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Mountain View

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m.
Don Giovanni Ristorante
235 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
United States of America
Most Tuesdays at 11:45 am; see calendar for monthly socials.
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Greetings from Mountain View Rotary Club!
 
2024 is a special year for our club. We were founded in 1924, which makes this year our centennial year. We are excited about this milestone, and it is worth celebrating. It is awesome to think about the number of Mountain View Rotarians involved in "service above self" through all those years. This is a great legacy of service, friendship, and leadership. We are committed to continuing those traditions.
 
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 & Fellowship."
 
We welcome you to join us in a meeting, service project, or social. We have fun doing meaningful work for our community. Our local Rotary District and Rotary International give us opportunities to extend our service regionally, nationally, and globally. Rotary fosters strong friendships and we feel our Mountain View Rotary Club is a family.
 
Scott Johnson
Club President, 2024-25
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
  1. Upcoming Club Dates:
  1. MV Rotary Pickleball League Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park
  2. Feb. 18th  No Club Mtg (Presidents Day)
  3. Feb. 25th  Club Social, 5 p.m., Paul & Susan Host
  4. ? Board Mtg, Wed., Feb. 26th, 5-6 p.m. The Agency
  5. Mar. 4th  Regular Club Meeting
  6. Mar. 11th  Regular Club Meeting
  7. Mar. 18th  Rotary Speech Contest if you are available, coaches are needed Wednesday evenings
 
  1. Crab Feed – Yay, a success! What went well; what needs improvement?
    1. What went right:
      1. Sold 200 tickets and 25 on line
        1. Not sure how many people showed up.  In the past counting plates used tracked number of guests
        2. Net revenue from event for grants for vulnerable seniors should be around s$10,000
      2. Good crab
      3. Volunteers stepped up
      4. Sold 5-6 butter warmers
    2. Needed more of: cocktail sauce
    3. Too much of: Bread, fruit, salad and crab
    4. Ideas to raise additional funds
      1. If there will be music, include that on the flyer as that might drive additional sales
      2. Silent auctions
      3. Talent show / bands – may increase sales
      4. Use bread from CSA on Friday
      5. 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!
 
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Speakers
DARK - No luncheon meeting
Feb 25, 2025
Evening social planned; no luncheon meeting
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