Bulletins - 2007 - 04/04/2007

This Week's Bulletin Was Written By Mary Engles

THIS WEEK’S MEETING

This meeting on a foggy spring morning was called to order by President Carol Jensen.  Invocation by Lucy Killea, from John  Book 1, Chapter 3 verses 17/18 reminding us to give freely of ourselves.  Pledge lead by Patricia Cowett. 

GUESTS

Pete McGuire of Member Services introduced guests Andy Huggin, Tracey Frick, Sheila Hardin, Richard Evans and soon-to-be-member, Efrain Cornejo. Rotarian guest Don Starkey joined us from Club 33.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• President Jensen read several thank-you notes from donees:Potiker Senior Center (Paul Downey), Juvenile Diabetes Research Association and the San Diego Humane Society. Mel Gallegos announced that the Four-Way speech contest completed recently and the winner was a young man from Brawley who was the winner from the contest held at our club last week! Congratulations!

• Steve Seligman of Community Services announced our annual Rotarians at Work day, Saturday,April 28. This year’s focus is painting and planting at the new construction at the Veterans Village in the Midway District.

• Rick Logan announced that the spring Tijuana Home Building project will occur also on the 28th, sign-up sheets were passed.

• Frank De Francesco, ex-officio social chairperson, introduced  “Bowling with the Stars” a repeat of our successful bowling party at MiraMesa Lanes, Friday April 27th. Details will follow.

• Lastly, we were exhorted by fundraiser committee members Bobbi Spinner-Flack, Eileen Henesey & Caroline Chen to “wig-up and wig-out” at our annual fundraiser "Wiggin’ Out” set for April 17th at Disconnected Salon in the North Park area.  Donated auction items have reached the 47K mark!! Thank you thank out. Live auction items include dinner at the Green’s, several wonderful travel packages,furniture, art work and many fabulous hotel packages and outdoor events.

NEW MEMBER INDUCTION

Membership chair George Mullen inducted new member Efrain Cornejo of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Efrain is newly married, from Dixon, CA and has been involved in many city chambers in his career. Welcome Efrain!

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM

Program Chair Nancy Vaughan moved right into introducing our speaker, new President and  CEO of Rady Children’s Hospital: Kathleen Sellick. Ms. Sellick brings to her job many years of experience as a hospital administrator in California and Washington states. Through an informative talk and heart warming photos, Ms Sellick made us aware that Children’s Hospital and Health Center is the only pediatric specialty hospital in San Diego serving 80% of the 760K residents of San Diego & Imperial counties under 17 years of age. About 50% of these youngsters have no commercial insurance but are never turned away from needed care. Children’s is partnering with UCSD to be the only training center for pediatric MD’s in the county, and is the only designated pediatric trauma center.  Every day there are 201 patients in beds, 24 families receiving services at the Chadwick Center for child abuse and 200 entrants to the ER.. Pediatric heart surgery is performed daily and 130 cancers diagnosed daily. It’s no surprise that Children’s is currently at 105% capacity, Plans are percolating to expand to outlying areas and to add a new inpatient pavilion on its current San Diego campus. WOW! We are so fortunate to have this caring and state of the art establishment. Just another reason why we are America’s Finest City!!