This
Week's Bulletin Was Written By
Mary Dawe
The meeting
was called to order by President
Maureen just after 7:30 a.m. Sandra
Schrift presented an inspiration
honoring fathers; Bobby Daniels
led the pledge; and Linda Jalving
and Rosalie Kramm led the singing
of "Down in my Heart."
Larry Nuffer
asked our guest speakers to pick
tickets for a chance to predict
how long the NBA finals with last.
The winner to be announced later.
Fines were cheerfully paid. It
was Susan Bleicher's birthday;
Linda Jalving paid her fine imposed
from last week. Lesa Chang announced
she is moving to Aurora, Colorado.
We will miss her! Pat Cowett reported
her daughter, Paige, received
her master's degree in city planning
from UCLA and had the second highest
grades in her class. Larry announced
he has accepted a position as
director of communications with
CDC Small Business Finance.
Pete
McGuire welcomed and introduced
guests and a visiting Rotarian
from Club 33.
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Maureen
reported Ron Erbetta had successful
surgery to remove a tumor on
his liver. He is at Scripps
Green Hospital and hopes to
be home by the weekend. Cards
were circulated. We all send
Ron our very best and wish him
a speedy recovery.
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Maureen
also reminded everyone her Demotion
Party will be on Thursday, June
29. The District Counsel Meeting
is planned for Tuesday, June
27.
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Bobbi
Spinner-Flack announced the
Veterans' Stand Down will be
held on Saturday-Sunday, July
15-16, at San Diego High School.
Our club will be serving breakfast
both days. Gary Green urged
members to attend this important
event.
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Mary
Dawe reported she had distributed
$1500 of the club's money as
scholarships to three of this
years "Students of the
Month." $500 went to Maurice
Gaulden, who is graduating from
Monarch School, and $500 each
to Sonia
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Franco
and Adaeze Okeh, who are graduating
from San Diego High.
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Maureen
urged everyone to attend the
June 20th Rotaract meeting at
6:30 p.m. at Kansas City Barbecue.
The meeting will be Andrea Espinosa's
last meeting as Rotaract President.
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Maureen
announced Bobby Daniels is a
Paul Harris Fellow.
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Maureen
reported an article by Frank
De Francesco was printed in
"Hearing Health."
Copies of the article will be
available at the next meeting.
She also thanked everyone who
responded to her request for
members' thoughts about volunteerism,
which she used in a presentation
to a UCSD program on volunteerism.
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Jennifer
Grebing asked for ideas of where
she might donate baby clothing.
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Sandee
Rugg announced she is having
a garage sale to benefit Ethiopian
charities. The sale includes
office furniture.
Nancy
Vaughan introduced Sergeant Richard
Schnell and Officer John Leining
of the San Diego Police Department.
They are two members of HOT, the
Homeless Outreach Team. Sergeant
Schnell told us about HOT, which
is a collaborative effort funded
by the County and City of San
Diego to provide long term solutions
for chronically homeless individuals
plagued with mental illness, substance
abuse or unemployment. The program
is supervised by the San Diego
Police Department and includes
the services of San Diego County
Health and Human Services personnel
and psychiatric clinicians from
PERT Inc. The HOT partnership
works to connect the voluntary
participant with an appropriate
program or placement that will
end the cycle of homelessness.
Next Week’s Speaker will
be Ples Felix of the Tariq Khamisa
Foundation. Have a great week.
