The meeting of February 27 was opened by President Ramesh Dontha at 7:00 pm. Bill Hutto led the Pledge of Allegiance and Bob Mange gave the Invocation.

 

Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests and visiting Rotarians. The Snook family attended the meeting. Their granddaughter, Grace Vierra, told us about a market swine named Dolly that she is raising. Grace is 12 years old, is a member of Sacramento Barnyard Bidders, and talked about raising Dolly and the costs involved. She asked for donations to help her raise Dolly and the suggestion was made to give her the fines that would be collected this evening. Everyone agreed and she received several hundred dollars at the end of the meeting. Henry Sundermier bought the bar in celebration of his successful surgery.

 

Henry reminded the members of the March 1 Community Service project which is to complete the work on the gazebo at Black Miners Bar.

 

President Ramesh thanked Toby Magarian and the organizing committee for doing a great job on the 30th Annual Dave West Partnerships for Tomorrow Leadership Conference. He also thanked the Facilitators and Mentors from the club for participating.

 

President Ramesh said the dictionary project of delivering dictionaries to third graders had started and will continue for two weeks. There are openings available next week. If you can volunteer in the afternoons at 2 pm, call Rich Pepin about openings or talk to him at the meeting on Thursday, March 6.

 

President Ramesh talked about the Joint District 5180 and 5300 Conference on April 12 at Disneyland.

 

 

President Ramesh reminded members of the Dragon Boat Races that will be on April 5. We have entered a team and if you want to be a rower this year, you can sign up at Dragon Races.

 

President Ramesh introduced "Rotary Extended Family" on WhatsApp and invited members to join.

 

 

Henry Sundermier was the Rotarian this week in "Get to Know Your Fellow Rotarians". You can view the presentation about John at Henry Sundermier.

 

Jim Ortega levied fines.

 

Vicki Bencken introduced our speaker, Shanna Lowder. Shanna shared with us A Touch of Understanding  Disability Awareness Program which is in Granite Bay. A Touch of Understanding (ATOU) provides disability awareness programs designed to educate a new generation to understand the challenges associated with disabilities and to accept and respect all individuals. The mission of A Touch of Understanding is to encourage acceptance and respect for all individuals and to minimize the discrimination, bullying and misunderstanding experienced by children and adults who are perceived as different for any reason, but especially those with disabilities. If you were not at the meeting and would like to know more about ATOU, visit their website A Touch of Understanding.

 

President Ramesh presented a box of chocolates that included a chocolate Rotary Wheel to Shanna for sharing this program with us.

 

 

President Ramesh gave the fines to Grace at the end of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday, February 27, 2025, 48 community business leaders met with 63 juniors from Folsom High School and Vista Del Lago High School at the 30th Annual Dave West Partnerships for Tomorrow Leadership Conference held at Lakeside Church. This conference unites high school students with business and community leaders representing the City of Folsom to discuss leadership skills and ethical choices in the work place, in schools, and in the local and global community.

 

Students and business leaders meet over continental breakfast.

 

Group discussion between students, mentors, and facilitators.

 

To read the full article, go to our website at Leadership Conference.

 

 

On Saturday, March 1, Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Folsom and Rotary Club of Historic Folsom, assembled the gazebo in the Lake Natoma Nursery and Gardens at Black Miners Bar.

 

 

 

I added the photos from March 1 to the "Gazebo in Interpretive Center at Black Miners Bar" photo album on our website. For photos of this work project, go to Gazebo Project.