Mountain View Rotary Luncheon - Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
Greeting/Ring Bell -Scott
Hello everyone! Welcome to our meeting of the Mountain View Rotary Club. This year's International Rotary Theme is "The Magic of Rotary." Our local club theme this centennial anniversary year is "Mountain View Rotary: 100 Years of Creating Magic through Service and Fellowship." Please silence your cell phone.
Pledge of Allegiance - Sanjay
Thought for the Day - Paul – Mardi Gras!
Introduction of Guests - Cathy
Club Business/Announcements
- Upcoming Club Dates:
- MV Rotary Pickleball “League” – Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park
- Feb. 18th – No Club Mtg (Presidents’ Day)
- Feb. 25th – Club Social, 5 p.m., Paul & Susan Host
- ? Board Mtg, Wed., Feb. 26th, 5-6 p.m. – The Agency
- Mar. 4th – Regular Club Meeting
- Mar. 11th – Regular Club Meeting
- Mar. 18th – Rotary Speech Contest – if you are available, coaches are needed Wednesday evenings
- Crab Feed – Yay, a success! What went well; what needs improvement?
- What went right:
- Sold 200 tickets and 25 on line
- Not sure how many people showed up. In the past counting plates used tracked number of guests
- Net revenue from event for grants for vulnerable seniors should be around s$10,000
- Good crab
- Volunteers stepped up
- Sold 5-6 butter warmers
- Needed more of: cocktail sauce
- Too much of: Bread, fruit, salad and crab
- Ideas to raise additional funds
- If there will be music, include that on the flyer as that might drive additional sales
- Silent auctions
- Talent show / bands – may increase sales
- Use bread from CSA on Friday
- Sell crab cracker tools
Program – Peter Teahen & John Ockenfels – Flight around the world to promote Polio Plus
Very interesting presentation by Peter about flying around the world delivering polio drops and fund raising for Polio Plus. One of the amazing things is they used a 1977 Cessna T210m single engine plane which was modified to hold more fuel for the long-haul flights. The quest was canceled 3 times for various reasons like Covid until they finally set up in May of 2023: 90 days, 30,000 miles, 180 hours in the air, 21 countries and 37 landings. They also had 24 fund raisers which netted over 2 million for Polio Plus!
For more information, please go to:
Service Above Self
Mountain View, CA 94041
United States of America