Betty Dow led a Rotary cheer for guest speaker Mark Neville and the San Diego Bowl Games Association during a lull (due to technical difficulties) in the presentation.
A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:
Welcome and Introductions: President Lora Fisher welcomed members to La Jolla Rotary’s 3,324th meeting since its founding (and 12th meeting of the current year)!
Invocation: Chuck Marsh
Pledge: John Todd
Song: Gwyn Jones led everyone in “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” after sharing historical links to Great Britain’s anthem “God Save the Queen.”
Visitors:
President Lora Fisher and Fellow Club Members Welcomed:
Evelyn Nelson, UCSD medical intern – guest of Jane Reldan, MD.
Christopher Daly, visiting Rotarian from Scottsdale, AZ
Gina Beckman, San Diego Bowl Game Association
Susanna Aalbers and Wade Aschbrenner were also welcomed.
Blue Badge Awarded: Claire Reese
President Lora Fisher awards Claire Reese her Blue Badge with John Trifiletti and Sally Fuller looking on.
Lora Fisher called sponsor Sally Fuller and Membership Service Chair John Trifiletti to the podium for the presentation of the Blue Badge to Claire Reese. Lora spoke of Claire’s tremendous community spirit and willingness to not only help out, but to lead – Rotary traits Claire has shown during her short time with Rotary.
Happy Bucks:
Jane Reldan shared a quote from the Dalai Lama: “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible”, and to mark this most holy time of the year in the Jewish faith made a $120 donation.
Mark Christopher shared his daughter’s lifelong struggle with a birth defect and thanked his connection to La Jolla Rotarian. Claude Rosinsky for putting him in touch with a surgeon in Florida where his daughter is undergoing a new, promising and less invasive treatment.
John Trifiletti was called on twice to pay Happy Bucks for appearing in the papers. Members were surprised when they found it was for an obituary! The club could see that John is alive and well but on further investigation we discovered that Trif had given the eulogy for his long time friend and mentor Author Hughes. Click this link to read more about Author Hughes.
Announcements:
Bill Burch reminded members of the upcoming Rotary Foundation Gala, “Millions for Hope,” on October 17. It will be a rare opportunity to meet Rotary International’s 2015-2016 President, K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran, who will be keynote speaker. You can register for the event here.
Will Creekmur reminded everyone that the “Strike-Out Polio” fundraiser is this Saturday, September 26 at Kearny Mesa Lanes, 2:00-4:00pm. Lora encouraged Rotary bowlers to share “Service Above Self(ies)” during the festivities.
John Trifiletti let members know of the upcoming Fireside Chat, which will be on October 13th at the home of Orrin and Karen Gabsch. Start time will be 7pm.
Charles Hartford gave an Interact Club update: student members at La Jolla High participated in the PeddletheCause fundraiser this past weekend, and will help out at Taste of La Jolla coming up. The next Tijuana home-build project has also been tentatively scheduled for November 14.
Speaker: Mark Neville, San Diego Bowl Games Association
“Forget about the Chargers! Think Aztecs, think Holiday Bowl!” said Ken King who introduced speaker Mark Neville, executive director of the San Diego Bowl Game Association. Neville gave an overview of the Association, whose mission is to generate tourism, economic growth and civic pride through San Diego’s two Bowl games: The Holiday Bowl and the San Diego County Credit Union (SDCCU) Poinsettia Bowl. In addition to these positive impacts, Neville described Bowl games as the most exciting football to watch. Not only are these high-scoring down-to-the-wire games, but who doesn’t love seeing the 850-lb American Flag draped across the field, spectacular half-time fireworks, and marching bands?
A few stats Neville shared:
Of 37 Holiday Bowl match-ups, 22 were decided in the final 2 minutes of the game.
BYU has played in more Holiday Bowl games than any other team: 11 times.
Games are scheduled during slow tourism periods and generate $730 million for the region.
Two new developments this year: The Holiday Bowl (December 30) is taking the leap from the Big 12 to the Big 10, so expect big-name contenders in future line-ups. And this year’s SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl (December 23) will have the most spectacular fireworks display ever.
If you are interested in purchasing Holiday Bowl Tickets, email Mark Neville at mneville@sdbowlgames.com
Where in the World?
Where In The World is this Rotarian and who is he or she? Be the first to indentify your fellow Rotarian and the location to win. Please send your answer to mahalosu@gmail.com.
If you have an interesting travel photo of yourself in a recognizable destination you would like to submit for the game please send it to: mahalosu@gmail.com. Photos do not have to be recent, older pictures are welcome! All submissions will be considered, international and domestic!
May the best globetrotter win!
Last weeks winner was once again David Shaw. He correctly guessed Dave Weston in the lava fields on the big island of Hawaii. Good going David!
Wanted: Club photographers for Surf Beat!
If you have a smartphone and have an opportunity to get a great shot at a meeting, please do so and forward photos to surfbeat@rotarycluboflajolla.com
From The Pages of:
September 2015 Edition
PAKISTAN’S PROGRESS: SNAPSHOTS FROM THE POLIO CAMPAIGN
Nearly 90 percent of the world’s polio cases last year occurred in Pakistan. But the country is making dramatic progress in its quest to eradicate the disease: Cases are down by almost 70 percent to date compared with 2014, owing partly to military interventions that year in Taliban-controlled North Waziristan, which have allowed vaccinators to reach hundreds of thousands of children who were previously inaccessible. Improved government leadership, the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in high-risk districts, and vaccinations at transit points such as railways, airports, and bus stops also have played a significant role. “While Pakistan continues to face obstacles in its journey to polio eradication, we are excited about the current progress being made,” says Mike McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee, who met with Rotarians and government officials during a visit to the country in June.
Read More in the September 2015 Edition or Click Here
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