My daughter attended my Rotary meeting this morning. She's 12, and loves the attention of being the only child in the room.
She'd come once each month if I allowed it, but I think three times each year is sufficient. She gets to enjoy the meeting, has made some friends in the room, and gets good experience at working a room full of professional people.
She also participates when we build houses in Mexico. And she helped clean up the fire site in Escondido last month. She'll even be on the cover of the community newspaper next month in front of all the Rotarians who were working at the Sikes Adobe site.
Today she ws the mystery guest. She acts embarassed - hey, she's 12, let's not forget - but I believe she gets a kick out of it.
This kid will be a Rotarian when she's older. She's already talking about Interact and Rotoract, and I'm told she should explore RYLA when she's a junior in High School. I'll have to put it on my list of things to do.
Meanwhile she's amassing experience and building her resume. Good stuff.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
giving money to kids korps
Well, I couldn't make it to the annual convention being held in LA, even though it was just 100 miles up the road from me. There's WAY too much going on in my life, and I just couldn't spare the four days. SIGH! But in the interests of doing my part, I instead sent out this press release.
RB Sunrise Rotary Helps Kids Korps Open RB Branch
Finishing up their fiscal year on a high note, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary announced a $2,500 gift to Kids Korps of Solana Beach.
Dedicated to teaching children and teenagers the meaning of community service, Kids Korps helps a community’s youth develop leadership skills while introducing perspective on how every individual can make a real difference in the world.
“Rotary International is all about finding ways to help those in need – be it locally or worldwide.” says Rotary club president Steve Sayler. “In Kids Korps we’ve found a group that is built around the idea of getting kids – from 5 to 18 – to volunteer to make things a bit better.”
Some of the projects Kids Korps volunteers can expect to be involved with include:
“We see this as a way to help instill positive values that will guide childrens’ choices throughout their lives, simultaneously strengthening their academic and social skills.” Dr. Jeffcoat continues, adding “to us, the Kids Korps philosophy of cultivating caring and compassion in children leads directly to Rotary’s 4-Way Test, which asks of everything a person thinks, says and does, the following:
From Left –RB Sunrise Rotary Community Services Director Nasrin Barbee delivers the funds necessary to start the RB High School chapter of Kids Korps to incoming senior Maddie Baca and Kids Korps organizer Veronica Baker.
RB Sunrise Rotary Helps Kids Korps Open RB Branch
Finishing up their fiscal year on a high note, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary announced a $2,500 gift to Kids Korps of Solana Beach.
Dedicated to teaching children and teenagers the meaning of community service, Kids Korps helps a community’s youth develop leadership skills while introducing perspective on how every individual can make a real difference in the world.
“Rotary International is all about finding ways to help those in need – be it locally or worldwide.” says Rotary club president Steve Sayler. “In Kids Korps we’ve found a group that is built around the idea of getting kids – from 5 to 18 – to volunteer to make things a bit better.”
Some of the projects Kids Korps volunteers can expect to be involved with include:
- Serving meals to the homeless at soup kitchens
- Painting over graffiti
- Building shelters for homeless families
- Planting trees
“We see this as a way to help instill positive values that will guide childrens’ choices throughout their lives, simultaneously strengthening their academic and social skills.” Dr. Jeffcoat continues, adding “to us, the Kids Korps philosophy of cultivating caring and compassion in children leads directly to Rotary’s 4-Way Test, which asks of everything a person thinks, says and does, the following:
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all Concerned?
We’re delighted to be in a position to help the youth at RB High School to get their chapter of Kids Korps off the ground.
More information about Kids Korps is available online at http://www.kidskorps.org/. More information about the RB Sunrise Rotary is available online at http://www.rbsunrise.org/.
From Left –RB Sunrise Rotary Community Services Director Nasrin Barbee delivers the funds necessary to start the RB High School chapter of Kids Korps to incoming senior Maddie Baca and Kids Korps organizer Veronica Baker.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Rotary Picture Disc
How cool - the Rotary in Pictures CD is out for the year 2007, and our club has about 20 photos being distributed worldwide. While I wish it was for better reasons (the Witch Creek Fire was the main impetus), it's still great from a publicity standpoint to be getting this exposure.
RB Sunrise Rotary Selects Final Abraxas Student of the Month of 2007-2008
RB Sunrise Rotary Selects Final Abraxas Student of the Month of 2007-2008
As part of its ongoing partnership with Abraxas High School, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club announced their final Student Of The Month award for the 2007-2008 school year at this morning's breakfast meeting.
As part of its ongoing partnership with Abraxas High School, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club announced their final Student Of The Month award for the 2007-2008 school year at this morning's breakfast meeting.
The presentation to graduating senior Amadeo Gonzales was made at the club’s weekly breakfast meeting by teacher Dave MacLeod and Rotary/Abraxas liaison Rex Teets.
“Students typically take 15 credits per quarter as a minimum towards graduation from Abraxas” explained Mr. MacLeod. “Mr. Gonzales is graduating this semester after completing a quarter in which he took 48 credits, completely of his own volition!” The announcement of Gonzales’ achievement was greeted by a standing ovation by the members of the RB Sunrise Rotary. He was also given a gift certificate and an award in honor of his achievement.
The Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary club can be found online at http://www.rbsunrise.org/.
From Left to Right – Teacher Dave MacLeod, graduating senior Amadeo Gonzales, RB Sunrise Rotarian Rex Teets.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
RB Sunrise Rotary Selects Abraxas Student of the Month
This was just sent to the local media
RB Sunrise Rotary Selects Abraxas Student of the Month
As part of its ongoing partnership with Abraxas High School, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club announced their Student Of The Month at this past week’s breakfast meeting.
The presentation to graduating senior Maryelle Co was made at the club’s weekly breakfast meeting by teacher Gary Beare and Rotary/Abraxas liaison Rex Teets.
Co is graduating a full quarter earlier than expected, and has been highlighted at the school for sponsoring the first student-run blood drive ever held at Abraxas. Coe was given a gift certificate and an award in honor of her achievement.
The Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary club can be found online at http://www.rbsunrise.org/.
From Left to Right – Graduating senior Maryelle Co, RB Sunrise Rotarian Rex Teets, Abraxas teacher Gary Beare
RB Sunrise Rotary Selects Abraxas Student of the Month
As part of its ongoing partnership with Abraxas High School, the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club announced their Student Of The Month at this past week’s breakfast meeting.
The presentation to graduating senior Maryelle Co was made at the club’s weekly breakfast meeting by teacher Gary Beare and Rotary/Abraxas liaison Rex Teets.
Co is graduating a full quarter earlier than expected, and has been highlighted at the school for sponsoring the first student-run blood drive ever held at Abraxas. Coe was given a gift certificate and an award in honor of her achievement.
The Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary club can be found online at http://www.rbsunrise.org/.
From Left to Right – Graduating senior Maryelle Co, RB Sunrise Rotarian Rex Teets, Abraxas teacher Gary Beare
Exciting things are afoot
We're getting things lined up for the new year. A new electronic newsletter is being developed. A new website (with a web master who hopefully has more time than I ever did). A marketing committee and a budget to work with. And a president who "gets" marketing.
Members of the club are starting to talk about this stuff. There's a new "new member" kit being developed. And there's an air of excitement about the club that I haven't seen since I started four years ago. Good stuff - I'm glad to be a part of it.
Of course, part of it is our visibility. We're on Rotary's web site. We're in the year in pictures video, with Kendra Jeffcoat on the cover and in the ad in the Rotarian selling the video. Mike Miller's in there too.
And we're in the paper a lot - I'll take some of the credit for that, with help from Carl Kruse, Nasrin Barbee and more people that could possibly be mentioned.
But it's not just the publicity or the visibility - it's a feeling like the club is being reborn. We went through a lull, and now it feels much better. I'm enjoying going to meetings again - I don't think I'm the only one, either.
Members of the club are starting to talk about this stuff. There's a new "new member" kit being developed. And there's an air of excitement about the club that I haven't seen since I started four years ago. Good stuff - I'm glad to be a part of it.
Of course, part of it is our visibility. We're on Rotary's web site. We're in the year in pictures video, with Kendra Jeffcoat on the cover and in the ad in the Rotarian selling the video. Mike Miller's in there too.
And we're in the paper a lot - I'll take some of the credit for that, with help from Carl Kruse, Nasrin Barbee and more people that could possibly be mentioned.
But it's not just the publicity or the visibility - it's a feeling like the club is being reborn. We went through a lull, and now it feels much better. I'm enjoying going to meetings again - I don't think I'm the only one, either.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Looking towards an electronic future
It's kind of cool being the head of the publicity committee (actually, I'm the entire publicity committee, but that's another issue) for my Rotary club. Nobody breathes down my neck to make deadlines, my words appear in the newspaper (and sometimes my name as the source of the photographs), and the club members appreciate the work I do.
Yesterday there was a lot to appreciate - 14 articles published in the past 21 days, most of them with photos. There are four more stories to write this week (Friday's project) and others in the works. Hopefully it's helping the club and the overall effort.
On a sadder note, we had a memorial for Marc Aaron this past Sunday. Lots of people turned out to drink beer and eat (his recipe) hot wings at the Tilted Kilt (owned by his best friend Tony). And I understand there's already been a decent initial donation to the Marc Aaron fund set up at the Temecula Valley Bank in Rancho Bernardo.
Finally, four of us sat down after yesterday's meeting to strategize a new website and other technological issues. Seems we're going to test Club Runner, which will help us get our site back on track. We're also going to develop an electronic newsletter (Martin and Michael working together, instead of it just sitting on Martin's shoulders) and begin implementing YouTube, FaceBook, LinkedIn and other technologies.
Kendra is getting off to a good start - I'm very impressed with her already, and she hasn't even taken office yet.
Yesterday there was a lot to appreciate - 14 articles published in the past 21 days, most of them with photos. There are four more stories to write this week (Friday's project) and others in the works. Hopefully it's helping the club and the overall effort.
On a sadder note, we had a memorial for Marc Aaron this past Sunday. Lots of people turned out to drink beer and eat (his recipe) hot wings at the Tilted Kilt (owned by his best friend Tony). And I understand there's already been a decent initial donation to the Marc Aaron fund set up at the Temecula Valley Bank in Rancho Bernardo.
Finally, four of us sat down after yesterday's meeting to strategize a new website and other technological issues. Seems we're going to test Club Runner, which will help us get our site back on track. We're also going to develop an electronic newsletter (Martin and Michael working together, instead of it just sitting on Martin's shoulders) and begin implementing YouTube, FaceBook, LinkedIn and other technologies.
Kendra is getting off to a good start - I'm very impressed with her already, and she hasn't even taken office yet.
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