RB SunRise Rotary Volunteers for 2 Work Projects
Posted
on May 02, 2016
Saturday April 30, 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of Rotarians at Work. This Rotary Hands On Event was inspired by the late Bob Watson who was the District Governor in 2005-2006. His dream was that on one day, Rotarians in clubs around the world would all do volunteer projects. The first year, District 5340 was joined by District 4100 (Tijuana, Mexico). Since then, this idea has grown and has been adopted by many districts and Rotary International.
RB Sunrise Rotary Club had 2 volunteer crews working on April 30 2916. The first was a crew that was volunteering at the Poway Valley Therapeutic Riding Center (PoVA). PoVA is a charity that was launched several years ago after the Executive Director, Ingrid Mourey spoke to RB Sunrise about starting a therapy riding center in the area. RB Sunrise has done multiple RAW projects at PoVA. Here is this years project report:
Saturday morning started with cloudy skies and a light rain. Anyone else might have given up, but Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary committed volunteers did not give up! We managed to assemble and construct a 12’ by 12’ shade structure in one day!
The foundation was poured in advance of the event. Mark Berdan and Jay Riordan were the two master builders who led us! We always enjoy volunteering for different projects, but this one is specially wonderful because it is something we put together with our hands (and using power tools!) and as a structure, it will provide shade for PoVa Volunteers for years to come.
In addition to the shade structure, a group of us helped with major weeding and clean up in the ranch, as well as paining four storage sheds. We call it Rotarians At Work day, but for us it is really “Rotarian Having Fun day”, because we enjoy so much giving back to our community.
In addition to the shade structure, a group of us helped with major weeding and clean up in the ranch, as well as paining four storage sheds. We call it Rotarians At Work day, but for us it is really “Rotarian Having Fun day”, because we enjoy so much giving back to our community.
The second volunteer crew traveled to the Ronald McDonald House located behind Rady Children's Hospital in Kearney Mesa.
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l to r: Rob Weinberg (with hat), Jim Dunny, Kim Musluskey, Michael Rennie, Jeanne MacLaren, Karen Mortimer, Bob Davie, Jean Russo |
toy storage - before | toy storage - after |