Rotary Past and Future
Our Pledge of Allegiance was led by Pegi Ball…followed by Bill Bolster who led us in a stirring rendition of “CUPS” by Anna Kendrick … and “We’re all going be missed when We’re gone!”
President Brian started the meeting by acknowledging Susan Cole’s new position as Adjunct Faculty in t SRJC’s Shone Farm tasting room. Susan is clearly the pro to learn from.
Treasurer Ed Turner “paid” for the placement of post-it notes everywhere in his office, by his granddaughters. Now when Ed’s co-workers need a sticky note, they just poke an arm into his office and peel it off a handy surface.
Guests:
- Bekah Sorensen and Kate Smith, our Outbound Rotary Youth Exchange Students to Sweden and Japan respectively, are stepping out into their life-changing Rotary Adventures and we wish them well! You are invited to a farewell evening on Monday, July 25, 6:30PM in Pam Moulton’s yard to send them off with our love.
- Phil Tappin, a WHS Student who is one of our Scholarship recipients, visited with his parents Mary and Herman. He is on his way to Sacramento State. His background of moving from a very small school to Windsor High School posed some challenges that helped him grow into the confident young man he is today.
- Lauren Hull, publisher of the Windsor Connection, was welcomed as a return visitor. The current issue of the magazine has great, positive article about Windsor Rotary.
Board of Directors met on Monday, 7/18: President Brian reported that the Club Board had approved and passed a balanced club operations budget which will be available to the Club. This includes a dues increase of $35.00/per year /per Member.
FINES
Maureen & Mike were acknowledged for their recent recognition as cover models, “Taking Happiness Seriously” in the latest Windsor Connection magazine. They contributed $100 each to the Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund of the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation. Ed collected the $$ right away.
President Brian Welcomed our fellow member and District Area Governor Sandie Krutz who introduced a very thoughtful and informative presentation on the history, accomplishments and opportunities facing Rotary – worldwide in the future. In a video of 2022-23 Rotary International President Jennifer Jones’ presentation to District Governors worldwide, Jennifer explained the meaning of her theme “Imagine Rotary,” based on the phrase in the John Lennon song: “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” which got Jennifer thinking about the good that we all do, and can do, together.
And… many Rotarians were able to be present for the Memorial this weekend for our member and dear friend Ken Moulton. Pam was not present at our meeting because she was driving her niece and nephew to SFO for their trip home to Spain. Ken’s contributions will last well beyond our years!COVID Update from your Rotary Nurse….
07/19/22
NEWS:
SONOMA COUNTY EXCEEDS 100,000 CASES OF COVID-19! NEW VACCINE BY NOVAVAX CLOSE TO BEING AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN USA! FDA HAS AUTHORIZED THE COVID-19 VACCINE FOR DISTRIBUTION. The hope is that many of those who have shied away from vaccinations will consider getting vaccinated with Novavax because it is protein-based and is a type of vaccine widely used for decades.
Subvariant BA.5 is causing widespread COVID-19 transmission in Sonoma County. 33.8 new daily cases (per 100,000 people) Unfortunately this number is probably higher because of so many doing home tests, discovering they are positive, but not reporting their positivity to Sonoma County Public Health. So these infections are not being tracked nor counted! Countywide hospitalizations spiked to 57 a weeks ago with 7 individuals needing Intensive Care support. Health officials are continuing to urge our residents to wear masks indoors when around large groups of people but have stopped short of instituting a mask mandate again.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 100,499 (last week 99,428) Recovered: 96,510 (last week 95,093) Active Cases: 3489 (last week 3835)
Deaths: 500 (last week 500)
Hospitalized: 38 confirmed cases and 4 in the ICU (last week 40 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information….
As of July 17th, 2022, 1,118,487 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,114,537). We now only have 78% (this has dropped because vaccines are now available to babies from 6 months of age and older) of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are still available, still be given and special consideration is being given to some of our minority communities within our county to try and educate, encourage and offer vaccinations.
MASKS:
Public Health and other health officials are strongly recommending that we use masks because of the surge in infections caused by the subvariant, BA.5. They suggest masks should be used when in crowded, indoor settings, but even outside in large groups. However, judge your situations, how long it has been since you had a booster and how long you will be in the situation. 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.
Unfortunately, the pandemic is not over and we are continuing to see huge surges in infection of COVID-19 in our community. We realize that all of us are so, very fed up with wearing masks and not getting out. We are seeing fully vaccinated and boosted individuals getting COVID. This virus will keep replicating and has shown it can become stronger and more infectious. Hopefully if we are able to convince more people to get their 2nd booster who before were not eligible, and convince those not even vaccinated to consider the new Novavax, it could give our community that boost needed to fight off infections. Until then, stay safe, wear your mask and help to keep everyone safe who is immunocompromised or has underlying health issues to ensure we are vaccinated and boosted!
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.
Stay tuned for release of Novavax and help others to know what is going on. We want our community safe…..
Fondly,
Di