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Rich Rider's Profile was presented to the club by President Ramesh at the January 9 meeting. If you missed the meeting, you can view Rich's Profile at Rich Rider.
 
Meeting Notes from January 16, 2025
 
The meeting of January 16 was opened by President Ramesh Dontha at 7 pm. John Abernethy led the Pledge of Allegiance and Bob Mange gave the Invocation.
 
Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests and visiting Rotarians. 
 
Ryan Jantzen asked members to sign-up as mentors at the 30th Annual Partnerships for Tomorrow Leadership and Ethics Conference which will be on Thursday, February 27. Refer to the email sent out to members on Monday, January 13 for more information and how to register as a mentor.
 
President Ramesh reminded the members that the fifth Thursday in January will be a fun off-site meeting at Dave and Buster's on January 30. Cost is $30 per person which includes dinner, first drink, and arcade credits. Spouses and partners are encouraged to attend. You can register at Dave and Buster's.
 
Justin Raithel announced that registration is open to row in the Rotary Club of Folsom Dragon Boat. The Dragon Boat races will be April 5, 2025 at Black Miners Bar. Justin sent an email on January 23 to all members with a link to sign-up for the race this year. Here is the link Rotary Club of Folsom Dragon Boat Team.
 
Jim Ortega levied fines.
 
Bob Mange's Profile was presented to the club by President Ramesh. If you missed the meeting, you can view Bob's Profile at Bob Mange.
 
Our speaker was Bob Mange. The program was 2024/2025 Teacher Grants. Bob spoke about the program and then introduced each of the recipients. Sonny Da Marto from the Rotary Club of Folsom Lake presented checks to the recipients. 
 
 
2024/2025 Teacher Grants
 
 
At the January 16 meeting of the Rotary Club of Folsom, the 2025 Teacher Grants were presented to the teachers who were selected based on their projects. Bob Mange was emcee for the presentations and gave the following introduction about the grant program and our support of Folsom schools. 
 
The Rotary Teacher Grant program started as a club project 27 years ago.  It started as an up to $250 grant to fund a project, materials and/or equipment for a class or classes. Thanks to the generosity of our members this was the tenth year that grants have been offered as an up to $500 amount. The Rotary Club of Folsom Lake joined with us again this year and with both clubs provided grants totaling $7,470.  To date, Rotary has provided 385 teachers with grants that total over $150,000. This year we had 23 applications from 12 schools and were able to fund 18 grants.
 
Over the past 27 years, the Folsom Rotary Club has provided over $500,000 to Folsom Schools though the teacher grant program, our annual Rotary Student Speech Contest, our annual Student Scholarship program, our student Partnership for Tomorrow, which is our annual Leadership and Ethics Conference for high school juniors, and dictionaries that are handed out annually to all Folsom third graders. The Rotary Club of Folsom also sponsors Interact Clubs at Folsom High School and at Vista del Lago High School.
 
Bob introduced each teacher and Sonny Da Marto presented the checks to the teachers. Sonny coordinates the teacher grant selection for the Rotary Club of Folsom Lake. Each teacher told us where they teach, the grant amount, and their project that was funded by the grant. Here are the grants:
 
 
 
 
Speakers
Jan 30, 2025
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Feb 06, 2025
Feb 13, 2025
(Please note location change to the Folsom Community Center)
Feb 20, 2025
Teach Different and Building Bridges Project
Feb 27, 2025
A Touch of Understanding: Engaging disability awareness
Mar 06, 2025
The Sacramento Kings
Mar 13, 2025
Volunteering with the Folsom Police Department
Mar 20, 2025
Mosquito and West Nile Virus Prevention
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