Category: 2018 Jan-Jun

• Inspiration: Carl Wiuff/Craig Curreri – “Life is 10% what happens, 90% how you react.”
• Song: Sandie Krutz – “Happy days are here again”
• Wally Krutz – Announcement
  • Bell Manor dog park is having its grand opening Wednesday 2/28 from 1-3pm
  • Check your email regarding volunteering for a reading hour on Thursday, 3/1 from 9-10am
• Windsor Rotary and some nearby clubs are planning a Giants game get-together
  • $90 per person, would include bus and ferry to the stadium
• A volunteer group of Windsor Rotarians will be working at the food bank this Thursday after 5pm, all Windsor Rotarians welcome to join
• New Member inductions:
  • Carlos Basurto
  • James Percy
  • Mike Raasch
  • Glen Sugden
• Rotary Fundraising Campaign Update
  • Art Diaz organizing silent auction
  • Everyone expected to bring 1-2 bottles of wine
• Active 20-30 Club Shopping Spree Presentation – Dominic Fopoli, Ryan, Tanya Bruno, Amy Holter
  • In the past have taken 300 underprivileged kids to Coddingtown Mall for dental checks, haircuts, clothes and school supply shopping
    • Each child has $150 to spend, Windsor Rotary is helping fund this
  • Would like to have Windsor Rotary volunteers
  • Normally 1^st week in August, but a date hasn’t been set. More details to come.
  • John Horton is the liaison in Windsor Rotary to coordinate volunteer sign-up
• Presentation – Sonoma County Office of Education, Steven D. Herrington, Ph.D., Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools
  • Goal is to foster student success in the county
  • Leading the Maker Education Movement
    • Hands-on, project based learning
    • Finding that more students stay in school with these programs
  • Challenges
    • 700 students considered homeless in the county
    • Impact of fires on public schools
      • 1,450 students lost homes
      • 250 school employees lost homes
      • 2 schools destroyed
      • 2 schools closed for months
    • Diane Brabetz presented with 50^th Anniversary card

Meeting Adjourned