Please Note:

We have made some changes to our meeting schedule in June that I wanted you all to be aware of. We will have our regular meeting time on June 4 and 11. We will be dark on June 18 as the Gospes offered to host my “debunking” at their house on June 19 starting at 5:30. Hope you can all make this.

We will also be dark on June 25 as many club members will be attending the International Convention in Calgary. President Julia’s first meeting will be on July 2. 

UPCOMING SOCIALS & PROJECTS & EVENTS  

Socials:

Giro Bello – July 12th

President Casey’s Debunking Diploma (Invitation) – Click To Open

President Casey’s Debunking Party – June 19th – at Ann & Jeff Gospe’s @ 5:30 – If you haven’t already, please RSVP TO Debi Zaft – 707-291-8300 by 6/14. See “President Casey’s Debunking Diploma” flyer

Giro Bello – July 12, 2025 – An annual tradition and our club’s main fundraiser, this ride is a great way to see beautiful Sonoma County, and is attended by riders from all over the Bay Area, and beyond. (Click here for more info & to register) (Click here to volunteer).

Upcoming District/International Events:
June 21-25: International Convention in Calgary Canada click here: https://convention.rotary.org/en-us

Upcoming District Socials at Other Clubs
Check back for new socials

Like planning parties and having fun? Talk to Nona Lucas
Talk to Ann about joining the team leading hands-on service during the 2024-2025 year

More socials coming soon.

For more details and additional events, see the Announcements section below.

For pictures and descriptions of previous socials and other events click here.

More socials, projects, & events coming soon!

Rotaract Fund Raiser
If anyone would like to donate money to GRA (Global Rotaract Alumni Club) they can donate the money on the GOSC site and include a note that it is for GRA. This would help us tremendously to continue growing as a club and be able to conduct larger scale projects. Here is the donation link: Donate Now – Global Offsite Care

Opening The Meeting

For the last time, President Casey opened the meeting with “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa where the Magic or Rotary is alive and well as we continue to do good things in our world and have fun doing it.”

Gary Nichols led us in the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and the Four/Five Way Test.

His refection was on pizza, specifically margarita pizza. In 1889 Queen Margarita visited Naples and tried three pizzas and they reminded her of the Italian flag.  So today is Margarita Pizza Day.  He also gave us a quote for the day, “Your life is a sum of your choices.” Where did it come from?  Mission Impossible.

Visiting Rotarians:

Jim Grady, our outgoing District Governor, David Mark Raymond from Sebastopol. Tiffany Nguyen, Sophia Nguyen, and Edgar Manjor; Rotaractors from SRJC. Ella Bernstein and Jack Jacobs from the Cardinal Newman Rotaract Club.

Rotarian of the Month 

That would be Craig Meltzner!  He does an outstanding job in all that he does for Rotary.  Recently he put together the excellent Public Safety Awards.  He Serves on the Foundation board and he is a key person with Youth Exchange.

$1,000,000+ Donations to Rotary!

Can you believe that our club has donated over $1,000,000 to Rotary?  Just think of all the lives we have touch with these donations! How many lives we have saved? Jim O’Grady said we set an example to our District and all of Rotary.  Our giving demonstrates that we believe in the future of our community and the world. (See Additional Pictures below for the cake)

Casey’s Farewell Address 

(Editor’s Note…Casey’s slides are attached below, so I won’t duplicate everything.)

Casey spoke of all the speakers we had this year and thanked Susan Nowacki for an outstanding job.

His favorite programs were the High School Student Recognitions, the Rotary Foundation Scholarships and the Public Service Awards.

He gave a recap of all the organizations we served…and there were a lot!

All the Rotarians that were Rotarians of the Month and all the socials.

We are one very busy club that lives “The Magic of Rotary.”

Thank you, Casey!

Casey’s & International Committees’s Slide Presentations

Casey’s Slide Presentation

International Committees’s Slide Presentation

Additional Pictures

CREDITS