This year’s Giro Bello was a huge success

The smiles generated by the riders after the ride spoke volumes to the success of the day. The positive comments from the riders about the friendliness of all the rest stop workers and how well the food was presented. The hospitality was said to be excellent.

Many complikments were recived for the beauftiful scenic ride, and the riders loved how well the routes were marked.

For those that contributed financially, a very large thanks to you! It made a difference in the success of this important Rotary fundraiser.

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Setup & Cleanup

Kudos to all the volunteers and helpers. The Giro Bello would not have been possible without the awesome, behind the scenes, hard work of all the volunteers that helped setup and clean up. 

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SRJC Rotaract officers and Rotary counselors have key spot at SRJC President’s retirement dinner.

The Rotaract officers received certificates signed by President Dr. Frank Chong.

Present were:
Rotaract Leaders President Micaela Baquero, VP Julian Gussart, Liaison Brennan Noriega, & Treasurer Donovan Collins 
Rotary Advisors Mary Graves, Rick Allen, & Odalis Medianero 
Guests: Richard Lazovick, Trish Allen, & Steve Graves

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Eight of our rotary club sponsored Global Rotaract Alums met in Melbourne Australia at the rotary international Convention to support the rotary telemedicine project and also to meet other rotaractors and Rotarians from All Over the world.
They are from Indonesia,Nepal, us, Bahamas and Kenya

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Volunteering at the Redwood Empire Food Bank is a great way to give back to the community and is a feeling of accomplishment.

At the end of each session, they report how much was packaged that night. It is amazing to hear numbers in thousands and the tons.

The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa was at the Redwood Empire Food Bank last night bagging carrots. We work there on the second Wednesday of every month. Tonight Douglas Landin, Ted Wilmsen, Richard Lazovick, Robert Pierce, and myself.

The Santa Rosa Rotary club volunteers the 2nd Wednesday of each month.  Please join us sometime.

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On May 6th, Rotarians from the Santa Rosa Rotary club took turns staffing the Giro Bello booth at the Wine country bike ride.

On Thursday, April 13, 2023, more than 20 members of the Santa Rosa Rotary gathered at the Bennett Valley Golf & Country Club to enjoy the beautiful weather. This was the first time they had assembled in many months.

As it turned out, it was also Richard Lazovick’s birthday, which he had hoped would remain a secret.

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As usual, we worked from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Redwood Empire Food Bank on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 (our standing second Wednesday of the month appointment) and there was a huge turnout!

From our club we had Kris Anderson, Sam McMillan (Rita too), Rick Allen, Tasia Henderson (and son), Richard Lazovick, Odalis Medianero, Robert Pierce. We were joined by several members of the Sonoma State University Alumni Rotaract Club, Santa Rosa Junior College Rotaract Club, Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club, and the Coast Guard. I believe we bagged 7623 pounds of apples! There were so many people we actually finished early. See you all next month on December 14th for our next work evening.

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SRJC Rotaract – Youth In Action

On October 28th we had the kick off meeting for Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Rotaracts.

With Odalis as the Rotary representative, Micaela as club president, Julianne as vice president, 5 additional Rotaracts, and Richard as assistant Rotary representative.

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