An inspiring opening

Lou Capuano demonstrated patriotic pledge with great New Orleans flair, and Bob Zeni shared an inspiring "Rotary moment," thanking God for good weather, good fellowship and good programs.   Visiting Rotarians looking for a much larger raffle pot were introduced by Chuck Baker.

Inner Wheel Recognition

Many thanks to Donna Olson for arranging the Inner Wheel Charter Brunch at La Gare Restaurant last Sunday, and to hear from District leader Pat Scott. About 40 people including guests attended and celebrated the 14th anniversary of the district charter. We also learned more about the progress made with prosthesis (upper limbs only) - great job!! Spouses of Rotarians are encouraged to join and participate. This was never intended to be the "best kept" secret in the North Bay.

Other Announcements

Chuck Stark called for $100 annual Paul Harris contributions, and reminded members that about 50-60% of the proceeds come back to the district

Mark your calendars...

Next Week's Meeting - March 16
St. Patrick's Day Celebration - will be at Third Street Ale Works at 6:00 p.m. instead of our regular place and time. Do NOT go to Los Robles!!

April 4 - Planning Retreat - Jim Valinoti's House - Reserve with either Jim Valinoti or Rich Standard

April 11 –
Spring fling dance. Reserve with Marc Matson

April 17-18 - District Assembly

April 20 - Club Assembly

May 15 - Sunrise club golf tournament

Raffle

Visiting Rotarian Rick Williams missed the lucky marble, and John Withers donated his lucky $20 to "the kids". There is still some confusion as to whether the pot is back to $750, or if Mike Moore's $1,080 "undistributed" winnings are still in there - leaving $1,830+ up for grabs.   It sounds like the "big table" has its own raffle going with much bigger numbers; after all, they have plunked down about $4,000 for tickets plus some "big time" donations.

The first collaboration project involving all Santa Rosa clubs, Save Our Students, now involves 25 counselors active in 22 local schools.  The project has grown from a total Rotary effort to a broadly supported community effort, with Rotary support shrinking from 100% of the budget to 10%.   Last year, this project received four major awards plus difficult-to-get grants from the Finley and DeMeo Foundations. 

Dr. Mark Doolittle, SSU Professor, provided an overview of progress to date.  He noted that the project went from 6 counselors at 18 schools with a $10,000 budget in 1994 to 25 counselors providing up to 250 hours per week in 22 schools and a budget of $140,000.  The highlight of the program were presentations by three counselors - Elizabeth Ellsworth, Shawn Rowley, Jeannie Duhlburg - with poignant success stories of real progress by individuals made as a direct result of our collective efforts in this high quality program.

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