–> Redwood Empire Food Bank – 2nd Wednesday of the month.  The next one is April 8th – 5 PM – 7 PM

–> The Giro Bello is just around the corner! June 29, 2024.  Register to reserve your spot for one of the most scenic and fun bike rides on the West Coast – Now with a new start and finish, the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.  Click here for more info and to register.

SRJC Rotaract Fundraiser – You can make your donations here: Click here to donate

SRJC and Sonoma State Rotaract members support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. If you would like to donate, you can make a donation here.

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

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

More socials, projects, & events coming soon!

Rotary Announcements

See the Announcements section below.

Opening Ceremonies:

“Welcome to the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa where we are doing good in our world and having fun doing it!” said President Ann Gospe.

John Poremba led us in the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and the Four-Way Test (maybe we should start calling this the Five-Way Test). John’s Reflection was about “failure.”  Do not be afraid to fail! By failing we learn, grow, and succeed.

Guests:

We must be doing something right! We have more and more people coming to our meetings to check us out….and they just invited themselves! Today our guests were Lisa Trepel who has applied to become a member and the board should be voting on her shortly! Jack Byrne is a former Rotarian from Albany, OR and he is looking for a new home club! Pete Lescure took good care of him. Eric Butterfield was another guest. We might want to keep a supply of applications on the front desk! Lastly, Karissa Moreno was our guest speaker.

Update: The board is directors has approved Lisa Trepel for membership in our club.

Sunshine:

Sadly, Ray Giampaoli’s mom passed away last week. It was not unexpected, but sad all the same. Fred Levin was briefly hospitalized for a bleeding ulcer. We wish him well and hope he is feeling well soon. Former member, Steve Baime, who left our club due to a cancer diagnosis a few years back, is not doing well with his pancreatic cancer. His wife called to let us know. Keep all these people in your thoughts and prayers. Rumor has it, Rose Frances should be home after 2 months in the hospital and rehabilitation.

Raffle:

It is getting serious! Diane Moresi said we were down to four marbles today and a pot of $424.00. Of course, Ted Wilmsen had the ticket! He did not win. Next week it will be 3 marbles and $424+.

Announcements:

1. Food Bank tonight! Your next opportunity will be April 10 next month
2. Jeff Gospe said we got credit on a children’s book for the children in Ukraine for our donations to trauma relief.
3. Giro Bello flyers are now available. Grab some and put them up wherever possible. Our registration is up to 102 riders. We need sponsors and vendors. Karen Ball emailed a copy of each to all of us last week. If you have a prospect and do not know how to approach them, talk to Rich Rossi and he will do the call for you.
4. Lunch tickets will be back next week! Ever since we left the Flamingo Hotel in March 2018 our membership has been asking us to bring back the tickets. For you newer members, we used to be able to buy a packet of 10 tickets, eliminating the need to write a check, have cash or use a credit card each week. Casey D’Angelo says that when you check in you will give the people working at the desk a ticket. You still need to let them know you are coming the following week! If not, you will be pitching in the extra $2.00.

The Promise Club:

Doug Landin gave us a little history on the Promise Club. Rotary started in 1905 and the Endowment was started in 1917. Today we have four members of our club that promise to give $1000.00 a year, or $83.33 a month, to the Foundation. The principal gets invested and the interest is what we all use to fund the projects Rotary does around the world. Some of the money comes back to our District 5130 each year for local and international projects. See Doug Landin for more details.

New Member:

Lisa Trepel has been approved for membership by the board of directors to the rotary club of Santa Rosa.

The National Geographic Book of “Why?”

Casey D’Angelo asked us to sign up to deliver the books when they arrive, the end of this month or first of April. It is a delightful book, and we are sure the kids and teachers will have fun with it. Once we have the books, we can contact the school’s managers to set up dates and times for delivery.

 

Recognitions:

Jeff Gospe has been working on getting a school bond passed in the Rincon Valley Schools District. It looks like it got enough votes, so he is donating $75.00. Diane Moresi was also working on this project, so she is chipping in $75.00 too. Lastly, President Ann said she would chip in $75.00 because she was happy to have her husband back! Thanks, guys!

Today’s Guest Speaker, Karissa Moreno from the Center for Well Being.

What is health and well-being? It includes getting a good night’s sleep, regular physical activity, managing our stress, eating right, and getting preventive checkups. Because we are lacking in one or more of these areas, 60% of the population has a chronic disease.

She used the comparison between Roseland and the Bennett Valley area. People in Roseland live to an average age of 76.3.  In Bennett Valley, they live to an average age of 85. Why the difference? It has to do with the above-mentioned factors. The people in Roseland do not have the same access to healthcare, there is more poverty, less green space, poorer air quality as it lies between 101 and Highway 12.

At the Center for Well Being, they work on the physical, mental, and social well-being of our citizens.

Economic Stability includes employment, income, expenses, debt, medical bills, and support. Neighborhood and Physical Environment includes housing, transportation, safety, parks, playgrounds, and walkability.

Education includes literacy, language, early childhood education, vocational training, higher education.

Food includes hunger and access to healthy items.

Community and Social Context includes social integration, support systems, community engagement, and discrimination.

HealthCare Systems includes health coverage, provider availability, provider linguistic and cultural competency, and quality of care.

All these factors come together to determine mortality, morbidity, life expectancy, health care expenditures, health care status, and functional limitations.  The differences explain why Roseland and Bennett Valley have different life expectancies.

Their mission is to improve the health and well-being of our community through evidence-based health care practices and innovative programs that advance health equity for all. Their vision is to achieve improved community health through inclusive and just policies, programs, and services.

They provide cardiac rehabilitation, nutrition telehealth, dedicated care coordination. It is evidence based – rooted in science. All services available in English and Spanish. They offer 100% scholarships for their services.

In 2023 they had 6000 visits for 300 patients which equals about 6450 hours of care. They partner with many local organizations to further their reach.

Program Slides

Program slides not available this week.