Join us at our next meeting on March 20th, where our featured program will be the CREF annual meeting. Key topics will include CREF's specific responsibilities, planned distribution for next fiscal year, election of next year's CREF board and thank you to donors. We will also celebrate our club's 69th birthday, so wear some rotary clothing and be prepared to share memories from the year you joined.
Irish music while we ate lunch by the group that Peter Halpin used to play in.
 
Pledge: Susanne Millar led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
President Alyssa announced that March is Water Sanitation Month
 
President Alyssa presented Woman’s Day (March 8) and an Instagram Reel about Cupertino Rotary's achievement in Gender Equity by Susanne Millar (click for video)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Service Corner:
Bill Allen & Barbara Mc Arthur announced Rebuilding Together April 27.
 
There will be an opportunity to help out before Rebuilding Day: Clean up, down spout removal, trimming vegetation from home to allow painting, miscellaneous repairs, and power washing (pending lead tests). On rebuilding day, we will paint and replace down spouts.
 
Barbara will send a club email with more details.
 

PP Helene Davis announced Rise against hunger Come Join Rotary District 5170  Area 8 Clubs in a hands-on service project! Sunday, March 24, 2024, 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM, Saratoga High School, 20300 Herriman Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070,
 
All are welcome! Meal Packing, various shifts. Helene will send out an e-blast to sign up.  Members, friends, family, community members, etc. can sign up. http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/SaratogaRotary3/24


Limerick Contest: Valerie Hayes & Kathee Kraker (the blind judging team also includes Frances Seward, April Bignell, and Cassius Williamson) Here are the wonderful submissions and results: Doreen Cohen (who made Valerie laugh the most), Jim Davis (1st), Bob Pruitt (2nd), Barbara McArthur (3rd).  All 4 entrants received a prize of Irish whiskey.  Click here to hear the Limericks

 
Affinity Moments:
Steve Lefevre announced the Trailblazers Hike, which will be at Wunderlich County Park, Woodside Road on  Fri, March 15, a moderate hike through the hills and redwoods above Woodside.  
Carpool: Meet at Monta Vista Park in Cupertino at 8:30am to carpool or meet in the Wunderlich parking lot at 9am.
Afterwards: Lunch at Zotts Alpine Inn in Portola Valley.
email Steve LeFevre steve.r.lefevre@gmail.com to RSVP

 
Membership Moments:
Induction of Mandy Andrei sponsored by PP Judy Wilson  mentor Dana Stern
Mandy immigrated from Romania in 2003.  After being a stay-at-home mom, she started working in wealth management at Morgan Stanley and later moved to Edward Jones, where she has been working for 12 years. She has a Bachelors in Economics from UC Berkeley.  She speaks English, Romanian and French. Mandy has an adult son and lives with her partner, Terry Blanchard. While she was a Mountain View Rotarian, she chaired on several committees, including their crab feed and their TRF campaign. She’s a passionate advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research and is a Bay area Alzheimer’s fundraising leader. Her hobbies and interests include Pilates, ice skating, and traveling.

 
Announcements:
Louisa Roberts & Debbie Textor, as chair and co-chair of Youth Service, provided a summary of the year 2023-24. are very busy with 19 projects with 15 champions, with 6 new projects this year:
Please note there are many Volunteer opportunities! Also note they need chairs or co-chairs for Via Services and Scouts.  Click here to see the Video of Youth AOS
 
They meet the first Wednesdays each month after Rotary in the Quinlan Conference Room.

 
 
Susan Latshaw with Kelly Wismer as a great assistant. They read Dr. Seuss in 18 schools, 35 readers 69 classrooms 1400+ students. Kids at Murdock presented them with thank you books.  A 1.5 min video shows many of the participants.
 
 
 
 
 
Flag exchange with visiting Rotarian Sundeep and his wife from Bangalore.  
 
 

 
Dave Sterns wanted to mention that Operation Care and Comfort was announced at The Forum and one of the residents was inspired to give a $150 (check amt) check to OCC.
 
 

District News:
Jeff Moe invites everyone to the District Training Assembly, The Magic of Rotary April 6-16 (in-person and hybrid options) go to 5170 website for link to register ; also check email.
 
President Alyssa invites everyone to the 2024 Rotary District Conference April 26-28, 2024. Go to 5170 website for link to register. There will be 4 different tracks: Service Projects, Leadership Development track, Mental Health Awareness track, and Electives track
Also the District 5170 Walk to End Polio April 28 at 8am
 
 
 
Reminder: check bulletin board & website

 
Thank yous, Happy Snaps, recaps
Chefs of Compassion, 50th Anniv. There were many Rotarians that attended Chefs of  Compassion
Jean Gasperini & Jim Davis announced that Springboard Project has already started having career chats. Thanks to everyone who is participating

 
Jim Davis announced next week's meeting will be the CREF Annual Meeting. Key topics will include specific responsibilities, planned distribution for next fiscal year, election of next year's CREF board and  thank yous to donors.  Alyssa noted that next week will be our 69th club birthday. Wear rotary clothing. Share memories from the year you joined.
Speaker Program:
Chris Potter introduced our speaker, Ewell Sterner, who spoke on Food insecurity and Hunger at Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

William (Ewell) Sterner is Founder and CEO of Hunger at Home. As a 30-year hospitality executive, Ewell started Hunger at Home through a synergy of learning about hunger from his son Cassidy's volunteer work to feed the hungry and Ewell's own knowledge of food waste in the hospitality industry. Ewell served as Team San Jose’s GM at San Jose McEnery Convention Center, served as director of food and beverage at the Sundance Resort in Utah and was area director for 26 Hilton Hotels in San Diego.  Click here to see the Hunger at Home Presentation.
Ewell is an award-winning leader, including the Hilton Food and Beverage Person of the Year for his “Go Green” committee and the Food and Beverage Person of the Year from City of San Diego for launching Hunger at Home. Ewell strongly believes that as a community we will end hunger when we, “Make what has become acceptable, unacceptable. Make those who have become invisible, visible. If not now, when? If not us, then who?”

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