Posted by Harmony Ma on Feb 20, 2022 |
Action Leadership Program with Students (ALPS) is looking for new leadership coaches! Last school year, ALPS supported 12 unique youth-led community impact projects. Currently, we are halfway through the school year, and we have already supported 12 projects! Programs are growing quickly, and our capacity is largely limited by the number of leadership coaches available. If you’ve wanted to make a personal, positive impact in the community and help cultivate ‘service above self’ leaders, becoming an ALPS leadership coach might be for you!
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Posted by Dora Dye on Feb 23, 2022 |
John Dracup was a member of our Club from March 11, 2009 to December 2, 2016. He was a civil and environmental engineering professor emeritus, who specialized in hydrology and water resource engineering and taught at both UCLA and UC Berkeley for more than half a century. At the end of 2016, John moved to Santa Monica to be near his family and joined the Rotary club in Santa Monica. In Rotary, he is most remembered for building sustainable clean water systems funded by Rotary International in remote regions of developing countries. He conducted clean water projects in Kenya, Peru, Honduras, and Guatemala, and published a book entitled Clean Water for Developing Countries. |
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Posted by Peter Lagarias on Feb 24, 2022 |
Editor's Note: John Dracup passed away on December 20, 2021. Below is a story shared by Peter Lagarias, President of the Rotary Club of San Francisco in 1992-1993. Peter went on to become District Governor in Rotary District 5150 in 2001-2002. One day John Dracup came to our Rotary lunch at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, and by happenstance, he sat next to me. He was wearing his black horn-rimmed glasses and a pork-pie hat, looking altogether professorial. He was considering joining the Rotary Club of San Francisco because he had heard that Rotary was involved in water projects around the world. He added that he was an emeritus professor of civil engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. I told him that I was a Cal graduate. From that day onward, we became fast friends, and he steadily queried me for knowledge about Rotary with purpose. John was determined to serve. |
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Posted by Stacey Poole on Feb 24, 2022 |
Rotary Club of San Francisco The Board of Directors met on January 25, 2022 for the first Board meeting of the year. The meeting was called to order by Past President JT Forbus at 12 noon as President Mary Liu was under the weather. The Board reviewed and approved the November 30, 2021 minutes with a few amendments. Treasurer Gary Dales reviewed the December 2021 financial statements. The Club remains in a strong financial position. Certain Board members are reaching out to members who have yet to pay their 2021-22 dues. |
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Posted by Mary Liu on Feb 25, 2022 |
Thank you to Michael Petricca for serving as our Interim VP of Club Service since July 1, 2021. Michael graciously agreed to continue his role as VP of Club Service until a replacement could be found. The Board is grateful to Michael for introducing us to Greg Grundstrom and Jesse Austin, both from the Academy of Art University to help each week at the Hotel Nikko with setup and tear down of our AV equipment and being our tech support during the meetings. We are also thankful to Michael for securing the venues provided by the Academy of Art University for our Club and district events. |
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Rodney A. Fong, President and CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, will provide a San Francisco Business Update and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the City, its economy, and small businesses. |
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Drivers needed to pick up pre-packaged meals at The Arc San Francisco and deliver to individual residences of Arc participants who are experiencing food insecurity. Exact directions will be provided when you pick up the meals. Hand delivery of meals must occur between 4 PM and 5:30 PM in advance of the Monday Night Dinner Club with Friends Like Me via Zoom to be held on the first and third Monday of each month. |
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This is the day when we honor outstanding representatives of the public safety departments we depend on every day: the Department of Public Health, the Fire Department, the Office of City Administrator, the Police Department, the Sheriff, and the Coast Guard. Meet the honorees and their loved ones, and hear their amazing stories of heroism and dedication told by the top brass of each department. Doors open at 11:30 AM. Please arrive (or connect) early enough to be in place before the program begins at noon. For Club members and visitors there is a $45 charge for in-person attendance (which covers the cost of your lunch) and a $10 fee to attend via Zoom. There is no charge for in-person or Zoom attendance for honorees and other invited guests. Registration for in-person attendance at the Hotel Nikko closes on March 2. We cannot accommodate walk-ins. Zoom registration will remain open until the event is underway. |
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The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022. Artistic Director Rebecca Ennals looks back over the Festival's history, including how the company thrived during the pandemic, with an eye toward creating Shakespeare that speaks to us now and in the years to come. |
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Come and enjoy nature, fresh air, and fellowship while helping Sutro Stewards weed and restore 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 members of our Club. Advanced registration is required. |
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Drivers needed to pick up pre-packaged meals at The Arc San Francisco and deliver to individual residences of Arc participants who are experiencing food insecurity. Exact directions will be provided when you pick up the meals. Hand delivery of meals must occur between 4 PM and 5:30 PM in advance of the Monday Night Dinner Club with Friends Like Me via Zoom to be held on the first and third Monday of each month. |
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There is no Rotary Luncheon on March 22, 2022. Please look for details on our meeting and special guest on March 29, 2022. |
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Join us to organize and bag housewares for the clients of the Homeless Prenatal Program. Participation is limited to TEN people, so sign up early. |
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This annual assembly provides a great deal of training and planning for the Rotary Year that begins on July 1, 2022. All Club members are invited, and all Club leaders are strongly encouraged to attend. Come and cheer for Christopher Wiseman as he begins his year as our Club's President. |
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Past President of Rotary International (2016-17) and currently chair and Trustee of The Rotary Foundation since 2018, John Germ, will speak about the direction of The Rotary Foundation, the continued effort to eradicate polio and how those resources work in other situations, the addition of the 7th area of focus, being member-driven, and the health of the organization (including Charity Navigator). |
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March 6 Karl Wustrack March 8 Jessica Hansen March 11 Frank Yoke March 12 JT Forbus, Darlene Wilson March 19 Terry Pickering March 28 Andi Valo-Espina March 29 Michael Petricca, Jeff Yih March 31 Clifford Phillips Note: This birthday list is based on membership information in ClubRunner. Please update your ClubRunner account to help us keep this information current. If you need help with ClubRunner, please contact our current newsletter editor. 1989: David Shen 2004: Tom Brunner, Greg Gutting 2009: Casey Blair 2010: Laine Hendricks 2015: Jianying Chen, JT Forbus, Melissa Galliani, Dagmar Schaefer-Gehrau 2016: Lisa Stark 2018: Susan Dean, Christian Kuhn 2019: Christopher Wiseman 2020: Joseph Cresalia, Steven Lindstrom 2021: Moustafa Harfoush Note: The year listed above is when these members joined the Rotary Club of San Francisco. Happy anniversary to all! |
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