Rotary meeting Nov 22, 2016

Submitted by PDG Randy Brooks, Secretary

Pledge, Meditation and Song completed.  Happy Birthday to Jane Howell (she donated a check to Polio Plus in the dollar amount of her age – Thanks Jane).

Guests: Joe Farr, VP Bank of the West. He plans to join in January. Julie Stark, On Your Left, she will be our speaker today so more later.

Announcements:

Randy gave a breakdown of the money received by the club for the Ride to End Polio:  The Club members donated a total of $1,073.  We received donations of $300.00 from others and an additional 350.00 from Eric’s connections.  Randy wants to thank the club for all the kind donations.  With the Gates Foundation match we raised a total of $4,996.00. 

Denise West:  Met with the family we are supporting this Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Thus far she has managed all the meetings, much of the purchasing and coordination.  In this family there are two parents (father disabled) and three children.  All in this family are excited to be working with Denise.

Maeve Johnson discussed the aid station, who thanked all of the club members and family who volunteered that day, as well as, Interact and Rotaract clubs as well as The Rotary Sunrise and Dove Mountain Rotary Clubs.  What a great event. 

Our riders, Eric (who took a wrong turn – and will need a compass next year), Randy and Deb all completed the race.  Our former member Tonja Greenfield (now in Illinois) rode with us. Shirley Grace from Pismo Beach, was on our team as well.  Horrible headwinds but we all finished.

Peter also mentions: Saturday, January 14, 2017, we will have a club retreat at the Kitt Peak observatory.  All members, family and friends are welcome. Peter will arrange for a staging area and we will drive in tandem to the mountain.  What fun.  If you have never done this prepare for a special evening.

John Dooling returned from his hunting trip to Illinois.  Welcome home.  John confesses that once again the deer in Illinois are safe from him.  He did not peg a deer but did find a gigantic Rotary Wheel on a Ferris wheel.  He made friends with a raccoon in a tree.

Maeve told a joke in lieu of happy bucks.  I won’t tell you the joke ….. It is better to be savored in person.

Clint discussed the opening of the Dove Mountain Clinic for the Marana Health center.  It provides Urgent Care, Behavioral Health Services, a retail store and lots of physicians’ offices.  Congratulations Clint.

 

Speaker:

 

Julie Stark from “On Your Left.” Julie is quite an athletic woman who has participated in numerous Triathlon events, marathons, bike rides, cycling events.  She discussed the need for pickle juice and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at these events.  She spoke of where she has training for events, at the Pinal Air Park.  She organizes several events a year for her own company as well as helping non-profits and other put on events as well. She is organizing a fundraiser for “First Responders Park” and Project Kindness for children.  She has her own timing hardware and is branching out to be the timer at many events. She founded a 501(c-3) to help youth events become more successful.  Thank you for visiting Julie.  Great presentation.