President Bill Bolster rang the bell at 7:30, followed by a quick review of last week”s meeting.
- Pledge of Allegiance at 7:31 by Lemar Collins
- Inspiration: Glenn Sugden
- by Paul Harris in his “Report of the President,” which was for the 1012 Rotary Convention, in Duluth, Minnesota, said: “Friendship is a natural and willing servant ….There is no reason…. why the great the power of friendship should not be harnessed to do its part in the world’s work.”
- Song: Heather Cullen – Happy by Pharell Williams
At: 8:00, we had 53 joining us!
Rotary Club Of Windsor
- Doing More! with Less and Having Fun
Visiting Rotarians:
- John Youmans – Davis Sunrise Rise Rotary
- Chris Philbric – South Ukiah Rotary
- Phillip Paskel – Petaluma Sunrise Rotary
- Justina Vege -Davis Sunrise Rotary
- Francis McChesney -David Sunrise Rotary
Guest of Rotarians
- Doris McChesney
- David Doht
- Shara Morphis
- Jennifer Morphis
- Steve and Kathleen Staudenmeyer
- Jake Rubenstein – Speaker
- Beverly McChesney
Rotarian of the Month
- Sue Nelson
Paul Harris + 7
- John LeCave
“Our Best Shot” – A Virtual Fundraiser – Saturday, May 8, 2021
Major Fundraiser Update
Michael Juric gave info on the Auction. Materials will be out soon.
Fundraiser Website
- www.yourshotwindsor.com
| SCORECARD GOAL | GOAL | |
| Sponsorship | 2,000 | $20,000 |
| Donations | 0 | $2,500 |
| Live Auction Items | 4 | of 10 |
| Silent Auction Items | 7 | of 50 |
| Wine Cellar | 19 | of 48 |
| VIP Reception | 0 | open-ended |
| Registered | 0 | 7,423 |
Sonoma County Adopt a Road
- Rotary Club of Windsor’s 1st (6 signs with “Rotary Club od Windsor”)
- Pleasant Ave and Faught Rd.
- Do you have a road you would like to Adopt?
How to give $$ to Windsor Rotary
Checks payable to Windsor Rotary Community Foundation
Mailed to PO Box 2295, Windsor, Ca 95492
Memo on check Endowment Fund (long term growth), Current Year
Projects, Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund, or a specific project like “Toy/Food Drive”
Pat online: windsorrotary.org/Donate/
Annual club dues & the $80.00 in fines
Checks payable to Rotary Club of Windsor
Mailed to PO Box 819, Windsor, CA 95492
Memo on the check “Dues for Sam” of “fines for Sam.”
Or pay online windsorrotary.org – on front page- > then
Club Payments – Dues – Fines
Where/How to send $$ for Rotary
Rotary International – including Polio
Do NOT send a check to the club – Make your donation
Sign in, then click on TAKE ACTION, then Give, then the way you want to give.
Upcoming Club Stuff!
- Tuesday, April 6 – Windsor Town Council, Zoom Link is:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86030059008
- Tuesday, April 13 – Anastasia Prior – Conservation Corps of North Bay
- Friday & Sat., April 16 & 17 – District 5130 Virtual Training
- Tuesday, April 27 – Alexis Wichowski – The Information Trade: Big Tech Challenges the Nation-State
- Saturday, May 8, – Rotary Club of Windsor Virtual Fundraiser
- Saturday thru Wednesday, June 12 -16, Rotary International Virtual Convention
Windsor Rotary Clip Board
- Song Leader – Chris Landwehr
- Scribes – Catherine Hanron
- ZOOM Meetings -Video Editing and WRC Website – JB Leep needs HELP
- Call/email them or go to:/ info@windsorrotary.co
- Vaccine Registration – Diane Brabetz
- Adopt a Road – Bill Bolster
- Bee Friendly Gardens – Native Wildflowers Seeds – Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise – Jay Beckwith 707-479-2554
Guest Speaker – Jake Rubenstein – introduction by Barbara McChesney
Campaign Coordinator of The Great Global Cleanup
The primary thing learned is “Plastic Never Breaks down completely.
Bill Bolster closed at 8:33 – Resourcefulness has nothing to do with access to resources.
COVID UPDATE
Total Cases: 29219 (last week 29,006)
New Cases: Fri 32
Sat 47
Sun 30
Mon 20
This is a total for 4 days of 129 (last week for 4 days was 124)
Deaths: 308 (last week 308) Here in Sonoma County, we have seen over 55% of our deaths coming from SNF’s and the remaining from the community.
Hospitalized: 17 confirmed and 2 suspected (last week 17 confirmed and 2 suspected)
- 17 Available ICU beds so we are seeing fewer hospitalized patients with COVID. Because we are seeing fewer people hospitalized and new cases down, we are also seeing unsafe practices. People are traveling despite our health experts asking us not to – Spring Break in other States and in Mexico will cause another surge in cases and with other variants to have our health experts worried about what we will see in another 2 weeks or sooner.
We have tested a total of 601,309 with a 5% positivity rate and 27,019 recovered (last week 589,089 in our county with 27,019 people recovered)
Still seeing the largest number of cases in the Latinos (65% with them only being 27.3% of the populations and whites are only 27% with them being 62.9% of the population )
Still seeing the largest level of positivity in Service and sales (18.8%), then those unemployed and home care (my industry) at 2.2%.
All medical experts are encouraging all of us to continue to get tested even if you have had both of your shots. It helps to determine new variants, exposure and will help to decrease our numbers with higher testing so that we can move out of the purple tier. The head of the CDC is frightened of the possible surge that is coming and feels “doom” coming as she said emotionally in an interview yesterday. Because we are getting people vaccinated, the weather is nice and we are seeing fewer people hospitalized, the general population is acting like we are over this. WE ARE NOT AND CASES AND DEATHS CONTINUE! Please do your part to hold off a bit longer with social interactions and especially travel. Stay home – you have no idea what you may be exposed to and bring back to Sonoma County. Even if you are vaccinated, you could become a carrier. Until we have herd immunity, we still need to be careful. Please listen to the health experts – we realize there are great deals out there for travel but our health experts are asking us to wait until the end of summer. Just a bit longer to then keep us all much safer!
Vaccines were begun…. As of Mar. 28th, 282,785 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (last week 238,867). Fully vaccinated individuals now at 25.7% and adults with at least one vaccine dose is at 18.8%. Only 16% of Latinos (27% of our population and most at risk for COVID) have been vaccinated. We continue to have issues with vaccine availability to our County and no real rollout by Blue Shield yet that we can see. What doses received here really have been used for 2nd doses with a push to finish agricultural workers and teachers.
As of Monday, April 15th the Federal Government has declared all persons 16 and above eligible for vaccines. However, with the shortage of vaccines and the other issues with people crowding the lines or showing up without appointments like has happened, it will be difficult to know if we are able to handle all those now qualified. Another vaccine is in the works to get approved and there is hope that the President increasing production that we may finally get the doses needed to vaccinate our population faster. Sonoma County is not getting the vaccine amounts they need as the vaccine is being sent to zip codes with the highest rates of infection. We have none of those zip codes and no control over what is allocated for our county.
Remember, the County continues to ask that we stay home and practice the 3 W’s – wash your hands, wear your mask and watch your distance. The CDC has announced that socialization with vaccinated people in small groups is safe, but both parties must have received both of their vaccinations and it should be at least 2 weeks post 2nd vaccine. The CDC and Public Health continue to request we not travel where we can become exposed at restaurants, restrooms, hotels even if it is outside activities. There are many other variants of this virus that have now been identified and until we have enough immunity, it is best for all of us if we stay home, predicting that we will reach some percentage of herd immunity by summer. It is hoped that our residents will continue to be careful and that we will not need to close back down as people get out more and more.
Please help us to educate others on the risks, the need to really consider getting the vaccine, the need to stay home but venture out slowly with other vaccinated individuals, but curb travel. Variants of this virus are continuing to appear and we need to stay home – another surge of this pandemic will only task our resources and could kill many people. We want to strive for “herd immunity”. Once you have had both vaccines you can begin to socialize with other people who have also had both vaccines and can add those people to one of your safe “bubbles”. Please become a believer – the life you save could be someone dear to you! We continue to see deaths in our fellow Rotarians in Mexico as they are not fortunate enough to have access to PPE, vaccines, and even good medical treatment. Treat those you care about with loving consideration!
Thanks
Di
