NEXT BOARD MEETING
 
The next board meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 5:00PM on Zoom.
 
 
TEFFT STREET MEDIAN CLEAN-UP
 
Rotarians Mario Iglesias, Harry Walls, Ken White, George DuBois, Lee Baggett & Ed Harris showed up at 7:00AM Saturday Morning, Sept. 12 to clean up the Tefft street medians.   It was foggy & smoky.    Big Thanks to Mario for bringing the big orange debris bags, orange safety vests, electric trimmer, brooms, a rake, dust pan (old shovel end) and most importantly - fresh donuts!   The rest of the Rotarians brought various implements.  Mario has been diligent in regularly planning the cleanups.   With six volunteers and cleaning the medians regularly it took less than an hour!
 
FUNDRAISER
 
The board voted to join at least four other local clubs, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Five Cities, Grover Beach and the Eco Club, in a virtual raffle.   Each club will put up two $500 prizes.  The prizes our club are donating are a dinner for ten at Bruce Beaudoin's house ( Thank you, Bruce & Marcia!) and a Tri-Tip BBQ for 25 people.    Raffle tickets will be $25/each.  Each club keeps all the money for the tickets they sell.  So, the more tickets we sell, the more money we raise.   Get ready to sell your tickets!
Stories
Tefft Street Street
Saturday morning September 12 a crew of 6 showed up for the Tefft Street cleanup as a service to our Nipomo community.
Thank you Ed Harris, Ken White, Mario Igleasia, Harry Walls, George Dubois & Lee Baggett.
The group was able to trim plants, remove trash and sweep up. 
Rotary of Nipomo September 9, 2020
Today President Ed Harris presided over his 11th meeting of Rotary of Nipomo.
John Brantingham introduced Ed with the quip "remembering college as great because you could write a check for 39 cents and bounce it!'
 
We had Monzur as a guest again today. Welcome back!
 
Ken Shadle gave thanks and prayed for strength during these trying time and for our firefighters safety.
 
Bill Puccirelli  lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
"Conversations with Harry"
Mr Harry Walls in his continuing series interviewed club member Ken White.
An interesting story of Ken's life from childhood turmoil to successful businessman. A life of love and pain of wine collecting and parenting.
Thank you for sharing Ken!
 
Brags!
Ken White is a proud dad of a very successful son in the Finance World recently recognized by Forbes magazine as top 40 under 40.
Lou Gomez bragged that her grandson just celebrated his 23 birthday.
Peggy Hesse was proud to announce her sons 39th birthday.
Gerald bragged about none other than President Harris replacing his long cherished mug that was recently broken.
Bruce Beaudoin spoke of his continuing success with his current avocado harvest despite the extreme heat.
Harry bragged That this is a day he always remembers from his working days as it is a day he always got to take off!
 
Announcements:
George wanted to remind us if we want a donut we need to show up and support the Teffi Street cleanup this coming Saturday 9/12/2020
Ed reminded us the scheduled Board Meeting will be on a new date.
Bill let us know we need to step up and help man the Voter Service Center from 10/31 through 11/3.
 
Today's guest speaker:
 
Ken Walthers of Hancock College spoke today on the history and successes on this their 100 Year Anniversary.
He talked by poverty and the high rate of High School dropouts in the area and the college's successful Promise Program to help educate and thereby raise the standard of living of the local population.
They are able to show potential students through tours all the potential opportunities and that What you want to do Hancock is the answer.
The talk ended with questions and answers. 
 
Rotary Club of Nipomo Assists Nipomo Food Basket
Kelly Ricker and Ed Harris presented the Nipomo Food Basket with a check for $2464 on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The funds came from the members that continued to pay the meal costs even though the club is not meeting at the Butterfly Grill. One of the volunteers, Marcia Traversaro, was on hand for the presentation. Marcia is a member of the Pismo Five Cities Rotary club.
The director of the Nipomo Food Basket, Leon Leornas, gave Kelly & Ed a tour of the operation. The Food Basket receives fresh produce from neighborhood gardens and orchards. They also receive donations from Vons, Trader Joes and other grocery stores. They do not distribute any expired food. Their motto is they won’t distribute any food they would not serve to their own mother or grandmother. The Food Basket also purchases food from both the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county food banks.
The Nipomo Food Basket is open Mon., Tue., Thur. & Fridays. They make up fresh boxes of produce each day with the produce that is in season and what is donated. They gladly accept donations of Beans, Pasta/Spaghetti, Cans of Tuna/Chicken, Soup, Cans of Vegetables, Tomato Sauce, Cereal, Rice, Coffee, Dairy (Instant Milk), Crackers, Mayonnaise, Peanut Butter and Popcorn.
Speakers
Sep 16, 2020
CASA
CASA

Sarah has been a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer in for almost 14 years.  She has supported three foster youth in Contra Costa County, and currently is supporting her second teen in San Luis Obispo county.  

 

Following an almost 40-year career in telecommunications, Sarah joined the staff at CASA of San Luis Obispo in February 2019.  Sarah provides support to approximately 30 CASA volunteers and manages the program database.  

 

Sarah grew up in Southern California, attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and graduated with a BA in English Literature and Journalism from the University of Michigan.  She later received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. She has pursued additional studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and Oxford. 

 

In 2014, Sarah and her husband Rich moved from their home in the San Francisco Bay Area to a new home at the Monarch Dunes Trilogy development in Nipomo.  She is President of the Trilogy Dinner and a Movie Charter Club and a member of the Trilogy Service Club and Sit and Stitch. They have two sons.  Paul, 43, is married to Emily, and works as a consultant to the federal government in Washington D.C. Peter, 31, graduated from law school at Duke University, and is a Deputy District Attorney working on domestic violence and elder abuse cases in Tulare county.

Sep 23, 2020
Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan
Sep 30, 2020
Oct 07, 2020
Recycling
Oct 14, 2020
The Things you need to know when you lose a loved one
Oct 21, 2020
Shower the People
Oct 28, 2020
Nov 04, 2020
Central Coast Veterans helping Veterans
Nov 11, 2020
WEBS - Women Empowered Build Strong
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Upcoming Events
Tefft Street Median Clean up
Sep 12, 2020
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Board Meeting
Sep 22, 2020
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
 
Staff the Voter Center at Edwards Barn
Oct 31, 2020 9:00 AM –
Nov 03, 2020 8:00 PM
 
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