Mountain View Rotary Club
Meeting Notes by Bruce
May 9, 2017
Auction: Two tickets to next Thursday’s Celebrity Form with Astronaut Scott Kelly were auctioned off at today’s meeting. The tickets were very generously donated by Bert Raphael and the bid was won by Bob Williams. Next week we will be auctioning a one week stay in a Timeshare resort at Incline Village in Lake Tahoe. We are also looking for more donations with the proceeds going to the Endowment Fund. Please see President Jerylann if you have anything to donate.
SPEAKER:
Anita Grossman is the Club’s Grant Coordinator and she introduced representatives from the following organizations to receive their awards:
- Organization Name: Mountain View Police Officers’ Association (MVPOA)
Accepting Check: Bruce Barsi
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Granted: $2,000.00
Project Description: We are seeking to provide 400 Thanksgiving baskets of food to less fortunate families in Mountain View in 2017, as well as additional food staples that will last beyond the holiday.The date for Cops and Gobblers in 2017 is Sunday, November 19th.
- Organization Name: Friends of Stevens Creek Trail
Accepting Check: Ross Heitcamp
Organizational Mission: the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail promotes community pride and involvement
Sponsoring Rotarian: Sanjay Dave
Amount Granted $1,000
Project Description: Trailblazer Race & Trail Walk on September 24, 2017 featuring 5K & 10K Races, 3 mile Trail Walk, and free children's races, face painting, and inflatable games. Discounted prices for youth runners (19 & under) and senior trail walkers.
- Organization Name: Day Worker Center Mountain View
Accepting Check: Maria Marroquin
Sponsoring Rotarian: Frank Davila
Amount Granted: $2,000
Project Description: English classes and job skills training for workers at the Day Worker Center of Mountain View.
- Organization Name: Community Services Agency of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills
Accepting Check: Nicole Fargo Nosich
Sponsoring Rotarian: Tom Myers
Amount Granted: $1,500
Project Description: New client brochures that reflect the initiatives set forth in the agency’s recently completed Strategic Plan and translated in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian.
- Organization Name: JustREAD
Accepting Check: Alison Kibrick
Sponsoring Rotarian: Judy Hannemann
Amount Requested: $2,000
Project Description: General Support for JustREAD and Just MATH Tutoring Programs in Mountain View for the 2017-2018 academic year. Funds will be used to deliver remedial literacy and math tutoring services to English Learners in Graham and Crittenden Middle Schools, and at Mountain View High School.
- Organization Name: CHAC
Accepting Check: Margot Harrigan
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Requested: 2,500
Organizational Mission: CHAC exists to provide alternatives to self-destructive behavior, and to help create healthy lives for the children and families of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale and surrounding communities. CHAC programs are in four major areas: community, schools, clinic and assessment and training.
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Requested: $2,500
Project Description: CHAC graciously requests funding for the Just for Kids (JFK) Program. The JFK program is a "living skills" program for third grade students that teaches healthy ways of coping with family and environmental pressures. JFK teaches and encourages self-awareness, self-confidence and healthy coping skills. This program takes place on the school campus during lunch as "opt in" choice with parental permission.
- Organization Name: Hope's Corner, Inc.
Accepting Check: Mike Hacker
Sponsoring Rotarian: Sanjay Dave
Project Description: Funds to support Hope's Corner's hot shower program, which complements their Saturday morning hot breakfast program.
- Organization Name: Living Classroom
Accepting Check: They were not here to accept the donation.
Sponsoring Rotarian: Twana Karney
Amount Requested: $2,500
Project Description: Fund to expand our school day and after-school educational programming to the approximately 3,800 elementary and middle school students in Mountain View (Mountain View Whisman School District).
At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann Mateo rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We are a Fun, Enthusiastic and Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the best Rotary Club around!!!” She reminded us that our International call to action for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity,” our District Governor’s call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done,” and our club’s call to action is “Make the World a Better Place.”
Paul Reinhart led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Bruce Barsi shared quotes about the value of philanthropy.
General Club Announcements:
- President Jerylann thanked Bruce for providing dessert today.
- Jim Cunningham updated us about the status of our Community Projects.
- Jim also welcomed back Dennis Kobza who has been under the weather for several meetings.
- Anita Grossman talked about the upcoming Rotating Dinner on May 19th. There are currently 25 people on the list and we are hoping for more signups. The event kicks off at 5:30 pm at the Cunningham’s’ home for appetizers and cocktails. Then we will be off to different homes for dinner (we still need 1 or 2 more volunteers for this). And we will conclude the evening for dessert at Tom Myers’ home
- Twana Karney continued to circulate the signup list for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year’s meetings.
- Twana also circulated a signup sheet for President Jerylann’s Kickout on June 23rd at Michaels.
- Finally, Twana congratulated CSA for receiving one of the $100,000 Inspire Grants recently awarded to Non Profit Agencies in Mountain View, and noted that Anita had done a great job writing the winning grant proposal.
Other Club Announcements:
- The next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 18th, at 5 pm at CHAC.
District Announcements:
- Several members of our Club attended the District Conference last weekend in Santa Cruz. They reported that the Conference was a lot of fun with many interesting speakers.
President’s Club: There are currently 27 members in the President’s Club.
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, March 16th. Our Speaker will be Anthony Ross from Outlet, an organization supporting LGBT teens and young adults in the community. Our 4-Fer for next week is Tori Atwell.
Remember to Make the World a Better Place!!!
