THE NUGGET
VOLUME 74, ISSUE 31
 
 
 
 
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
 
District 5180:
 
Rotary International:
 
MARCH, 2021
WATER & SANITATION MONTH
 
 
CARMICHAEL-TORORO UGANDAN WATER PROJECT
Bringing Clean Water to 10,000 people (circa 2017-2019)
 

 President  David Thorman opened the 31st meeting" of the 2020-2021 Rotary Year on the 9th of March, 2021 and the 42nd "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 Karen Munsterman and she added the following "Thought for the Day":

 
"Look back and be grateful
Look ahead and be hopeful
Look around and be helpful"
 
 
 
HONORARY
GARY STRONG, MISCHELE McCORMICK  
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
 
 ► FUND RAISER:
Dick Bauer gave out the following flyer (below the links) detailing our newest and perhaps our only fund raiser this year. Please invite your friends and all the ones that you would invite to the Crab Feed to partake in the fund raiser. Jay and Vicky Boatwright have already tasted the dinner and have given their stamp of approval. Right now we have 26 sets or 104 dinners sold (each set is $90 is for 4 dinners) what a deal! Use PayPal as link below, or send to address on flyer, or send directly to our Foundation treasurer, Katha Danz.
  Live links are as follows: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ► ROTARY SHIRTS, HATS, CAPS : Vicky Boatwright is harboring many of these items which belong to members and they are just collecting dust at her home. She would like you to come get them or she will meet with you and deliver them. Please take pity on her, contact her and get them out of her house.
 
   ►SPEECH CONTEST:  Phil Danz reported that the speech contest will happen on Tuesday, March 16th. We have 3 committed contestants. Jay Boatwright is going to run the technical part (Zoom), and Alan Gallaway will oversee the judges. The three contestants are excellent and Phil looks forward to a great contest (virtually). You can share your link to the meeting with friends, (it is the same link we use every week to attend the meetings.) We are sure they will enjoy finding out what is good about 2020 as the topic is how "2020 Opens Opportunities"
 
   ►EASTER SEALS GOLF TOURNAMENT:  Jay Sedlak said that the Easter Seals Carmichael Golf Tournament is slated to be on June 11th, and we will have our “Golf Assembly Meeting” on June 8th,  and wanted to know how many want to participate, $175 for one individual golf cart, prizes, lunch, raffle and shotgun 18 holes at Ancil Hoffman. Some have mentioned that if the carts are full, they would like to walk the course
(not me!).      
 
   ►CARMICHAEL PARK DISTRICT:  Have 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
 
  ♦ MARCH 16TH: SPEECH CONTEST: Exciting High School
speakers in the Carmichael area! The topic "How 2020 Opens Opportunities"
 
  ♦ MARCH 23RD: Christine Dyer, International Service Chair
 
  ♦ MARCH 30TH: Basim Elkarra, Reg. Exec. Dir., Council on American Islamic Relations
 
  ♦ APRIL 6TH: "RISE AGAINST HUNGER"- UPDATE - Jim Quinney
 
  ♦  APRIL 13TH: "CIGAR CULTURE & LIFE STYLE": Louis Starr & Bob Bylisma
 
 
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We were honored today to have as our guest speaker, Gary Strong who is C.E.O. of the Gold Country Region of the Red Cross. Being that he is a friend of Gary's, Frank Pease took to the introduction. He said that Gary had worked as controller for the L.A. times, over 10 years as Senior V.P. of Finance for the Sacramento Bee and has spent the last 5 years as C.E.O. of the Red Cross, Gold Country Region.
Gary took to the podium and announced that he also is a Rotarian with the Sacramento Club. He said that the Red Cross is similar to Rotary in that it is run mostly by volunteers, is not for profit and a very efficient organization. He produced a mission statement of the Red Cross:
In Northern California, the Red Cross has helped and is known for it's Disaster Relief. For instance, at the time of the Oroville Dam crisis, Red Cross evacuated 180,000 people and helped them find shelter. Also in the Camp Fire, they sheltered 1000 people for 3 months, and in the recent wild fires, over the period of 4 months, people were given shelter and food. In our times of COVIC-19, people were taken to hotel rooms all over California. In Northern California, Gary says that home fires occur at the rate of 3 times per day and the Red Cross volunteers find a place to sleep and money for the victims. The Red Cross helps people to prepare for disaster, when they are in a disaster, and to restore people to normalcy after the event. 
Above: Even though they are not known for this in Northern California, a slide is shown about the Red Cross program for giving blood,  Nationwide, the Red Cross supplies 40% of the blood donations made and is a 2 billion dollar operation! They have an office across from Cal Expo and have a blood drive there every two weeks.
Although, each country has it's own Red Cross around the world, the American Red Cross helps to re-unify people who have lost family members and in 2001, they have worked to vaccinate people who have measles. Like Rotary, they have helped reduce Rubella Measles deaths from 1/2 million world wide to 100,000 per year.
Gary tells the interesting story of the origins of the Red Cross, how Andre Dunant (early 1800s) noted that injured people were just left on the battle field to die after a battle (during one of the Italian wars for independence) and he arranged an organization to try to save them and then, fast forward to the Civil War when Clara Barton noticed the same thing and with other nurses, established the American Red Cross. Gary says that the American Red Cross helps out the military from "Soup to Nuts" - they will fund bringing a military person home when there is a problem with his/her family, help during during deployment and help getting reintroduced to civilian life. The are there for homeless vets and military burials.
So March is "Red Cross Month" and you can participate in "giving day" on March 24  March was designated as "Red Cross Month" by F.D.R. in 1943. Gary thinks that Rotarians are a good fit to become Red Cross volunteers - you can go to redcross.org/goldcountry. You can do "virtual" training to become a Red Cross volunteer. Gary ended by giving the fact that a number one killer in the U.S. is single home fires. The Red Cross volunteers check smoke alarms to make sure they are working. They have saved over 170 lives this year. 
So, President David, for the 31st time this year, impressed our guest speaker, Gary, by announcing that a book will be donated (in his name) to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.....
HAPPY FINES
So there was the happy announcement by Katha Danz, that she is giving 1A ($20)  to the Red Cross because her back yard patio has been paved and it looks beautiful; Geronimo gave 1A because his grandkids are learning to play T ball; Karen Munsterman gave 1A celebrating for the 3rd time that she has gotten her first shot, her second shot, and is now immune for COVID; Frank Pease parted with his meal allotment (1A) and another $100, BONGING THE GONG, Walter Malhoski gave 1 A, that allowed him to reminisce about getting off a ship while in the service and seeing the Red Cross there: Troy Drennon gave 1A because a lot of his relatives have been in the armed forces and loved the Red Cross: Heine Roikjer gave another $100 (BELL RINGER) because he opened his new store and talked about Heroes or (Military or 1st responders) will get $3 off a purchase of $25 or more.
 
 
 
BELL RINGERS
 
JAY BOATWRIGHT; DICK BAUER; TROY DRENNON; GREG HERRERA; VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI;
CHUCK McBRIDE; HEINE RORKJER(2) ;  STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER
v
 
BONG GONGERS
 
 
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL ; JAY BOATWRIGHT (2); ED BUNTING (3) ;
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;  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 2-14-2021
 
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 by Berta Boegel, 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.
   
SPEAKERBOOK TITLEAUTHOR
 
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
 
 
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