ROLLING TOWARDS PERU

Your Peruvian RoughRider "special terrain" wheelchair project continues to forge ahead with 176 chairs under production in Indonesia, soon to be container shipped, fully assembled, to the Rotary Club of Iquitos via the Amazon River, as there are no roads. Your Club participated with $1,000 of its District Designated Funds in this multi club collaboration under the leadership and direction of the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks.

Norm Marshall reports our Rotary Ski Day will occur Friday, March 30th, ski resort to be announced. With the recent and forecast storms it promises to be a fun filled day of fellowship...and of course...skiing.

The Oakridge Elementary School is the recipient of $1500 of RCS Foundation funds to be used in conjunction with their campus literacy programs thanks to the good work of Jim Leet.

Diane Starin (Sacramento Society for the Blind) provided the membership with a compelling perspective of her very full life without the convenience of sight and with a remarkable outlook. 

Kelly O’Brothers graced our podium as this week's St. Patrick’s Day program with plenty of Irish humor, history and financial markets update (read all about it in this week's Pulse meeting recap below).

Welcome to the Club, new member Ron Crane, we are delighted to include you in our Rotary family!

Many thanks to your Sacramento Chamber President, Roger Niello, as this week’s meeting sponsor, to Couch Potato Lorcan Barnes in recognition of his Comstock’s magazine "about town" debut, to PEN Thom Gilbert for lots of ink in lots of spots in the Sacramento Bee, to Sacramento Chamber Board Chair PP John Frisch in recognition of his Bee "Viewpoints" commentary and Comstock’s Op Ed (keep bagging those summits John, your RCS Foundation loves you!), to Mountaineer Roger Niello in recognition of his spread in Comstock’s including an honest opinion of the plight of a downtown arena, and I quote... "I don't know".

A very generous week indeed!

And if you haven't reserved your Bids For Kids table, sponsored or otherwise concocted a creative on line auction item, now is your opportunity to do so with Leesa Fons at leesa@healthpointcalifornia.com or 916-797-0555 all for the benefit of your Sacramento Society for the Blind (and come see their new digs at 13th and S downtown by signing up for their hosted Brown Bag Day on March 26th!)

Enjoy a terrific week and strive for those summits!

Ken Noack, Jr.