June 22, 2005
This week’s Bulletin was written by Eileen Henesey
President Ron Erbetta gave the invocation giving thanks for another good year. Jim Mullvaney lead a great rendition of “Take Me Out To the Ballgame” for our Pads!
Announcements
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Ron Erbetta and Maureen Eberle were back from an
inspiring meeting of Rotary International in
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Congratulations to Rotaract for receipt of the “Best Project in North
America Award” at the International meeting in
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District Council Dinner Tues, June 28th
at
Ø Operation Stand Down – Rotary will be hosting a breakfast for Veterans and their families on July 15, 16 and 17. We need volunteers to help. Please see Warren Potts for more info.
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Rotary Night at the Padres with RYLA is June 25
vs. the Seattle Mariners- contact Pat Cowett. Pre-party at
Ø Our club Demotion Party will be held Thurs. June 30th at San Diego Yacht Club at 6:30 pm. So far over 80 people are signed up. If you are interested please contact Susan Millard-Davis at sdavisdacam@aol.com to sign up. (advise on number of people and chicken or fish entrée)
Ø Celebrate July 4th on the deck of the Midway!! $10. per person 5:30. They are expecting about 2500 people so contact Joe Ciokon soon for ticket info.
Blue Badge
Congratulations to Eileen
Henesey on receipt of Blue Badge this week!
Sgt. At Arms Mike Gilligan
Ø 2 tickets to the Neville Bros. and a night stay at Humphrey’s were unclaimed Fundraiser donations, and Cynthia Sener brought them to the meeting to be auctioned off. After heated bidding with Jonathan Stone, Gary Green collected the package for a $140.00 donation to the Club.
Ø In his final performance, Mike collected fines for Patsy Cowett’s 36th wedding anniversary on the 22nd and Wayne Horning’s birthday. Lots of bitches and brags topped off a fabulous year’s effort from Mike and generosity from Club members! He extended thanks to all members.
Presentation
Brad Benter presented our “Business of
the Quarter” award to Roel Construction, a company that came to
This Week’s Speakers
Larry Nuffer introduced speaker’s Diana Getrich Villegas,
executive Director and Berenice Gil, Program Director from the Barrio Logan
College Institute. BLCI is an after school tutoring and enrichment program for
about 150 specially selected students in that area with the intention of
special preparation for college. The
program begins in Grade 3 and continues 
through Grade 12 and
requires parent and child participation. After 10 years of work their first
students are going off to colleges like Yale and
Opportunities for mentoring, tutoring and contributions are available. Look at their website for more information.
President Ron’s Final Comments
Ron offered profound thanks to the members for their contributions of time and financial support this year. Membership was decreased by six and increased by 14 to bring us to a new all time high of 108 members. Over $44,000. was donated to various local and international projects, including $10,000 to Tsunami victims.
Our thanks to you, Ron for providing your great leadership and organization to the Downtown San Diego Breakfast Rotary Club! Welcome aboard, Moe!
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