The Dougherty Valley/San Ramon Rotary Club meets Wednesdays from 5:40-6:40 (5:10 social)

San Ramon Community Center located at 12501 Alcosta Blvd, San Ramon, CA
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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 13 MAY 19, 2010 DVSR Rotary

Important Club Updates Thank You!

NOTE: The meeting, this week only, will be at Bridges Golf
GREETER: Dan Evertz
Club. There will be no meeting on June 9. (HS graduation)
Dan is a college
As of this week, our membership has grown to 62 members. The planner in the SF Bay
deadline for charter membership is fast approaching. A date of June area , but works with
3rd has been set.. Please contact Chip Shabazian for more working class families
membership information and make sure the charter paperwork has across the US obtain
been sent to Dorn Driggs. financial aid for their
college bound
Charter Update - Our club chartering celebration is being planned students. In addition,
for Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Matt would like everyone to he provided college
respond to the survey that Bill sent out regarding the location. We guidance to those
are looking at the San Ramon Marriott and Diablo Country Club. students. And their families. He has a child
entering kindergarten, as well as a daughter
PACE Update - Esther emailed the PACE school in India to get graduating from Howard University soon.
some more information on the girl we are sponsoring. The School
term will start next April. FOOD: Thank you to Chris Phillips and
Imperial Delight for providing the delicious
Flag Update - The final prototype is our Picture of the Week! It’s
food for our meeting.
BEAUTIFUL—great job Cindy Duffy and Nicole Blazin! If you
have any comments or suggestions, please send them to Cindy. THANK YOU to Nicole Blazin for taking
notes for the newsletter this week!
Art and Wind Festival - Although we won’t have our own booth
this year, we have club members who are part of other organizations
that are in need of volunteers: San Ramon Historical Foundation
(Jean Ohman), San Ramon Arts Foundation (Will Doerlich), CASA
(Kim Gallagher), Diablo Black Men’s Group (Dan Evertsz),
California High School (Gayle Larson). Please contact the members
Picture of the Week
indicated above if you are able to volunteer some time during
Memorial Day Weekend!

Our Visitors
We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our guests and visiting
Rotarians this week:

John Korzick Suzanne Hoctor

Julie Shabazian Jim Coleman
Peggy Kennedy Brian Theissen
Terry Koehne

We hope to see you again soon!

Program Speaker: Peggy Kennedy

Local author, Peggy Kennedy, spoke to us about her book that was published last year.
Approaching Neverland, A memoir of Epic Tragedy & Happily Ever After took Peggy
five years to write and is the story of her family’s journey through her mother’s mental illness.
She described it as the most difficult and gratifying time in her life. Peggy was the youngest of
five children in the Kennedy family. Her mom’s mental illness was very much “the family
secret”, as it would have been for any family in the 60’s and 70’s.
Kennedy's childhood was marked by shame, secrecy, and her mother's numerous
hospitalizations for acute bipolar disorder. Yet regardless of her mother's transgressions,
Kennedy is the first to tell you that she had a wonderful mother.
Despite her illness, Barbara Kennedy was a complete person and a pillar of strength for the family through trying times:
her sister’s murder, her brother’s diagnosis of AIDS, another brother’s tragic car accident, and her father’s early
Alzheimer’s Disease.
Some studies estimate that some form of mental illness affects one in four families. The National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides assistance for such families. There is a NAMI walk
this weekend at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park. For more information on NAMI,
www.nami.org
For more information on the book, www.approcahing neverland.com.

Recent Photos Courtesy of Kay Wang

Our newest members Kim Gallagher and Brian McCarthy

Recognition
John Korzick - SRVUSD Teacher of the Year

Leticia Shelby and San Ramon Valley Unified School

District Board Member Ken Mintz introduced John Korzick
and presented him with a certificate of recognition. John is
a teacher at California High School and the SRVUSD’s
Teacher of the Year. John has taught Robotics, Algebra
and Engineering at Cal High for the past 6 years, as well as
coaching football and LaCrosse. He enjoys encouraging
students to purse studies in engineering, having come from
an engineering background himself.

Also recognized at the meeting were all the employees who

are employees of SRVUSD.

Matt Stamey was recognized for the SRV Fire District

completing the accreditation process with the Commission on
Fire Accreditation International.

Patty Hoyt, Rachel Hurd, and Gayle Larson were recognized

for securing their first official contracted job. WiSE
Campaigns is helping Los Gatos Union School District pass
a school facilities bond. The election in June 8th.

Bill was recognized for missing guests.

Esther?

More Photos

Rotary in popular culture…

courtesy of Wikipedia

Rotary International was portrayed in Steven

Spielberg's film Catch Me If You Can. Frank
Abagnale Jr.'s (played by Leonardo
DiCaprio in the film) father, Frank William
Abagnale (played by Christopher Walken)
was a life time Rotarian in the film because he
was a hero in World War II.

In the 3rd season of the television

show Desperate Housewives, Gabrielle
attends Victor Lang's Rotary Club meeting in
his ex-wife's couture dress.
 Announcements
Upcoming Speakers
May 22 Danville/Sycamore Rotary Bocce
Tournament
May 26: Jean Ohman, The Glass House 3 pm Sycamore Park - BYOB
Also: Danville/Sycamore is sponsoring an
exchange student and looking for help with
June 2: Bill Harlan, The Handcart housing.
Expedition
May 30/31 Art and Wind Festival
San Ramon Central Park 10-5 pm
June 9: No Meeting
June 2 DV/SR Board of Directors Meeting
4:30 San Ramon Community Center

June 5 8th Annual Career and Leadership

Summit
Get your career on track at this free event!
The Four-Way Test 7:30am-2:00pm at the Community Presbyterian
Church at 222 W. El Pintado, Danville
Nationally renowned speakers Pat Lencioni and
Amilya Antonetti
Is it the TRUTH? Register at www.jobconnections.org
For more info, contact Jane Louie
Is it FAIR to all
June 6&7 Danville Rotary Dinner/Golf
concerned? Tournament
Blackhawk Country Club
Will it build * If you would like any announcements to be included, please email Gayle
Larson*

Thank you to Pat Edwards and Josh Waldron for coordinating our activities with the
upcoming Rotary Carbo-Load Party
 Rotary Moment : Club Leadership
The Rotary Club of Belleville, Illinois has help over 300
children from Belize with their orthopedic care for over 40 Bill Clarkson
years. A local children’s hospital donates all the necessary President
services and the Bellevue Rotarians bclrkson@pacbell.net
provide housing through host families in
the US. Open
Vice President
mike@acsclean.com

Lynnette Gerbert
Secretary
LGerbert@BrwnCald.com
Food Schedule:
Jane Louie
May 26: Jim Radding jlouie@finsvcs.com
June 2: Patty Hoyt Gary Lucas
emozin@att.net
June 9: No Meeting Treasurer

Nicole Blazin
Food Protocol: Public Relations/Social Media
nblazin@sanramon.ca.gov
When you are called upon to bring food for our meeting, it is
up to you where you get the food! You may spend up to $125
Kimberly Nicola
to feed 40 or so people. Please give your receipt to Jane and
you will be reimbursed on the spot. No need to buy paper
Club Administrator
goods, we have plenty! You may be asked to bring beverages, kimberlynicola@gmail.com
typically water, soda or juice, please check with Tricia Driggs on
our supply! Esther Lucas
dorncd@aol.com Community Projects Director
elucas@sanramon.ca.gov

Will Doerlish
Greeter Schedule Rotary International Foundation
will@willdoerlich.com
May 26: Kim Gallagher
June 2: Bill E. Clarkson Patty Hoyt
Program Speaker Chair
June 9 : No Meeting thehoytfamily@sbcglobal.net

Greeter Protocol Gayle Larson

When you are a greeter, you should remember to arrive Sergeant-at-Arms
promptly at 5:15 to greet everyone as they come to the meeting. gjlarson2468@gmail.com
You will be leading the flag salute, presenting an inspirational
saying, and taking 3 minutes to introduce yourself, what you do, Director of Fun
and what you are passionate about! If you are unable to “greet” Open Position - contact Bill if you
the day you are scheduled, please look at the list and find are interested!
someone to switch with! Lynnette Gerbert is in charge of our
greeter schedule. LGerbert@BrwnCald.com