So tomorrow is the first day of the new Rotary year. As with every other New Year celebration, it is a time to reflect on where we are and where we want to go. In our case as a Rotary club, we should take a look at what types of projects are planned and what new projects will be developed. The following is a brief overview and there are more projects that are underway.
As a mainstay, Sunnyvale Rotary is very supportive of programs dealing with local youth. We have a strong presence in Interact, we have a great reading program, and we are involved with camps whose mission is training high school students. One of the areas we should start to look into is working towards helping foster kids. Foster kids are a demographic that are usually not in a good life situation for reasons way outside their control. Another area we might look at is working with PAL. They have a baseball and literacy program. They have asked if we have anyone willing to coach a team that somehow ties into their literacy program.
We have gotten involved with the Special Olympics making sandwiches for the athletes at an event. Perhaps we should look at increasing our level of participation. There were over 20 Rotarians making sandwiches the night before the recent event showing great support.
We have not been doing much with Vocational Service the last few years. We had a project in mind to help train the young adults returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The first idea unfortunately fell through. We are currently looking into another idea that would help these young people that have been injured while defending our country. As part of this effort, we are approaching outside groups with which we will become involved.
International Service is looking at other parts of the world for potential Global Grants. Sunnyvale Rotary is getting a good reputation around this and other Rotary districts for developing a strong list of projects. Our club will soon be one of the clubs others will look to for guidance and projects to join.
This is shaping up to be a fun year. Dick Smith has taken on the daunting task of creating a social calendar. Look at the club website for dates of upcoming events. The Roast and Toast of the district governor, which is a great barbecue in Saratoga Springs, is happening soon. Jorge has invited us to a family picnic at the New Hope International church July 2.
This is just a quick overview of what is happening. There will be a more in depth discussion of where we are going at the first club meeting, July 8. There will be several members of Rotary leadership from around the district present as well as outisde guests from organizations with which we will be working.
I will have around 10 guests. Please feel free to bring guests such as spouses, partners, potential members………If you do want to invite people, make sure you get in touch with Linda Price and tell her how many people will be coming. She will be able to gauge the head count so that the caterer can have sufficient food. The church can accommodate 250 people I the Café so space is not an issue.
Charlie
As a mainstay, Sunnyvale Rotary is very supportive of programs dealing with local youth. We have a strong presence in Interact, we have a great reading program, and we are involved with camps whose mission is training high school students. One of the areas we should start to look into is working towards helping foster kids. Foster kids are a demographic that are usually not in a good life situation for reasons way outside their control. Another area we might look at is working with PAL. They have a baseball and literacy program. They have asked if we have anyone willing to coach a team that somehow ties into their literacy program.
We have gotten involved with the Special Olympics making sandwiches for the athletes at an event. Perhaps we should look at increasing our level of participation. There were over 20 Rotarians making sandwiches the night before the recent event showing great support.
We have not been doing much with Vocational Service the last few years. We had a project in mind to help train the young adults returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The first idea unfortunately fell through. We are currently looking into another idea that would help these young people that have been injured while defending our country. As part of this effort, we are approaching outside groups with which we will become involved.
International Service is looking at other parts of the world for potential Global Grants. Sunnyvale Rotary is getting a good reputation around this and other Rotary districts for developing a strong list of projects. Our club will soon be one of the clubs others will look to for guidance and projects to join.
This is shaping up to be a fun year. Dick Smith has taken on the daunting task of creating a social calendar. Look at the club website for dates of upcoming events. The Roast and Toast of the district governor, which is a great barbecue in Saratoga Springs, is happening soon. Jorge has invited us to a family picnic at the New Hope International church July 2.
This is just a quick overview of what is happening. There will be a more in depth discussion of where we are going at the first club meeting, July 8. There will be several members of Rotary leadership from around the district present as well as outisde guests from organizations with which we will be working.
I will have around 10 guests. Please feel free to bring guests such as spouses, partners, potential members………If you do want to invite people, make sure you get in touch with Linda Price and tell her how many people will be coming. She will be able to gauge the head count so that the caterer can have sufficient food. The church can accommodate 250 people I the Café so space is not an issue.
Charlie