President David Thormanopened the 36th meeting" of the 2020-2021 Rotary Year on the 13th day of April, 2021 and the 47th "virtual meeting" overall ( will it ever end?)As is his custom, he rang the " Official Bell" (and virtually) to start the meeting. The "pledge" was performed by esteemed member Dick Bauer and he added two appropriate thoughts for our Rotary Monthly Theme:
HONORARY
TARA ABRAHAM
ANNOUNCEMENTS
► The 2020-2021 CLUB PAUL HARRIS SELECTION: Once again our member are being asked to select someone in the Club they feel is deserving of being chosen to receive the Club's 2020-2021 Paul Harris Fellowship. Please email/call Chuck at crmassociates@comcast.net or (916) 397-3980 before April 30th with your selection. Thanks for your participation. Chuck McBride
►OUR SISTER CLUB IN ILHAVO, PORTUGAL is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary. It is the Club that we befriended when Tony Marques, Phil and Katha Danz, Stan and Nan Roe, along with Nan's sister Noel, and Bob Paulson traveled over there some years ago. We have participated in getting important firefighting equipment for their town. Tony says we may do something with them in the future. I understand that he may be interested in becoming International Service Director again. See recent picture of the Club:
►EASTER SEALSGOLF TOURNAMENT:Jay Sedlak said that the Easter Seals Carmichael Golf Tournament is now slated to be on June 25th butdetails are in short supply,we will just have to wait and see.
►CARMICHAEL PARK DISTRICT: Anybody for Bocci Ball? Carmichael Park completed two Bocci Ball courts in their park and word has it, that the Carmichael Park staff is challenging the Carmichael Rotary Club to a match on the courts when it can be safely done (maybe we start practicing A.S.A.P.!)
FUTURE PROGRAMS
♦ APRIL 20: "AMAROKE" - Gabriel Munron
♦ APRIL 27: "B" STREET THEATER - Lindsay Burch
♦ MAY 4:C-SPAN - Doug Hemmig
♦ MAY 11:IRURI SCHOOL UPDATE - Catherine Survillas
Katha Danz, programs chair, mentioned that we are delighted to have Tara Abraham as our speaker today. Tara is known to us as the daughter of esteemed member George Abraham and has been participating in many of our Club's projects from Special Olympics to Rise Against Hunger. We have watched her grow up from teenager to young woman in college, having gone to Folsom Lake College and now finishing up at U.C.D. She is talking to us today on an important and interesting subject, Inter-Generational Relations. If you want to learn more about Tara, she maintains a website at https://www.taratakeson.com
Tara started her talk (and showed slides) about the importance of building a bridge between generations. She asks the question:
When was the last time that you spent time with someone of another generation other than family?
We isolate ourselves, we are guilty of prejudice and age-ism and we miss opportunities. Below are a few of the slides Tara showed us, left, on her talking points and right, showing that the older population is growing larger as compared to the younger.
There are preconceived notions about the "entitled" millennials and the "OK Boomer" generations- a kind of "not us vs them" mentality. Tara recommends people to "step out" and tell your story, the older can provide wisdom and and the younger person can give a fresh new perspective on life - beneficial to both. Tara now talked about her own experience. As a high school student, she enjoyed volunteering for the kindergarteners and 1st graders at the Gold River Elementary School and arranging Christmas caroling at the Eskaton in Gold River. She joined Toastmasters in 2018 at the behest of Alan Gallaway (another little known fact is the Alan brought father George into our Rotary Club). During the pandemic, Tara thought of how lonely older people must feel, and looked for a way to help. She found her chance in a Eskaton program where she calls older people weekly, checking in on them. She loves doing this and tells by way of example how she has talked to Ross. Ross, when not trying to convert Tara to veganism, tells her that he has a masters degree in computer science but has earned a living for forty years as a magician - and will sing to her while playing his guitar and does magic tricks. He has recently lost his wife to Alsheimers.
The above slides she provided tells of the benefits reaching across generations. Tara ends with the statement:
whether 20 or 80, purpose, fulfillment, and pure joy can be had by interacting with people of other generations.
President Thorman was full of joy when he complemented Tara on her excellent talk and told her that a book, in her honor, will be donated to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library)
HAPPY FINES
So without harassing or begging, cajolery or anything, the big boys stepped up and RANG THE BELL four times, first Phil Danz, for his upcoming (April 20th) 83rd birthday); 2nd George Abraham for his daughter's great performance as speaker; then Geronimo for Tara's great performance and because he wanted to tell us the story of how his dog "Sparky" was at death's door but thankfully survived. He provided a picture Sparky when he was sick and picture of him with his favorite "Marilyn Monroe" picture over his shoulder (below); finally, Alan Gallaway RANG THE BELL for Tara's performance and, reluctantly, pledged the money for his 83 birthday!
BELL RINGERS
GEORGE ABRAHAM; JAY BOATWRIGHT; DICK BAUER (2); PHIL DANZ; TROY DRENNON; ALAN GALLAWAY; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI;
CHUCK McBRIDE; HEINE RORKJER(2) ; STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER, JIM THOMPSON
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GONGERS
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; JAY BOATWRIGHT (2); ED BUNTING (4);
KATHA DANZ; GREG HERRERA(5) ; VINCE IOSSO (3); WALTER MALHOSKI (2); CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; FRANK PEASE (2); STAN ROE (3); HEINE ROIKJE (2); RAMOUNA ROIKJE; JACK SHEARER; JEFF THOMPSON; JIM THOMPSON (2); DAVID THORMAN (2)
EXPLANATION: A BELL RINGER IS SOMEONE WHO DONATES $100 TO THE CLUB IN A GIVEN YEAR; A GONG BONGER IS ONE WHO DONATES AN ADDITIONAL $100 TO EITHER THE CLUB OR R.I. FOUNDATION (FOR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)
Donations as of 4-1-2021
During the incumbency of President David Thorman,(2013-14) it was decided that instead of giving a particular gift, ie coffee mug, pen etc. to honor our guest speaker each week, we would simply donate a book to the Carmichael Library. So below are many of the books that we have donated in honor of recent speakers.
It is the "gift that keeps of giving" because those who will check out these books from the library will derive many hours of pleasure for years to come, and it enhances learning and literacy. The books are chosen byBertaBoegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.
rboegel@saclibrary.org
Due to the quantity of books donated as of 1-5-2021 (nearing 300), I have noted only the last 16 or so. The prior tabulations of books donated have been archived and will be in the memory of the Carmichael Club in Club Runner.
SPEAKER
BOOK TITLE
AUTHOR
GARY STRONG
"Snake Island"
Ben Hobson
KAYLEIGH NEFF
"Hidden in Plain Sight"
Jeffrey Archer
THANDIE BABALWA
"Two Truths and Lie"
Elen McGarrahan
JIM NEILSON
Henry Kissinger & American Power
Thomas Schwartz
CHRIS NELSON
"How I Built This"
Guy Raz
GEORGE HOME
"Elsewhere"
Dean Koontz
MICHAEL KORPIEL
"Only Truth"
Julie Cameron
RUTH PROBASCO
"The Connected Parent"
John Palfrey & Urs Gasser
GELIKA HARRISON
"Grand, a Memoir"
Sarah Schaefer
KEN COOLEY
"The Truth is Marching On"
Jon Meacham
TODD HARMS
"Serial Griller"
Matt Moore
DONNA FLESHMAN
"Grasp"
Sanjay Sarma
HOLLY HAIGHT, M.D.
"Get Your Yoga on"
Kino Macgregor
LYNETTE ANDERSON
"Decoding the World"
Po Bronson
Arvind Gupta
BRIAN GLADDEN
"Accountable: The Rise of
Citizen Capitalism"
Michael O'Leary
Warren Valdmannis
GOPAL KAPUR
"The Character Edge: Leading
and winning with Integrity"
Robert L. Caslen
Dr. Mitchell A. Matthews
MARCOS BRETON
"The Religious Causes, the case for
separating Church and State"
Howard Gillman
Edward Chemerinky"
ROD MALLOY
"What Can I Do? My path from
climate despair to action"
Jane Fonda
MARGARET LOEHR
"The Future of Earth: A radical vision for
what's possible in the age of warming"
Eric Holthaus
Posted by Phillip Danz on Dec 08, 2013
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