Special attendees at today’s Zoom were

MORAGA our speakers, Mike Crosby and his wife

Marsha Brown; Honorary Moraga
Rotarians Lillian Roodveldt, Carol
ROTARY Irwin and Lou Roessler; and Mary
Caburi.

NEWSLETTER
April 14, 2020
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Next: April 21, Noon
We are now conducting regular
meetings on-line video or by phone!
Program: Dana Filkowski, Contra
Costa DA’s Office, on Sex Trafficing
Greeter: Debbie Roessler ~~Recognitions / Virtual HBs~~
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We had birthdays this past week – John
To participate next week: Erickson and Janet Gregory (wife of
the Rajah.) John reported that he and
Mary Sue did a new puzzle and made a
Join: home cooked meal for the birthday
https://zoom.us/j/214641215?pwd=NTRWcmt4MnJSUj
UrdzZsdmE2cUtYZz09 celebration. The Rajah reports he made
an amaretto cake for Jan and grilled tri-
Meeting ID: 214 641 215
tip.
Password: 595042
Phone entry #: 1-669-900-6833 Treasurer, Rich Render is keeping
track of “Zoomer Happy Bucks (ZHB’s).”
Send your check for the amount you
Another great Zoom meeting. There donate to Rich via the Moraga Rotary
were 25 people taking part. Club mailing address- Moraga Rotary
Co-Presidents, Debbie Koo and Evie Club, P.O. Box 122, Moraga, CA 94556
Michon handled it like pro’s.
Here’s what the newsletter editor thinks
Debbie rang the gong to start the
the ZHB’s were:
meeting and called on Fran Rathjen to
do the Invocation and the Pledge of • Ron Mucovich became a
Allegiance. grandfather for the second time
and celebrated with $5 ZHB’s. The
baby’s name is Sasha and the
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 “little guy” weighed 9 pounds 12
ounces at birth.
• Lillian Roodveldt had $5 ZHB’s
because last week was very
emotional. Her grandson, Andrew
got married.
• Dianne Wilson contributed $5
ZHB’s because Moraga Rotary is
so incredible. Jim and Linda
Campbell delivered face masks to
Moraga Royale. They had two
washable face masks for
everyone! Rotary also delivered
face shields and they are truly
needed because a Moraga Royale
resident returned from the hospital
this week and will require a two-
week quarantine. It was not Covid-
19 that sent him to the hospital but
since the hospital is a possible
infection site for the disease the
confinement is necessary. So far
there are no cases of Covid-19 at
Moraga Royale. Just this one
quarantined resident requires four
sets of personal protection gear
per day. With the N95 facemasks
from ACE which Moraga Royale
stockpiled due to the wildfires last
year they are well equipped with
PPE gear for now.
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• Treasurer, Rich Render,
reminded Dianne that she and
Clyde celebrated an anniversary
earlier in April. Dianne said they
spent the occasion at home in
quarantine since they returned
from Tahiti in March. Coming into
the country you get a two-week
quarantine!
• Gary Irwin had $5 ZHB’s because
he was able to get some badly
needed parts from ACE Hardware
in Lafayette.
~~Rotary Business~~
Co-Pres Evie Michon reported on the
April 13th Fab5 Zoom meeting. All five
Presidents were in attendance. The
meeting was chaired by Hays Englehart
with Assistant District Governor, Joy
Alaidarous attending. Mark Roberts
discussed District Grants (pre-
application early May with final
applications due in June.) All five clubs
are meeting via Zoom. Here’s what’s
happening at the clubs:
• Lamorinda Sunrise Club says
the Zoom speakers are very
successful! Rotary Surge is up
and running nationwide. (Please
click HERE to learn more.)
 Seven hundred Rotarians
volunteered the first week.
Car donation funds are being
directed to the Food Bank where
the need is very great. Purchasing
of PPE gear has been challenging
• Rossmoor Club is making
donations to local food banks,
Trinity House, Rotacare and
Concord High School. Rotary
alumni and current Rotarians are
donating what they would have
paid in lunch costs to the effort.
Rossmoor Quilters are making
face masks and this year’s District
Grant application will be for
caregivers helping Alzheimer and
Parkinson patients.
• Orinda Club says technology has
been challenging for their
members. They are thinking of
delivering box lunches to
members so they can have a
Zoom Group Meal. Materials have
been purchased for making
protective gowns and the gowns
are being sewn by a local
company at $10 each. The Club
hopes to buy 700 gowns.
• Lafayette Club The concerts at
the Lafayette Reservoir and “Rock
the Plaza” have been cancelled.
The club has donated facemasks
and are partnering on Lamorinda
Village deliveries from Diablo
Foods and local drug stores –
members shop and deliver; clients
pay the costs.
President Elect, Brian South remarked
there may be a silver lining to these
Zoom meetings in that we’ve learned we
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might get meeting speakers from a far
distance. He mentioned a retired
London policeman who represents the
“River Thames Police Museum” which
Brian toured on a visit to London last
year. Brian notes, “Noon our time is 8
pm London time. That works. He could
have a pint while we lunch.”
Brian South shared information the
Moraga PD received in training on
personal protection gear. Face Shields
are not a replacement for face masks.
Caregivers who might come in contact
with contaminated liquid bearing the
Covid-19 disease wear face shields and
face masks. If you maintain the
recommended social distancing of 6 to
10 feet you should not need a face
shield. N95 face masks are worn by first
responders and in hospitals. They are
uncomfortable to wear because they
have a sealing ring inside which
prevents air from entering the sides of
the mask. You have to breath through
the respirator element of the mask.
Because they are uncomfortable to wear
for periods of time users have a
tendency to touch and adjust them. Any
material on the outer surface of the
mask may then be spread to the hands
or the eyes. A surgical face mask has
no seal so it is susceptible to air leaking
in at the sides but it is more comfortable.
Home Made Face Masks are the least
effective but they are comfortable and
can be washed for reuse. Hand Hygiene
is very important. When you put a mask
on wash your hands/put on mask/don’t
touch the mask when it is in place/wash
hands/remove the mask/the wash hands
again. Once Shelter-In-Place restrictions
are lifted we will probably be subject to
wearing masks and practicing social St. Mary’s College. This will be effective
distancing until a vaccine is developed. June 2021 at the completion of his
Debbie Koo asked, “Can you put a face second term as President.
mask (like an N95 mask) in the sun and
then use it again?” Answer – No. A ~Guest Speaker~
Ultraviolet machine is required. Debbie Roessler introduced Mike
Frank May asked, “If you are just going Crosby and his wife, Marsha Brown.
out around the block for a short walk, Both are Rotarians. Mike is the CEO of
are face masks required?” Answer – For Whitewater Group Llc which provides
now, wearing a mask is a personal business advice and financial & tax
decision. Consider your own personal services. Marsha has a doctorate in
risk category. Maintain social distancing Educational Services. Debbie added,
and remember joggers, sneezers, etc. “For Cliff’s benefit, Mike is also an Eagle
may create an aerosol of Covid-19 Scout.”
particles.
Angelo Costanza reported that the Three months ago, Mike and Marsha
Martinez Bocce Ball Courts are closed took part in the Annual Nation-wide
due to Covid-19. Maybe they will reopen Polio Immunization Day in India. For
May 16th. Angelo will keep us posted. both it was a life changing experience.
Co-Pres Debbie Koo told us 100 Face
Shields have been delivered and we
have the materials to do more. The
target is 100 more face shields this next
two weeks. She asks for volunteers:
• To assemble shields – 7
volunteers
• To cut double side sticky tape – 4
volunteers
• To cut elastic – 4 volunteers
• To trace and cut clear plastic
sheets – 7 volunteers
• To cut foam brows – 8 volunteers
Giving Polio vaccine droplets to a two year old child

Debbie also reports that Rotary is It is called “immunization day” but it is

planning a Virtual International Rotary really a full week said Mike. All in all,
Conference this year. More details to they spent two weeks in India in what is
come. called the Golden Triangle between
New Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. They
From the community, Gary Irwin toured the Jaipur Foot Factory which
informed us that James A. Donahue, is produces 50 prosthetic feet per day.
retiring after eight years as President of
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There are 50 such factories around
India.
They also visited a polio corrective
surgery and rehabilitation facility at St.
Stephen’s Hospital in Delhi. This care
center has been in existence for 120
years. Here they straighten and
lengthen spines and limbs affected by
polio – free of charge.
The second day of the immunization
week, the Rotary volunteers went out
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into the community to find children that
hadn’t been at the clinic. The slums
were appalling. Polio spreads through
untreated human waste and the streets
had puddles of sewer water. In order to
keep water supplies safe from
contamination these water sources have
been installed, many by Rotary (see
photo):
Mike and Marsha asked us to think
about the trust these parents show by
bringing their young children to these
foreign volunteers for treatment. “They
don’t know us but they bring their
children to us. That is Trust.”
And think about the many educated
people here in our own country who are
anti-vaccinators. Covid-19 may change
some minds about that once a vaccine
is developed.
Cliff had a good thought. He said,
“Imagine 6 children. Five get vaccinated
and the one who doesn’t get vaccinated
also doesn’t get polio because there is
no one to transmit the disease to that
unvaccinated child.”
Mike and Marsha suggest that all
Rotarians who can, consider doing a
vaccination experience. It is life
changing!
 ~Easter Service at Moraga ~Where to find Community
Royale~ Information~
Here are two photos of the Easter Moraga Police Hotline (not for general
service at Moraga Royale. This is our news):
Cliff doing a reading. 1-844-729-8410

Moraga Police Department bulletins:

Moraga-police-
department@emails.nixle.com

Moraga Citizens Network (news and

links):
news@moragacitizensnetwork.org

Moraga Chamber of Commerce (about

business hours and takeout food):
http://www.moragachamber.org/

~Greeter/Invocator Schedule
List~
• April 14 – Fran Rathjen
• April 21 – Debbie Roessler
• April 28 – Igor Kipnis

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 ~Moraga Rotary Directors 2019/2022~
Co-Presidents Evie Michon & Debbie Koo
President Elect Brian South
Past President Ron Mucovich
Secretary Jennifer Brophy
Treasurer Rich Render
Club Administrator Debbie Roessler
Foundation Chairman John Erickson
Youth and Community Service Chairman Tony Schoemehl
Public Relations Chairman Gary Irwin
Fundraising Chairman Frank May
International Service Chairperson Dianne Wilson
Membership Chairman Brian South
Director at Large Mary Sue Erickson
Director at Large Linda May
Advisor to the Board John Erickson
Advisor to the Board Jim Campbell
Advisor to the Board Cliff Dochterman

District Governor 5160 Tina Akins

President, Rotary International Mark Maloney

Moraga Rescue One Foundation Essay Contest – Our good friends at the
Foundation asked if we would include a notification of their Essay Contest. The winner
will receive $500 and you can find the announcement and details at
https://www.mofd.org/our-district/volunteer/rescue-one

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