from Joaquin Moraga school and Lillian
MORAGA
ROTARY
NEWSLETTER
April 27, 2021
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Next Meeting: Tuesday,
May 4 at NOON
Program: Brian South on Tecpan
– Guatemala Floor Project
Greeter: Evie Michon
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To participate next week:
Zoom connection information for next week’s
meeting will be distributed early next week.
Upcoming Speakers:
May 11- Avi Mylrea – Common Hope
May 18 – Breyana Brandt – Director
Moraga Parks and Recreation
May 25 – Joint Meeting with Rotary
Club of GomaTumaini (Congo) 8AM !!
~~Forty Fourth Meeting of ’20/’21
President Brian South rang the
Moraga Rotary bell to open the meeting
and today’s greeter, Barbara Bruner,
read quotes from Will Rogers. She then
led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Our guests today included Kim Lockett,
Joan Danilson and Hongmei Wang
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Roodvelt via Zoom from Arizona
~~HAPPY BUCKS~~
John Erickson had a High 5 for
Jennifer Brophy’s work in organizing
data for the Dinner with Rotary program.
Jennifer Brophy had $13 Happy Bucks
for the A’s winning streak.
Hubert Ma was very happy, offering a
Happy $5 for Stephanie Dickerson’s
work on school safety, a High $5 for
John and Mary Sue Erickson’s
donation of wine and for wrapping all the
bottles for the dinners with Rotary and
finally a High $5 our club’s recognition
as Moraga‘s Non Profit Organization of
the Year. If we win it two years in a row,
he will up he donation to $100 next year.
Roger Gregory had a High $5 for a
wonderful Dinner with Rotary at La
Finestra.
Cliff Dochterman had an A’s mask
made by his daughter for Jennifer
Brophy.
Debbie Roessler had a Happy $10 for
the start of the White Elephant sale
which benefits the Oakland Museum.
Check their web site.
~ANNIVERSARIES & BIRTHDAYS~
Hubert Ma’s birthday back to January
22 was recognized.
~~TRIPS~~
None reported.
 ~~FINE-FREE HAT~~
For April it belongs to John Erickson
~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~
President Brian informed us that we
sold 220 dinners for our final Dinner
With Rotary on Thursday, April 22..
The club should net about $2,000 from
this event. The club generated about
$10,000 from all the dinners combined.
Rotary District 5160 is having the
District Conference April 30th through
May 2nd.
Rich Render has the club lined up with
an E Waste event on Saturday, May
15th. There will be more details as we
get closer to that date.
Herb Wehmeyer is seeking Greeters for
our zoom meetings in June. Please
email Herb at oherbw@att.net to sign
up.
President Brian reported having met
with Tom Guyette of the Lamorinda -
Sunrise Club with the hope that the
Diablo Valley Rotoract Club can connect
with St Mary’s College students
and mentor them and assist in forming a
club there.
Hubert Ma reported that the MOFD IS
establishing a wild fire mediation
program utilizing web enabled sprinkler
systems. Check the MOFD web site for
more information.
Debbie Koo reported that $100,000 has
been raised for the Lumumba Library
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project including $50,000 from our club.
We will have a joint Zoom meeting with
the Rotary Club of Goma on May 25 at
8am.
~~WHAT’S IN THE BOX~~
No game this week.
~TEACHER OF THE MONTH~
Kim Lockett, a 7th and 8th grade
science teacher at JM was honored this
month. She was praised by Principal
Joan Danilson and colleague Hongmei
Wang. She also supervises the
yearbook class and the Eco Club and
runs “all things green” at the school
including development of a food waste
collection program. Food is collected at
the school and transferred to a
processing facility in Emeryville where it
eventually produces methane gas.
Stephanie Dickerson gave her a
certificate of appreciation and gift cards
to Town Bakery and TJ Maxx.
~~PROGRAM~~
This week’s program was a virtual
presentation by Forest Resener of
Stove Team International which is
based in Oregon and provides stoves to
needy families in Latin America.
In many households in this region
cooking is done in kitchens with an open
fire. These fires cause carbon poisoning
in these homes. These fires require a lot
of wood which has contributed to forest
devastation. In addition to smoke
inhalation these fires are dangerous and
cause burns primarily to children.
Stove Team has developed ultra clean
stoves which use far less wood and emit
far less smoke. So far 78,000 have been
distributed. Stove Team was founded by
Nancy Hughes.

~~ ENCORE GAME~~
Each week we end the meeting with this
game. The goal is to guess the suit of a
single ace drawn from four aces.
Today’s potential prize was $10. Frank
May was the chosen contestant. He
guessed clubs but the winner was
diamonds. Next week the prize will be
$20. You must be present to win.

Greeters/Invocators:
• 5/11 – Hubert Ma
• 5/18 – Mark Hoog
• 5/25 – Debbie Koo
• 6/1 -- Roger Gregory
• 6/8 -- open
• 6/15 – open
• 6/22 -- open

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Moraga Rotary Directors 2020/2021
President Brian South
President Elect Brian South
Past Co-Presidents Evie Michon & Debbie Koo
Executive Secretary Evie Michon
Secretary Jennifer Brophy
Treasurer and Youth Services Chair Rich Render
Club Administrator Debbie Roessler
Foundation Chairman John Erickson
Community Service Chairman Tony Schoemehl
Public Relations Chairman Gary Irwin
Fundraising Chairman Frank May
International Service Chairs Dianne Wilson & Debbie Koo
Membership Chairman Roger Gregory
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 Mark Roberts
President, Rotary International Holger Knaack

This month’s Newsletter Editor – Ron Mucovich