JULY 29

th
, 2014

NEXT MEETING: August 5
th

Noon Meeting at the Soda Center,
St. Marys College, Moraga CA

Edy Schwartz
A Sneak Peek at the Film Festival

Greeter & Invocation: Roger Gregory

~~ COMING UP ~~

*August 5
th
Edy Schwartz A Sneak Peek at the Film
Festival
**August 12
th
Special Evening Meeting, Ravi Ravindran,
President-Elect of Rotary International
*August 19
th
Steven Wolfe Rotocare Clinic

*August 28
th
Jo Nash Civil Air Patrol

* Regular Tuesday noon meeting
** Second Tuesday Evening Meeting at 6:00 PM

VISITORS

We were pleased to welcome:

Bill Eames Member of Lafayette Rotary and winner of
our Most Frequent Guest Award!!
Chrissy Orangio Program Coordinator, Global Student
Embassy and our speaker today.


Bill Eames and Roger Gregory Enjoying Our Program Today

Our Meeting Today..
Our meeting was opened by Herb Wehmeyer offering some
humor (There is nothing civil in a Civil War!), a prayer, and
leading the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Announcements

SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAM ON AUGUST 12
th

Mark your calendars for a special visit from the PresidentElect of
Rotary International, Ravi Ravindran, from the Rotary Club of
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ravi will be the the world-wide president of
Rotary International during 2015 and 2016. It is a rare opportunity
for our Club to have the President-elect attend our meeting. Invite
your friends, neighbors and spouses to this very special event!!

TGIF Social Another Fun Evening
Eighteen Rotarians and spouses collected last Friday for the
monthly TGIF Social of Moraga Rotary at the Dochterman
home. Wine flowed freely and delicious snacks and hors
doeuvres were enjoyed by all. These very informal Club
social events provide great conversation and fellowship. The
August Social will be on Friday the 29th at the home of Frank
and Linda May; and September 26 will be at Sue McCaffreys
home. Put these dates on your calendar and join in the
fellowship.

OMPA Swim Meet August 8
th
10
th


OMPA Chair Nora Avelar-Martin reported that sign-ups to
work at our upcoming event are going well. We still need a
few volunteers on Sunday morning. Nora asked any
members with large coolers to bring them to the next
meeting so that we can use them for drink storage
throughout the weekend. Mark them with your name so that
they can be easily returned to you after the event. Debbie
Roessler is also looking for some plastic containers for
grated parmesan cheese.

It is imperative to get everyones help in pulling off a
successful fundraising effort. OMPA not only makes a lot of
money for the club (it is our 2
nd
largest fundraiser), but is
also a great way to display Rotary to the community. If you
have not done so already, let Nora know when you are able
to work!!


Past-President Nora Discussing the Upcoming OMPA Swim Meet



Club Dues Payable This Month
This is the final reminder that Club annual dues are payable
this month to Treasurer, Lad Lynch (With a check made out
to Moraga Rotary of course)! The annual dues are $135
plus a donation to the Rotary Foundation of $100. The dues
are due this month. The foundation donation can also be
made either all now or $50 now and $50 in January. Annual
dues for an associate member remain at $50 per year.

St. Marys Rotaract Club

President Debbie announced that the St. Marys Rotaract
Club is well organized for the fall term. She would like club
members to attend a meeting once in a while and support
them in any way that we can.


Upcoming Events for Other Rotary Clubs and
Community Organizations

Wine Tasting
The Mount Diablo Rotary Clubs are hosting a wine tasting,
hors doeuvres and vineyard tour at Tamayo Family
Vineyards on August 2
nd.
The event supports their 2014
Rotary Agua Nicaragua water project and is the kickoff
project of our local Wine Appreciation Fellowship.
.
For
questions or additional information contact Marianne Clark at
(925) 639-7647 annclark@pacbell.net

Shrimp Feed at Angels-Murphys Rotary Club
Sabrina Julian, the current president of the Angels-Murphys
Rotary Club invited us to attend their upcoming Shrimp Feed
on August 16
th
. Go to their club website for more
information.

Special Olympics Softball Tournament

President Debbie announced that there will be a Special
Olympics Softball Tournament at Heather Farms in Walnut
Creek on August 16
th
and 17
th
. For more information click
here or talk to Debbie.

Dancing With the Cars Event
The Orinda Rotary Club is holding their Dancing with the
Cars event on Friday, September 12
th
. Tickets and
information can be found at www.orindarotary.org.

Happy Bucks, Birthdays and Trips!!

Colin Barnard and Rich Render both celebrated
birthdays recently but were not present at the
meeting. We will have to catch up with them later!!
Nora Avelar-Martin has just returned from a trip to
Boston provided by Ameriprise celebrating the sales
success of her husband Dan last year.
Dianne Wilson also returned from a successful
annual family gathering in Genoa, Nevada
Frank and Linda May spun the wheel for a hot
weekend in Las Vegas visiting their children and
grandchildren.
Dave Kruegel recently took a trip to Reno where he
enjoyed a visit to the Nevada Museum of Art
featuring an exhibition of the work of Doris Duke.
Debbie Roessler offered a Happy Buck for the
success of husband Lou in passing his drivers test.
Bill Eames offered a buck to help defray the costs
of catering at our meeting. (The Club has to pay for
a minimum of 30 lunches each week.)

The Program

The program today was a presented by Chrissy Orangio, a
Program Coordinator for the Global Student Embassy. She
was introduced by President Debbie Roessler. Chrissy is
a Rotary Ambassador Scholar who travelled to Capetown,
South Africa to work on ecology based projects. After
returning back to the USA in 2012, Chrissy has been
working with The Global Student Embassy (GSE).


Chrissy Orangio from GSE Talking to the Club Today!!

Chrissy described the work that GSE is doing with local
students providing global leadership education, project-
based learning and community service and cross-cultural
collaboration. A flyer is attached to this newsletter that
better describes the programs offered by GSE.

In Northern California, GSE is working with several local
schools developing and improving vegetable gardens to
provide fresh vegetables to local food banks. Campolindo
High School is one of the participating schools and has a
very active garden

In Nicaragua the emphasis is on organic gardens producing
both food for the students and an outdoor classroom. In
Ecuador, the emphasis is on reforestation efforts.

There is a student cultural exchange program sending our
local students to Ecuador and Nicaragua as well as
providing scholarships to bring Latin American students to
the learn about the GSE programs in the United States.

GSE is asking for Rotarys help in building a greenhouse in
their Campolindo garden to further education efforts and


allow the students to grow and sell seedlings. This allows
the gardens to produce more food at less cost.

Chrissy invited everyone to a garden work party at
Campolindo this Thursday from 4 until 6 in the afternoon.

The meeting was adjourned by President Debbie but not
before the lottery was won by Roger Gregory holding the
ticket for Herb Wehmeyer. Luckily, the marble jar has
reappeared but did not surrender the white marble.

THE LAST WORDS

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer and
enjoying the weather and perhaps getting in a little extra
reading. I would like to recommend a wonderful book
that I came across this summer recommended to me by
a friend of Lindas The Boys In the Boat; Nine
Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936
Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. This is a
wonderful story about teamwork as well as a vivid
description of life during the Depression and before
World War II.

I look forward to our upcoming team effort at OMPA!!





CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS
Aug. 8-10 OMPA Swim Meet
Sept 23 Official Visit of District Governor
Oct 31 Nov 2 District Conference Recess
in Reno
Nov 15 Salute to Rotary Day at Golden Gate
Fields
Dec 9
th
Rotary Christmas Party




MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014-15

PresidentDebbie Roessler
President-elect .......Roger Gregory
Past President..Nora Avelar-Martin
Secretary...........Kevin Reneau
Treasurer......Lad Lynch
Community Service Chair.... .Barbara Bruner
New Generations....Rich Render
International Service Chair..Tony Schoemehl
Rotary Foundation .......Nora Avelar-Martin
Public Relations .Gary Irwin
Membership.....Frank May
Director at Large.John Erickson
Director at Large....Cliff Dochterman
Director at Large...Marv Ellenberg
Director at Large....Linda May
President, Rotary InternationalGary Huang
District Governor.Pam Gray
Assistant District Governor...Mark Roberts

2013 2014 Theme Light Up Rotary
Newsletter Editor for July Frank May
Editor for August Nora Avelar-Martin