COG Minutes for May 20, 2014
Posted by Bruce Johnson
President John Aufdermauer brought down the gavel at Don Jose’s in Castro Valley, and Carol Wikle (please see the “Hunt for the White Marble” at the end of the minutes) to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
VISITORS - Randy Vanderbilt brought his Bride, Debbie, and daughter, Faith, to lunch today! Ben Gurule brought his brother, John . . . welcome to all!
VISITORS - Randy Vanderbilt brought his Bride, Debbie, and daughter, Faith, to lunch today! Ben Gurule brought his brother, John . . . welcome to all!
SAL TEDESCO MEMORIAL HELLO SONG - Ben led us with mucho gusto . . .
REPORTS ON RECENT EVENTS -
REPEAT - 2014 Chili Cook-off Chair Kern Lewis reported that the event was a tremendous success with 18 entries . . . the Chicken Drop Bingo was great, too, netting mroe than $300 for Polio Plus . . . the Chili Cook-off should net around $7000 for our Club projects . . . see the May 14, 2014 CV Forum for more coverage . . .
REPEAT - Co-Parade Chair TL Bailey reported that the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade was a tremendous success due to everyone pulling together . . . with more than 85 entries, everyone had a great time . . . special thanks to Hafsa for her patience and dedication to staying where she was assigned (she has not been seen since Saturday when she was put there) and Jim Negri for handling the parking lot and horses . . . pictures will be posted soon as will the video done and produced by Ron Lapum of Redwood Christian Schools . . . see the May 14, 2014 CV Forum for more coverage . . .
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
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
Castro Valley Endowment Scholarships announced by Al West. Five $2,000 scholarships were awarded after the committee reviewed 103 applications! Two additional $500 scholarships will be decided soon. Castro Valley Endowment Board members participating in the discussion and decision were: Alan West, Ray Wallace, Leslie Rothwell, Randy Vanderbilt and Bruce Johnson. KJ Page sent her recommendations to Alan West prior the meeting. Very tough decisions had to be made. All five recipients were ladies with two going to local community colleges and three going to universities. Names are being withheld until they have been notified. Alan also announced that the Castro Valley Endowment has $166,000.
Castro Valley “Movies and Historic Pop-up Museum” is coming to Castro Valley and presented by the Castro Valley Arts Foundation on Saturday, June 28, noon to 5:00 P.M. with movies from 2:30 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. All are invited to take a historic tour of Castro Valley from the 30's to 70's, and all are encouraged to bring your photos from Castro Valley’s past for historic preservation as they will be scanned! Special thanks to Randy Vanderbilt and Lucille Lorge for compiling and bringing Castro Valley’s past alive – and keeping it alive!
Charles Mortimer honored Jim Negri with a pin signifying his bringing others into our membership! Thanks, Charles! Congratulations, Jim!
JULY 15 - DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITING CV ROTARY CLUB - more info to follow!
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITHIN CASTRO VALLEY ROTARY AND IN CASTRO VALLEY?
For some of the absolute best pictures of our activities, please thank Gary Bosley for his hard work as he has captured many of our events for us.
• The FESCO pix are at fesco.shutterfly.com . . .
• The chilicook off shots are at ChiliCookOff2014.shutterfly.
• The Eden photos are at edenwaterfall.shutterfly.com . . .
the great thing is that no special access is required on either site -- people just go to the URL (or cut and paste them in in search box) and click on one of the small photos. The photos enlarge. Thanks, Gary!
Please also visit www.facebook.com/
great video footage of Castro Valley events! In case you missed Friday night's big Chili Cook Off or today's Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade. Robert has posted about five minutes of video coverage of the weekend's events. Go now to www.facebook.com/
Also, please remember to visit www.castrovalleyrotary.org often and also www.rowellranchrodeoparade.com as these websites that we maintain and are packed with information and lots of pictures
RECOGNITIONS
$xxx TL Bailey’s Bride had a birthday on May 12 - he contributed an unknown amount.
PAYING IT FORWARD
$xxx Cliff Sherwood honored John Aufdermauer for eeking out a victory in the Pinning Contest . . . Cliff truly is celebrating John’s victory like the gentleman he is being thankful for John’s victory and the belt buckle he won! Cliff truly models good sportsmanship for all of us! Thanks, Cliff! (For the real story, ask Al West or someone else discerning . . .)
PROGRAM - Today’s program was introduced by Randy Vanderbilt: Alana and Sarah from the SonRise Equestrian Foundation. SonRise Equestrian Foundation is an annual participant in the Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade and is a tremendous, non-profit organization guided by Christian-based values that makes a positive difference for youth living with social, emotional, or physical challenges, including terminal illness. Participating children develop confidence, integrity, and responsibility through mentoring and peer relationships centered around the care and enjoyment of horses.
Alana and Sarah shared a wonderful video starring the children who benefit from the ministry of SonRise Equestrian with testimonies by their parents. They also shared a power point that was very informative. With eight trained horses and fifty-five active volunteers (total of seventy-five volunteers), Sonrise Equestrian Foundation is taking great care of those children (aged 6-18) entrusted to them by their parents.
For instance, we learned about Therapeutic Riding. Therapeutic riding uses equine-assisted activities for the purpose of contributing positively to cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being of people with disabilities. Because horseback riding rhythmically moves the rider's body in a manner similar to a human gait, riders with physical disabilities often show improvement in flexibility, balance and muscle strength.
All are invited to their main fundraiser at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo on September 27, 2014 entitled Wine and Equine “Champions.”
Alana and Sarah listed four ways to assist the Sonrise Equestrian Foundation: Prayer and Financial Support; Volunteer; Tell Your Friends; Refer Others; and Attend their upcoming fundraiser onSeptember 27, 2014.
More information about the Sonrise Equestrian Foundation is available at http://www.sonrisekids.org . . .
Thanks to both Alana and Sarah – tremendous program!
LOOKING FOR THE WHITE MARBLE - With the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen, Gianna Armanino, winning $125 last week, we are back to $20 and 20 marbles . . . . and Carol Wilke (of Pledge of Allegiance fame) reached into the bag searching for the white marble and won . . . $5!
Upcoming meetings:
- Randy Vanderbilt on CV History
- Drew Cathey, award winning short film 'Being a Man' Presentation
- Linda Granger, Eden Area ROP
- Dark for Lunch - John Aufdermauer's End of Term Party (more info to follow)