Welcome Guests!Kiersten Elzy-Loving from the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and our exchange students Abril Lopez Barba from Spain and Alice Nordin from Sweden.
Rotarians of the week of the month - everyone on our Social Committee members!
District 5170 Area 7 Car Seat Collection Program
Volunteers are needed to help at a drop off location, December 10 and or 11, for this joint car seat collection project. Together with the downtown club we will be collecting in both Santa Cruz and Watsonville. The used cars seats will be redistributed to families an Mulegé, Mexico.
Holiday Party December 8th! There's still space available for our party at the Hotel Paradox. Contact Patrice Keet if you need more info.
Rotary Foundation - Rick Hofstetter, in his own colorful way, offered a his perspective on The Rotary Foundation and the impact it makes on people's lives. Recognizing that everyone is at a different place in their life, he asked for each of us to make a meaningful contribution, not one that will hurt, but one that you'll remember six months from now. If you'd like to donate, you can do so at this link.
Holiday Family Rotary Meeting! As 2022 comes to a festive close we look forward to a grand tradition, our annual Holiday Family Rotary Meeting on Thursday December 22nd at our usual meeting time and place.
We welcome all of the little people in your lives to crawl out of bed early and come see what mommy, daddy, grandma and gramps do every Thursday morning. They'll experience the fabulously fun energy of our warm and welcoming group, enjoy a pancake breakfast with hot cocoa, and best of all, each little one will receive a special gift from Santa.
If you have a young one you'd like to include, please complete this questionnaire so Santa’s elves can do their thing!
Thursday December 8. Join us at The Grille at DeLaveaga Golf Course, 401 Upper Park Rd., Santa Cruz-Map. Doors open at 7am and the meeting starts at 7:15. Or you can join us on Zoom!
Save the Date
November 29
Giving Tuesday - Support the Foundation
December 8 Club Holiday Party at the Hotel Paradox. More details to follow. December 19
Community Service Committee meeting, contact Tiffany Wise West for details.
December 22 Community Service Committee meeting, contact Tiffany Wise West for details.
January 7 River Health / Restoration Day with Coastal Watershed Council
January 12 District Governor Savita Vaidhyanathan will join our meeting to be followed by an off-cycle Board meeting.
Club Committees
Charities and Grants Roger Swenson
Club Service: Janet Souza
Community Service Tiffany Wise-West
Culture and DE&I Debra Feldstein and Arturo Rodriguez
Fundraising Rod Caborn
Membership Toni Giannotti and Tom Hart
Public Image Chair: Tricia Wiltshire Potts
Social Committee Patrice Keet
Speakers Committee: Patrice Keet
The Rotary Foundation Rick Hofstetter and Rod Caborn
Vocational Services Cathy Bonino and Mary Gaukel-Forster