Notes- Rotary Club Meeting 3.23
Pledge- Alan Turner
Greeter- John Leatherwood
Guests: Fiona & Jenna from Interfaith (John Mullin), Jason Corzine from RB Merrill Lynch (Bill Brehm), Alyssa Broda from Words Alive (Mike Fuqua)
Announcements:
Thank you to the volunteers for the Speaker Chair and making it successful: Charley C, Sunny G, Mike F, Michael O, Gary S, and Dave B
3/25 District Training Assembly (Dave B, Alan T, and Wendy R attended)
3/26 Poway OnStage with Sunrise Club
3/29 Vines & Vittles Mixer 4-6pm at Lucia Capital Group
4/2 Social at the Winery UTC
It is no longer a prix fixe menu and $87 charge, but we need people to show up and show their support and have fun
4/25 Joint meeting with Sunrise, hear Olga’s story about her journey as a refugee from Ukraine
We will still have our regularly scheduled meeting this week
4/22 Community Cleanup at Oaks North
4/29 NAMIwalks,
Please signup! Start time is 8am, and there is a wellness expo until 11am
To volunteer to help email Alan Turner
4/29 Hats Off to Volunteers
We need 5 or 6 volunteers for this event
There will be an evening social event
Sandie Dewane is the volunteer of the year for our club
Check Presentation
$2k check presented to Interfaith
Jenna will be our new contact, Fiona is staying with Interfaith but taking a bigger role
They are opening a new family shelter in San Diego
Hosting a Mental Health & Wellness Festival on 5/6 in Oceanside you can register at www.interfaithservices.org/events/change
Family of Rotary/Fines/Happy Bucks
Bob V had successful back surgery, will be in rehab for a bit
Don G is home and feeling better
Sandie is recovering from knee surgery and will be back at meetings soon
Tom Kapocius is recovering from back surgery
Fines
Joe G is performing at some fairs and schools in Arizona
Happy Bucks
Terry- Joel has done an amazing job with Interact program
Michael O- Dropped off 618lbs of food at Vista Hill in the rain
Arilla- Alan’s name was in the paper, his Bridge Club donated $500k to Oasis in RB
Sunny- Grandson is a doctorate in Biology
Ken- Seconding Joel’s work with Mount Carmel Interact
Jim R- Poway Orchestra was great
Vines & Vittles
Volunteer information is going out soon
Sponsorship at 87%, $52,131
Alyssa Broda
46% of kids in San Diego County are struggling to read at grade level by 4th grade
Words Alive aims to open opportunities for life success by inspiring a commitment to reading. They provide access to books and shared reading experiences to over 5000 students in the county
They have 3 core programs, all aimed at increasing literacy and reading proficiency in children and teenagers
Family Literacy Program
Read Aloud Program
Adolescent Book Group
Words Alive has no government funding, relies solely on corporations and individuals
They create learning kits for students, which requires 800 volunteers each tear to distribute around 30,000 kits
Words Alive is looking for board members, if you are interested reach out to Alyssa
Terry presented a book on the Constitution to be donated to the Middle School Library
