Tony Asaro -
His Trip to Japan
Our meeting was officiated by Kimberly Fricke today as both President Father Bill or President-Elect Dan had other commitments. Attendance was good and we had several guest, including SCLH resident Darrell Scott who is still a member (and past president) of Rotary Club of Novato.
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Joann reported that the Lincoln Wine Fest was an absolute success and downtown merchants were very pleased. We cut off sales of tickets at about 830 to avoid too long of lines. The weather was great. She thanked all who helped her make the event so great, including her husband Mike. The efforts of Kimberly and Clark to organize the 80 or so volunteers was outstanding. Harvey publicly thanked Joann for all she did to to make the event happen.
New Rotarian Paul Parks presented his three-minute icebreaker speech. He spoke about the turning point of his life when he was offered a job during high school to work in a cabinet shop, leading to him later having his own cabinet-making business. He said he is now part time farmer, woodworker and Rotarian. Thanks for the excellent and enthusiastic presentation of your life adventure.
Our speaker for the day was Tony Asaro, who has a speaker at the club several times. Tony is a motivational speaker who works part time for the Positive Coaching Alliance bayarea.positivecoach.org, after quite a long career being Community Relations Director for the River Cats. In addition to his own facebook page facebook.com/tony.asaro.31, he has a facebook page O A K Tree of Life, that is about "... a huge, majestic and native O.A.K. tree. It reminds me each day of the pillars that rise from the foundation of my life... Optimism...Attitude...Kindness....The O.A.K. stands straight, strong and silent."
Tony spoke about his recent trip to Japan, where he was chosen to help them implement positivity into their sports coaching. It was his first trip abroad and the first time crossing the international date line, where he had only about two hours to his first presentation instead of the 26 he had planned!. But the good news, was he got to experience his birthday in Japan, and then again when he got back before he left Japan! And, he suspects that he will be going back. So much fun; thank you very much Tony.
We have several upcoming events: Tour de Lincoln this weekend, USPS Food Collection, Relay of Life Survivor Breakfast and Lincoln Community Blood Drive. Please do you part and volunteer. Remember that Rotary is about "Service Above Self."
