From the President

First of all, THANK YOU for all who helped, tuned in and pledged $$ for the Powerhouse Science Center telethon on Saturday, March 5 on channel 31.  It was great publicity for our Club and for our Bids for Kids recipient.  Speaking of Bids for Kids (which I will be doing on a daily basis for the next 2 months) the "Save the Date” cards will be in the mail.  The gala event will be Saturday, May 14, at the Discovery Museum and Science Center.  Cocktails and Silent Auction at 5:30, Dinner at 7 pm and the Live Auction starts at 8.  

Also, the on-line auction is open! www.bidsforkidsauction.com  Bid early and often.

Second, the meetings over the next two weeks will feature our own Sacramento Rotary Club Foundation (RCSF), Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation (TRF).  I guarantee that these will be inspiring meetings.  Not necessarily in the Fund performance analysis (which I am certain many of you find exhilarating) but in the stories of the countless lives that we have touched through these foundations.  Children have a safe place, others have school supplies, homes are repaired, an orphanage has a kitchen, a community has a clean water well, a school has its own bio-gas generator.  Those dollars donated for an Eddie Mulligan or a Paul Harris (TRF) make lasting impacts throughout the world.  There truly is a joy in giving.

And finally, it is official that Hal Shipley is our Executive Director...no more "interim".  I will speak for the Board and say we are pleased to have Hal fill this important role in our Club!

Remember mark your calendar now for Bids for Kids...(I'll wait...you are already at your computer....do it now...).  Be sure to bid on items at the online auction.  AND, don't forget to be a friend and invite a friend to the Rotary Club of Sacramento...where leaders meet.

See you Monday!

President Scot