January is Rotary Awareness Month

January 23, 2011

No Meeting on January 19, MLK Day see you at Faz January 23

In keeping with January’s Rotary Awareness theme, check out the district’s new public outreach page

Next Reguar Meeting Jan 23 – Speaker: John Bernadin, A Rotary Mission to Ecuador
Greeter: Jonathan Hackman

Last Regular Meeting – Richard Price, Chief, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District brought the club up to date on happenings in the fire protection district including the new smartphone CPR app. He didn’t talk about CERT (disaster response training) but all of Dougherty Valley Rotary’s members have taken the training. It’s something worth considering for our club.

Saurabh brought us up to speed on PACE, Piyali school where the club is sponsoring six students. The photos were combined into a header for the new contactrotary.org website.

Vic G described a small weekly project for Danville Seniors. We have enough volunteers to give it a try. More details to follow.

Wednesday January 11 – Dougherty Valley Rotary invites one and all to a special Rotary meeting this Wednesday January 11 at the San Ramon Community Center. The speaker is Dougherty Valley Rotary Charter President and newly elected San Ramon Mayor Bill Clarkson who will give a State of the City address. Room opens at 5pm, meeting begins at 5:40pm

Crab Feed Feb 4 – Now accepting table and single seat reservations. See the Sparkle Sisters or Vic G to sign up. With the holiday and MLK day, there are just three meetings left before the event. As always, the club needs your support with silent and live  auction items, ticket sales, and all hands on deck for this, our biggest event.

Prospective Member –  Jennifer Coons is a former Rotarian from the silicon valley, lives in Danville with spouse Brad and two young children. She is Executive Director at Barrington Court. Please introduce yourself to Jennifer if you have not already done so.

New member Steve Simpkins – Steve lives in Clayton with his spouse Kristen and their four children in the age range 10 to 3. His classification is law enforcement. If you have not already done so, please introduce yourself.

New Member Eric Ritigstein who lives and works in Danville. Spouse Andrea and son Jonas. Classification Attorney – Civil Litigation. Please introduce yourself to Eric if you have not already done so.

Gold Nugget – Pete Kalveer gets the draw, the gold one is still in the bag. The pot is now $50.