From the President

"The Rotary Club of Sacramento...where leaders meet."  That tag line was used often by Past-President Fred Teichert and it has always stuck with me.  (Perhaps I should start using it more often.)  For me, it is an accurate description of our Club, both who we are, and what we aspire to be.  It is here where leaders of business and the community meet to make new friends and build friendships, to enrich our lives and to serve the community and world.  It is here where we cross religious, ethnic and political divides as we form those friendships and enrich our lives and our community.

I want to encourage you to think of a friend, an associate, someone with whom you do business whose life would be enriched through the experience of Rotary.  Consider inviting them to a Rotary meeting.  After all, where else could you have heard Professor Moylan succinctly untangle the propositions that were before us on the November ballot?  Where else could you have head author Peter Collier inspire us with the stories of the amazing men and women who have received the Medal of Honor?  Where else would you have laughed and learned as Helen Scully reminded us of our own personality temperaments?  And that was just the last three weeks!

To quote another Past-President, "Be a friend and invite a friend to Rotary."

On to a bit of thank and business...thank to all who unburdened themselves of some cash towards our club Foundation as well as RI Foundation...Dick Wertz with the bad luck of making a costly hole-in-one, Diane Borroel honoring her son's film making, Don Brown and Brooks Erickson both were celebrating the new Pipe Organ at Fremont Presbyterian Church.  And Jeff Stone reported on the busy schedule and wonderful ambassadors that the Rotary Rooters are for the Club and gave a check to the club from their performances.

It is Salvation Army Bell-Ringer time.  I am looking for one volunteer to spearhead our efforts to support the Salvation Army and this annual tradition.  If you could help recruit and organize our bell-ringers, I would be most grateful.  We will need at least 10 bell-ringers to work from Friday, Dec 17, from 5-9pm and Saturday, December 18, 9 am to 9 pm all in front of the Macy's men store in the Downtown Plaza.

Finally, a unique opportunity to travel with Rotarians to South Africa has been shared with us.  If you are at interested in joining the Rotary Club of Foster City March 10-25, 2011 in delivering wheel chairs, visiting the sights and going on photo safari, please contact me directly PastorS@stjohnslc.org and I will forward you the full information packet.

President Scot