President David Thormanopened the 44th meeting" of the 2020-2021 Rotary Year on the 8th day of June, 2021 and the 53nd virtual meeting. Esteemed memberMark Urbangave the following interesting "Thought for the Day":
DONNA FLESHMAN, MARLENE VON FREDERICH-FITZWATER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
►RYE Dirtrict ChairDonna Fleshman, came to our Club and reported on the District's Rotary Youth Exchange. She said that because of covid, they have had a virtual program this last year. They have paired off students from different countries for 8 weeks and they meet weekly via Zoom and it has been somewhat successful. RYE will continue virtually for the remainder of 2021 and are prepping to have a full normal inperson exchange of students in 2022. They may keep remnants of the Zoom RYE exchange for special cases where travel is not possible. So they are planning for a 2nd round of virtual exchanges, for 15-17 year olds, who are vetted, counseled, for 8 weeks, and the cost will be $300 per student (that goes to t-shirts, pins and other expenses. Donna says that she has a video to share with anyone and will send it to our Club. If anyone has a possible candidate, let the Club know......
►ROTARY VAN: Our Rotary Van that we (with another Club) donated to the Carmichael Park's District will now be replaced with a smaller van. What to do with the old van. A suggestion is that we could give it to Effie Yeaw Nature Center -details to be worked out.
►EASTER SEALSGOLF TOURNAMENT:Jay Sedlak said that the Easter Seals Carmichael Golf Tournament will be to be on June 25th, the fee to play is $175, Jay says that they have 144 golfers. We will have our Golf Assembly on June 22nd and will discuss volunteers to help out. There will be no raffles.
►FOUNDATION DINNER:Chuck McBride announced that the Foundation Dinner will be held on June 15th at Northridge Golf Course. Turn in request for either Tri Tip, Chicken or Vegetarian. Cocktail attire, Cost will be $50 per person. Let Chuck McBride know if you will attend.He has also said that Vitalant is desperate for blood donors, particularly type "O", please schedule an appointment, and be sure to mention our Club's code 9204 for us to get Rotary recognition.
► SAD NEWS: Our beloved Past District Governor, Jim Thompson, passed on 5/28/21. I am told that he died in his sleep. He had just recently celebrated his 90 birthday. Celebration of Life may happen in mid-August at Jim's residence. Many, many people will want to attend.
FUTURE PROGRAMS
♦ JUNE 15: FOUNDATION DINNER AT NORTHRIDGE GOLF COURSE - 6 PM
♦ JUNE 22: GOLF ASSEMBLY
♦ JUNE 25: GOLF TOURNAMENT -BENEFITING EASTER SEALS
♦ JUNE 29: PRESIDENT'S DEMOTION
Programs Chair Katha Danzintroduced our speaker. She is Dr. Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, who has a remarkable record in the health care field in the Sacramento Area and has won many awards and she is also a Rotarian. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Joshua's House Hospice, the first hospice house for terminally ill homeless men and women on the West Coast. It is the ninth such organization in the country and is slated to open in Sacramento in early 2022. The plight of the homeless, which is a growing problem all over the country and in Sacramento has been of interest to Dr. Fitzwater for many years, and especially when her own close grandson, Joshua Lee became homeless and died young in 2014. Dr. Fitzwater gave a detailed slide presentation which I have chosen to include in this bulletin,
because it is informative and illustrative of the subject of homelessness.
Dr. Fitzwater noted that since covid has happened, the Sacramento population of homeless
have increased in a major way over the numbers portrayed above.
Dr. Fitzwater said that there is new training of specialized hospice nurses, doulas, a new program who will take on the needs of the dying homeless persons, 10 of them. Below is information about the Health Communication Research Institute, established in 1989 which Dr. Fitzwater in also the founder and Executive Director. See below:
About HCRI, Inc. Established in 1989 with a commitment to reduce health disparities through community-based research and program development. In 2015, HCRI, Inc. narrowed its focus to better understanding the healthcare needs of the homeless population; developing programs to address those needs; and creating Joshua’s House, a hospice house for the terminally ill homeless.
501(c)(3) Tax ID: 68-0195121 – United Way Nonprofit Code: Org 7371
President Thorman eagerly jumped at the chance of informing Dr. Fitzwater that a book, in her honor,
will be donated to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library).
HAPPY FINES
President David Thorman, in accordance with the traditions of the Club duly opened perhaps the last "Happy Fines" session of the Rotary year. Jay Boatwright gave 1A, hereafter to be referred to $20, not one meal allowance since we will be starting in-person meetings next week, as did Geronimo and I think Vince Iosso chimed in - all in celebration that our President-Elect Dick Bauer finally has sprung for a new much quieter computer. But it was Ramouna and Heine Roikjer who saved the day with a generous RING OF THE BELL because their son has graduated from high school.
BELL RINGERS
GEORGE ABRAHAM; BILL BAXTER; JAY BOATWRIGHT; ED BUNTING; DICK BAUER (2); PHIL DANZ; TROY DRENNON (2); ALAN GALLAWAY; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO(3) ; WALTER MALHOSKI ; TONY MARQUES; CHUCK McBRIDE (2); KAREN MUNSTERMAN; HEINE ROIKJER(2) ; RAMOUNA ROIKJER;
STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER, JIM THOMPSON (2)
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GONGERS
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; JAY BOATWRIGHT (3); ED BUNTING (5);
KATHA DANZ; GREG HERRERA(6) ; VINCE IOSSO (3); WALTER MALHOSKI (3); CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; DANA NEWELL; FRANK PEASE (2); STAN ROE (3); HEINE ROIKJE (2); RAMOUNA ROIKJE (2); 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 6-15-2021
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 (PASSING 300), I have noted only the last 20 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
JASON FAREIRA
"The Low Desert"
Tod Goldberg
CATHERINE SURVILLAS
"The Genome Odyssey"
Euan Angus Ashley, M.D.,Ph.D.
DOUG HEMMIG
"What Unites Us"
Dan Rather
LINDSAY BURCH
"Lightning Game"
Christine Feehan
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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