Delightful to have spouses and Jim Hargrave and Audree Lebdjiri join us!

May 16:: Busy day at today's meeting. Club President Phil Ladd sponsored and welcomed new member Jesse Ramirez of Valley View Food Bank. He also presented a check to speaker Jeanie Morgan, Board President of The Rotary Vocational Fund of Arizona. TRVFA provides vocational education grants to Arizona residents who meet specific low-income guidelines. To learn how you can help, visit www.trvfa.org.

Sun City Blood Drive is the 4th Tuesday every other month.

Volunteer to help on June 27 and August 29 from 9:00-3:00.

March 14: Our Community Spaghetti Dinner was a huge success! We had 138 attendees, 18+ Rotary volunteers and 8 Royal Oaks staff.  19 Raffle Donors (10 Silent Auction, 7 Chance) and a 50/50 Drawing.  We served 400 meatballs, 3.5 gallons of Marinara sauce, 25# of spaghetti, 200 breadsticks, 100 mini cheesecakes and 150 cookies (plus wine and beer) and were entertained by Rossi Ross.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 18: On his official visit, DG Larry Horton gave president Phil Ladd with RI President Jennifer Joses' 2022-23 Imagine Rotary banner. In turn, he was presented a check to be given on his behalf to the Rotary International Foundation.  He announced Pints for Polio on October 24 and passed out gloves to Club members to be used on a service project on April 16, the first day of Rotary Week of Service. 

AG Mary Fusinski and President Phi Ladd welcome new members Joanna Conde and Carl Schuetze on October 4.

 

 

May 3, 2022: Brad Horstman, Principal of Challenger Middle School was our speaker. He noted that many of their students are refugees, some of whom are English Language Learners who may also need Special Education Services. Community events planned the next school year include Bingo, Trunk or Treat, Winter Festival, Paint Night and Family Fiesta. He asked for items to be sold in the Bulldog Bodega (school store) and invited  us attend other events during school hours.  Our Interact Club has begun scheduling projects after a two+ year layoff due to Covid. Barb Jones has agreed to be the Interact Advisor. 

We volunteered to check in donors once again at the Red Cross Blood Drive on April 12. They collected 34 units of blood from 38 donors.

Club Member Marty Feess recalled some  his (and wife Karen's) memories of their experiences while serving in the Peace Corp in Jordan. He also gave us a brief history of the area at our Zoom Meeting on May 11.

 

For the Rotary Week of Service, about 25 members and guests of the Sun City and Sun City West Rotary Clubs packed 936 bags of groceries for distribution at the Valley View Food Bank on April 22. A few of our members then enjoyed lunch at the outdoor patio of On the Border (our first in-person gathering in over a year).

The Rotary Club of Sun City/Sun City Satellite held its second successful American Red Cross blood drive June 27 at the United Church of the Palms in Sun City resulting in 56 accepted blood donations. We also collected socks for United Church of Christ Sun City’s drive for the Dysart Community Center and food donations for Valley View Food Bank.

 

At today's Zoom meeting, PDG Charlie Teagarden reported on Rotary's progress to End Polio Now. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two endemic countries left in the World. He announced the formation of the Polio Plus Society. Rotarians commit to $100/year until Polio is eradicated. All donations are matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Donations made before World Polio Day (October 24) will receive double recognition points.

Thank you, again, RTN Salman Mubarak of the Rotary Club Multan Cantt, Multan, Pakistan for sharing with us this past Tuesday, July 21st your new project - Save the Sight (1000 Cataract Surgeries). We are inspired to do more!

 

For those of you who could not join us on Tuesday, July 21st for RTN Salman Mubarak's presentation, here is a link to the recorded session. Click here or on image below.

 

You can contact Steve Bjornstad (stevebj60@gmail.com) for more information on the project...and an opportunity for you to participate!