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Weekly Meeting Speakers
Fireside Chat
Apr 24, 2024 12:00 PM
Review the Rotary Year past and make recommendations for the future.
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Pamela Smith
President Elect
David Saint Amand
President Elect Nominee
Ricca Charlon
Past President
Boom-Boom Boster
Secretary
Ricca Charlon
Treasurer
Elsa Hennings
Club Service
Kim Metcalf
Club Programs
Mary Meyer-Lundstrom
International Serv
Peter Brown
Community Service
Jill Bradford
Vocational Service
David Saint Amand
Membership
Dan Kus
New Generations
Cheryl Saint Amand
Awards Chair
David Saint Amand
Interact Advisor-BHS
Judy Dwyer
RYLA Coordinator
Cheryl Saint Amand
The Rotary Foundation
Steven Goad
Executive Secretary
David Saint Amand
Interact Advisor-ICS
Sarah Hoekman
Sergeant-at-Arms
Jim Hoover
Home Page Stories
Rotary International's April Theme
Community Service Indian Wells Valley People of Action Ridgecrest Road Clean Up
One of Rotary International’s Areas of Focus is the Environment and Rotary International is “…committed to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources…” So far, 18.4 million dollars in Global Grant funding has been awarded to support environmental projects.
 
The Rotary Club of China Lake has pitched-in with our Adopt-a-Highway project along China Lake Blvd., and the upcoming Community Clean-Up on May 4th.  Join us to help make our community an even better place to live!
BHS Interact Road Cleanup Filled a Truck Bed
Community Service Interact People of Action Road Clean Up
On Saturday, February 24th, the Burroughs High School (BHS) Interact Club held their annual Burroughs High Access Road Clean up.
 
Photo courtesy of David Saint-Amand.
 
Four Interactors, their advisor Judy Dwyer, and Rotarian David Saint-Amand spent an hour and a half collecting litter, ultimately filling up a pickup truck bed!
 
Photo courtesy of David Saint-Amand.
 
Well done Interactors!
 
The garbage collected was taken to the local landfill.
February 2024 Adopt-a-Highway Event was a Success!
 
Community Service People of Action Road Clean Up
Last Saturday, February 24th, 13 Rotarians donned the Yellow Vest and Hardhat and cleaned up a portion of China Lake Blvd.
 
Photo Courtesey of Linda McCauley.
Photo courtesy of Linda McCauley.
 
After three hours of work and fun their haul included 25 Caltrans garbage bags, two large dilapidated business signs, and several pieces of scrap wood and cardboard.  Project Leader Linda McCauley said of the event “Rotary can be proud as our 2-mile strip of China Lake Blvd is a whole lot cleaner today.”
 
Photo Courtesy of Linda McCauley.
 
The Rotary Club of China Lake is responsible for cleaning up the two-mile stretch of Highway 178 from the N.A.W.S. Front Gate to the intersection of 178 and Ridgecrest Blvd.  With today's totals, they have collected over 125 bags of garbage. 
 
The collected waste is carried away and disposed of by Caltrans crews.  Clean up events are held quarterly.
2024 Scholarship Dinner and Auction is Sold Out!
Annual Charitable Foundation Community Service Fund Raiser People of Action scholarships
All 200 tickets for the March 9th Scholarship Dinner have been sold!
 
Thank you for your donations and Sponsorships.  You are the reason we can do all the wonderful good we’ve done with our scholarship program.
 
Here are our Corporate Event Sponsors:
 
$1,000 Sponsors
     Bernie's Landscaping
     Desert Valleys Federal Credit Union
     High Trail Investments
     The Swap Sheet
 
Corporate Table Sponsors
     AltaOne Federal Credit Union
     Cerro Coso Community College
     Earth Landscaping
     Edward Jones
     Teya Enterprises, LLC
     Griffin Excavation & Paving
     Jim Charlon Ford, Inc.
     NDTI – New Directions Technologies, Inc.
Interactors Decorate the Rotary Rose Parade Float
Annual People of Action Rose Parade
On Saturday, December 16th, Rotarian Cheryl Saint-Amand led a party of 20 Interactors from Burroughs and ICS High Schools, their Club Advisors, Teachers, and parents to Irwindale, California, where, over the course of an 8-hour shift, they prepared and applied organic materials to Rotary International’s Rose Parade float.  The theme for this year’s Rotary float is “Clean Water – The Music of Life” and the float will feature a Duck and three ducklings sliding along a keyboard.
 
Photo by Author.
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Welcome New Member Esther Sires
 
Club Meeting Fellowship Rotary
Esther Sires was inducted as our Club’s newest member at the December 13th luncheon meeting.  Esther comes to us with the classification of Special Education Teacher (retired).
 
Hitting the ground running, Esther has already completed half of her Red Badge duties!
 
 
Welcome to the Club Esther!
Bell Ringing Update
Annual Community Service Fund Raiser
The totals are in and members of our Club, over two Saturdays of ringing bells for the Salvation Army Red Kettle fundraiser, raised over $3,500!  Rotary’s own Lt. Gina Noble when reporting the news wrote: “We are Beyond Grateful!”
 
Photo provided by Lt. Gina Noble.
 
The original goal was for $1,500 or $125 an hour.  By raising more than twice that the ringers truly went above and beyond!
 
Well done China Lake, and a huge Thank you to Todd St. Laurent for coordinating this event!
Feeding our Seniors this Christmas Season
Community Service Food Bank People of Action
On Tuesday the 12th of December, Rotarian Linda McCauley helped the Salvation Army prepare for food deliveries to Senior Citizens of our community.  Lt. Gina Noble praised the effort saying “The loading of 40 boxes of food each weighing 25Lbs and 5Lb bags of meat for our super seniors on Tuesday is no joke.  Stephanie and Linda (pictured) brought their game and we are so thankful for their strong service above self.”
 
Photo provided by Lt. Noble.
The Coat and Hoodie Drive is a Wrap
Annual Coat Drive Community Service People of Action
Community Service Director Jill Bradford closed out this year’s Coat and Hoodie Drive.  The annual collection gathered over 40 new hoodies and more than 200 gently used coats!  All of these garments will be distributed to those in need this Winter Season.  Thank you to Jill for coordinating the drive, and to all those who donated; Rotarians, friends, and members of the community.  Thank you also to State Farm and the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital for hosting collection boxes.
 
Photo from Jill Bradford.  Pictured are Rotarian Tera Moorehead and a co-worker.
Preparing for the Farmers Market Food Giveaway
Community Service Food Bank People of Action
This Tuesday morning Rotarians and friends turned out to help sort food donations and prepare boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables for the under served members of our community.    From the Salvation Army post on Facebook “Thank you Community Action Partnership of Kern food bank and Rotary Club of China Lake volunteers.”  The food is to be distributed on Wednesday, 13 December, beginning at 8:00AM at the Farmers Market outside of The Salvation Army Ridgecrest Corps Center for Worship and Service Thrift Store.
 
Photograph from Lt. Gina Noble of the Salvation Army.
Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army
Community Service Donation People of Action
On Saturday the 9th members of our Club rang the bells for the Salvation Army Red Kettle fund raiser.  In three two-hour shifts Elsa Hennings, Forrest Lloyd, Steve Boster, David Saint-Amand, Jim Hoover, and Club President Pam Smith collected donations, listened to Christmas music, and greeted shoppers at the Ridgecrest Stater Bros. grocery store.
 
Photograph from David Saint-Amand.
 
If you are out shopping this coming Saturday the 16th, stop by and say hello to our second shift of Ringers and make a donation!
Our 2023 Christmas Party
Annual Club Service Fellowship Gift
Last Friday night was the Rotary Club of China Lake's annual Christmas Party.  Held at the Saint-Amand’s, the party featured great food, good beverages, and fine fellowship.  To add to the festivities there was an ugly Sweater Contest and a Yankee-Swap-Gift-Exchange.
 
Photo courtesy of David Saint-Amand
 
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Rotary International’s December Theme
Hope health
Rotary International’s December Theme is Disease Prevention and Treatment.  Rotary supports hundreds of health projects, both large and small: temporary clinics, blood donation centers, training facilities, and educating and equipping communities to combat life-threatening diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and polio.  Prevention is also important to Rotary International, which is why they include a focus on health education and making routine hearing, vision, and dental care available to people around the world.
Packing Thanksgiving Boxes at the Salvation Army
Community Service High School Interact People of Action Service Above Self
Every year the Salvation Army Ridgecrest Corps prepares Thanksgiving meal boxes for those in need.  This last Sunday, November 19th, in only two hours, Rotarians and Interactors along with members of Kiwanis and their Key Club packed 200 boxes of food to help make this Thanksgiving bountiful for 200 families: 40 military and 160 households of our community.
 
People of Action, in action.
Photo courtesy of Salvation Army Lt. Gina Noble.
 
Just a few of the two hundred boxes for distribution for Thanksgiving.
Photo courtesy of Linda McCauley.
 
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Red Badge Club
The Rotary Club of China Lake has a new member program that we call the Red Badge Club.
Membership Director Dan Kus assigns each new member a mentor.  
 
 
New members are assigned a mentor and given a list of tasks to complete to earn their blue club badge.
 
1.  Attend a Board Meeting
2.  Makeup at a Different Club
3.  Volunteer for a Club Project
4.  Attend a Club Social Event
5.  Help the Sergeant at Arms
6.  Be a Greeter
7.  Bring a Potential Rotarian to Lunch
8.  Give a Classification Talk
 
Red Badgers and their mentors are able to log-in and enter the date each task is completed.
 
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