31 Rotarians and guests gathered at the Academy of Art building on Van Ness Avenue to watch the Los Angeles Rams walk off with the big Super Bowl prize. Our Pool was full of action as well with Peter Logan winning one Paul Harris and Wendy Ross winning three Paul Harris Fellows plus an autographed football. The effort raised $7,500 of which one half will go to the San Francisco Rotary Foundation and the other half to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
President Mary Liu (Real Estate: Sales | JM Real Estate Group) called the meeting to order at 12:15 PM and welcomed everyone attending either online or in person inside the Anzu Restaurant.
Visiting Rotarian and Special Guest
Today's visiting Rotarian was Ozan Yasavur from Ankara Bahcelievler Rotary Club. Our guest was Todd St. Vrain.
Our Club is pleased to announce that we are once again helping the Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP) organize housewares for its clients seeking housing. We will meet on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6 PM at Hoogasian’s Flower Shop, 615 7th Street in San Francisco for the event. We need 10 Rotarians and friends to help, so we hope you will consider it! The event includes opening boxes of housewares, organizing them on tables, and then creating a kit of various houseware items for delivery to HPP.
In the past, we have created diaper bags of goodies for the new moms and have visited their baby showers at HPP. Our intent is to revert to the diaper bag program once HPP has fully opened its doors to the public. In the meantime, please join us on March 22 to help with housewares. Afterwards, the group usually walks down the street to a local pub and enjoys a meal together. If you have questions, contact Emily Borland.
Please join us in assembling essential needs, emergency hygiene, and nutrition kits. This project is sponsored by a grant from the Foundation of the Rotary Club of San Francisco.
Drivers needed to pick up pre-packaged meals at The Arc San Francisco and deliver to individual residences of Arc participants who are experiencing food insecurity. Exact directions will be provided when you pick up the meals. Hand delivery of meals must occur between 4 PM and 5:30 PM in advance of the Monday Night Dinner Club with Friends Like Me via Zoom to be held on the first and third Monday of each month. Registration for this event has closed.
Rodney A. Fong, President and CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, will provide a San Francisco Business Update and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the City, its economy, and small businesses.
Drivers needed to pick up pre-packaged meals at The Arc San Francisco and deliver to individual residences of Arc participants who are experiencing food insecurity. Exact directions will be provided when you pick up the meals. Hand delivery of meals must occur between 4 PM and 5:30 PM in advance of the Monday Night Dinner Club with Friends Like Me via Zoom to be held on the first and third Monday of each month.
This is the day when we honor outstanding representatives of the public safety departments we depend on every day: the Department of Public Health, the Fire Department, the Office of City Administrator, the Police Department, the Sheriff, and the Coast Guard. Meet the honorees and their loved ones, and hear their amazing stories of heroism and dedication told by the top brass of each department.
Doors open at 11:30 AM. Please arrive (or connect) early enough to be in place before the program begins at noon. For Club members and visitors there is a $45 charge for in-person attendance (which covers the cost of your lunch) and a $10 fee to attend via Zoom. There is no charge for in-person or Zoom attendance for honorees and other invited guests. Registration for in-person attendance at the Hotel Nikko closes on March 2. We cannot accommodate walk-ins. Zoom registration will remain open until the event is underway.
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022. Artistic Director Rebecca Ennals looks back over the Festival's history, including how the company thrived during the pandemic, with an eye toward creating Shakespeare that speaks to us now and in the years to come.
Come and enjoy nature, fresh air, and fellowship while helping Sutro Stewards weed and restore Rotary Meadow - a garden of native plants our Club planted at the summit of Mount Sutro in 2004. Participation is limited to a maximum of 20 members of our Club. Advanced registration is required.
