Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club
Scribe Notes
March 7, 2024
The Opening Bell
President Jim Reid opened the evening meeting by leading us in the Four-Way Test and the Pledge.
Meeting Volunteers
President Jim thanked the following volunteers for the day: Greeter, John Mullin; Scribe, Marty Judge; Front Desk, Pat Chaffee, Joel Doss, Mark Alberts; Sgt. At Arms, Joel Doss; Photographer, Bill Brehm; and Welcome Song, Joel Doss.
Upcoming Events
The District Training Assembly will be on March 9 at Liberty Station. Register online.
Poway Symphony Orchestra Concert is on March 24.
Model UN conference takes place on March 23-24.
A joint meeting with Sunrise Rotary club be the evening of Tuesday, April 16.
Vista Hill - Fashion Show/Lunch is on Friday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Town and Country San Diego. When making reservations ask to sit in Barb Crew’s section.
Rotary Cleanup Day for the Seven Oaks Community on Saturday, April 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jim Hyldahl is in charge of the event.
The Vines & Vittles Festival will be on June 1 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Webb Park. Mike Fuqua showed a new logo design for the festival that emphasizes that the event is for families and noted that its new website has just gone live. The web address is https://vinesandvittlesfestival.com/.
Scholarship Awards Program
Terry Heck welcomed 11 students who had been selected from 35 nominees to receive a total of for $21,000 in scholarships. The students were nominated by the staffs of Del Norte High School, Rancho Bernardo High School, and Mt. Carmel High School. The criteria for nomination included strong character, a love of learning, a compassion for others, and an eagerness to do good in their school and the community. Rotary committee members were Terry Heck, Maguy Feghali, Gary Saks, and Ken Heinz. This year the Foundation added to its grants a $1,000 grant from the Arila St. Laurent Scholarship Fund.
Terry reminded the audience that our club has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to the community over the past year and that over the last decade the club has awarded more than $1 million in grants to community and global projects.
Students receiving the awards were Connor Feng, Daisy Zhang, Kyana Aquino, Yousef Bahia, Samuel Fivaz, Annika Steinberg, Kayla Bell, Aaron Bi, Jasmine Tran, Jaclyn Hastings, and Payam Shams.
The students spoke about their career aspirations and where they hoped to attend college. They were then asked questions by the audience.
In closing, Terry asked the students to believe that there is good in the world and to strive to do good in the world.
Next Meeting is March 14
The speaker will be Steve South, CEO of EDCO Disposal. His subject will be the State of the Art in Waste Disposal and Recycling.
The Closing Bell
President Jim struck the concluding bell, reminding us to remain engaged.
Respectfully submitted,
Marty Judge
Scribe du jour