COG Minutes for March 11, 2014

March 11, 2014

PRESIDENT JOHN’S CLUB THEME FOR THE YEAR: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!

President John Aufdermauer brought down the gavel at Don Jose’s in Castro Valley, and asked Walt Schneider to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.        

BE SURE TO SIGN THE REMEMBRANCE BOOKS FOR BOTH MR. TEDESCO AND MR. SHORT . . . the books will be available the next two Tuesdays, then taken to the District Conference for other notes of encouragement for Mrs. Tedesco and Mrs. Short and their families, and then presented to Mrs. Tedesco and Mrs. Short . . . what a GREAT idea . . . please be sure to come early to sign the books, if possible . . . thanks!

REMINDER - President John let all present know that we have a project going on March 29 when we will be replacing the fence at Banyon House, a FESCO facility . . . 8:00am . . . please confirm attendance with President John!

THOUGHT(s) FOR THE DAY – Bruce Johnson from Phyllis Diller: “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

SINGING WITH CETA - In honor of St. Patrick’s Day: “When Irish eyes Are Smiling . . . “

VISITORS - Tom Gratny (Hayward Rotary), David Sherman (Oakland Rotary), Melanie Deane

SAL TEDESCO MEMORIAL HELLO SONG - Ben Gurule led us passionately.

PAUL HARRIS AWARD - Jerome Blaha was awarded the Paul Harris Society Award by TL Bailey for his faithful support ($1000 minimum annually) . . . 

PRESENTATIONS OF GRANTS - One of the things we enjoy most at our Club is giving away money to
deserving programs within our community! Today’s organization(s) recognized: None today

GETTING TO KNOW OUR FELLOW CV ROTARIANS - None today.

LIVE UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION - None today.

IMPORTANT PAST EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY

IMPORTANT FUTURE EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY
Please look for updates on upcoming events below: Texas Hold’em, Pancake Putt-Putt, Chili Cook-off and Parade!

BLUE BADGERS - None today.

RED BADGERS (NEW MEMBERS) - None today.

REGULAR REMINDERS

UPDATE YOUR CLUB INFORMATION - SEE SECRETARY JIM NEGRI - Please email him any changes in
your personal or contact information to "Jim Negri" <jnegri@cv.k12.ca.us>, as soon as they occur . . . thanks

CLUB ATTENDANCE - Be sure to let our Club Secretary Jim Negri whenever you attend any meetings
associated with our Club so that they can be properly recorded . . . let’s keep him informed!

ANNOUNCEMENTS            

MARCH 20 - CV CHAMBER MIXER - Need help for set-up and working the booth - please contact President John for details . . . jaufdermauer@comcast.net . . . 

UPDATE . . . TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER TOURNAMENT - TIME IS CLOSING IN . . . contact Dwight at Dwight@pinthis.com for details . . .  March 22 - Masonic Lodge - THIS IS OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISER AND FUNDS MANY OF OUR PROJECTS - 5 PM Dinner and 6 PM Tournament - WE NEED PRIZES AND PLAYERS . . . $200 buy-in . . . sign-ups are on-going . . . 

PANCAKE PUTT-PUTT - April 5 - Golfland - sponsors and players will be needed . . . Pancake putt putt: Bill
Nott passed out tickets. Please sell tickets $15 each or $50 for four. The putt putt will be on April 5. Please sell
hole sponsorships ($100 each or $200 for one on each course). Please also collect raffle prizes. Fliers and
posters ready next week.  (Note from Bruce the COG Scribe: My grandkids love this event!)

DISTRICT CONFERENCE, April 11-13, the Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose.  Part of the celebration will be remembering Rotarians from our District who have passed away this year, including our precious Mr. Short and Mr. Tedesco.

CHILI COOK-OFF - May 9 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Grounds - Prizes are $500, $200 and $100. Repeat - We will need a new chair for next year since kern will be President-Elect.

ROWELL RANCH RODEO PARADE - May 10 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade - Theme “Castro Valley
Rocks!” Co-Chair TL Baily confirmed that we WILL have the Wells Fargo Stagecoach this year!    

DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITING CV ROTARY CLUB - July 15 - more info to follow!

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CASTRO VALLEY?
If you really want to know, you have GOT to go to CV Rotarian Ken O’Donnell’s website:
www.MyCastroValley.com . . . Visit for any excuse but visit it . . . the video opening is worth the trip to
www.MyCastroValley.com . . .    

REPEAT - CASTRO VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Upcoming Programs: March 15 - Death and Dreams of Benezir Bhuto; and April 5 - Pamela Rose: A cabaret show.  Tickets on the website

Please also visit https://www.facebook.com/castrovalleytv often as Robert Sousa of the CV Forum posts some
great video footage of Castro Valley events!

RECOGNITIONS - None today

PAYING IT FORWARD - 
$xx    Mathilde Schmidt - one-year anniversary of her precious son’s (Marty Schmidt) presentation to our Club

PROGRAM - Our program today was       Laura Calvert, Assistant Director, Spectrum Community 
Services.   - Its work in the community.  Tremendous presentation with some pretty scarey facts, like 77.3 Million were born between 1946-64 in the US . . . 10,000 each day go onto Social Security . . . there were 40 Million on Social Security in 2010, and 88.5 Million are projected for 2050!

The three key risks for seniors are Isolation, Poor Nutrition, and Falls. Laura shared various programs that are available to address all three of the risks.  Funding for these programs come from the Older Americans Act (federal), Client Donations, and Cities/Foundations/Corporations and People “like us.”
    
For information please visit http://www.spectrumcs.org or call (510) 881-0300