Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Hope everyone is safe and drying out from our last big rain storm. We're expecting an additional 4 inches of rain this week-end, so please be careful and keep dry.
Our first meeting of the year was January 4th, although it was cold and raining we had a good turn-out. Our guest speaker, Tonya was from the State of California Department of Rehabilitation.
Donna Eyman has been working deligently on getting four RYLA students to participate in this year's youth Rotary program. Donna has interviewed several students and will be announcing the names of these students shortly.
Veronica Gallardo has agreed to spearhead the 4-Way Essay Contest this year. I'm sure she will be looking for judges, so if asked, please say yes!
Anthony Clark has been looking around for a permanent lunch meeting place. For our February 1st meeting we will be visiting The Brewhouse on West Montecito St.
Hope to see you at the January 18th meeting at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.
ROTARY SING-A-LONG lead by Blas Garza "Singing in the Rain"
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cathy Calabro is a Santa Barbara Master Chorale singer.
MEGA BUCKS:
Gil Garcia pledged a Mega Buck in honor of today's guest speaker.
Patricia Juin pledged a Mega Buck in honor of the Santa Barbara/Puerto Vallarta Sister City's 50th Anniversary.
John Holehouse pledged a Mega Buck for coming to a Rotary meeting.
Kim Bish pledged a Mega Buck in honor of the Rotary float that participated in the Pasadena New Year's Rose Parade.
Tom Jacobs pledged a Mega Buck, one-half for the Santa Barbara/Puerto Vallarta Sister City Posada dinner and the other one-half for the Presidio Posada, both great events.
Marti Correa de Garcia pledged a Mega Buck for Veronica Gallardo agreeing to speahead the 4-Way Essay Contest.
Guy de Mangeon pledged a Mega Buck in honor of his brother from France visiting him in Puerto Vallarta last month.
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