Trick or Treat!  It was a scary and ghoulish night at the Annual Halloween Party held at PDG Holly and Keith Axtell's dungeon on October 25, 2014.  The following attended:  Two hippies from the 60's; Zorro and  his Princess; Rotary Anne and Andy; Peter Pan; a doctor; Spiderman; a sheriff and his cowgirl; a zombie; two ladybugs and other indescribable attendees.  A good time was had by all!

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Michael St. John with cadets Katie Litman and Liam Jay ( Mt. Tam and Drake High School Students) share the Missions and scope of the Marin County Search and Rescue Team.

President Carlos Afre and Sheriff Bob Doyle accompany the Team at the end of the meeting.

 Dr. Amparo Buendia and Maria Cristina Henao Presentation of Rotary Micro credit project Colombia

Danielle speaks to our club about the Project Verde bottle School in Guatemala.  Danielle also shares her clubs' involvement on recreating a Rotary version of Thriller on YouTube.

Nancy Rhine speaks on the trends on aging in Marin and the effects of an older aging populace effects on family and the community.

Karen Marks and Diane Blalock discuss Rescuing girls and education in Asia

Dr. Bartolini and students from Dominican University and Rotaract discuss recent trip to Uganda highlight services and educational materials delivered.

Carlie Long and Isabelle Gardner of the Miss Marin Pageant came to our Club to speak about their platforms and share their passions.

Jayne Hulbert makes presentation of special book from Howard and Warren Buffet

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Vanessa Shannon, of Gateway to College, discusses the services her organization provides in empowering youth to go to college

Rotarians Holly Axtell Past District Governor, and Past-Presidents Jayne Hulbert and Gene Duffy join other Rotarians for morning shift of packaging 13,000 meals for the Kids Against Hunger Campaign

The Canal Welcome Center joined the Club to discuss how the Welcome Center works, the services provided and how the youth become a better part of the community

Members of the Rotary Club of Marin Evening provide a  traditional Thanksgiving Holiday dinner with all the trimmings and  conclude with entertainment from the "Youth in Arts" group of San Rafael with their A Cappella singing

 

Roy Barron, Founding Member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Marin Evening recounts stories while working on the Oakland Tribune, from Space Capsule Recovery in the Pacific to Pastor of his Church

Firefighter Kyle Beyer and Richard Shelton Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team recognized for their contributions to their deparments and the community.  Supervisor Judy Arnold, Undersheriff Mike Ridgway, Jayne Hulbert Past President and Club Vocational Chair along with Club President Martha Heidinger recognizing honorees.

Creating Microloans and Business Coaching for low income individuals, women and minorities.

The Annual Installation of Officers will be held on July 2, 2013 at The Club Restaurant - McInnis Golf Park, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael, CA 94901

Reception at 5:30PM and Dinner at 6:30PM

A fun time had by all.  A Wonderful selection of Silent Auction Items, Raffle Drawings all evening.  Music and Dancing to the sounds by The Sandy Geller Trio.

President Gene started off our program with the Pledge and then introducing our room full of dignitaries, DG Bob Intner and Past DG Riki Intner along with 4 other Past DG's in the room. WOW!

John Tanko, Master of Ceremonies lead us through a wonderful evening of fun and excitement.

The winning key for the wine rack finally opened the lock to the 32 bottles of wine.

The evening was topped off with the Live Auction by PDG Michael Fish.

Sean Forman, Tax Accountant, inducted as a new member of The Rotary Club of Marin Evening.

Past District Governor, Holly Axtell, performed the Induction Ceremony,  Gene Duffy - President preceded with an introduction of Sean to the Club Membership and Elsia Galawish, Club Membership Chair concluded with Sean's initial Club Responsibilities.

A wonderful dinner and celebration was had by all.

 

August 18, 2012 - 9 Club members met at Al Shirley's house and discussed a wide array of fundrasing ideas including the need to have both short term and long term fundraising goals including small and large fundraisers.  It was agreed that the desired time of the year for the large fundraiser would be late February to early March.  As of this date there are no other Rotary Club fundraisers in District 5150 that are posted on the District website.

 

October 24th will be the day that we "Light Up the Ferry Building!

**Please call your buddies to see how they are doing and if they will miss any meetings and report to club.

Here are the PTR assignments for the next few weeks.

On July 1, 2014 the Rotary Club of Marin Evening held its 29^th Annual Installation of Officers.  District Governor Chris Gallagher installed the slate of officers for the 2014-2015 year. DG Gallagher congratulates President Carlos Afre.

Opportunity to join a microcredit global grant project - Ecuador, South America

 

Meeting minutes for the Canal Alliance Meeting. Meeting attendees Malcolm Cohen and Keith Axtell had a very good meeting with Tom Wilson, ED, and Janice Vela

The Marin Clean Energy Plan Debate was a HUGE SUCCESS

Save the date: May 15th!

Meeting Minutes Now Available Online!