Club Assembly, Club Goals for the Year

President John Turner outlined our Club’s Membership and Activities Goals.  He challenges us to 100% participation in donating to the Rotary Foundation at $250 per member per year (which is less than $25 per month).

Madelyn Creighton outlined Vocational Service goals, including Business with a Rotarian at each meeting, “Commercials” for $2 (free if for someone else), and Vocational Activities for Youth: District Spelling, Art and Music Contests, Outstanding Student in each high school and at Marymount College, Interactor of the Year, and Project EGO Grants.  She requests a vocational volunteer about every 2 months, volunteers for tutoring students and for helping them learn to write a resume, fill out a job application and practice for a job interview.

Chuck Hanchett reviewed the Rotary Foundation fundraising activities, including our weekly Club Raffle and $100 of raffle tickets for the annual District Foundation Celebration.  Half of our funds are returned to our District for community projects (such as Scholarships and District Grants), and the rest goes to worldwide Foundation projects.

Jackie Crowley urged us to respond to donation requests for Project Amigo in Mexico (Astrid Naviaux is coordinating this).

Don Reeves reviewed the New Generation activities, including our sponsored Interact and Rotaract Clubs whose performance were outstanding last year.  They will begin new projects again this year after the new school year starts.  He needs more volunteers for this year, because only about 3-4 of our Club members have done most of this work and need more help.  He wants to have more joint projects of these student Clubs participating with our Club.  Interact has now expanded to elementary schools, to help boost Interact membership in high schools.  PDG Dave Moyers bought 2 tickets for Rotaractors at Marymount College for the Dodger Game for PolioPlus September 15.

Don Reeves also reviewed the Community Service project where we have an application pending with 2 other Clubs for a District Grant for the Harbor Interfaith Services Helen Coffey Library.

Chuck Hanchett discussed our annual Club fundraiser, the Festival del Corazon on October 14.

Robert Little discussed his Club Service activities.  He will be assigning duties for future Club meetings for both raffle-drawing donations ($20 value, about once a year for each member) and for working at the sign-in desk.  (Names with meeting dates will be published in the Newsletter.)