Team in charge: Rotaract
Team Captain: Gabe Eggan
Invocation and Pledge: Jessica Rowe
Reporter: Candace Andel
Photographers: Marteen Busby & Jason Weinrich
Microphones: Kelly Crane & Kaylee Dixon
Greeters: Rotaract
Visiting Rotarians
Andrew Amaro, Justin Fales, Jason Weinrich, Justin Chance, Laurie Kaplan, Jessica Rowe, Analee Infante and Miranda Pond, Rotaract
Rex Moseley, Oroville
Debra Speer, Roseville (formerly Chico)
Kathy Suvia, Mt. Shasta (District Governor Nominee)
Guests
Evan Tuchinsky introduced Scott Blow of Cal Vocations
Mark Francis introduced Natasha Beehner of Golden Valley Bank
(If we missed anyone, please remember to use the Guest List!)
Announcements and Upcoming Events
Note: Event schedules subject to change due to coronavirus
· March 21: District 5160 Spring Assembly in Red Bluff.
· March 24: Rotary Blood Drive; Don Brashears took signups in the back of the room.
· April 4: Spring Work Day and groundbreaking at Centennial Park, 8 a.m.-noon.
· April 7: no meeting (due to work day).
· April 14: Centennial Kickoff Event.
· April 24: Bird House Build, Masonic Lodge.
· May 1-3: District Conference in Redding
· May 3: Omelet Brunch.
· Tim O'Connell announced that the Chico High Veterans Ring of Honor will be dedicated on Memorial Day. Go to chicoveterans.org to get a veteran listed in the Chico Veterans Registry. (You also can visit the Chico Veterans Ring of Honor Facebook page.) Buy a brick in the plaza honoring any veteran for $125; the ring will note sponsors with bricks, starting at $250.
· Charlotte Hall made a special presentation about March 9 birthdays to set up the Cruise Captains' celebration of President Glen's 60th. He received gifts, including his first walker (coming into his new age fast!), and everyone got cake. Charlotte let us knew he has spent 19.99 years of his life sleeping and that aluminum cans were first used the year Glen was born.
· Trivia question: The first club with women members was Duarte in 1978, though Katy Thoma found in the 1910s a women-only club stood alongside the Duluth, Minn, Rotary Club, so she made the drawing as well. Mike Mays had name drawn from the successful responses.
· Rotarians got to know more about Rotoracters via a
series of questions. Their club has 30 members, which would make it one of the biggest Rotary Clubs in the District!
Rotaract has service projects and its own meetings; speakers have included Nancy Mendonca, Devin Potter, Katy Thoma, Matt York and Rob Reddemann. Up- coming service: the Shoebox Project, a Paradise Jr/Sr High cleanup, a Habitat for Humanity home build and Bidwell Mansion volunteering. Know a potential member? Gabe says the five-year goal for growth is 100 members!
Raffle
Norm Nielsen got his ticket drawn but didn't draw the joker. He walked away with $20.
Program
Build.com President Devin Van Hout gave insight into
his company's vision, mission and future. He's a Chico State graduate, and 600 of Build's 700 employees are based here in Chico. Build differentiates itself from competitors with quality of products and customer service, versus bargain-chasing. He said the company is on track to pass its 2019 sales figures and hit the goal for 2020 of $1 billion.
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