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MORAGA
ROTARY
NEWSLETTER
May 4, 2021
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Evening Meeting:
Tuesday, May 11 at 6:00 PM
Program: Avi Mylrea,
Common Hope
Greeter: Hubert Ma
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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 18 – Breyana Brandt – Director
Moraga Parks and Recreation
May 25 – Joint Meeting with Rotary
Club of GomaTumaini (Congo) 8AM !!
June 1 – Paul Graves – Community
Violence Solutions
~~Forty Fifth Meeting of “20/21”
President Brian South rang the
Moraga Rotary bell to open the meeting
and today’s greeter, Evie Michon,
highlighted some items heard at last
weekend’s District Conference:
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and average age was increasing.
Not any more!
• Rotary membership worldwide is
growing in numbers of clubs and
memberships and the average
membership age is dropping.
• Paul Harris was 36 when he
founded Rotary. Changing as
many things as the automobile
did???
Evie then offered a quote. “How
wonderful it is that nobody need wait a
single moment before starting to
improve the world.” -Anne Frank
She recommended that we take
advantage of the recordings made
during the conference and highlighted
the House of Friendship. -
ShelterBoxes, Jennifer Jones, Rotacare
with Rita Moreno donation videos.
Our guests today included Mary Caburi
and Lillian Roodveldt. We were also
joined by Alka Mulakaluri from India!
~~HAPPY BUCKS~~
President Brian offered a Hi $5 for the
District Conference and the long-
distance attendance of Alka at our
meeting today
Evi Michon and Debbie Koo also
offered $5 for the conference and Alka.
Debbie Roessler is happy about the
success of the virtual White Elephant
sale. She mentioned that they sold
$100K of merchandise in one day last
weekend.
Frank and Linda May offered $5 for a
wonderful Rotary pillow received from
Barbara Bruner.
Jennifer Brophy offered $10 for
receiving her second Covid shot.
Angelo Costanza is sending in $15 for
an exchange student that he sponsored
in the past.
The Pandemic in India.
President Brian announced that he is
working with the Rotary Club of Nagpur
Ishanyain India. For more about this
large, active club view the following
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCvcDHbKcQ
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Alka Mulakaluri from India
We were joined by Alka Mulakaluri, a
club member who is currently visiting
her family and friends in India. Mumbai
is twelve and a half hours ahead of
Moraga in time – so it was the middle of
the night for Alka – thank you for joining
our meeting today!
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Alka described the effects of the
pandemic on her own family. She
described, in personal terms, the loss of
family members and the lack of medical
facilities to combat Covid. Alka, we are
very sorry for the losses in your family.
Alka was able to setup communication
between our Rotary club and the club in
Nagpur City. Brian is in contact with our
local district and helping to coordinate
possible support activities going
forward.
~ANNIVERSARIES & BIRTHDAYS~
Dianne Wilson celebrated a birthday
this week, but she missed the meeting
today. We will catch her soon ro hear
about her celebration.
~~TRIPS~~
Rich and Peg Render returned from a
two-week trip to Maui. Rich described
the process they went through to travel
safely in this Covid world. He did say
that the island is open, and the trip was
very enjoyable after the Covid testing
and screening were completed.
~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~
President Brian announced that he
plans to send out a survey to obtain the
opinions of members on club meetings
and projects in the new Rotary year. He
also plans to offer some new Moraga
Rotary hats and shirts in the near future
and is looking for a Rotarian to help with
this project.
Brian and Rich Render also
announced that the Campolindo Interact
Club has selected new leaders and a
new board for the next academic year.
Stasia Thommason has led the club as
president for two years. She is a
recipient of one of our Rotary
Scholarships this year. Thank you,
Stasia for a wonderful job and
congratulations!
Rich Render announced that the
E-Waste event will be held on Saturday,
May 15th. A flyer detailing this event can
be found at the end of this newsletter.
Let Rich know if you can help out on
that day. There will be a morning shift
starting at 9:30 AM and an afternoon
shift at 12:30 PM. The event ends at
around 4 PM (with beer).
Herb Wehmeyer is seeking Greeters for
our zoom meetings in June. Please
email Herb at oherbw@att.net to sign
up.
Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club is
sponsoring their last takeout dinner on
May 12. See the flyer later in this
newsletter for information on signing up
for this Italian Dinner at Locanda
Positano in Lafayette. Note the cutoff
date is Thursday, May 6.
~~WHAT’S IN THE BOX~~
No game this week.
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~~PROGRAM~~
Brian South presented our latest
international project that is being
spearheaded by the Lamorinda Sunrise
Rotary Club, a Concrete Floors project
in Guatemala. We are also partnering
with the Club Rotario Guatemala Vista
Hermosa. This local club, although only
having 20 members, has sponsored
several successful large projects in the
past.
The concrete floors project will replace
the dirt floors currently in houses with
concrete. A concrete floor reduces the
parasitic infestations that infect children
through dirt floors. Other benefits
include reduction in diarrhea and
anemia as well as a huge improvement
in the cognitive development of children.
Guatemalan Villagers
We plan on supporting this project both
financially as well as travelling to
Guatemala to actually work on the
project.
Brian noted that this project is in
addition to the planned work on the
Lumumba Congo Library project (LCL).
Note From the Editor
The 1928 Packard picture below was
taken in the town of Ferndale, Michigan
where I went to junior high and high
school. (Somewhat after 1928). Notice
the Rotary wheel to the right of the
Packard. Rotary has been active in
Ferndale for a long time!

~~ 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 $20. Angelo
Costanza’s selection was not correct!
Better luck next time!!
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 – Frank May

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Link for the 5/12 dinner from Locanda Positano
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Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary May 1, 2021, 3:00 PM

https://lamorindasunriserotaryfundraiser.com/

Join us for dinner May 12!

Enjoy a fabulous take-out meal from Locanda Positano in Lafayette. Eat well & DO GOOD all at the
same time!

3 choices and 3 pick-up times

With each two meals purchased you will receive a free bottle of wine.

Purchase of entrees includes a donation to Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary, to help fund our local and
international service projects.

PLEASE ORDER RIGHT AWAY. THE ORDER CUTOFF DATE IS THURSDAY,

MAY 6, 2021 AT 6:00 P.M.

Pick up at the Restaurant at your selected time.:

1005 Brown Avenue, Lafayette

Rotary Club of Lamorinda Sunrise

Meets on Fridays at 7 AM
www.lamorindasunrise.org

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