2009-10 Calendar:
Meetings, Programs & Events
| We welcome visiting Rotarians. | Past Calendars: | |
| Unless otherwise noted, meetings
are:
Monday @ Noon St. Rose Building (the former school) 320 10th Street, Santa Rosa, CA Click here for Google Map |
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Coming Up at Santa Rosa West
| March 2010 | |
| 1 | Meeting: Mark Doolittle, Program Director of Support Our Students (SOS) will give us his annual update on the program |
| 8 | Meeting: Dr. Doug Chase, DDS is a local Dentist who will address sleep problems, neck and back pain and what people can do to fix these problems. |
| 9 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 15 | St. Pat's Day: 5:30 PM @ St. Rose. |
| 22 | Meeting: Our own member Jim Underhill will be speaking about RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy) |
| 29 | Meeting: "Rotary Projects in Uganda – The Pearl of Africa” -- A discussion of District 5130 humanitarian project opportunities in East Africa through the travels of Chris Parr and Mike Merrill – covering a large area of central and east Uganda. |
| April 2010: Rotary Magazine Month | |
| 5 | Meeting: Santa Rosa Mayor, Susan Gorin will be speaking to our club about the challenges that face Santa Rosa and what we are doing to overcome them. |
| 12 | Meeting: Rick Call, President of the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees, will give us insight into the current state of the Junior College and what both short and long-term expansion plans look like for the school. |
| 13 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 19 | Meeting: Keith Woods, CEO of the North Coast Builders Exchange will discuss Sonoma County demographics. |
| 26 | Meeting: High School Speech Competition: "Project Civilization." |
| May 2010 | |
| 3 | Meeting: Cinco de Mayo Party (in lieu of noon meeting) |
| 10 | Meeting: Larry Martin from the Santa Rosa Sunrise Club will be talking about the School Garden Network and their work with local schools to educate kids and parents on diet and nutrition. |
| 11 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 17 | Meeting: Dr. Robert Eyler, Chair of the Economics Department at Sonoma State University will be addressing the state of the economy and how it has affected cities and under represented areas. |
| 24 | Meeting: Magdalena Ridley, Program Director for Land Paths - Ms. Ridley will be talking about her efforts with Roseland residents teaching them to grow vegetables and eat healthy. |
| 31 | DARK for Memorial Day |
| June 2010: Rotary Fellowship Month | |
| 7 | Meeting: Monica Savon, Assistant Director of COTS - This group offers help and hope to homeless persons in Sonoma County by providing safe shelter and housing. She will discussing the homeless population right here in our backyard. |
| 8 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 14 | Meeting: Alan Petty, Teacher and Rugby Coach at Elsie Allen High School - He will be telling us the story of Lobo Rugby. |
| 21 | Meeting: End-of life Choices, Carole Van Aelstyn |
| 28 | Meeting: |
Past Programs and Events in 2009-10
| July 2009 | |
| 6 | Dark for Independence Day |
| 13 | Meeting: President Susan Nowacki speaking about recent trip to Ireland and Great Britain, and then to the International Rotary Convention in Birmingham where she heard RI President John Kenny announce his theme for the year "The Future Of Rotary Is In Your Hands" |
| 14 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 20 | Meeting: Military Intelligence Work - Teresa Norton USAF Reserve Major |
| 25 | Dogs 4 Diabetes Charity Event, silent auction and show. 6pm - 10pm at Santa Rosa Gymnastics, 2210 Bluebell Dr., Santa Rosa. $30 per person, tickets available at the door. |
| 27 | Meeting: Gary Lucas's return to Viet Nam in 2008 after service there during the war |
| 29 |
Social at Hyatt Vineyard Creek in outside bar
with appetizers and room for 20 of us from 5 to 7 pm. Ginny Pitts has details. |
| August 2009: Membership & Extension Month | |
| 3 | Meeting: Tiffany O'Neill, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and Jeff Clark who lost a very close friend to the disease |
| 10 | Meeting: District Governor Kirk Brown |
| 11 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 17 | Meeting: Bill Silver, Dean of the Sonoma State School of Business |
| 24 | Meeting: Past DG Mike Merrill on "Adventure Biking in Western China - Out of Tiger Leaping Gorge! |
| 27 | SCARC Dinner hosted by Valley of the Moon Rotary Club |
| 31 | Meeting: Cathryn Couch. founder and Executive Director of The Ceres Project |
| September 2009: New Generations Month | |
| 7 | Dark for Labor Day |
| 8 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 14 | The Famous Bartley BBQ |
| 21 | Meeting: Karen Johnson, Director of the Charles M Schulz Museum will be speaking about the museum and its involvement with our community. Ms. Johnson has served as a visionary manager in the business, government and non-profit organizations for the past 29 years. She has a Masters in Public Administration from a joint program of the Harvard Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. |
| 28 | Meeting: Key Marquette, New Director of Chops Youth Center |
| October 2009: Support Vocational Service Month | |
| 5 | Meeting: Mike Hyman, The Role of the Pawn Shop |
| 12 | Meeting: Peter Witter, The Seals Role in Underwater Warfare |
| 13 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 19 | Meeting: Shelter Boxes, Jim Carriere from the Rotary Club of San Rafael. Shelter Boxes, developed by a Rotarian in the UK, provide shelter & essential equipment for survival victims around the world. |
| 26 | Meeting: HOORAY FOR ROTARY Special program - Members are encouraged to wear their Rotary shirts |
| November 2009: Celebrate Rotary Foundation Month | |
| 2 | Meeting: Teaching the Deaf to Speak, Jean Irwin |
| 5 | Veteran's Day Celebration with all clubs |
| 9 | Dark (due to Vet Day change of venue) |
| 10 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 16 | Meeting: Visiting North Korea. Rowland and Beth Fellows will be discussing their recent trip to this communist country and have incredible photographs of what life is like inside this isolated country. |
| 23 | Meeting: Disability Awareness. Lisa Magnuson is an inspirational speaker and advocate for the disabled and disabled awareness. |
| 30 | Meeting: Erin Prucha, a Santa Rosa acupuncturist will discuss how acupuncture got started in the U.S. and the most recent trends its use |
| December 2009: Family of Rotary Month | |
| 7 |
Meeting:
John Jones, Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise For the past 13 years, John has participated in several Rotary Eye Care projects around the world. He will tell us about his trips and what Rotary is doing for people in other countries who are in desperate need of eye care. |
| 8 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 14 | Meeting: Past District Governor, Larry Myers will tell us about his suffering from polio when he was younger and how this disease has affected his life. |
| 19 | Rotary Christmas Party |
| 21 | Meeting: Dr. Mary Bates of the Boys and Girls Club in Santa Rosa will discuss their involvement with our community. |
| 28 | DARK |
| January 2010: Rotary Awareness Month | |
| 4 | Meeting: Katherine Rinehart is the past president of the Petaluma Museum. She will discuss her recent book and the history of Petaluma. |
| 11 | Meeting: Club Assembly |
| 12 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 18 | Meeting: Efren Carrillo - 5th District Supervisor |
| 25 | Meeting: Jennifer Sloan, the Executive Director of the Arts Council of Sonoma County will be talking about the arts in Sonoma County. |
| 30 | Crab Feed |
| February 2010: World Understanding Month | |
| 1 | Meeting: Tim Anderson, Government Affairs Coordinator with the Sonoma County Water Agency. Tim will give us an overview of our current water situation and what the county is doing as a whole to deal with our water shortage. |
| 8 | Meeting: Seniors at Ursuline High School, Natasha Qabazard and Stephanie Pires, will speak about their school project focusing on literacy both locally and internationally |
| 9 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 15 | DARK for Presidents Day |
| 22 | Meeting: Kay Schultz, Superintendant of the Mark West School District, Generation Xers to Millennials |