Forrest Eckland celebrating 85 years of birthdays, so he donated $85 to Polio Plus
Anniversaries – none noted
Guests of Rotarians:
Bob Litchfield – Paul and Tatyana Galushkin, owners of Eastok Realty. They are from the Ukraine, and were students in his Business Law Class at Sierra College many years ago.
Peter Konrad introduced Emilie Brown a student from Placer High School, representing Placer’s Environmental Club.
Visiting Rotarians:
Dennis Bennett introduced Steven Lease, visiting from The Passport Club
Rachel Kanowski announced that the retaining wall at Acres of Hope is well underway, thanks to David Gibson and Jeff Ambrosia’s facilitation. We’re also well on our way with the mural, thanks to David for the projector. Please visit the sign-up sheet for April 23rd, we need lots of help on that day! Bring your sons, daughters, neighbors, etc to help out. You can sign up with this link!
The Rotary District Conference can be attended virtually for $25 for the weekend of April 30th to tap into any of the weekend programs. This is such a deal, people should consider participating to learn more about Rotary and what District 5190 has been doing.
Foundation dinner May 3rd at Tap and Vine @ The White House… please plan to attend!
Camping in Bishop - September 19 -
we have blocked 7 RV sites in Bishop. RSVP to Bob Santin if you would like to join.
Gary Ransom is asking for a small donation for an extra license plate holder
He bought one and it does not fit his car.
Emilie Brown (guest)– Placer High School’s Environmental Club is hosting an Earth Day Festival on April 22nd at Overlook Park
Free…. music, outdoors, environmental conscientiousness, etc. Please come to this great event!
Bridget Powers gave $100 to the Foundation to celebrate Brandee’s Paul Harris
New Member self-introduction - John Fink
John is originally from New York City, but settled in Sunnyvale. He met his wife, Jennifer there. He was ushered into Rotary in the early 2000 and he is proud to have been a 3rd generation president. The three most important things in his life are Rotary, Family, and the Giants. He loves to cook and looks forward to sharing that hobby with our club. His wife is also a Rotarian, but she has not decided if she is going to transfer her membership or not. She’ll come and visit our club next week. John is very excited about his future with this club and this community.
Geoff Davis - Rotarian of the Month for March
Geoff was our Rotarian of the Month for March with his very generous donation to The Ukrainian Relief Fund and for his recent agreement to serve as our club's Youth Protection Officer as we roll out our new protocols in an effort to ensure the safety and protection of all of our Rotarians and particularly those that are working with our many youth programs. Thank you Geoff for being a fantastic Rotarian!
Today's Program - John Greene
John Green is District 5190’s Youth Protection Coordinator. He has spent 20 plus years with Rotary and the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. John explained the new Youth Protection Plan for our district and announced that The Rotary Club of Auburn will serve as a pilot club for rolling this program out for our district. RYE, REGL, Interact, scholarships, music awards, etc. will all be included in this plan. The goal is to have every Rotarian complete the on-line training module. Some Rotarians that are more closely working with the youth will be required to complete the application/interview as well. Those Rotarians that are the most involved with youth, particularly with overnight access such as RYLA, REGL and RYE are required to complete FBI background checks.
Happy and Sad Bucks
Mike Medlin – Sad bucks in memoriam of the anniversary of his son’s passing in tragic car accident and happy bucks because he and his wife, Sandy are going to see their grandchild.
Forrest Eckland - Happy bucks for the Rock Jock Jay Hawks… winners of the Final Four!
John Fink - Happy bucks for the fantastic RV trip that he and his wife just went on to Tucson and The Grand Canyon
Peter Konrad – his son is in his second week in training in the military, of which is a reminder of those that are fighting for democracy and peace around the world.
Bridget Powers – Happy that Peter didn’t rat her out for seeing her in the airport on her way to Big Sky Montana last week to celebrate her brother's 60th birthday.
Bill Radakovitz He and Nancy have had many, many animals over the years and they recently lost their dog, but they just got a new one, so he is very happy about the new addition
Vickie Winkler – just got back from Kenya and missed so much, but glad to be back.
Steve Wardwell – his wife forgot their anniversary last week after he was humiliated in Rotary for not knowing how many years he had been married. LOL
Betty Bennett - happy that John Fink joined our club.
Leonard James - happy bucks for his laser surgery last week on both eyes and he can now see perfectly.Nick Willick’s phone went off and in lieu of a fine he donated $100 to Polio Plus.
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