Feb 19 2019-Rotary Forum

Pres. Scott opened the meeting at 12:37 PM with the usual introduction of guests.

Paul Holden announced that the February 19 regular meeting will be dark as we will be meeting on Wednesday, March 20 at the St. Barnabas Church for a Paul Harris event for all the Rotary clubs in the area. Copies of the new brochure for the annual Golf Classic Tournament on May 6 at the San Luis Obispo Country Club were left on the tables to be filled out as soon as possible to assure that your golf team will be able to participate. See Shelby McLean if you have items for the tournament goodie bags. Also make sure that contact information is included in the tee sponsor applications.

Steve Curry donated $25 Crappy Bucks because his home heater system went out and Jack Hardy and Cale Kunkle each donated $25 Happy Bucks. In Jack’s case because his nephew survived a recent bad car accident and in Cale’s case because he announced his engagement to be married next year. Pres. Scott assessed $25IDs on the following members for not wearing their membership pins: Darrell Buck, Shelby McLean, Karen Zappia, and Dick Dannells. Past. Pres. Mark held his trivia quizzes resulting in $25 IDs being assessed against the following: Harlan Silva, Mary Ann Reese, and Karen Zappia.

Ashlea Boyer introduced Sabrina who has a cultural anthropology degree from University of California Santa Barbara and is ShelterBox’s Senior Foundation and Donor Relations Officer. In 2018 she joined ShelterBox, which provides emergency shelter and supplies to help 85 million people around the world that have been hit by disaster and other humanitarian crises. It was founded in Helston, Cornwall during 2000 and has since responded to more than 230 such crises and has provided emergency aid for more than a million people. It began by donating  shelter boxes costing $1000 that contains family -sized relief tent and essential supplies including solar lights, water purification, blankets, cooking equipment and tools to start the process of creating a habitable dwelling. It was found that the footprint for the tent that’s included is too large for many disasters. They then developed a ShelterKit at a cost of $100 that contains vital hardware including heavy duty tarps, toolkits, ropes and fasteners that can be used to build a shelter, repair damaged buildings and begin to rebuild a home. They’ve also developed a school box at a cost of $500, which includes all of the supplies a teacher needs to begin educational lessons and includes a blackboard, paint, chalk, wind-up radio and school bags and supplies were 50 children. Individual solar lamps costing $30 are given out to provide light and security to those families living in is not very far darkness. Rotary International is a major sponsor of this charitable organization.

Pres. Scott opened the meeting at 12:37 PM with the usual introduction of guests.

Paul Holden announced that the February 19 regular meeting will be dark as we will be meeting on Wednesday, March 20 at the St. Barnabas Church for a Paul Harris event for all the Rotary clubs in the area. Copies of the new brochure for the annual Golf Classic Tournament on May 6 at the San Luis Obispo Country Club were left on the tables to be filled out as soon as possible to assure that your golf team will be able to participate. See Shelby McLean if you have items for the tournament goodie bags. Also make sure that contact information is included in the tee sponsor applications.

Steve Curry donated $25 Crappy Bucks because his home heater system went out and Jack Hardy and Cale Kunkle each donated $25 Happy Bucks. In Jack’s case because his nephew survived a recent bad car accident and in Cale’s case because he announced his engagement to be married next year. Pres. Scott assessed $25IDs on the following members for not wearing their membership pins: Darrell Buck, Shelby McLean, Karen Zappia, and Dick Dannells. Past. Pres. Mark held his trivia quizzes resulting in $25 IDs being assessed against the following: Harlan Silva, Mary Ann Reese, and Karen Zappia.

Ashlea Boyer introduced Sabrina who has a cultural anthropology degree from University of California Santa Barbara and is ShelterBox’s Senior Foundation and Donor Relations Officer. In 2018 she joined ShelterBox, which provides emergency shelter and supplies to help 85 million people around the world that have been hit by disaster and other humanitarian crises. It was founded in Helston, Cornwall during 2000 and has since responded to more than 230 such crises and has provided emergency aid for more than a million people. It began by donating  shelter boxes costing $1000 that contains family -sized relief tent and essential supplies including solar lights, water purification, blankets, cooking equipment and tools to start the process of creating a habitable dwelling. It was found that the footprint for the tent that’s included is too large for many disasters. They then developed a ShelterKit at a cost of $100 that contains vital hardware including heavy duty tarps, toolkits, ropes and fasteners that can be used to build a shelter, repair damaged buildings and begin to rebuild a home. They’ve also developed a school box at a cost of $500, which includes all of the supplies a teacher needs to begin educational lessons and includes a blackboard, paint, chalk, wind-up radio and school bags and supplies were 50 children. Individual solar lamps costing $30 are given out to provide light and security to those families living in is not very far darkness. Rotary International is a major sponsor of this charitable organization.