RB Rotary Club Meeting Notes
March 2, 2023
Intro & Four Way Test – Alan Turner
Pledge – Toi Pak
Inspirational message -
Scott joined Rotary in High School and has continued to serve. He shared message this evening was:
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” By Theodore Roosevelt
Greeter – Wendy Rodriguez
Guests
Several member brought spouses this evening
Ken Heinz brought his wife, Jean
Arilla brought her daughter -
Dan brought his wife
Mike F. brought his wife, Patty
One visiting Rotarian – La Jolla – Dorothy? Wife of
Family of Rotary – Arilla
Don Glover is in the hospital fighting infection, prayers for recovery are welcomed
John O’Neill is recovering, he sends his love to all, he hopes to be back in 2-3 weeks
Dan Barrios is doing well
Steve Lapointe is in Rehab in Escondido due to blood clots in his legs, Pat will provide address for cards
RZ Norris broke his shoulder
**All fines and Happy Bucks this week will go toward Shelterbox**
Fine Master – Arilla - no fines today
Happy Bucks –
Patty Fuqua won the naming contest for Arila’s new foot. Also celebrating water color paintings by Judy L. She donated the $50
Toby gave an IOU in celebration of Ann having fine arts display in Spanish Village, Studio 21
Arilla, happy to be learning to walk again with new foot
Alex is happy that a dog was pulled out of rubbish after 23 days in Turkey
John $10 happy that Geek Squad could assist with computer Hard Drive recovery
Jimmy brought Mary Davis
Patrick was pet sitting for 4wks and had to make several trips to vet, happy to be done
Dan – tax filing deadline extended in California to October 2023
Bob V. read about Turkey earthquake damage creating new crack in earth
Mike F. thank you for V&V sponsors
Visiting Rotarian, Dorothy happy that Pete is having an Art Show
Announcements
March 3rd at 2pm and 4th at 11am OASIS is offering tours for Rotarians to see progress
Tickets are still available for Poway Symphony Orchestra on March 19th at 4pm.
March 25th the District is having training at no cost – from 8am -2pm at Liberty Station, go to website to register
March 29th Vines and Vittles Mixer will be held at Lucia from 4-6pm.
Sponsorship has reached $40,075 for 66% of the goal. Sandie’s team is still in first place. Please continue to work on getting additional sponsors. 3 Wineries and 3 Restaurants confirmed as well as 2 Breweries.
Received a grant from San Diego County for $6,700 that will support the Vines event.
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, spots are filling up quickly!
April 28th NAMI Walk San Diego, 15 signed up so far, goal is 50
Jim on the Foundation
Foundation promotes well-being in communities and helps non-profits achieve objectives
3 Annual Giving Opportunities:
Interfaith Community Services of Escondido
Gently Hugged (support for babies)
Guide Dogs of America (sight challenged, PTSD, final stages in life)
Speaker – Rudy Garcia-Tolson, Paralympic Swimmer, Runner, and Triathlete of Challenged Athletes Foundation
Rudy currently resides in Del Mar, he is 34 years old.
Rudy believes that the only real disability is a negative attitude.
Rudy was born with webbed fingers, a cleft palate, and legs that were attached at the knee. He spent the first years of his life in the hospital in efforts to remedy these issues. At the age of 5 years old his legs were amputated above the knee. At this time he became involved with the Challenged Athletes organization. Rudy has been able to overcome his disabilities and compete in Paralympic games around the world and in World Swimming Championships. The Challenged Athletes Foundation provides adaptive sporting equipment for permanently disabled. The organization helped Rudy along the way and now his mission is to mentor and provide support to others. His focus now is competing in Triathlons. A recent accomplishment that Rudy is happy about is that paralympic athletes now receive the same bonus funds that able bodied Olympians receive.
In appreciation of the speaker, the book “25 Women Who Defied Limitations” was presented by Jim H. and will be donated to the school library.
Next Meeting is Thursday 3/9
Matt Kurth will share the history of the FDA
