In accordance with our Club's Bylaws, the Nominating Committee has selected these candidates for open positions on the Board of Directors:
2024-25 President: Bob Hermann 2024-25 President-Elect: Frank Yoke 2024-26 Vice President of Development: Maureen O’Shea 2024-26 Vice President of International Service: Anita Stangl 2024-26 Vice President of Membership: Margaret Miley 2024-26 Vice President of Community Service: Darlene Wilson 2024-26 Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Tim Hornbecker
Rotarians and staff gathered this evening to stuff 45 diaper bags to be distributed at the Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP) baby showers on December 6, 2023. President Sunny Singh, Jim Patrick, Jo Patrick, and Rhonda Poppen of the Rotary Club of San Francisco joined Shellena Eskeridge and Sharon Bechtol of HPP in the assembly of diaper bags. This was an opportunity to give back to the incredible need of homeless or housing insecure families in San Francisco.
President Sunny Singh (Financial Services: Advising | PK Wealth Management), sporting a festive, holiday mustache, called today's meeting to order at 12:15 PM and welcomed those online and those attending in person at the Anzu Restaurant in the Hotel Nikko.
Today's Guests
Anita Stangl (Medical Services | Alliance for Smiles) introduced her guests - Lisa Covey and Katheyn Hyde. Our guests affiliated with The Arc San Francisco were Nasan Barkhurel, Peter DeHaas, Cynthia Kreuz-Uhr, and Mira Yoon. We also welcomed today's speaker - Woody LaBounty.
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New Member: Anthony Alioto (Nonprofit Administration | Catholic Charities) was inducted as a new member of our corporate member - Catholic Charities. He formerly ran the family-owned US Restaurant and confirmed that all the Alioto's in San Francisco hail from the same Sicilian village, and they all consider each other cousins! He was welcomed with the traditional "We Will!"
Club members, friends, and family are all invited to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, at a candle-lighting ceremony plus snacks with wine and other beverages. Tickets are $10 each, but there is no charge for children aged 12 and younger. The deadline to register is 5 PM on Friday, December 8.
Join us at the Hotel Nikko for this year’s Holiday Party and Annual Meeting. This is always the most festive and fun-filled luncheon of the year, so bring your family, friends, and business associates to celebrate with us!
Come and enjoy nature, fresh air, and fellowship as we do some gardening to improve and enhance Rotary Meadow - a garden of native plants our Club planted at the summit of Mount Sutro in 2004. Participation is limited to a maximum of 20 people. Advanced registration is required.
Help us build connections and memories through a holiday celebration. We are looking for volunteers to help cook, serve, wrap presents, and engage with clients at the annual Holiday Party of St. Joseph's Family Center. It is a wonderful, festive occasion to provide families with an opportunity to come together and enjoy the holiday season.
We are not meeting on December 19 and December 26. In addition, Grindings will not be published on December 24, 2023, but publication will resume on December 31, 2023.
We wish you good health and all the best during the holidays and throughout the new year.
You are invited to a free Kwanzaa celebration and dinner hosted by the OMI Cultural Participation Project. Maurice Rivers, the Executive Director of OMI-CPP, is a member of our Club. The Rotary Club of San Francisco is a Community Partner for this event. All Club members, our families, and our friends are welcome.
The Rotary Club of San Francisco thanks you for your participation and support in 2023 and looks forward to seeing you in 2024. Our first Tuesday luncheon meeting in the new year will be on January 16, 2024.
Shirmila Cooray will share the mission of De Marillac Academy, a tuition-free Catholic academy in the Tenderloin serving 4th through 8th graders and continuing support as these students advance into high school and early adulthood.
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