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October 15th, 2013
NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 22nd
NOON MEETING AT SODA CENTERProgram:St. Marys B asketbal l
Spous es and gu ests welcome!! !Greeter& Invocation.Sonja
Malaga
~COMING UP~
Oct 18-20 District Conference in Chico.*Oct 22 Regular noon
meetingOct 29 March Fundraiser meeting CliffDochtermans Home
5:30PMNov 1 TGIFITLFOTM for October, at theReneausNov 3 Christmas
stocking decorating*Indicates a regular Tuesday noon
luncheonmeeting**Indicates our monthly evening meeting at 6pm
~~SPECIAL GUESTS~~
Our special guests tonight were PDG Carlos andDenyce Giraldo,
from New Smyrna Beach, FL whoare in NorCal as the RI President s
Representativeat our District Conference this weekend in Chico.PDG
Jim and Linda Campbell are acting as theirofficial Aides during
this event. Jim and Carlos bothserved as DG in their respective
districts in 2008-2009.
Other special guests were Immediate Past DistrictGovernor Laura
Day and District stalwart andPast President Sheila Hurst of Redding
WestRotary, who presented the program today. Wewere also glad to
welcome our regular special guestBill Eames ofLafayette Rotary.
President Nora and PDG Carlos exchanged ClubFlags in honor of
his visit.
~~PROGRAM~~Our speakers today were Rotarians PDG LaurDay and
Sheila Hurst, who developed the districwide projectKenya Smilesover
a year ago. Layear, our District 5160 was in the final year of
th
Future Vision Project, and Laura and Sheilsucceeded in obtaining
a District-wide Global Graand Vocational Team project to provide a
dentpreventive care and oral health education for thchildren of
Kenya. In Kenya, The Rotary Clubs oNairobi, Meru, and Karen were
heavily involved awell.
All 71 Clubs in our District contributed about $53,00(setting a
record in Foundation giving), and ThRotary Foundation provided
$200,000 more. Thgroup wanted a pure Rotary project, with no
outsid
charities nor governments involved. As a resuKenya Smiles is
considered a TRF model projecand it was the first time ever for a
VocationaExchange Project.
The excellent Kenyan professional team involved sof the top
dentists in Kenya, recruited fromgovernment, academia, and private
practice. Thewere able to visit the dental schools at UCSF, UOPand
were surprised by the CA Dental Associatiowho arranged a
congratulatory resolution from thCalifornia State Senate.
The 13 person District 5160 team to Kenya, led bRotarian Sheila
Hurst, were assisted in outreacefforts in Kenya by the Kenya Dental
Associatioand the University School of Journalism, and eveby Ghetto
Radio with a daily audience of 200,000 Nairobi. The team had
solicited donations for dentequipment, and was able to bring about
$50,00worth of such items to Kenya. They also brought
suitcase-sized dental office.
The project goal was largely educational, sincKenya has less
than 1000 dentists (with the sampopulation as California) and most
residents canafford dental care. They provided classes
aninformation about proper nutrition, and provided 20energy
efficient jiko stoves, and backpacks to 5,00children containing
toothbrushes and toothpasteand educational literature.
The team is now considering a similar project neighboring
Uganda.
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~ROTARY HAPPENINGS~~
Our second TGIFITLFOTM event will be held atKevin & Pam
Reneaus on Friday Nov 1. . . . .President Nora Avelar announced the
nextmeeting for our annual fund raiser next March 15
will be held at Cliff Dochtermans home on Oct29nd at 5:30PM.
Please plan to attend . . . .GoldenGate Fields 7th Salute to Rotary
Foundationday at the races is scheduled for Saturday,November
16
th. One spot left-- Check with Frank. .. . ..Christmas
Stockings: Decoration of stockingsat Juvenile Hall will be on Sun
Nov 3pre-registration with Barbara or Debbie required. Getyour
collection of liberated toiletries to BarbaraBrunerorDebbie
Roesslerwho will begin sortingthem for stocking stuffing!! . . . .
.Please attend theFREE Leadership Symposium sponsored by theTown
Network and St. Marys College, on ThursdayOct 24th. Recommended by
Debbie; ask her fordetails. . . . .EXTRA: The Christmas Party will
beheld on Tuesday Dec 10 at Miramonte Gardensagain.
~~FUN STUFF!~~
Happy bucks: Ron Mucovich, in honor ofDavidKruegel, who at the
Serbian Food Festival noticedthat an elderly woman was driving on a
flat tire. Healerted to woman to call AAA to get the tirechanged.
(He probably would have given a HighFive ifDavid had actually
changed the tire.) . . .The Serbian Food Festival was a huge
success,attracting many more visitors than last year (maybedue to
the ox BBQ) . . . . . Colin Barnard, for therelatively good outcome
of his 8 year old sonSams broken arm, suffered at school recess
onthe perilous monkey bars . . . Happy Two Bucks,Chuck: Bill Eames,
for just being at MoragaRotary! . . . .Frank May, for learning how
an ox isroasted at the Serbian Food Festival . . . JimCampbell, for
having Carlos and Denyce Giraldoin town, and something to do with
an oxymoron(totally unrelated, of course). . . Carlos Giraldo,for
being happy in NorCal and Moraga Rotary, forDebbies help in
chauffeuring and Rotaryknowledge, for seeing classmate Jim (and
Linda),and for getting to meet Cliff Dochterman. . . .Tony
Schoemehl gave a High Five for hisundefeated Missouri Tigers, now
playing footballin the SEC. . . . No Cal fans were happy this
week,again.
The raffle ticket worth $10 was drawn by MarvEllenberg, but he
failed to find the white marble inthe vast sea of clear ones.
CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS
Oct . 12Rossmoor Rotarys 28th
Annual Galabenefitting Alzheimers and Parkinsons servicesOct .
18-20 Rotary Adventure 2013 (DistrictConference) in ChicoNov.
16
th - Salute to Rotary Foundation Day at
Golden Gate FieldsDec. 10 Moraga Rotary Christmas party
March 15, 2014A Nite at the Races
MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS2013-2014
President ...........Nora AvelarPresident-Elect....Debbie
RoesslerPast President ....Frank MaySecretary....Kevin
ReneauTreasurer......Lad LynchCommunity Service Chair...Barbara
BrunerNew Generations Chair.........Rich RenderInternational
Service Chair..Tony SchoemehlMembership.. ..Frank &
DebbiePublic Relations..Gary IrwinDirector at Large.....Cliff
DochtermanDirector at Large.........John Erickson
~ PLACES TO MAKE UP ROTARY ~
MONDAYDanville @ Noon.......Faz, Danville
TUESDAYDiablo View @ 5:30pm...Lift Lounge, Walnut Creek
WEDNESDAYOrinda @ Noon......Orinda Country ClubBerkeley @
Noon..His Lordships RestauranRossmoor @ Noon.Hillside Clubhouse,
Rossmoor
THURSDAYPleasant Hill @ Noon......St. Andrews Presbyterian
ChurchLafayette @ Noon....Oakwood Health CenterOakland @
Noon......California Ballroom
FRIDAYLamorinda Sunrise @ 7am....Celias Mexican Restaurant
Concord @ Noon.....Concord HiltonOctobereditor... Gary Irwin
THE 2013-14 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL THEME
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