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Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter District Governor Johrita Solari Visits
Today's meeting opened with an invocation by Bryan Nash. Pete Moriarty led us in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a rousing version of Anchors Aweigh!!. Bryan then led us in the reading of the Rotary Four Way Test.
Guests: Johrita Solari- District Governor Bruce Solari Mariane Kopenick- 2nd Visit- saw the article in Villa Park Magazine and came to check us out. Marsha Leeg- visiting from the mountains of Nevada Sofia Galliardi- Lesslie Giacobbi's granddaughter Lea Bowsher- candidate for membership
Birthdays: Bill Baker - celebrating today - will spend an evening at the Hollywood Bowl tomorrow Milt Stamos- celebrating today- we'll find out what Clarinel had in store for him. Jim Brodsky-celebrated last week with a fishing trip to Catalina where he and his son caught some yellowtail tuna
Announcements: Bryan Nash- Fall Festival Update- October 7th- 6-9PM Phoenix Club - the event will feature a sit-down dinner with wine at the table- premium wines will be available for purchase by the glass -there will be an announcement of the event in this month's water bill and there was an article by Bob Kreisberg in this month's Villa Park Magazine. - the sign up sheet for jobs at the event was passed around again today. we need help with ticket sales, the opportunity drawing and mystery bags. - members will have the option of bringing in donations for $250 or donating $250 for the contents of the mystery bags. A sheet was passed around for members to indicate their choice. Our goal is to have 100 Mystery Bags to sell at the event- the bags will sell for $20 each and have at least $25 worth of gifts, discount coupons, etc. Ask for discount coupons at restaurants you routinely visit to help fill the bags. - Bryan passed around a donation request form for the event -entertainment will be provided by the band Instant Replay. Tickets: Sponsored by Camp to Belong Pam Dunn has the tickets and is taking requests for tables of 10- Bill Baker and Lesslie Giacobbi stepped up to fill two tables. Ad Space in the Program: -each club member should place at least a business card sized ad in the program for $35 - Half page is $50 and a full page is $100- Look for non-club member businesses that might want to place ads.
New Generation Area of Service- Greg Mills - a change to the club bylaws is needed- Pete Moriarty has drafted the proposed changes and the club will vote on them on September 2nd-The proposed changes were read by Greg Mills. Please review the changes and be present for the vote. - Greg has spoken with the president of the Orange Sunrise Club about pooling our resources to house students visiting the area. RYLA- will now be held in advance of the high school AP tests - increasing the pool of potential candidates Rotaract-Linda Bartrom-Olsen will serve as the liaison to Santiago Canyon College Interact-Greg pointed out how successful our inaugural awards dinner for the Interact Programs at Villa Park and Lutheran High had been. Linda Bartrom-Olsen will continue to serve as our Interact Liaison.
Committee Chair Briefs: Jill Kuli- Community Service- Shred Day will be on Saturday, September 11th at Ralph's Shopping Center from 9-12- Individuals can bring out all their sensitive documents to shred for free. An E-Waste Day will follow in October where people can bring all their computers, printers, phones, etc. There is no charge for the services, but donations to the club will be accepted. Linda Bartrom-Olsen announced that new member candidate Mariane Kopenick has volunteered to help on the Vocational Committee. Paul Hudson- Tree Farm- work has begun on upgrading the irrigation system. More work is needed, but we'll need some younger backs a.k.a Interact Students to help. Greg Mills noted that some of the expense can be defrayed by matching grants for up to $850 from the district. John Broussard- Ronald McDonald House- read a thank-you letter from Scott who has donated desserts to the dinners. Our club donated $100 to Scott's charity in Costa Rica and as a result a young boy, Joelle who suffers from asthma, was able to purchase a treatment device that will greatly improve his quality of life.
Joelle and his Mom Nagi Ibrahim- Foundation Chair-announced that donations to the foundation can be done through automatic deductions- contact Nagi for more information. Other Reminders: - Work Party on August 28th at the home of Teri Brooks- 9-12 - lunch will be served - Orange Picking Party - Saturday August 21st- 10-12- 9252 Loma - Oranges will be donated to the SOS charity in Costa Mesa.
Happy Bucks: Milt Stamos-served as a conduit of donations from Judge Jim Smith(last week's guest speaker) and George Meroukian. Marsha Leeg- was happy to have an opportunity to update the club about her new life in Nevada Mark Schmidt- went to the Swing Dance Party at the Great Park with Pam and has photos to pass around. John Broussard was happy- he spent 1 week at Catalina on a 36foot Sailboat with his family. Lesslie Giacobbi was happy to have her granddaughter Sophia and her mom visiting. Eric Sense was happy to report that he now has 2 children at Lutheran High and that neither child is behind in their schoolwork( school started yesterday!!).
Drawing - $1185- John Broussard drew a 6
Guest Speaker: District Governor Johrita Solari District Governor Solari joined Rotary for the first time in 1993 with the Anaheim Club. She is a native Californian and Villa Park Resident for the last two years. She has quite a list of accomplishments including Rotarian of the year for 2007 and seats on the board of many local organizations.
New International President Ray Klingensmith has set a "Back to Basics" agenda for his term in office based on Strong Clubs, Effective Service and a Unified and Recognized Brand. For individual clubs he wants Bigger( thinking, innovation, flexibility and creativity) Better ( vision plans and reviewing of success strategies) and Bolder (promotion, business networking among members). As District 5320 Governor Johrita told us she will support all the clubs in the district using membership area coordinators and foundation area coordinators to help us become bigger and better. Our club has set a goal of 4 new members for this year and if we meet that goal we will be entered in a contest to have a special dinner at the Solari Home.
Governor Solari informed us that since the inception of the Villa Park Rotary our club has donated $110,000 to the Rotary Foundation and our commitment this year is to donate $200 per member. She then went on to update us on District happenings: - the district website www.rotary5320.orghas been updated and will serve as a better resource for the clubs. There is also District On-Line Directory and she encouraged us to check and update our individual profiles. Worldwide Polio Efforts- -The End Polio Now Baseball Game at Angel's Stadium was a big success!!! -over 2 billion doses of Polio Vaccine have been administered world-wide with only scattered cases reported in 4 countries- Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria. - Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged $355 Million to end Polio and Rotary's goal was to match $200,000,000 by 2012- so far we've raised $179,000,000 - There is a new plan suggested by local Rotarian Roy Jefferson to join the 355 Club To join the club go to the district website and agree to donate $3.55 per week or $180/year Upcoming District Events: Mark Your Calenders - Sept 10th - Rotary Business Person of the Year- Luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Orange -November 13th- Rotary Foundation Awards Dinner -April 29- May 1st- District Conference at Irvine Hilton -April 19- May 15th- Group Study Exchange from The Netherlands- Peace and Conflict Resolution -May 22nd- May 24th- Rotary International Conference- New Orleans.- "Let the Good Times Roll"
At the conclusion of her talk Governor Solari reminded us of all the accomplishments of the Villa Park Rotary since its charter back in the 1990s. Quite an impressive list-- let's keep up the good work!!!
Governor Solari present VPRC President Greg Mills with a Mickey Mouse from her home club in Anaheim.
Meeting Assignments for Next Week Greeter - Chanda Parrett- Pledge- Kirk Parker Invocation- Teri Brooks If you cannot fulfull your assignment please assign a replacement.
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