At the club’s September 5 lunch meeting, visiting Rotarian Katherine Turner of the new Clarksburg Rotary Club threw down the gauntlet to her hosts when she took the microphone and issued a challenge – that her club would purchase a Shelter Box if we would “match” their purchase for victims of Hurricane Harvey.
The Sacramentans stepped up and exceeded Katherine’s expectations. Our members ponied up over $4,700 on the spot. Kudos to the 35+ club members who chipped in enough to purchase and send more than 4 Shelter Boxes to Texas.
As further evidence of the club’s generosity, Jeanne Reaves (Jeanne Reaves Consulting), President of the Club’s Foundation, presented Eddie Mulligan award pins to Buddy Hubbert (PCG), and Bill Niemi (Niemi Development Partners).
Just a few club announcements this week:
. Sacramento Century Challenge – April Javist (Sacramento Library Foundation) encouraged club members to consider becoming tent vendors at the event
. Walk 4 Literacy – April Javist encouraged club members to participate in the October 21 fundraiser
. Fireside gathering – Past President Diane Mizell invited club members to attend the September 13 Fireside reception at the Land Park home of Steve Brandenburger.
President John Lemmon (Knox, Lemmon and Anapolsky LLP) urged club members to attend the periodic Networking nights and thanked Elena Naderi for chairing the effort.
More generosity ensued. President John wielded a Bee op-ed piece authored by Roy Alexander (Sacramento Children’s Home), who responded with a $200 contribution. Past President Dr. Wes Yee (Yee Dental Care) donated $1,000 to celebrate a litany of happy news – his 30th year in Rotary, his son’s first anniversary as a colleague at the Yee dental empire, and the marriage of Wes’ daughter.
Keynote speaker Sean Ragan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Sacramento field office, talked about the broad priorities of the FBI – including counterterrorism, cybercrime, human trafficking, labor trafficking, gang crimes, and more. He was introduced by Chair of the Day Past President Peter Dannenfelser (Architectural Arts).
Meeting sponsor Jim Craig announced the creation of his new Quality Action Program committee, QUAP, to help ensure an abundance of QUAP at our weekly meetings.
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Along the way, President John Lemmon thanked:
. wine sponsor Past President Peter Dannenfelser, who used the corkscrew to promote FairyTale Town’s October 6 golf outing
. greeters Sylvia Fitzgerald (Antiques, Appraisals and Estate Services), Becki Roberts (Central Valley Community Bank), and Dave Higdon (California Moving Systems).
Past President Brian Van Camp (ADR Services) delivered the Thought for the Day.
Next week’s guest speaker will be Dale Carlsen, the entrepreneur who built Sleep Train.
Thank you John Swentowsky (Swentowsky Photography) for the photos!