A small group gathered this evening for the final Evening Meeting of the 2025-2026 Rotary year under the leadership of President Frank Yoke III (Development | Serra Residential Center, Inc.). President Frank called this Meeting at MoMo's to order and shared the agenda.
News from the Rotary International Convention
President Frank had just returned from the 2026 Rotary International Convention the day before tonight's Meeting. He brought back a lot of information and shared his experiences and photos from Taipei, Taiwan.
RYLA News
RYLA Camp Director Todd St Vrain (Education: Administration | University of Melbourne) talked about the RYLA visits on Visitors' Day scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 and the need for bus volunteers. See full story here.
Juneteenth
This Evening Meeting occurred on the Juneteenth holiday. President Frank shared the history of this holiday:
Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
New Paul Harris Fellow
Paul Harris (1868-1947) founded the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905, hoping to bring some of what he treasured from his rural Vermont upbringing to the big city. Rotary would not exist without his vision of a group of business professionals who helped each other by helping others. For each $1,000 donated to The Rotary Foundation, a person can become a Paul Harris Fellow. Our Club was proud to award a Paul Harris Fellowship + 7 to Past President Harold Hoogasian (Retail: Florist | Hoogasian Flowers).
Harold joined our Club in July 1988 and served as our Club President in 2001-2002 and as District 5150 Community Service Chair in 2004-2005. Past President Harold's passion is the Rotary Meadow project that has been funded by our Club since 2004. He is known for generously providing elegant floral arrangements for Club events. In 2015, Past President Harold was the sponsor for our current President Frank Yoke when Frank joined our Club. Thank you, Past President Harold, and congratulations!
Past President Harold Hoogasian and President Frank Yoke
Upcoming Events
Check the Club's calendar for all upcoming meetings and events.
New Communication System: Slack
Thomas Estruth (Ad Sales | KRON4) introduced the communication system that our Club will begin to use in the 2026-2027 Rotary year:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Meeting Volunteers
President Frank thanked this evening's meeting volunteers: Dora Dye (Education | San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) for serving as scribe; Lisa Stark (Communications & Media) for serving as photographer; Past President Harold Hoogasian for serving as greeter; and Ann Daugherty (Financial Services: Private Trading | IBN Financial Services) for doing registration.