Membership Chair, Kristen Myburgh inducted Phil Henry (left) and Jeff Dorais (center) in September.  

 

Phil is a former member of the Rotary Club of Berkeley where he served as club president in 2012-2013.  Our club reaps the benefit of Phil's retirement and relocation to Petaluma.  Phil, an architect and his wife Anna moved to the area to be near their daughter and grandchildren. 

 

Jeff Dorais, a realtor with Luxe International enjoys spending time with his wife Donna and their dog Parker as well as cooking, playing the drums, Pickle Ball, tasting wine and travel.

Martin and Sigge Stengard, father and son, were visiting from Sweden recently and
shared their inspiring story at the newly-renovated Polly Klaas Community Theater
(https://www.pollyklaastheater.org) at a Petaluma Rotary meeting on July 20 th .
Together they told their story of when the family received the devastating diagnosis for
Sigge of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (or DMD) when he was about 2 ½ years old.
His twin sister, Hedde, was not affected as DMD primarily affects males.
DMD is a progressive muscle disease that slowly breaks down all the muscles in the
body leading to a significantly shorter life. There have been many advances in the
management of DMD, but there is currently no cure.