Meeting Highlights from Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
President Scott greeted and shared "The Magic of Rotary."
Heather as greeter shared a short story of her travels with her husband in 2003 to Nepal, one of several countries on their one-year travels around the globe. She has fond memories of the beautiful country viewed by hiking the Annapurna trek and eventful bus rides. Judy was the lucky recipient of the journal Heather and Fredrik self-published, “We Are Off”, which is available online: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1411618688/qid=1114253291/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-1701120-2716053?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Club Business/Announcements
- Crab Feed – see you all Saturday, Feb 8th at 9am!
- Upcoming Club Dates:
- MV Rotary Pickleball “League” – Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park
- Club meeting – Tuesday, February 11 at 11:45
- Feb 18 – No Club Meeting (Presidents’ Day)
- Feb 25 at 5pm: Club Social, hosted by Paul & Susan to celebrate Fat Tuesday & Mardi Graa
Other reports:
Mountain View Leadership Fireside chat with Tom Myers on January 28th was attended by many Rotarians and takeaways were shared: 20 years ago, the annual budget was $1 million compared to today’s $20 million budget; growing trend is an increasing number of seniors unhoused, which a reflection was made that our crabfeed grant focus is seniors programs.
Today’s Program was with Bruce FitzGerald & Karen Berner – Los Altos’ Rotary Global Project in Nepal
Our club’s District Designated Funds via The Rotary International Foundation giving will support Los Altos’ Global Project of Strengthening Maternal and Newborn Health in Nepal. Los Altos Rotary started a global project in Nepal in the 1990s with initial focus of solar ovens. Today’s project is supporting birthing centers in rural areas to reduce maternal mortality during pregnancy and childbirth. Funding will support the Simulation Based Mentorship Program to train health professionals employed by Nepalese government with a goal to save lives. These centers work with One Heart Worldwide, an NGO. The global grant expands curriculum and equipment to better train the birthing center employees. The ultimate goal is to assist 144,000 pregnant women, 27% of Nepal’s birthing population in hopes to reduce 900 preventable mother deaths and 12,000 preventable child deaths.
Check out One Heart Worldwide website showcasing beautiful pictures of this country and their culture! https://oneheartworldwide.org/our-impact.
See you Saturday!
Service Above Self
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