Marana Rotary Club
January 11, 2022 weekly meeting
This week’s meeting was held completely virtual given the ongoing Omicron situation.
Randy asked for assistance in arranging our speakers. Bob Bishop, who is slated to handle speakers the next quarter, agreed to move up his assignment to help out.
The Tour de Cookie event needs support during the coming weekends to put out signs promoting the event. Dan and Peter volunteered their able hands to help out.
Beckie asked for assistance seeking sponsors for the Tour de Cookie booths.
Don announced that we have approval from Harkins Theatres to hold the next shredding event on Saturday, April 16.
Happy Bucks
- Harold was “just happy”. Was having breakfast with John Z. following our meeting. All passed on their wishes and condolences to John for his recent loss.
- John D. was happy, the family is well and life is good.
- Cindy reported that she was also happy, and very busy in her new rotary roles.
- Carol (guest, and soon to be member?!) has had the cast removed on her hand and reported that surgery went well.
- Don was happy to be going to southern California to visit friends and family?
- Bob was in Virginia doing some babysitting while his stepson continued to recover from a tough bout with COVID
- Cathy had a great weekend with family from Chicago.
- Sulee reported Jim was status quo having gone four days with no visits to the hospital.
- Denise said her son was isolating in home with COVID. She was happy to have found stuffed bears for the “More Than a Bed” campaign.
- Randy was likely happy, but his computer keeps freezing, so we didn’t get to hear exactly why.
- Dan was happy that Green Bay had a week off during the playoffs, confirming who he is rooting for!
- Beckie was missing her grand daughter after visiting during the holidays.
- Mary reported that she was being extremely careful with the month leading up to her surgery. Hence her usual enthusiastic volunteering persona will be put on pause for the month. We all wish her the very best outcome.
- Peter was excited for the successful launch of the JWST Telescope. He shared some fascinating facts about the countries and number of people involved in the project. Thousands of steps must go perfectly in order for the mirrors to focus. Said this would be equivalent to Galileo’s invention of the telescope for the understanding of the universe.
Guest Speaker
Tom Elf, from the Rincon Rotary Club, spoke on his experiences during his 30 years with Rotary. First, he shared that our very own Randy Brooks is being nominated for induction into the Veterans Hall of Fame, Arizona. Tom relayed stories around what it meant to him to be a Rotarian and why he joined Rotary in the first place. His experiences included Boston, Connecticut and New York before landing permanently in Tucson. Tom stated that a sense of humor was an important life-dealing characteristic for him, personally. Interestingly, Tom shared some history regarding the challenges when women were allowed to join Rotary, and the resistance during the early years. Tom noted the high percentage of women in our club and said we were the best club outside of the city limits of Tucson. That qualification was included because the Rincon club lies within the city limits.