Foundation Awards and Fun
Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, May 31, 2022.
Pledge of Allegiance: Meeting led by Susan Cole
INSPIRATION: The inspiration of the day was the induction by Renee Hyde of new member David Doht, husband of Barbara McChesney. Dave wore a sequin shirt in honor of this wonderful occasion. Dave will be a wonderful addition to our club.
SONG: In honor of Memorial Day, JB led the club in singing America the Beautiful.
VISITING ROTARIANS: No visiting Rotarians today.
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: John Nelson, guest of the club. Kate Smith, guest of her mom Beth. Domingo, guest of Renee Hyde.
Rotarian of the month: Terry Andreacchi honored.
Most embarrassing fashion trend you use to rock: President Pam asked Rotarians to wear and/or share their most embarrassing fashion trend you ever rocked. Pam rocked her very colorfully mismatched outfit today beautifully. Not so sure if Tom rocked it but wore his bright green penguin polyester suit! Favorite fashion trends through the ages of club members were: polyester leisure suits, parachute pants, Canadian Tuxedo, micro-minis, sequin shirts, maroon leisure suit, mushroom haircut, big shoulder pads for the women, hot pants, hip hugger bell bottom pants, pajama baggy pants, long wild hair, double breasted suits, silk bow ties, paisley, neru jackets, cut off jeans, short-short shorts, hot pink ditto jeans, granny dresses, gunny sacks dresses, elephant bell bottoms, bandanas, bolo ties, mullet, and Bill Arnone’s home made leisure suit that looked like a Hershey bar. This club was clearly quite the fashionable bunch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Renee gave a shout out to all her construction crew who helped make upgrades and improvements to the Rotary Bar signage and booth. She and Domingo shopped for supplies and the bar is fully ready for this Thursday night grand opening.
- Jo Timmson: Sandie has a significant birthday this week and has chosen a parachute jump to celebrate. Jo invited Rotarians to join Sandie at the airport to cheer her on. Her adventure begins at 11am at NorCal Skydiving in Cloverdale. Happy birthday Sandie!
- Beth Smith is still looking for volunteers for Windsor High School Graduation Safe and Sober Grad night. Please contact her immediately if you are able to help. [email protected], 815-353-4444
- Kate Smith is making and selling jewelry to raise money for her travels abroad as a youth exchange student.
- Joan Moura announced next club social will be a showing of the new Top Gun movie at the airport cinemas. Date to be determined!
- Rotarians have been traveling. . .Maureen, Mike, and Barbara just returned from a fabulous 8 day Grand Canyon whitewater adventure rafting 220 miles of the Colorado River and sleeping on cots under the stars each night. Robin just returned from an amazing 2 week trip with her mom backpacking through the backcountry of Scotland. WOW, we have some adventurous club members!
Acknowledgements:
John Hackenburg and Kurt Mitchler honored special guest John Nelson for applying his incredible photography skills to the Spark Success fundraiser. He created all the videos for the event as well as the live video the night of the event. Dev Sodagar was not in attendance but was also honored for working directly with John as producer. Together they created a highly successful event allowing the club to raise funds for all of our very worthwhile causes.
John Hackenburg and Diane Brabatz acknowledged the newest Paul Harris Fellows. They are first time recipients Doug Williams and Barbara McChesney, 4th time recipient Tom Boylan and 5th time Londa Faber. Thank you all for your generosity.
Brian Ling acknowledged new John Lewis Fellows Beth Smith and Kurt Mitchler’s two sons. Thank you both for your generous contributions.
Brian provided an explanation about the John Lewis whistle and many in the club donated funds for various happenings in their lives.
This was a very full meeting. Brian provided a brief summary of his upcoming year . . . has purchased more train whistles and is looking for volunteers to take on this task, Board is set, plans for 35th club anniversary is in the works, and many more exciting things coming up in his year.
In closing:
Pam thanked all of those who made the meeting possible and finished with this quote:
Winston Churchill- “From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however, makes a life”
Next Month:
Diane will present the cleft palate project in Mexico.
June Environmental Challenge:
June Challenge: Reduce your carbon footprint
Walk, ride your bike, or carpool to club meetings, grocery store, or other errands.
Write your name on a piece of paper each time you avoid the car, bring to a meeting, put in basket at front table or email Barbara at [email protected]
If unable to do above. . .How can you educate yourself this month? Ask for ideas!From Your Rotary Nurse…. COVID Update….
05/31/22
NEWS:
FDA APPEARS POISED TO AUTHORIZE NOVAVAX CORONAVIRUS VACCINE! This could help us reach those people who are not vaccinated who do not want to take a mRNA vaccine.
Novavax is a protein derived vaccine grown in cell cultures and is much like our Flu vaccines. This could reach the tens of millions of Americans who have avoided our vaccines for health concerns or conspiracy theories. It is already licensed in 41 countries and at least 42 million doses have already been distributed.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TOTAL DEATHS FROM COVID HITS 91,469! New cases in California for the last 24 hours is 12,524.
COVID UPDATE:
We are seeing an increase in new COVID infection and we need to continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We have experienced 2 more deaths in our community and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 91,440 (last week 90,056) Recovered: 86,481 (last week 85,406) Active Cases: 4466 (last week 4158) New Cases on Sunday: 665
Deaths: 493 (last week 491)
Hospitalized: 42 confirmed cases and 5 in the ICU (last weeks 37 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 29 th, 2022, 1,091,587 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,084,678). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS:
Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING:
Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Continue to stay safe, protect yourselves and others as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di
Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, May 31, 2022.
Pledge of Allegiance: Meeting led by Susan Cole
INSPIRATION: The inspiration of the day was the induction by Renee Hyde of new member David Doht, husband of Barbara McChesney. Dave wore a sequin shirt in honor of this wonderful occasion. Dave will be a wonderful addition to our club.
SONG: In honor of Memorial Day, JB led the club in singing America the Beautiful.
VISITING ROTARIANS: No visiting Rotarians today.
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: John Nelson, guest of the club. Kate Smith, guest of her mom Beth. Domingo, guest of Renee Hyde.
Rotarian of the month: Terry Andreacchi honored.
Most embarrassing fashion trend you use to rock: President Pam asked Rotarians to wear and/or share their most embarrassing fashion trend you ever rocked. Pam rocked her very colorfully mismatched outfit today beautifully. Not so sure if Tom rocked it but wore his bright green penguin polyester suit! Favorite fashion trends through the ages of club members were: polyester leisure suits, parachute pants, Canadian Tuxedo, micro-minis, sequin shirts, maroon leisure suit, mushroom haircut, big shoulder pads for the women, hot pants, hip hugger bell bottom pants, pajama baggy pants, long wild hair, double breasted suits, silk bow ties, paisley, neru jackets, cut off jeans, short-short shorts, hot pink ditto jeans, granny dresses, gunny sacks dresses, elephant bell bottoms, bandanas, bolo ties, mullet, and Bill Arnone’s home made leisure suit that looked like a Hershey bar. This club was clearly quite the fashionable bunch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Renee gave a shout out to all her construction crew who helped make upgrades and improvements to the Rotary Bar signage and booth. She and Domingo shopped for supplies and the bar is fully ready for this Thursday night grand opening.
- Jo Timmson: Sandie has a significant birthday this week and has chosen a parachute jump to celebrate. Jo invited Rotarians to join Sandie at the airport to cheer her on. Her adventure begins at 11am at NorCal Skydiving in Cloverdale. Happy birthday Sandie!
- Beth Smith is still looking for volunteers for Windsor High School Graduation Safe and Sober Grad night. Please contact her immediately if you are able to help. [email protected], 815-353-4444
- Kate Smith is making and selling jewelry to raise money for her travels abroad as a youth exchange student.
- Joan Moura announced next club social will be a showing of the new Top Gun movie at the airport cinemas. Date to be determined!
- Rotarians have been traveling. . .Maureen, Mike, and Barbara just returned from a fabulous 8 day Grand Canyon whitewater adventure rafting 220 miles of the Colorado River and sleeping on cots under the stars each night. Robin just returned from an amazing 2 week trip with her mom backpacking through the backcountry of Scotland. WOW, we have some adventurous club members!
Acknowledgements:
John Hackenburg and Kurt Mitchler honored special guest John Nelson for applying his incredible photography skills to the Spark Success fundraiser. He created all the videos for the event as well as the live video the night of the event. Dev Sodagar was not in attendance but was also honored for working directly with John as producer. Together they created a highly successful event allowing the club to raise funds for all of our very worthwhile causes.
John Hackenburg and Diane Brabatz acknowledged the newest Paul Harris Fellows. They are first time recipients Doug Williams and Barbara McChesney, 4th time recipient Tom Boylan and 5th time Londa Faber. Thank you all for your generosity.
Brian Ling acknowledged new John Lewis Fellows Beth Smith and Kurt Mitchler’s two sons. Thank you both for your generous contributions.
Brian provided an explanation about the John Lewis whistle and many in the club donated funds for various happenings in their lives.
This was a very full meeting. Brian provided a brief summary of his upcoming year . . . has purchased more train whistles and is looking for volunteers to take on this task, Board is set, plans for 35th club anniversary is in the works, and many more exciting things coming up in his year.
In closing:
Pam thanked all of those who made the meeting possible and finished with this quote:
Winston Churchill- “From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however, makes a life”
Next Month:
Diane will present the cleft palate project in Mexico.
June Environmental Challenge:
June Challenge: Reduce your carbon footprint
Walk, ride your bike, or carpool to club meetings, grocery store, or other errands.
Write your name on a piece of paper each time you avoid the car, bring to a meeting, put in basket at front table or email Barbara at [email protected]
If unable to do above. . .How can you educate yourself this month? Ask for ideas!From Your Rotary Nurse….
COVID Update….
05/31/22
NEWS:
FDA APPEARS POISED TO AUTHORIZE NOVAVAX CORONAVIRUS VACCINE! This could help us reach those people who are not vaccinated who do not want to take a mRNA vaccine.
Novavax is a protein derived vaccine grown in cell cultures and is much like our Flu vaccines. This could reach the tens of millions of Americans who have avoided our vaccines for health concerns or conspiracy theories. It is already licensed in 41 countries and at least 42 million doses have already been distributed.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TOTAL DEATHS FROM COVID HITS 91,469! New cases in California for the last 24 hours is 12,524.
COVID UPDATE:
We are seeing an increase in new COVID infection and we need to continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We have experienced 2 more deaths in our community and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 91,440 (last week 90,056) Recovered: 86,481 (last week 85,406) Active Cases: 4466 (last week 4158) New Cases on Sunday: 665
Deaths: 493 (last week 491)
Hospitalized: 42 confirmed cases and 5 in the ICU (last weeks 37 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 29 th, 2022, 1,091,587 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,084,678). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS:
Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING:
Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Continue to stay safe, protect yourselves and others as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di