2017 01_05 Meetings
Meetings for Week
Bikes for Books
The Lunch Meeting had a full agenda.
Sandy Brumley won the raffle and the Pot of $130, being the first lucky winner for 2017. We had a visiting Rotarian Tina Miller from Metro-North Cedar Rapids who shared her club banner with us.
We celebrated Tony "Stix" Bellacera's 97th Birthday which takes place tomorrow. Tony enjoyed a birthday card and everyone enjoyed his chocolate birthday cake.
To great applause and happiness, Jeffrey inducted returning member Caron Russell. Caron works for the American Cancer Society and is starting her MBA at William Jessup.
Pete Walker and Sharron Snyder were awarded their Multiple Paul Harris Fellow pins; Pete, for his PH+3 and Sharron for her PH+2.
Our speaker was Carol Pepper-Kittredge from Sierra College Workforce Development Department who spoke about their Hacker Lab and the positive influence it is having on both students and faculty. Efforts are in process to bring some of this energy to Lincoln at our local library. Carol is in charge of adapting Sierra College to the needs of employers and businesses for Workforce Development.
At the Sunset Meeting, we were proud to welcome our speaker Ms. Kelli Girsch, a Lincoln entrepreneur and founder of her e-commerce companies Her Shave Co, My Christmas Crate and Hello Bliss Box. Kelli's story was like so many of our neighbors'. She's built a business from her base in Lincoln and serves her clientele wherever they live. This was a great story of drive and achievement. In the future, we'll feature other small business stories at our Sunset meeting. These stories of entrepreneurs, their risks and their experiences are a key ingredient in our local economy.
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Then on Friday, we a few of us went to 12 Bridges Elementary for Bikes for Books. As our members are aware, the Bikes for Books program is conducted at all local elementary schools, providing a bike to a good reader 3 times each school year. Ashlee Leung, second grader at 12 Bridges Elementary won the Rotary bike for completing her Accelerated Reading Goal. Shown here are Ashlee, her proud mother, Principal, Rey Cubias and Rotarians from Lincoln Rotary. She will take home her bike today. Congrats to Ashlee and her teacher, Lynn Emmerling.
Remember, the Lunch meeting next week is a Club Assembly. Come prepared to discuss your ideas on what we should be doing to serve our community.