Chief Scott Westrope (Fire Chief of the Santa Rosa Fire Department) began his fire service career in San Luis Obispo County in 1994. Chief Westrope came to the Santa Rosa Fire Department in 2000, and has previously held the ranks of Firefighter/Paramedic, Captain, Training Captain, Battalion Chief and Deputy Fire Chief. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Emergency Services Management with a Special Certificate in Homeland Security. He is a member of the Sonoma County Fire Chiefs, the Sonoma County Fire Service Working Group (FSWG), CalChiefs (Area 6 Director), and serves as a Sonoma County Operational Area Coordinator.
Jennielynn Holmes (Santa Rosa Fire Foundation Board President) is the Chief Program Officer for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, and has spent her career in the nonprofit field, working with several community based volunteer groups. She is a Santa Rosa native and received her undergraduate degree from the University of California Davis, as well as her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. She was recognized by the North Bay Business Journal as one of the top 40 business professionals under the age of 40, and by Senator Mike McGuire as Sonoma County’s Woman of the Year in 2016. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for Leadership Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Continuum of Care Board, as well as Sonoma County’s First Five Commission.
We will explain the changing business model of the Santa Rosa Fire Department, and the formation of the Santa Rosa Fire Foundation which has been set up to harness the generosity of the community to provide resources for the Santa Rosa Fire Department to institute organizational changes and innovative enhancements at a much more prolific pace. The Foundation’s core areas of support will be (1) wildfire resiliency, (2) health and wellness, and (3) community engagement diversity.
Our speaker for Thursday, January 20, 2022, was Larry Florin, CEO and President of Burbank Housing. Larry has been Burbank’s CEO since November 2016, served as the Director of Housing and Intergovernmental Affairs in Napa County for over 4 years, Division President for Lennar for over 8 years, Assistant to the Mayor in San Francisco for 10 years, and legislative analyst for the S.F. Board of Supervisors.
Burbank Housing has been a leader in the creation and management of quality, sustainable housing in Sonoma County since 1980. It has built 1,000 homes and 3,220 rental units in 103 communities, and currently has almost 10,000 residents. Burbank started as a County agency and became an independent non-profit in 1991. It is the largest landlord in Sonoma County. Burbank residents come from all walks of life; they are teachers, seniors, families, those transitioning from homelessness, and agricultural workers. The residents are often now blue-collar workers who have good jobs but still cannot afford housing in Sonoma County. To be eligible to for a Burbank rental unit, residents must earn less than 60% of the Area Median Income. Burbank’s most recent projects in Santa Rosa include 150 units in Amorosa Village and the 79-unit Crossroads Apartments near Southwest Community Park. Current projects include senior housing at the former Journey’s End Mobile home Park and Caritas Village, a project in partnership with Catholic Charities, which will have 63 units. The federal government and State of California have massively increased their funding of low and moderate income housing, helping to spur new developments throughout the County. Here are some key statistics showing the scope of the housing problem in Sonoma County:
Burbank is also a leader in building homeownership projects in Santa Rosa, including over 300 homes. One of its most recent projects consists of 48 homes in Lantana Place next door to Elsie Allen High School.
Thank you, Larry, for providing us with your great summary of the good work being done by Burbank Housing in Sonoma County!
You may click HERE to view Larry's presentation. It will be available for the next week or so.
On a regular basis, our resident photo pro Warren Smith, submits pictures of what is going on at the weekly meetings. You can always find the most recent pictures at the websites photo journal called "Meeting Sighting" Please note that all the meeting photos for the entire Rotary year are at this location with the most recent on the last page.
Thanks for all the great pictures Warren!Link to Meeting Sightings. The most recent are on the last page!
For some obscure reason conversation turned to last names like "Gas" and the challenge of selecting appropriate first names in such cases. And the name O'Rear was brought up. Thankfully Paul's parents selected a first name that would not prove to be challenging on the playground in elementary school. Imagine what might happen if they elected the name..........?
O'Rear also was "recognized" for a photo on the front page -- below the fold -- in the current issue of the PD acknowledging his work in providing outreach service to an immigrant family.
Organizations served by Golden Hammer will be Super Raffle beneficiaries
Steve Zwick announced the recipients of the Super Raffle proceeds. And all three organizations just happen to be recipients of Golden Hammer Leroy' Carlenzoli's superlative services: Women's Recovery Center, The Living Room and Forget-me-not Farms.
Greatest Guest Challenge -- February 17 Meeting
Sunrisers are challenged to invite guests to the February 17 meeting to hear speaker Curt Campbell.
Press Democrat will be moving
Randy Seely announced that the Press Democrat will be moving from Rohnert Park to Freemont
Beware: Mercury is in Retrograde!
President Jennifer warned all to be alert for tricky communications and technology issues from January 14 to February 3rd while Mercury is in retrograde. She also advied that this would be an ideal time to get rid of stuff -- such as bad habits and annoying friends.
On January 20, 2022, we gave a big hug goodbye to Capricorn and welcomed Aquarius season. So, what does this mean? Now is the perfect time to unite around a common cause. Though we are meeting virtually these days, Aquarius gets us motivated to expand our virtual group activity.
Want to take an online belly dancing class? Now is the time! What about joining a discussion group about how to preserve some of our endangered species? No time like the present. The opportunity to embrace your quirky, unconventional side is perfect right now. It is important to stay open to radical ideas and cutting-edge collaborations. If you have time travel and jet packs on your radar-it’s time to explore those concepts further.
The magic of an Aquarius is their passion for collective action. Humanitarianism and conversation are in their blood. As Rotarians, we all share this characteristic. Let’s continue to stay involved in our community. This is a fantastic time to put our dreams into action. The Universe is giving us freedom to be creative and giving us the tools to implement our zaniest, most altruistic projects into a strategic, clear cut plan.
Age of Aquarius to me means benevolent world domination. We were urged to be bold during Capricorn season, now we are urged to take our boldness to the next level in Aquarius season. This period of time is going to be a breath of fresh air with its innovative, rebellious, and progressive vibes. This is all so incredibly exciting!
Three Special Organizations to Share the Raffle Proceeds
The committee recommended and the board approved the designation of three community service organizations to receive a combined 25% of the net proceeds from the raffle.
They are Women’s Recovery Services, The Living Room, and Forget Me Not Farm,
Women’s Recovery Services mission is to break the cycle of addiction for women in a safe residential setting, allowing them and their young children to live together while learning the life skills necessary to become strong, responsible contributors in their communities
Led by Leroy Carlenzoli, many in our have participated in work parties to help maintain their facilities.
The mission of The Living Room is to ease adversity, promote stability, and support self-reliance for women and children who are experiencing homelessness, or at-risk of homelessness, in Sonoma County. They work within three primary areas, housing, food, and outreach to women and their children.
The living room center is a day service center for women and children who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. It serves all of Sonoma County from its downtown Santa Rosa location.
The club has also supported the Living Room with work parties at their location. Steve Amend was a member of their Board of Directors for several years
The Forget Me Not Farm helps at-risk children and youth break the cycle of abuse they have experienced through animal-assisted and horticultural therapeutic activities that enable children, animals, and plants to interact, bond, learn, and heal. It also offers a vocational training and mentoring program for at-risk youth ages 14 – 18 years of age.
The Farm was introduced to Sunrise through their executive director who was our speaker a number of weeks ago. His presentation excited many members who have strongly expressed a desire for the Club to become involved with the organization’
M.J. Girard is currently an on air personality on KOWSfm.com His “Roots of Rock” is broadcast every Sunday morning at 7 AM
It feels like spring has sprung, but not quite so in the early morning! Still hovering around the low forties and upper thirties…. burrrrrrrrr! This darn pandemic just doesn’t want to disperse…. cabin fever is causing such frustrations…I for one miss seeing everyone’s smiling faces.
Speaking of smiling faces, this Sundays Roots of Rock will feature the five female groups that have been inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. There have been female singers fronting bands for decades, but the all-girl groups are few and far between.
The first of these groundbreaking groups were the Supremes. Inducted by Little Richard in 1988, the trio consisted of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. The Supremes amassing 12 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
Martha & the Vandellas, also of Motown fame, was the second all-female group inducted by Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson of the B-52’s in 1995. Consisting of Martha Reeves, her sister Lois along with Rosalind Ashford, Annette Beardand Betty Kelly. Their biggest reached # 2 a great summer song “Dancing In The Street” of 1964.
The Shirelles, this quartet actually preceded The Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas to fame by landing their first number one Hot 100 hit, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” sixty-one years ago this month! Inducted by Merry Clayton, Marianne Faithful and Darlene Love in 1996. The Shirelles included Shirley Alston Reeves, Addie Harris, Doris Kenner-Jackson and Beverly Lee. The Shirelles had a second number one hit the following year, (1962) with “Soldier Boy”
The Ronettes, who were featured just a few weeks ago to honor the passing of the lead singer Ronnie Spector, also consisted of Estelle Bennett and Nedra Talley. Their highest reaching tune, “Be My Baby” nearly topped the charts, stopping just one shy in 1963. Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones made their induction.
The last All-Girl group who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was from the 1980’s. This group made history as producing the first album to reach the top position by a female group singing their own material. Consisting of Charlotte Coffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedin. The album…. “Beauty and the Beat” featuring their Top 100 tune “We Got the Beat” peaking at number 2 in 1982. Drew Barrymore did the induction honors on October 30th, 2021.
Not only these groundbreaking groups will be featured, but many other female songbirds from the Roots of Rock will be heard this Sunday. Archived previous programs can be sourced at www.Girard.org
Thanks for listening, God Bless, Stay Well, Stay Safe and Stay Happy!
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A rabbit asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered, "Sure, why not." So the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested.
A fox jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up. —Saurav Maheshwary
Business leader Samuel Owori will become first Ugandan to head Rotary International
EVANSTON, Ill., USA (5 October 2016) — Samuel “Sam” Owori of Kampala, Uganda was today confirmed president-nominee of Rotary International - a humanitarian service organization that unites leaders committed to improving lives and bringing positive, lasting change to communities around the world.
As a member of the Rotary Club Kampala, Uganda for 38 years, Owori says, “Rotary has become a way of life for me – with the intrinsic value and core belief in mutual responsibility and concern for one another as a cornerstone. I feel immense satisfaction knowing that through Rotary, I’ve helped someone live better.”
Samuel “Sam” Owori
During his one-year term as Rotary’s 108th president beginning on 1 July 2018, Owori will focus on building membership worldwide and increasing visibility and understanding of Rotary. He’s played an instrumental role in growing the number of clubs in Uganda from nine to 89 over the course of 29 years. “Today more than ever, the world needs to know and understand Rotary’s impact and values of advancing international understanding, goodwill and peace,” says Owori. “We are all too busy and we’ve lost our patience. Through friendship and service, membership in Rotary offers countless ways to connect and create meaningful change in your community, as well as opportunities to see the world through a more global lens.”
Rotary members throughout the world take action to make communities better. They contribute their time, energy and passion to carry out impactful and sustainable projects in the areas of peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.
As president, Owori will oversee Rotary’s top humanitarian goal of eradicating the paralyzing disease polio. Rotary launched its polio immunization program PolioPlus in 1985, and in 1988 became a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and was later joined by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since the initiative launched, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases a year to 26 confirmed to date in 2016. Rotary has contributed more than US $1.6 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries.
Owori is chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda. Before that, he was executive director of the African Development Bank, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd., and director of Uganda Development Bank. He has studied law, employment relations, business management, corporate resources management, microfinance, and marketing at institutions in England, Japan, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States, including Harvard Business School.
About Rotary
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteers dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. To access broadcast quality video footage and still photos go to: The Newsmarket.
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Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise - Founded June 30, 1986
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