Catch-Up with Rotary Sept 16, 2014

Catch-Up with Rotary

September 16, 2014

If you haven’t joined us at the Rotary Club of Marana you should!  It’s energetic with great speakers, sometimes entertaining and just plain old good friendship. 

We had Maeve, George and a visitor all dressed in purple so we had to take a picture of that….

onto the news of the week:

One of our favorite things is the Student of the Month form the Marana School District MCAT, I get so inspired by these youngsters who have turned their lives around.  Thank you to the Principal Denise Coronado and Staff who genuinely show how much they care.

This month our student Nick Fajardo and his parents Anthony and Bridge Fajardo joined us.  Denise and Mr. Paul DiCaro told us just enough about his past to let us know that he was on a path to destruction, now he is on the path to change and productiveness.  Nick told us when he graduates, he wants to do something with animals, he is not sure what this is yet.   We look forward to hearing about your adventures Nick and we will celebrate your graduation with you, so work hard!

Our speaker was Kendall Kroesen, from the Tucson Audubon Society.

He said one of the must haves, if you love birds in AZ is a book you can purchase from the Audubon Society called “Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona”, info only it costs $24.95 and it’s a great book to take with you on a hike.

The Tucson Audubon Society was founded in 1949, one of the leading non-profit organizations in the conservation of birds and their habitats.

He told us about several rare birds that come to AZ.  Bird watchers come from all over the world to see them, one of them is Rufous Capped Warbler.  If you want to see some of these rare birds go to their website WWW.tucsonaudubon.org.  By the way the wild life watchers have a state wide economic impact of about 1.4 billion dollars, about three hundred million in Pima County.  So love on your birds.

For bird conversation, you can go to the web site for tips that Mr. Koresen told us about on how to upgrade your landscaping to make your home more sustainable for birds to visit your yard.

Thank you Mr. Koresen for bringing birds to life with all your pictures and information.