Meeting Recap - 7/22/08

Posted by Sandi McDonough 
 
 

Pledge of Allegiance: Judy Hanneman

Greeter/Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi

Guests of Rotary:
Peter Early from CPO
Kaarel Tammur (former exchange student from Estonia, revisiting after 2 years) with friend Kirstin Tasa
Ryla students - Jennifer Shief, Sarah Staatz, and Christine Talbot

Visiting Rotarian: Tae Park from San Jose Club

Announcements:

  • Thanks to Chuck for organizing the Giant's game on 7/29 - good turnout, and a good time was had by all!
  • President Sheila gave a brief history about Belgium National Day
  • Club members were reminded to sign up for "Day at the Races" on 8/9.  The San Mateo County Fair will be there that day for even more fun!
  • Sandi McDonough announced that Alicia Crank is officially kicking off her campaign for her run for Mountain View City Council. Alicia will be having a campaign kick off / Birthday party on Saturday night July 26th from 6pm - 9pm. at the home of Sandi McDonough
    106 Serena Court, Mountain View, CA
    Please stop by and show your support for Alicia!!

Recognition:

  • Bert Raphael was recognized for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation.
  • Carla Paul and Dave Cole joined the President's Club.

Fine Master:

Jim Cunningham fined Alan Goodman, Judy Hanneman, & got John Rinaldi to make a confession. John caught 4 salmon on the Trinity River over the weekend.

Today's Speaker:

Our speaker today was Maureen Wadiak from Community Services Agency
She was introduced by Tom Myers and Tom says Maureen is the backbone of CSA.
 
Maureen told us about two new projects going on at CSA.
One was the Intensive Case Management Services which is how CSA helps keep families from becoming homeless. They do this by providing emergency financial assistance, helping with holiday programs by providing gifts and meals for families around the holidays.
Food & Nutrition Assistance
ESL Classes or other further education
Financial Management Classes
 
The second project she spoke about was the Fall Prevention Program.
This program helps keep seniors living independently and on their own.
Many seniors experience a fall or multiple falls. Those people over 65 who do fall are 10x more likely to enter a nursing home.
This program will assist seniors with seeing their doctors and getting corrected medications.
They are also supplying some seniors with a Call Care button to summon emergency response in case of a fall.
 
For more information about the great services CSA provides in the community, visit their Web site at: http://www.csacares.org