After the publication of these Board highlights in the April 4, 2021 issue of Grindings, we discovered an error and provide the correct language here:
ROTARY SERVICE, INC.
Adding Foundation member to our Board. The Board approved the addition of the president of the San Francisco Rotary Foundation to the Board of Rotary Service, Inc. The SFRF president would be a non-voting member on our Board.
President-Elect Mary Liu (Real Estate: Sales | JM Real Estate Group | Vanguard Properties) led today's meeting and welcomed everyone.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests In today's audience were Kevin Davidson, Eoin Garcia, Abdul Hadi (Rotarian), Joe Lamberson, Jeff Lerner, Patrick Marks, Jean Petro, Karen Sommerich, Andres Vera, and today's speaker, Gary Kamiya.
Dr. Oral Moses, Professor Emeritus of Voice and Music Literature at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, GA, will provide an overview of African American music, including the Negro spiritual, the Blues, jazz, gospel, and popular music. And he will provide some short musical selections. Advanced registration required. Connection instructions will be provided immediately to all who register.
40% of US GHG emissions come from five basic household activities we do every day: electricity use, home heating, transportation, food and waste. There are solutions for all five where you can take action, reduce your impact on the environment, and even save money. Join us in April to understand more about your carbon footprint and how you, and your club, can use this platform to uncover solutions that will impact the climate crisis. Advanced registration required. Connection instructions will be provided to all who register.
Please join us in assembling snacks and hygiene items and then stuffing them into Rotary-branded backpacks for the homeless. 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.
Casey Fritz, a Recycling Programs Specialist, will take us through what being “better at the bin” means, how our recycling and composting programs work in the City with specific do’s and don’ts, and why reducing our waste is so important. Advanced registration required. Connection instructions will be provided immediately to all who register.
Join our Club along with TogetherSF to assemble and package food for distribution to the San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition. Advanced registration is required.
Join us for a fun-filled and exciting evening of Family Feud. Battling for a cash prize of $1,000 to support a cause chosen by their team, it will be men vs. women from the Rotary Club of San Francisco on stage! Advanced registration required to be part of the audience. Connection instructions will be provided immediately to all who register.
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.
Carnaval San Francisco (CSF) curates educational platforms and creates artistic spaces of revelry that heal, strengthen, and unite disenfranchised communities of color through the power of art and culture. Rodrigo Durán is CSF’s Festival Director since 2016 and will share some safe spaces he has created for the Latinx community to celebrate their cultures and languages. Advanced registration required. Connection instructions will be provided immediately to all who register.
Christopher Pollock, Historian-in-Residence for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and author, shares with us the history and features of our beloved Golden Gate Park as well as the Park's recent 150th anniversary. Advanced registration required. Connection instructions will be provided immediately to all who register.
Join us at this service opportunity to bag baby wipes for giveaway to clients of the Homeless Prenatal Program. We will meet at an open-air warehouse to allow social distancing while assembling the baby wipes. Participation is limited to FIFTEEN people, so sign up early. Masks are required; double masks are preferred.
Note: This birthday list is based on membership information in ClubRunner. Please update your ClubRunner account to help us keep this information current. If you need help with ClubRunner, please contact our current Club Secretary.
1987: Anita Stangl
2007: John Mount
2011: Peter Logan
2012: Nga Gomez-Chan
2017: Sunny Singh
2018: John Dean
2019: Maurice Rivers
2020: Kaushal Chokshi, Hayden Gubernick, Jessica Hansen, and Alex Omoko
Note: The year listed above is when these members joined the Rotary Club of San Francisco. Happy anniversary to all!
