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CAMPBELL Rotary
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The Campbell Rotary Relay for Life team will be helping to conquer
cancer in the annual local walkathon July 11 and 12.. Our team grew
in the first week from two to five. About 10 more volunteers would be
great! More updates and chances to join at each meeting.

Rotarians @ Work Day--Worldwide!

As Rotarians around the world
Speakers Highlight
Programs for Women
Carla Collins and Esther Peralez-
Dieckman of the Santa Clara
County Office of Womens’ Policy,
were invited by member, Bettina
Kohlbrenner to address the club
on programs to help break the
The City’s work
cycle of poverty, abuse and
incarceration. The information
was well presented and many of
the facts were real eye-openers.
For example, 78% of female
inmates are mothers. This
greatly impacts families.
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his own surveying equipment to the
gathered in their local communities to
paint schools, pick up litter along
highways, plant trees, etc., a dozen
generous volunteers from Campbell
Rotary spent their Saturday at the City
of Campbell’s Volunteer garden. The
crew, organized and headed by
Community Service
Chair, Neil Jacobson,
met at 9:00 AM an
began weeding the
recently neglected
garden. They pruned
desirable plants,
removed undesirable
(or unrecognizable)
species and turned over
soil to make it ready for
Spring planting. With
much of the gardening done, the
volunteers (see photos on page 2)
switched tasks and began painting the
75 feet of new picket fence partitions.
Setting the fence posts was expertly
handled by Fred Meyer, who brought
delight of the City workers. Every one
of the 30 or so fence posts are not only
straight up and down, the tops are all
level from one post to the next to the
next.
In addition to Neil and Fred,
members Kit Whitney, Bob Yager,
Marc Wagner, Carl
Middione, Rick
Davis, Janine Payton,
Ravi Chari, Regina
Reynolds and John
Shannon rounded out
the crew.
foreman and head of
volunteers were both
exceedingly happy with
the work of our club.
The City also, graciously, provided our
crews with a great lunch of sandwiches,
drinks and cookies. We may want to
make this a quarterly event.
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May 11: Dinner Service @ EHC

Coming Events May 16, 17: “Boogie on the Bayou,”
May 2: Free Pancake Breakfast @
Downtown Campbell
Southside Comm. Ctr., 8:00 AM
May 21: District Assembly @ SJ
May 4: Board Meeting, Hickory Pit,
DoubleTree Hotel
5:30 PM
July 11, 12: Relay for Life
 Members Beautify Campbell Garden

The Campbell Volunteer

The Campbell Volunteer Garden--”After”
Garden--”Before” Marc Wagner, Kit Whitney
and Bob Yager hard at work.

Ravi Chari and Rick Davis Master surveyor, Fred Meyer, Rick Davis and Regina Reynolds
painting up a storm. setting the posts that will encircle team up to paint a fence post.
the garden.

Janine Payton demonstrates her Janine, Kit, Marc and Ravi ask, Lunch Time!
fence painting technique. “How many Rotarians does it take Neil Jacobson, Marc Wagner,
to paint a fence?” Rick Davis and Carl Middione
get ready to chow down.