RB Rotary Club Meeting Notes
February 23, 2023
Four Way Test, Pledge – Alan Turner
Guests
No visiting Rotarians
Ken Heinz brought his wife, Jean
Mike F. introduced speaker Sara Greenspan as guest
Induction – Welcome John Leatherwood, from Lucia Capitol Group as new member
Family of Rotary – Arila
No new reports of illness, update on John’s status next week
**All fines and Happy Bucks this week will go toward Shelterbox**
Fine Master – Arila
Red Badges will be fined in future for not completing checklist and moving up to Gold Badge
Dave Brooks was in the newspaper this week, costing him $20
Mike Fuqua was also in the papers this week, costing him $20
Happy Bucks – Pete Griffith, 15 year volunteer for Shelterbox. Currently supporting Turkey and Syria Shelterboxes contain needed emergency supplies to include a tent, sleeping bag, and a stove
Emily contributed $15 to get out of work for a bit and in celebration of John’s induction
Mike Fuqua contributed $100 via Zelle in celebration of the Vines and Vittles postcard provided today
John will give $500 and prompted Dave Brooks to give $500 for being in Turkey 5 months ago.
Gary will contribute an online donation in honor of a friend having a birthday
Joe gave a donation for his Mom, Mary being I the Poway Chief newspaper
Barb gave a donation for securing the 1st Vines and Vittles vendor.
Alex will give for a friend that is in Turkey.
Alan will donate to celebrate his Bridge club making a large donation to Oasis.
Others included - Kathy $15, Joanne $20, Cheryl $20, Pat $20, Bill $100, Bob V., Tom $20,
Jim will donate and suggested giving a check and noting in memo line in order to have tax deduction.
Announcements
Arila is sponsoring a contest to name her new foot. Winner takes $50. Entries can be sent to Arila, she is sole judge.
RYLA – 28 applications have been received and are being scored, hoping to support more than 7 youth
Youth Protection Policy – this program was on hold during the pandemic but is re-launching. Please review information online to get certified, a background check and fingerprinting is part of the process. Contact Charlie Crew with any questions 858-210-2266.
Thank you to Katie H., Barb and Gary for their work on Membership. We have 8 new members already this year.
Social will be held at Miguel’s in 4S Ranch this Sunday 2/26, we have 27 RSVPs so far. Please bring cash to make splitting checks easier. Athenea is working on scheduling the next 4 socials.
Tickets are still available for Poway Symphony Orchestra on 3/19 at 4pm.
Tues, April 25th - joint meeting with Sunrise club at RB Country Club to hear from a Ukrainian Refugee. RSVP to Alan, if you would like to attend. Cost will be $25
Vines and Vittles sponsorship has reached $32,325 for 54%. Sandie’s team is in first place. Please continue to work on getting additional sponsors.
Speaker – Sarah Greenspan, Vice President People and Culture, San Diego Padres and Executive Committee Member for Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego.
Sarah provided and overview of the very exciting 2022 Padres season as well as offered an overview of what we can expect in 2023. Sarah also shared information on the Padres Foundation that offers free clinics for underserved youth as well as partnering with the USO to offer scholarships and care packages for Military. Some of the 2022 highlights included:
4 post season games at Petco Park
Ranked 5th of all clubs in attendance
2nd place in capacity with an average of 92%
Record of 26 sell outs – most in franchise history
Petco was voted by USA Today as # 1 Ball Park
In 2023 we can look forward to:
FanFest this year will offer 150,000 tickets for sale
5/19/23 Dinner on the Diamond Fundraiser for the Padre Foundation (each table will have a player)
Several big concerts to include CountryFest, Weezer, Offspring, Dirty Heads, Morgan Wallen(2x) and others
49 sell out games predicted
City Connect color jerseys on Fridays
In appreciation of speaker, a book on numbers was presented by Cheryl and will be donated to the school library.
Next Meeting is Thursday evening 3/2
Rudy Garcia-Tolson from Challenged Athletes Foundation is the speaker
