Make your contacts, and solicit your donors for support…
This is an ‘ALL HANDS’ effort… Your Club and your community need your active support…
High Fives:
Past President Jim Ponder shared a journal entry of his from a year ago as his team was preparing to summit Mt Kilimanjaro… His comment reminded us all of the value of journaling to recall key moments in our lives…
President Chris announced that joint project was underway with the Highway 78 Club and all of the Escondido Clubs to make a combined donation to the North County Food Bank; Escondido Sunrise is contributing $2,000 to the effort… Thanks to all the members for your continued financial support of our philanthropic efforts in the community…
Program:
District Governor Steve Weitzen was our program at this meeting.
New Member Induction…
The first thing Steve did for us was to gladly induct our newest member, SGT Chris Leso…
Steve acknowledged Chris’ community service role with the Escondido Police Department, and that his entire family serves the community as his wife is a special education teacher in Escondido.
Chris has served as the Traffic Sergeant and has been instrumental in assisting us as we conduct the Grape Day 5K each year. Chris also directs the Police Department Cadet program which Escondido Sunrise has supported each year in their academy training efforts.
Chris Leso, the newest member of Escondido Sunrise Rotary…
Welcome Chris!!
President Chris introduced Governor Steve and provided some background on his Rotary service over the years. Steve is a member of the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club, and previously served as President of the Solana Beach Rotary Club.
Steve spoke about the fellowship in Rotary; a key element of our mutual service efforts that inspires him a lot. Steve attends many Rotary meetings (online now through Zoom), and enjoys watching the Clubs in District 5340 serve and grow. He introduced again Dan Ginsler, the Governor-elect, and Chuck Pretto, the Governor-nominee, commenting that he encourages them to be involved as he leads this year.
Steve spoke about Global Grant efforts and commented on our joining in with the Guatemala Literacy project… All efforts like this extend the value of our Rotary Foundation support donations.
Steve commented about Rotary’s success with Polio Plus worldwide and that Africa has been declared ‘polio-free’… Efforts are underway in Afghanistan and Pakistan to vaccinate and stop the disease.
Steve commented about Rotary International’s ‘Seventh Avenue of Service’, that being ‘The Environment’… A new club is forming in Solana Beach which will focus on the environment.
Governor Steve Weizen
Next Week’s Meeting:
Our program will be Jean Larson of the ‘Legacy Endowment Project’…
The next meeting will be via Zoom on Thursday, September 24…
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…
Online Meetings:
Technical Support for Online Meetings:
Our on-line meetings continue to be technically managed by 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 online meeting. The system works fine, dependent upon your technical support available through your PC or laptop…
SEE YOU SOON… ON LINE OR IN PERSON….. Next meeting; Thursday September 24; 7:30 AM… Check President Chris’ or Richard Agnew’s email for the Zoom Link…
