Flash! SR Sunrise Rotary Walks From District Conference With Olympic Gold!
Santa Rose Sunrise Rotary medaled handsomely at PDG Doug Johnson’s 2021 District Conference on Saturday. In five different categories for District 5130, Sunrise Rotary took the gold in Membership amongst Large Clubs with six new members, scored a silver in Public Image with its “Sunrise Rotary- Meet the People” promotional film and continuing enhancements to its Clubrunner Bulletin, and a bronze in Leadership for advancing new members into leadership positions in the club. Whoo Hoo Sunrise Rotary!!!
The District Conference, which had to go virtual in the last month before being rolled out, was baseball themed with many film clips and songs having a strong Boston bias given the PDG’s origins. Scattered amongst the various award acknowledgments were reports and inspirational presentations on District and Club projects.
- Andy Bennett from Garberville spoke on many environmental projects undertaken by clubs as part of Rotary’s Earth Day,
- District Governor Elect Jennifer Strong invited Rotarians to check out the new Environment web page on the District’s website,
- Two new clubs are on the verge of being commissioned- the Sonoma Mountain Twilight club, sponsored by the Rancho Cotati club, aims to be open for after hours meetings by January, and a virtual E-Club focused purely on the Environment is in organization. Members can join this club without leaving their home clubs.
- Zone 26/27 Director Vicki Polenz spoke on thinking BIG when aiming to make a difference
- DG Dustin Littlefield, DGE Jennifer Strong and DGN Tom Boylin held a panel discussion on various topics including how the strength of Rotary’s ability to leverage people power and resources gives us “superpowers”,
- A recent refugee from Afghanistan, now residing in Reno and linked up to a Reno club, gave thoughts on the current situation in his home country, the Taliban’s current assistance to continuing polio vaccinations and his views on the country’s future.
PDG Doug closed the meeting by awarding the Rotarian of the Year to 47 club Presidents, acknowledging that “they figured it out” in a most unusual year.
