A successful prospective member mixer was held at the beautiful Santa Barbara Club on October 12! There was lots of mingling with old friends and making new friends . . . and a few past members joined us as well.
A huge thank you to our Membership Chair LuzMaria Ortiz, the Membership Committee, Santa Barbara Club, Scott Burns for the tasty Windrun Wine, and to all the club members who attended and brought guests.
Our efforts do not end here. Please follow up with your guests and invite any additional prospective members to join us at an upcoming meeting, social event, or service project!
Photo: Stephanie Morris, David Vo, and Joaquin Becera
LUZ MARIA HONORED
At Saturday's Foundation Gala, 19 Past District Governors were recognized for raising over $20 million for The Rotary Foundation during their years as Governor. Our own LuzMaria Ortiz was honored for our Rotary District's Club contributions of over $1 million in total foundation giving during her year as governor in 2009-10.
Congratulations and thank you LuzMaria for your leadership!
ROTARIANS FROM OUR SISTER DISTRICT IN KOREA VISIT SANTA BARBARA
On October 13, Rotarians from our sister Districts 3721 and 3722 in South Korea spent the day enjoying Santa Barbara beginning with a tour of the Santa Barbara Mission, lunch at the Boathouse at Hendry's Beach, and downtown sightseeing. The delegation included District Governors and District Governors Elect and their spouses and staff. They were joined by PDG Chungsam Doh, PDG LuzMaria Ortiz, Carol Freeman (RC Thousand Oaks), and President Chris.
Photo: Santa Barbara Mission.
NICARAGUA PROJECT UPDATE
Work is now completed on the new cafeteria patio area at the primary school in Cuajachillo 2, a partnership with the Rotary Club of Ciudad Sandino and funded by a District grant from Rotary District 5240.
Photo: Happy faces of students at Cuajachillo 2 primary school.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
This year’s District Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Westlake this past weekend. The conference was FUN and INSPIRATIONAL just as District Governor Nick Frankle promised. The theme “If you can dream it, you can do it” was carried out by District Fairy Godmothers Vicki Arndt and Susan Murata.
Featured speakers, Rotary International President’s Representative PDG Eva Vida, Past TRF Trustee Steve Brown, TRF Trustee Bryn Styles, and our own PDG Deepa Willingham, promoted peace, membership, and engaging youth. Conference goers were entertained by a hilarious performance by The Three Waiters, as well as musical and dance performances by our local youth. The highlight of this year’s conference was celebrating 100 years of The Rotary Foundation (TRF). Clubs were honored for their annual giving and the $26.50 TRF challenge, individuals were honored for their Major Giving levels, and PDG Brenda Cressey was recognized as a new Arch Klumpf Society Member.
The conference ended on Sunday on an inspirational note with a big send off to the EPiC Challenge riders raising money for PolioPlus, and stories from Rotary’s youth – RYLA, Youth Exchange, Interact, and Rotaract. What a weekend!
Thank you to the club members who attended, Chris Baxter, Karen Kawaguchi, LuzMaria Ortiz, E. Russell Smith, Colin Stephens, David Velarde and Michelle, and Nancy Woods. And, also for working our vacation raffle table!
E. Russell Smith and Nancy Woods represented our club at the Moorpark Sunrise Rotary Golf Tournament. The tournament was held prior to the District Conference at Moorpark Country Club on October 13.
Photo: E. Russell Smith and Nancy Woods, Moorpark Country Club.
LUZ MARIA COMPETES IN ROTARY'S EPiC CHALLENGE!
In coordination with Rotary District 5240, the EPiC Challenge hit the streets of Ventura County this Sunday, the final day of the District Conference. Cyclists from District 5240 enjoyed the roads where international cycling elites compete during the Tour of California. Participants rode in 100M, 100K, 50M, and 25M routes. This is the third ride organized by Edwin Velarde, RC Westlake Village, to bring awareness to Rotary's global polio eradication efforts. The first EPiC Challenge took place in 2014 from Paso Robles to Monterey, CA, and in June from Busan to Seoul, Korea. This year's Ventura County ride raised more than $10,000 for Polio Plus.
Photo: PDG LuzMaria Ortiz and Edwin Velarde, at the start of their 50M ride.
WORLD POLIO DAY
World Polio Day is on October 24! Join Rotary and its partners for a special live broadcast on our progress to create a polio-free world. Together we can end polio forever. Find out how you can get involved: endpolio.org
World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. As of 2013, GPEI had reduced polio worldwide by 99%.
DIANA WASHBURN TELLS TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
Let's have some fun! We’re starting a game called Two Truths and a Lie. For each person, he or she shares the three statements in any order. The goal of the game is to determine which statement is false, and also to get to know one another better. The winner is the person who guesses which one is a lie. If no one guesses correctly, the person reveals which one was the lie.
Diana Washburn has agreed to be the first to provide two truths and a lie about herself. At Wednesday’s club meeting we’ll play the game to see who wins!
Was an avid white water rafter.
Won second place in the San Francisco Bay Area Photo contest.
Has been dancing the Tango at clubs in various countries for years.
Come to the meeting on Wednesday and find out a little more about Diana!
DREAM VACATION RAFFLE IS HERE!
Enter to win a 6-night dream vacation in either Vail, Colorado or Santa Barbara, California . . . or both! Vail offers scenic views and incredible skiing, while Santa Barbara is an unparalleled California getaway!
It is the responsibility of Sunrise members to promote and sell tickets. This is our main fundraiser of the year. Share this information with your personal and business contacts.
Prizes for best costume in the following categories: scariest, funniest, most creative
Please bring a brew and appetizer to share.
Sign up at the next Rotary meeting or contactDiana Washburn.
IT'S THE SEASON OF SERVICE!
In this season of gratitude, we offer many opportunities to give back. Join us at one or all of these upcoming community service projects in the coming weeks. And, bring a friend to share in Rotary service.
Dictionary Project - Deliver dictionaries to third grade classrooms. Sign ups start this week.
Camp Whittier Work Day - We will be preparing the surface of their sports court, painting lines, and installing basketball goals. The work days will be held on November 5 and 6.
Parks and Recreation Healthy Garden Program - More information coming soon on a work day at the Children's Orchard at Parque de los Ninos to prepare it for growing fruits and vegetables that children will use to prepare heathy meals.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing - Our tradition of collecting donations to the red kettle begins the weekend of Thanksgiving.
David Velarde, Community Service Chair, will be sharing more information as it becomes available.
ROTARY HOLIDAY PARTY
Save the date of Wednesday,December 7 at 6-9pm for our Rotary Holiday Party at the home of Amy and Eric Ryan. More details coming soon.
Contact Diana Washburn if you'd like be a part of the event committee.
DID YOU KNOW?
Honorary is one of the four types of membership a person may have in a Rotary club and is exercised only in exceptional cases to recognize an individual for unusual service and contributions to Rotary and society. An honorary member is elected for one year only, and continuing membership must be renewed annually. Honorary members cannot propose new members to the club, do not hold office, and are exempt from attendance requirements and club dues.
Many distinguished heads of state, explorers, authors, musicians, astronauts and other public personalities have been honorary members of Rotary clubs, including King Gustaf of Sweden, King George VI of England, King Badouin of Belgium, King Hassan III of Morocco, Sir Winston Churchill, humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, Charles Lindbergh, composer Jean Sibelius, explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl, Thomas Edison, WaIt Disney, Bob Hope, Dr. Albert Sabin, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and many of the presidents of the United States. Truly, those selected for honorary membership are those who have done much to further the ideals of Rotary.
Photo: Honorary Member, Michael Paveloff, MD and Judith McCaffrey at one of many cataract clinics our club funded and ophthalmologists like Dr. Paveloff have volunteered their services, 2003. Our three other honorary members are Cheryl Jensen, Doug Katsev, and Angela Stephens.
This is one of a series of short articles about Rotary written by Cliff Dochterman, PRIP, and originally published in the Rotary publication, The ABCs of Rotary.
ROTARY PIN CHALLENGE - Week 16
This is the pin in my collection with the most bling and I wore it at the District Foundation Gala this past Saturday at the District Conference. The formal event honored Rotarians who have made extraordinary contributions to The Rotary Foundation so I thought it was fitting to pull out the glitz! It was an inspirational evening!
I have challenged myself to wear my Rotary pin EVERY day. By doing this I hope to raise awareness of Rotary and Rotary's work. I invite all Sunrise Rotarians to join me in wearing a Rotary pin EVERY day.
By Karen Kawaguchi, Club Service Director
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SUNRISE ROTARY VISION STATEMENT
Working as a team with integrity to transform our local and international communities by living lives of "service above self" through our contributions of time, talent, and treasure.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise. Please submit questions, comments, corrections, submissions, or photos to Karen Kawaguchi at kkawaguchi@sbma.net. Deadline for submissions is every Friday for the next week's issue.
WEEKLY DUTIES
for Oct 19, 2016
Greeters:
Fred Gaeden
Connard Hogan
Flag Salute:
Fred Gaeden
Invocation:
Ken Beisser
Sergeant-At-Arms:
Fred Gaeden
Raffle:
Graham Guess
If you are not able to fulfill your duty, please find a replacement and contact Kathy Scroggs, Weekly Duties Chair,
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