Bulletins - 2009 -05/13/2009
This
Week's Bulletin Was Written
By Robyn Bottomley
Robyn Bottomley did the induction, a poem from Maya Angelou “On The Pause of Morning”. In honor of our guest from the San Diego Padres, Jim Mulvaney led us through the first verse of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”.
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Bobbi Spinner-Flack reported that not only did Rotary help at the last minute to set up water stations at 6 a.m. at the Rock n Roll Marathon but stayed to pass out water to the runners. At the downtown Senior Center, one Saturday 30 Rotarians painted the center and served lunch. Again, a big thank you to the many Rotarians who participated.
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The Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Presents Ace of Hearts Event this Saturday from 6-9 PM aboard the Berkeley Ship at the San Diego Maritime Museum. You may purchase tickets online at www.sandiegorotaract.org. All proceeds will go to support the Hydrologic Research Center’s Global Flash Flood Initiative. ( www.hrc-lab.org ) Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of the event.
Larry Nuffer presented $1,500 to Delfina Centanni, Director of Advancement for Nativity Prep Academy. Nativity Prep provides a Catholic-Christian college prep middle school education to under-served children from Southeast San Diego.
Scott Carr presented $1,500 to Verna Griffin-Tabor, Executive Director of Center for Community Solutions. This center’s mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice.
John Adams presented $2,000 to Sharon Lawrence, President and CEO of Voices for Children. Voices for Children addresses the child abuse crisis through its volunteer court appointed special advocates called CASAs. CASAs are empowered to identify and protect the best interests of San Diego’s 7,500 foster children.
Gary McElroy and Leah Swearingen of the International Committee announced that almost $3400 has been raised towards a water project in Bolivia. The first San Diego Microfinance Summit was held last Thursday at the Joan Kroc Pavilion at USD. Melissa Chapman’s home was the site of The Foundation for Women’s Event last Saturday. A big thank you to the many Rotarians from Leah for their support at the event on Saturday.
Judy Bambace awarded our last student of the month award to Blade, a 7th grader from the Monarch School. Blade is interest in science, a member of the school’s steel drum band and captain of their P.E. Team. He wants to get into law enforcement; in the meantime, in his spare time Blade enjoys skateboarding, going to the mall and to the library.
Tom Garfinkel, President and COO of the San Diego Padres was our guest speaker this morning. His philosphy is
...To know the heart and mind of America, you better know baseball…
The new management team is now in place at Petco Park. Their goal is to be the best franchise in the sport of baseball. In order to accomplish that goal, they will need to build a great brand: great product, great ballpark and a great community. Over the upcoming years, they will be building a great product (a great ballpark and a great community, San Diego are in place. )
The management team will be lasor focus on customer services using www.Zappo.com as a company model. Above all they know that they don’t own the Padres but are stewards of a public trust.
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