Meeting Notes from March 13, 2025
The meeting of March 13 was opened by President Ramesh Dontha at 7:00 pm. Jerry Avila led the Pledge of Allegiance and Bob Mange gave the Invocation.
Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests.
President Ramesh reminded everyone about the fund-raiser that the Rotary Club of Folsom Lake is having on May 26 with the Rotary Club of Historic Folsom. Below is the flyer for this event.
President Ramesh thanked John Messner and the Rotarians who built the gazebo at Black Miners Bar on March 2.
Rich Pepin said third grade dictionaries will be complete on March 18. This year we had 1100 dictionaries to deliver, the most ever.
Justin Raithel reported that the Dragon Boat has filled up with rowers. The event is on April 5 at Black Miners Bar. Come out and support our Dragon Boat.
Mystery Night will be Thursday, May 15. The meeting place is Granite School at 5 pm. Registration is available on our website at
Mystery Trip.
Matt Sundermier talked about another possible family night at a River Cats baseball game in late May. We would need 40 to 50 people to make it go with transportation. Look for more information in the near future.
Ken Stuart was the Rotarian this week in "Get to Know Your Fellow Rotarians". You can view the presentation about Ken at
Ken Stuart.
Jim Ortega levied fines.
Scott Bailey reported on PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) that he attended recently in San Jose.
Vicki Bencken had to reschedule our planned speaker to another date. She talked about a joint blood drive with the other Rotary Clubs on June 18 at Palladio. Ramesh then introduced Ryan Jantzen who gave us a presentation on blood donation and what happens to your blood when you donate.
President Ramesh presented a box of chocolates that included a chocolate Rotary Wheel to Ryan for his presentation.
2025 Third Grade Dictionary Distribution
The first dictionary distribution to third graders this year was held at Carl Sundahl School on Monday, March 3. On hand to distribute the dictionaries were Brent Sundahl, Len Hundshamer, Cathy Hundshamer, Charlie Grows, John Abernethy, Justin Raithel, Bill Hutto, Rich Pepin, Frank Woods, and Connie and Chuck Thompson (members of Historic Folsom Rotary Club). Carl Sundahl was a prominent dentist in Folsom and a Past President of the Rotary Club of Folsom.
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There are 3 third grade classes at Carl Sundahl School this year. Rich started the distribution by explaining what Rotary is and having each member introduce themselves. Then the dictionaries were given to each third grader. They were asked to open the dictionaries to the front cover so they could see the sticker which said the dictionaries are a gift from the Rotary Clubs of Folsom and that they can write their name on it when they get back to class. Next, Rich asked the students to look up some words and made it a race between them and their teachers. The students really enjoyed receiving the dictionaries.
The final distribution was on March 18 to Sandra Galardo School. The clubs distributed 1,100 dictionaries to every third grader in Folsom including private schools and children who are home schooled. This year was the largest number of dictionaries ever. For photos of the distributions to four schools, go to Dictionaries for Every Third Grader.
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