SLO ROTARACT RULES!!!!
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What a wonderful meeting – we started out with Dan C providing our invocation, we then sang (better than last week, probably not as well as next week) our very own Rotary song led by Syd S, and then, led by Rick G, paid tribute to our flag. Our weekly Rotary Moment was presented via “the web” by RI President, Don Burton who encouraged us all to bring in new members!!! It’s important to welcome “newbies”, making sure they know they are valued as well as know their club cares about them and their needs…
Guests were plentiful!!! We were joined by Los Osos Rotarians, Marge VanBuerden and Dick Pacoan as well as Eco Rotarian Trina Dougherty who we were able to present a check for their co-sponsorship of our Annual Golf Tournament. We were being visited and “checked out” by Joyce and Skip – I think we did ourselves proud!!!
As always – we find ourselves busier than ever… Announcements included: ~help with the upcoming Fish Fry!!! ~purchase/sell Fish Fry tickets and raffle tickets!!! ~Fish Fry is looking for dessert makers – please bake and bring to St. Tim’s on Saturday prior to 11am!!! ~help with upcoming Avocado/Margarita Festival!!! ~Marge from Los Osos announced their Annual Grandparent’s Day being held September 8th at Baywood Elementary School!!! ~Rick Grantham announced it was time to start thinking about the Annual Rotary/POA Thanksgiving Day Dinner – they could really use some help with decorating!!! ~The first of many Rotary Lighted Boat Parade meetings is being held on Monday, September 9th at 5pm at the Harbor Festival Office – ALL are welcome!!! ~the Cayucos Rotary Club is sponsoring a Pancake Feed benefitting education on Monday, September 2nd at Cayucos Elementary School from 9-11am!!! ~There will be an Eve with Heart meeting on Tuesday, September 3rd at 11am, prior to our regular meeting – again – ALL are welcome!!! ~soon to be Eagle Scout, Mark Olson talked about his upcoming project – building a garden area for the Special Education area at MBHS and is looking for donations to help defray costs – we presented him with over $130 in cash!!! ~ WHEW!!!...
Our program for the afternoon was presented in tandem by Rotaract President Maggie McGraw and President Elect Madeline Stringham… I thought we were a busy club – they made us look like slackers (then again, they’re a “tad bit younger”). They started out their year with 6+ members and by year-end, they boasted 45+ members!!! Formed in 2010, their mission foundation consists of Responsibility, Leadership, High Ethical Standards, and Promoting International Understanding and Peace. Their biggest focus is on friendship – making people feel welcome… They are a club of “do’ers” - here is just a smattering of what they did just last year: ~Kids Spree – taking underprivileged kids school shopping at Kohls; ~Noor Clinic – the biggest bake sale ever provided braces to deserving kids; ~Coats for Kids Drive which last year provide 800 coats to needy kids; ~Laguna Lake Project where they partnered with the Rotary Clubs of SLO and helped to rebuild the Laguna Lake Fitness Course; ~World Bicycle Relief which provided over 60 bicycles to rural Africa which in turn helps women and children get to school; ~Traveled to Mexico to help build homes for families; ~5 Cities / Pismo Beach Summer Sizzle where they volunteered to provide most of the muscle setting up, serving, bartending, cleaning for this Rotary Event; and I could go on… they reiterated that they couldn't do this without the help of their sponsoring Rotary Clubs and thanked us profusely!!!
We had some time for fines - Elsie C asked some really fun questions of various club members to which all were stumped!!! Who knew that the heaviest women athlete was 448 lbs?? or that the oldest competing gymnast was 86 years old?? or that the tallest Mohican (cone head for those visual learners) was 44 inches tall?? or that the tallest living horse stood 20 hands?? Needless to say, Bing, Judy S, Andrea K and Carol F were all relieved of $20 each...
And last but not least, John H, after meeting all his obligations, was presented his grown up badge!!!