Meeting Recap - 11/25/08

Posted by Karen Simpson 
 
 

Pledge of  Allegiance  by Ken Schwaderer

 

The THOUGHT for the day - from Gary Citti

 

SONG   Phil Armi - God Bless America

 

Introduction of VISITING ROTARIANS  and GUESTS by Tom Myers:

 

                      Bob Chamberlain - Rotarian from Greater BendOregon

                   Ginny Lear - Rotarian from Los Altos

 

           

                

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Don't forget to sign up for our holiday party: December 6 at the Cantankerous Fish.

6.15pm Cocktails 7.00 pm entertainment followed by dinner. Sign up and pay now for guests at $50.00 each. Members will be billed.

 

Bruce Barsi thanked everyone for their help with Cops and Gobblers. 21 Rotarians showed up to help distribute food and bunnies.

 

Cheryl shared the results of A Sante fundraiser for Rotacare.

 

Sandi McDonough- Cruise ticket raffle-drawing to be Dec. 16  - we need to sell more tickets to cover the cost of the prize, so please work on selling your tickets!  See Sandi if you need more.

 

Jim Cochran reminded members to get their donations to Rotary International Foundation in to be included in the drawing on Dec 3 for trips to Birmingham or Belize. As he will not be at the meeting next week, you can make your contribution to Bert R.  Jim also asked people to sign up for delivering food for Rotacare.

 

FINEMASTER -  Judy Hannemann  

Judy started by asking all of the Stanford Alums to pay their fine of $20 for the Standord loss in the Big Game.  Cal fan Ken graciously matched that with a $100 donation.

 

Judy asked Club Members to stand up and offer what they were thankful for this Thanksgiving week.  If members stood and offered of their own accord they were fined $15.  If she called on members they were fined $30.

 

SPEAKER:

 

John Rinaldi asked John Hargraves to introduce Elmore "Jersey" Foreman of The Planet Martial-Arts Federation Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts School.

 

Mr. Foreman is a 3rd Degree Black Belt, and also a trained musician.  He opened his martial-arts school in 2002 to reach kids who otherwise couldn't afford to take lessons.   They also provide training for women from battled women shelters. 

 

Tae Kwon Do teaches good discipline and respect for self and others. 

 

The school is holding a holiday fundraiser - if corporations book Mr. Foreman to play the drums for their party for $2,000 it will be used as a donation for the school to provide funding for the low-income kids to take lessons at the school.