West Covina Sunrise Rotary Club Newsletter , Wednesday August 24, 2005

President’s Message: Bring your dollar bills to our next meeting! We are bringing back our “Happy Dollar, Sad Dollar” sharing time. For those of you who are fairly new to the club, what does this mean? During “Happy Dollar, Sad Dollar” time you pay one dollar and share with your fellow Rotarians any news you have, be it happy or sad.

Beach party: August 27, 2005 at Crystal Cove in Newport Coast. The party will start at the beach, with volleyball games and lots of other fun in the sun. Bring your own drinks, food etc. for the Beach. We will then move to the Pool Site at Reniero Francisco’s new home in Newport Beach around 3:30 pm. Here we will enjoy a great BBQ catered by Joni’s Café . There will be access to the pool, showers, a lounge and more. Finally we will close out the day at Reniero’s home to enjoy his World Famous Margaritas. All are welcome to this family event. Please contact Don Morrin for more info and to sign up (BBQ count) 626-579-2468.


A Day at the Theatre: On October 9th, 2005, the Grove Theatre in Upland will become the West Covina Sunrise Rotary Theatre for the day. Don Morrin and his fellow thespians from the Grove Theatre will perform ‘Man of La Mancha’ as a special fundraising performance for our Rotary Club. There will be sponsorship opportunities available, so if you are interested in this great marketing opportunity, please call Don Morrin now. Ticket information will be available soon – and the event will include food and drinks, possible a silent auction and raffle prizes. More info to come, but please mark your calendars now. The goal is to raise enough money to fund our Christmas Basket Program.

Future America: Dinner fundraiser at Chipotle in West Covina, corner of Barranca and Garvey ( by Eastland Shopping center entrance) Monday August 29th from 5pm till 9pm. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Future America.

Visit www.futureamerica.org for more info about this great organization.


Community Day at the Fair: Sept 30th is the West Covina Community Day at the LA County Fair. Rick Marshall is coordinating cars for the parade – please see Dave Harris for more info.

Red Ribbon Rally. October 29th is the Red Ribbon Rally at West Covina High School. The planning meetings are held on Thursdays at 7:30 am at Denny’s (In West Covina on Azusa Ave -- Not the City of Azusa, Elva ). Please see Alex Rodriquez, the club chair for this event, for more info.
Every Rotarian Every Year: Just a reminder to donate $100 to the RI Foundation. This is a new fiscal year, and the club encourages everyone to participate so the club can meet its goal of 100% participation.
50/50 Raffle: Vatche was absent….. so no raffle

Program: Even though Reniero has left this Rotary Club, it seems his spirit is still with us. The speaker for the day was Albert Morino, who is an investment counselor. It seems he introduced Reniero to the world of investments when he hired him in 1988 to become part of Diversified.. and we all know what happened next.

Albert Morino is a board member of the Citrus Valley Health Foundation, a non-profit organization responsible for raising funds for the Queen of the Valley Hospital and Intercommunity Hospital among others. Both hospitals are not for profit facilities, and rely on donations from companies, foundations and individuals alike to keep their facilities up to date. Many hospitals in Southern California are closing due to financial problems. Mr. Morino reminded us of the importance of having a top notch hospital near by in case of emergencies and asked for our support. We were also treated to a neat video showing the birth of both hospitals. I had no idea that it was 2 sisters, a teacher and a nurse, who single handedly started, funded and ran Intercommunity Hospital when it first opened. Quiet an interesting video.

Calendar:
Aug 24: Weekly meeting – Citrus Valley Health Foundation
Aug 27: Beach Party
11AM: Crystal Cove in Newport Coast
3:30PM: Pool at Reniero’s home
6:00-8:00 Reniero’s home – Margarita Ville, I think it is called

Aug 31: Weekly meeting – Program TBD
Sept 7: Weekly meeting – Program TBD
Sept 30: LA County Fair Community Day, LA County Fair Grounds, Pomona
Oct: 9: A Day a the Theatre – Grove Theatre in Upland
Oct 22: Stepping Stones for Women is hosting their Annual Benefit Dinner Auction on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 6:00 PM at Azusa Pacific University - Upper Turner Center. All proceeds will benefit the on-going work of SSFW where formerly homeless women can find a safe, nurturing environment, and learn the necessary skills to become physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually healthy.
Oct 29: Red Ribbon Rally, West Covina High School

Other Links you may want to visit:
District’s July Newsletter: http://www.district5300.org/newsletter/news0507.pdf
Rotary International member website: https://riweb.rotaryintl.org/
Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/