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Program for Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016
The scheduled speaker for Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 is PDG Larry Sundram.
Date
Who Am I?
Rotary Minute
8/9/16
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Jim Dunny
8/16/15
Carolyn Woempner
Woempner
Woempner
WoempnerWoempner
Bill Chaffin
The member assigned to Who Am I is also responsible for providing the positive thought at the beginning of the meeting and introducing visiting Rotarians and guests.
The member assigned to Rotary Minute is the assigned Greeter for that day and also is tasked with selling opportunity drawing tickets.
l to r: Pres. Craig Brown, Chuck Andrean, Yong-Hee Andrean
At the August 2, 2016 breakfast meeting, Charles Andrean was welcomed as a new member of the RB Sunrise Rotary Club. As the Rotary theme this year is “Rotary Serving Humanity”, Charles received a “Rotary Serving Humanity” pin, a new member red badge, and plaque.
Charles has a BA in Economics from Youngstown State University and a MA Business from Ohio State University. He served in the military for 30 years and retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. After his military service, he was the Director of Facilities for the State of Texas for 5 years and then Director of Facilities and Security at ConAgra Foods for 10 years. His hobbies include golf and traveling.
Charles was previously a member of Rotary Clubs in Fairborn, Ohio and Yorba Linda, California. We hope this is Charles’ final stop. Welcome to the RB Sunrise Rotary Club!
Don Willis, visitor from San Diego Downtown Rotary Club
Don Willis, Military Co-Chair, a visitor from the San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club , was pressed into service to fill is as one of our speakers on Aug 2. He talked about the Holes For Heroes Golf Tournament that raises money for veterans in need.
Don is a retired Air Force pilot who served in Viet Nam. He hails from Ohio, has been in California for the past year, and loves San Diego. He has worked in the financial and business planning area and also for several Fortune 500 companies. Don retired about 10 years ago but is still an active aviator, having already flown 3 solo flights across the United States this year. He is planning to do one more cross country solo flight before the end of the year.
He shared his experience of not having much support from community resources after coming home from Viet Nam, and wanted to get involved in supporting veterans and their families.
He started out by talking about San Diego having the highest homeless rate for veterans in the United States. To support those veterans, The San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Foundation is sponsoring The 10th Annual Holes for Heroes Golf Tournament, hoping to raise $1 million benefiting wounded heroes, their families, KIAS, veterans, and humanitarian projects. Holes for Heroes, a non-profit organization, supports up to eleven charities for veterans, including suicide prevention, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, injuries, support for families, social activities, calming therapy, feeding and housing veterans on the street, and other smaller charities.
One of the charities, PAVE – Physicians Advocates for Vets – supports veterans by having a doctor accompany the veteran to doctor appointments at the VA. Many of these veterans have chronic conditions and need a lot of medical services and having a medical doctor go with the veteran to the appointment makes the whole process easier and more efficient.
Pete Jackson spoke at the August 2, 2016 RB Sunrise Rotary breakfast meeting regarding Team Red, White & Blue (“Team RWB”). Team RWB is a non-profit organization that enriches the lives of American veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity.
Blayne Smith, a West Point graduate and former Army Special Forces officer with tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is the executive director of Team RWB. The nonprofit has grown to include 85,000 members in 180 chapters around the country.
Five years ago, the Rancho Bernardo High School (“RBHS”) Football Program helped organize an annual event on behalf of Team RWB in order to create awareness about this organization and its cause.
Pete Jackson
Pete spoke about the upcoming RBHS Challenge Ruck For Veterans (“The RBHS Challenge”) on September 24, 2016. The RBHS Challenge is a 6 mile “Ruck” along the 56 Freeway, starting at Carmel Creek Road/Tang Drive and ending at Westview High School parking lot. Finding a veteran to join you on your “Ruck” was also part of The Challenge!
Pete concluded the presentation with a short video showing veterans participating in different sports activities and talking about how this organization has benefited their lives.
On August 16 2016, our district will hold the first District Council of the the year. The location is the Paradise Point Resort on Mission Bay. The event starts will a social time and check in at 5:30 pm. Dinner will be at 6:00 pm and the program will follow at 7:00 pm. The speaker hasn't been published, but I have heard that Shelly Zimmerman, Police Chief for San Diego, will be speaking.
Come and get to meet and become friends with Rotarians from around the district. This is also a way for those with a red badge to earn points for their blue badge.
Last week, Gordy sent the Sponsorship Form and event Fact Sheet to you. Click the links below to get the Sponsorship Tools.
One tool is a "cover letter" that you can customize by adding your contacts name and address (open and look at it!! You will see what I mean) for all your friends, family members, neighbors & business owners in the area that you are emailing or mailing the sponsorship requests to.
Other tools are two versions of the "Sponsorship Form" and event "Fact Sheet" for you - one is both documents combined into (1) 3-page document, and then in case you want to print some - the same documents are attached a two separate documents. (Just in case you lost that last email)
Our goal is to raise $75,000+ this year. That is 50% more than last year. We have more Rotarians this year than last year, and the event has growing momentum... With the event being moved to Webb Park we will be establishing a phenomenal annual event for our community. It should be easier than ever for you to bring in those Sponsors!!
Remember, the best way to get more sponsors is to ASK. In person and by phone, you never know which one of the people you interact with each day is just waiting for the opportunity to participate.
Thanks in advance - this years BEERnardo will be the best yet!!
Let us know if you can think of something that will help us all promote this event and find this years Sponsors.
