International Projects
Well attended, fun meeting today at Rotary !! Two delightful guests, Jeff Culbertson a longtime resident of Lincoln who has submitted his application for membership and Nancy Neville, who is looking for Service Club to give back. Mason was introduced as a guest, but not for long. Birthdays in December for Claire and Joann and Anniversaries for Paul and Gail Radcliffe and Wild Bill and Sandy.
President Dan spoke a bit to memorialize Ed Page who passed away last week. He then announced that our Happy Bucks would be in honor of Ed with remembrances.
There were many remembrances; here are a few:
- The Cuba Trip presentation that he gave, was remembered by many.
- Father Bill said, what an adventurer, as soon as it opened up to tourists, he was there!! Father Bill also said that the thing that scared him most about being President was Ed as he had picked on Harvey so frequently. But he exclaimed that Ed never did pick on Father Bill.
- Truman reminisced about the pen that Ed gave him with a light on it that was going to make ALL the difference in Truman's marketing-- that gave way to their shining it at each other every meeting.
- Richard said that Ed was unique in that he was the only one who could get Dave Bonillo's wallet to open.
- Wild Bill said Ed was responsible for making him spend more money on a cigar than he ever had or will.
- Joann reminded us that the Club had donated $500 to a UCSF Scholarship fund that Ed set up when his beloved wife passed away as she had been a doctor there.
- Ed was truly a fun guy and a good Rotarian, Major Donor and simply a delight to be around. As Dick said, it would be heavier and not so light around the table without him.
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Pictures in Remembrance of Ed.
Pictures in Remembrance of Ed.
Announcements--
- Good turnout of volunteers at the Salt Mine Food giveaway on Saturday. Click to see Pictures
- Kris Wyatt reminded us of Matteo's Birthday Celebration at Melanie and Ketih's on Sunday at 6PM. Come for dinner and RSVP, or stop by. He would enjoy a gift that is California related.
- Book Buddies next Thursday. Bikes for Books schedule has been emailed to all, come and join the fun of seeing the kids. First Street is at 1:15PM on Monday. Jan 17th is the next Board Meeting.
Father Bill announced the nomination selection of Caron Russell for President-Elect which was met with a standing ovation and a approval vote.
Stan paid some additional happy bucks to note that David Bonillo was looking very interesting with his new Trump-like hairdo. After the whistles and catcalls died down, David said he has a new barber.
Our speaker was Jennifer Willis, Director of our International Foundation and World Community Service committee. Her Committee includes: Paul Radcliffe, Pete Walker, and Darrell Scott. Jennifer provided lots of information on the activities of her Committee and a detailed handout of all the wonderful things we have all supported and even included a list of numerous past accomplishments. The Budget this year is $9,000 for International and most has been allocated. A high level list includes:
- Chapala Rotary-- Scholarships for several students to attend public schools
- Ajijic Rotary -- Maternal Health Clinic and Mobile clinic
- Romania -- Vocational Training
- Thailand --- Eye glasses for seniors
- Polio Plus --- $2,000 plus $778 from Pints for Polio
- Ghana -- Solar Lanterns
- Hurricane Relief for both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Congratulations to the Committee on supporting a number of worthy projects.
Click here for pictures from the December Christmas Party