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The Best Damn Rotary Club on the Planet!
We meet Fridays at 7:00 AM
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2330 Fair Oaks Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95825
United States
Sacramento, CA 95825
United States
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Our new Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student has arrived! Samuel Peña, 15 1/2, is from Spain - Rotary District 2202, Barcelona. Samuel lives in Solares, a small town near the province capital, Santander. He wants to be a pilot or aeronautic engineer when he gets older, so it is perfect that he will be attending Kennedy High School.
His father is a civil engineering manager and his mother is an industrial engineer - health & safety manager. Although young, he's traveled to England four times, Portugal and New York with his family and is mature for his age.
Samuel being greeted at the airport - with Mary Lyn Kagan!
Join us for our first annual Sac Professionals Networking Mixer on Thursday, September 7th, 6 - 8 pm. Presented by Point West Rotary, along with Uptown Studios and other local organizations, this event is an opportunity to meet and connect with other professionals, learn more about Rotary and getting involved in the community. To register, go to http://bit.ly/PointWestRotaryMixer or https://www.facebook.com/events/448850638820309
Human trafficking is the second biggest issue in the world (only behind drug trafficking) according to the FBI and is more than a $150 billion industry. The Sacramento region is considered a hotbed for sex trafficking in the United States.
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nt West Rotary is working with our Rotary District 5180 to create a sustainable large-scale project in the Sacramento region to combat human trafficking. Towards this goal, we are working with leaders in the field to develop a holistic education program that creates and disseminates education and awareness information to children, healthcare workers, law enforcement, educators, and the public at large to prevent human trafficking.
Getting ready for the ride!
The Start Line
Some of our colorful riders!
Point West Rotarians helping out at Sacramento Whiskey, Wine & Spirits Festival at Land Park, sponsored by CBS Radio. We were provided a generous donation for our Foundation in exchange for our pouring and serving skills!
Check out the article in the latest San Juan Unified School District's online newsletter about Encina's Drumline…and Point West Rotary's contribution!
Drumline Launches at Encina Preparatory High
Leveraging a series of grants and donations from Point West Rotary Club, San Juan Education Foundation, Carmichael Kiwanis and private donors, Encina Preparatory High School is now once again home to a drumline.
The Encina High Drumline is led by director Erron Smooth and is being offered as an after school activity for interested students. The grants and donations have enabled the group to purchase new drum equipment and supplies set to arrive soon. “Most importantly, the donations will help provide the youth at Encina an opportunity to be a part of something greater than themselves,” shared Smooth. “They have a chance to work towards a common goal to be great together.” Through their participation, students are learning valuable skills, including life lessons in the areas of respect, discipline, teamwork, responsibility, pride and leadership.
Launched on March 2, the drumline now consists of ten students, mainly eighth-graders, who practice after school twice a week. Currently, the group is in practice mode and hopes to begin performing by in the fall. The goal is to expand the drumline up to 25 students next year.
The Encina High Drumline is led by director Erron Smooth and is being offered as an after school activity for interested students. The grants and donations have enabled the group to purchase new drum equipment and supplies set to arrive soon. “Most importantly, the donations will help provide the youth at Encina an opportunity to be a part of something greater than themselves,” shared Smooth. “They have a chance to work towards a common goal to be great together.” Through their participation, students are learning valuable skills, including life lessons in the areas of respect, discipline, teamwork, responsibility, pride and leadership.
Launched on March 2, the drumline now consists of ten students, mainly eighth-graders, who practice after school twice a week. Currently, the group is in practice mode and hopes to begin performing by in the fall. The goal is to expand the drumline up to 25 students next year.
It was an exciting and rewarding weekend at the District Conference…just look at all of the "hardware" we picked up!
We won OVERALL CLUB OF THE YEAR for the District!
Past President Bob Porter was inducted into the District Hall of Fame.
Mary Lyn Kagan was named the District Rotarian of the Year.
We also won the Governor's Citation with Distinction and the most blood donors for a large club (which came with a $400 check)! We always knew it, but this proves it…we are The Best Damn Rotary Club on the Planet!!!
Point West Rotarians did it again! Helping to make our community better…about 35 members, family and friends helped to fix up a house in Rancho Cordova for Rotarians at Work Day. We painted the outside of the house, fixed the fence, installed new appliances and enjoyed the opportunity for fellowship!
Congratulations to Venita Sivamani...Point West Rotary's "Rookie Rotarian of the Year" for 2017...she's amazing and we're thrilled to have her in our club!
Our Mission: The Rotary Club of Point West - Sacramento is a vibrant community service organization promoting service to those in need, goodwill, peace and fellowship
The club's Strategic Plan for 2017-2020 was unveiled at last week's meeting. To view our vision, values, brand and goals, as well as the actions steps below the goals, please Click here. The Strategic Plan committee consisted of Rick Bixler, Mike Cendro, Tom Engwer, Paul Friedrich, Samantha Hoshida, Paul Snyder and Desirée Wilson.
So proud of our speech contest students from Encina! The topic...Serving Humanity. Left to right...Mya Worko (1st place), Fernanda Cadena Palacios, Antoine Gashema, Amaria Norris and PWR Speech Contest Chair, Tom Knox.
Due to the generosity of our club members, we raised $5,000 for this great organization at our holiday meeting on December 16th. And on Monday, several members from our club actually helped the deserving kids build their bikes!
Over 30 club members participated on Wednesday, December 21st at Cal Expo helping to hand out food to those in need for the holidays!
3rd Annual Point West Rotary Team on Thanksgiving morning at Run to Feed the Hungry! We had the Active 20-30 #1032 club join us!
Held last Thursday, the 5th "Annual Partners in Leadership" youth leadership conference was another resounding success! Bringing together students from Encina High and business leaders/mentors to discuss leadership and ethics resulted in some great discussions and bonding among the participants. Tania Fowler, this year's conference chair person, did a fabulous job putting together a day of interactive discussions providing students insight into what it takes to be a leader and learning from the mentors some of the pitfalls that they faced in their lives and careers. Most mentors come away from the conference feeling that they got more out of it than the students did!
Tania will be doing a more in-depth recap of the conference in a few weeks (enjoy your vacation Tania…you deserve it!), but I wanted to share some pictures from the day. If you didn't get an opportunity to participate this year, I hope you'll consider it next year…you'll be glad you did!
Another productive day for Rotarians helping one of our own…building fences, replacing decking, bringing in rock and more! All topped off by a fabulous lunch served by an ever-appreciative Mollie!
On Thursday November 3rd, the Connecting For Good Tour stopped in Sacramento! The Connecting for Good Tour is part of the Zone 25/26 largest goodwill tour on the West Coast of the US, and it will travel through 6 states and 14 cities in 14 days!
Want to advertise your business among other Rotarians? Would you like to do business with other Rotarians? The District has an opportunity for you!
We're very excited to announce that the ClubRunner Mobile App is available for download!
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