Weekly Updates
Important Reminders:
Please share our Facebook posting about the New Shoes for School Drive (see below) to promote it in the community! (This is a good practice for all social media posting from Rotary of San Leandro as a way to increase awareness of what we do).
Message from our President, Amy Neuman:
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Also, Happy Belated 4th of July!
Wednesday marks our first meeting in the new Rotary year and we have a PACKED agenda. As such we'll use our typical time, 1:15 minutes, and will go from 12-1:15. Please mark your calendars.
We will introduce the new officers, board members, and chairs/co-chairs of each committee. Will hear from each committee on their goals and roll out some very exciting new in meeting activities and NEW ways we'll be connecting as a club!!
See you Wednesday!
Thank you for your passion and support!
Amy Neuman
President
Message from Dianne Dorn, Immediate Past President, on the last day of her term:
Good evening to you! On the last day of my Rotary Presidential year 2019-2020, I want to sincerely thank you for your support, kindness, and patience. The Rotary slogan "Service Above Self" is certainly true among our members. Even though COVID-19 has turned our in-person meetings to Zoom, we have stayed together.
It is now President Amy's turn to lead our club in new directions. I know you will give Amy the same devotion that you have given me.
I especially want to thank our departing members for their many years of service:
Terry Tinsley, Sue Jahromi, Leah Hall, Gary Hunt, and Aaron Lewis (transferred to Rotary of Castro Valley).
We welcome our new members:
Marta Alejandro, Mike Jones, Zach Borja, Bill Lam, and Kimberley Alexander.
Our Club has accomplished much with the great gifts of time, talent, and treasure. I thank all of my Board members for giving so much of their time to ensure the Club runs smoothly:
Jesse Bowdle, Treasurer; Jennifer Reed, Community Outreach Chair; Amy Neuman, President-Elect; Morgan Mack-Rose, Youth Services Chair; Dev Mahadevan, Board member; Aisha Knowles, Board member; Kristina Seher, Foundation Chair; and Kim Holland, Immediate Past President.
I hope the best for you and your family during Rotary year 2020-2021. We will accomplish new and great things together!
With love and a grateful heart,
Dianne
Officers and Committees for 2020-21:
President and Board Chair: Amy Neuman (I'm not gonna lie, being president is going to be AWESOME!)
President-Elect & Board Member: Jennifer Reed
Treasurer/Secretary & Board Member: Jesse Bowdle
Co-Treasurer: Morgan Mack Rose
Past President & Board Member: Dianne Dorn
Youth Chair & Board Member: Morgan Mack Rose (We are so lucky to have her! Please connect with her if you want to be on the Youth committee- she can use some help!)
Foundation Chair & Board Member: Kristina Seher
Foundation Co-Chair: Mike Jones
3 Remaining Board seats kindly nominated and accepted by Bruce Barnes, Mike Jones, and Kirby Thompson.
Care Committee: Kimberely Alexander
International Committee: Ken Pon & Rose Johnson both as Co-Chairs.
They will be looking for additional members, please connect with one of them if you are interested!
Membership Committee Chair: Jennifer Reed
Membership Co-Chair: Lee Thomas
Public Relations (PR) Chair: Marta Alejandro - can I direct you to our website as of today? It's never looked so good!! https://sanleandrorotary.org/6725/Page/ShowHomePage)
Seargent of Arms: Wayne Gregori
Senior Advisor on Grants & Procedures: The one and only Mr. Rotary, IVAN CORNELIUSSSS!
Speaker Chair: Dianne Dorn
Technical Trainer and AV/Club Runner Afficinado: Ed Niu
July 8th, Club Assembly (for club members only), 12-1:15 p.m.:
July 15th, Wednesday's Meeting, 12-1:00 p.m.:
- Speaker: Erika Leonard, Program Director of Kidpower California
July 22nd, Wednesday's Meeting, 12-1:00 p.m.:
July 29th, Wednesday's Meeting, 12-1:00 p.m.:
- Speaker: Foundation (more details to follow)
Upcoming Club Events
New Shoes for School Drive
We are supporting Lee Thomas & GrilleeQ in collecting donations and new shoes for the New Shoes for School Drive. This is San Leandro Rotary's 4th year (Lee's been doing it for 6 years) and normally we have it at the Little Brown Church. Due to COVID, we've changed it to a Grab-n-Go experience. In exchange for $20 donation or a brand new pair of shoes, you will be fed by Master Chef Lee Thomas from GrilleeQ! Because of social distancing requirements, after you RSVP we will send you a time slot of when to pick up your food.
You can RSVP two ways:
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go to EVENTBRITE and donate $20 now OR
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send an email to newshoesforschooldrive@gmail.com (so we have your email)
The RSVP is very helpful because it tells us how much food to prepare and we'll have your email to send you your time slot.
The 6th Annual New Shoes for School Drive collection dates are June 5 to August 6
Join Shoe Drive Founder, former council member Lee Thomas, business and community leaders in collecting new pairs of shoes and gift cards for the 2020-2021 school year. The New shoes or School Drive supports the San Leandro kindergarten through 12th grade youth who are living in under-serve conditions. All donations will considered a tax write-off.
Donation locations:
* Bara’s Deli, 14799 Washington Ave., San Leandro (During regular business hours)
* Zocalo Coffeehouse, 645 Bancroft Ave., San Leandro (During regular business hours)
* Allphin Jewelers, 155 Parrott St., San Leandro (During regular business hours)
Contact Info: Lee Thomas, (510) 255-0879; newshoesforschooldrive@gmail.com
District Events
We need your feedback on the recent District Training Assembly
Your District team is always working to make all of our events, both real and virtual, more useful and informative in the future. One way to help us in this effort is to provide feedback on past events.
If you attended the online District Training Assembly via Zoom Conference, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey to help us plan for a great DTA event next year. It should only take ten minutes of your time. If you did not attend any of the Zoom sessions, you can skip this survey.
Please respond no later than July 15, 2020.
Olivia Poe
District Administrator
Rotary District 5170
Feel the Energy in Taipei
Each year, Rotary members from all over the world come together to discover new opportunities to increase our impact, broaden our reach, and strenghen our ability to adapt for future success.
Join us 12-16 June to Feel the Energy at the 2021 Rotary International Convention in Taipei, Taiwan. Come early to discover new opportunities at one of our preconvention events, Intercountry Committees: Opening Opportunities for Peace.
Register and pay today (see link below), because this special price of $315 is available only until this Friday, 26 June, 23:59 Chicago time (UTC-5).
Registration link: https://www.riconvention.org/en/taipei/register?cid=mkt_rotary21_20200620_eml_ad_mem_eml2_junepromo_en
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Thank you and have a safe week!
