- Inspiration: Carl Wiuff/Craig Curreri – “Life is 10% what happens, 90% how you react.”
- Song: Sandie Krutz – “Happy days are here again”
- Wally Krutz – Announcement
- Bell Manor dog park is having its grand opening Wednesday 2/28 from 1-3pm
- Check your email regarding volunteering for a reading hour on Thursday, 3/1 from 9-10am
- Windsor Rotary and some nearby clubs are planning a Giants game get-together
- $90 per person, would include bus and ferry to the stadium
- A volunteer group of Windsor Rotarians will be working at the food bank this Thursday after 5pm, all Windsor Rotarians welcome to join
- New Member inductions:
- Carlos Basurto
- James Percy
- Mike Raasch
- Glen Sugden
- Rotary Fundraising Campaign Update
- Art Diaz organizing silent auction
- Everyone expected to bring 1-2 bottles of wine
- Active 20-30 Club Shopping Spree Presentation – Dominic Fopoli, Ryan, Tanya Bruno, Amy Holter
- In the past have taken 300 underprivileged kids to Coddingtown Mall for dental checks, haircuts, clothes and school supply shopping
- Each child has $150 to spend, Windsor Rotary is helping fund this
- Would like to have Windsor Rotary volunteers
- Normally 1st week in August, but a date hasn’t been set. More details to come.
- John Horton is the liaison in Windsor Rotary to coordinate volunteer sign-up
- In the past have taken 300 underprivileged kids to Coddingtown Mall for dental checks, haircuts, clothes and school supply shopping
- Presentation – Sonoma County Office of Education, Steven D. Herrington, Ph.D., Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools
- Goal is to foster student success in the county
- Leading the Maker Education Movement
- Hands-on, project based learning
- Finding that more students stay in school with these programs
- Challenges
- 700 students considered homeless in the county
- Impact of fires on public schools
- 1,450 students lost homes
- 250 school employees lost homes
- 2 schools destroyed
- 2 schools closed for months
- Diane Brabetz presented with 50th Anniversary card
Meeting Adjourned