John Abernethy was the member spotlight on October 24 and his profile can be viewed at John Abernethy.

 

Gary Krause was the member spotlight on November 7 and his profile can be viewed at Gary Krause.

 

The meeting of November 8 was opened by President Ramesh at 7 pm. Peter Evenhuis led the Pledge of Allegiance and Bob Mange gave the Invocation.

 

Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests and visiting Rotarians. 

 

President Ramesh thanked Frank Ali and Scott Johnson and the volunteers who put on a very successful Oktoberfest fund-raiser event. 

 

President Ramesh thanked the volunteers who came out on Sunday and Monday to erect the Santa Claus Christmas Cottage in Historic Folsom. He also thanked John Messner for all the hours that he spent building the cottage in his garage.

 

Scott Bailey talked about the Veterans Day Parade on Monday, November 11. If you plan to be in the parade, be at the parking lot in front of Home Goods at 8 am. The parade starts at 9 am. This year, our theme is MASH. Scott has MASH t-shirts and military caps available, $20 for both. 

 

President Ramesh talked about two upcoming projects. Our club served beer and wine at the Twin Lakes Food Bank Gala on Friday, November 9. Justin Raithel asked for volunteers at the meeting. Our club will be serving beer and wine at a fund-raiser for Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) on Sunday, November 16. If you want to volunteer, contact Henry Sundermier.

 

Joe Gagliardi invited members of the club to an Open House at The Innovation Center at Granite School on November 18 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, 909 Mormon Street, Folsom. For more information and to RSVP, go to http://choosefolsom.com and click on the Events tab and then click on the Open House on November 18 on the calendar.

 

President Ramesh announced that our November 21 meeting will be a Magical Night. All spouses, partners, significant others, and Rotary Annes are invited to join us. The bar will be bought by the club. Please let Jim Padgett know if you are bringing a guest.

 

President Ramesh reminded us of the work of the International Rotary Foundation and asked us to donate.

 

Justin reported on the Past Presidents' Dinner held at Back Bistro on October 30. The past presidents met to select a nominee for President Elect for the 2026-2027 Rotary year. John Baciocco was selected as their nominee. Nominees can be submitted from the floor as long as the nominee agrees in writing to the Secretary that he/she will serve. The vote for President Elect will be at the meeting on November 14.

 

Justin levied fines.

 

Olga Garton introduced our speaker Dr. Iyuanna Pease, Director of Social Emotional Learning and Equity at Folsom Cordova Unified School District. She and her team talked about Families in Transition and Homeless Students. For more information on the services provided by her team, go to Families in Transition.

 

President Ramesh presented a chocolate Rotary Wheel from Snook’s to Iyuanna for speaking to us. 

 

 Joakima Gregg, Iyuanna. President Ramesh, Samantha Stanley, Lynn Lavapie, Christine Lim.   Margarita Leon-Alvardo

 

 

 

Santa's Christmas Cottage in Historic Folsom, right next to the ice rink, is all done and ready for Santa Claus. John Messner spent countless hours pre-building the cottage in his garage. He built panels for the floor and walls and built roof sections. The building can be taken down and stored for next year. A volunteer crew from all three Rotary Clubs put the pre-built pieces together over 2 days. A large crane lifted the humongous roof structures and put them in place on the second day. The cottage looks great! Super job by all the volunteers. 

 

 

For photos of the build, go to Christmas Cottage.

 

 

 

On Monday, November 11, members of the Rotary Clubs of Folsom, Historic Folsom, and Folsom Lake marched in the Folsom "Wayne Spence" Veterans Day Parade. The Interact Clubs of Folsom High School and Vista Del Lago High School marched with them and handed out candy to children along the route. The theme of the Rotary float this year was MASH (from the TV show) and the members of the clubs were dressed appropriately. Thanks to President Elect Scott Bailey for putting together another great float this year.

 

 

 

For more photos of the float, go to MASH float.