Events

In 1903, in a bloody escape, 13 prisoners escaped from Folsom Prison. Hear the story of "The Folsom Prison Bloody 13" from the book's author, Josh Morgan.

Meet your 2024-25 Rotary Club of Folsom board members and learn about the exciting things going on with our club this Rotary year.

Bonnie Rea, MSW is a Family Care Specialist with the Alzheimer's Association, the leading, global voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care and support, and the largest private, nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research.

Charles Gellman, CEO and co-founder of HiDO Health, is on a mission to improve millions of patient lives with AI-assisted robotics.

Steve Telliano is the chief communications and marketing officer for UC Davis Health, one of four major health systems serving patients in the Sacramento area. Steve will share about expansion efforts in Folsom, including the large new building south of 50.

Molly Shea is an Interpreter II for the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW). She leads education programming and public services at the Nimbus Hatchery Visitor Center and oversees public services at North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve.

Meet our District 5180 Governor for 2024-25, Steve Turner. A member of the Rotary Club of Arden-Arcade, Steve is a Retired Fire Battalion Chief from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, where he served for 30 years. He has been a California Police Officer and On-Call Deputy Sheriff for 24 years. Steve owns an investigations and consulting firm focused on security and public safety issues. 

Join us at FLB Entertainment Center for fellowship and fun! Contact Ramesh or Jason Brinitzer for more information.

Get Ready for the First 5th Thursday of 2024-25 Special event on August 29.

Let's go bowling at the state of the art bowling center in our very own backyard and that is FLB Entertainment Center

Great food, plenty of drinks, and of course bowling.

*** Current ROUGH estimate is $30 per person for food, a drink, and bowling. 
You'll be billed through standard rotary billing after the event **

Bring your friends and family for fun and fellowship!! Owners of the FLB center are planning to make special arrangements just for us. 

Please register soon so we can reserve appropriate number of lanes and make food/drink arrangements and also get a better estimate. Any questions, please contact Jason Brinitzer or Ramesh Dontha.

Matthew is donor relations director for CASA Sacramento and will share the unique and positive impact of CASA Sacramento's work in the community.

Note: This event will be over lunch instead of our normal evening meeting.

Dispatchers with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office will speak about processing a call from 911, the duties of a dispatcher, and when to call 911 versus non-emergency.

Joe is a dedicated Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. He will talk about his involvement in the Vietnam War and the CIA's Secret War in Laos.

Brian Wallace, a creative force with a deep connection to the Folsom community, is the founder of Brian Wallace Art. He will speak about serving in the community, the arts, and his experience with writing and illustrating children's books.

Kelly Siefkin is the Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, where she inspires charitable giving to strengthen the capital area. She will discuss how we can partner with the Foundation.

Karen and Jeannine will talk about a multi-club endeavor with Dictricts 5180 and 9210 which resulted in them traveling to Mozambique to deliver sewing machines and kits.

Peter is President of the Flying Samaritans Mother Lode Chapter. He will share who they are and why Rotary and the Flying Samaritans are a great combo! Learn more medical missions to Baja, Mexico and how Flying Samaritans provides medical services at no charge to people that otherwise have no access to healthcare.

Join us to eat, drink, and dance at a traditional German Oktoberfest and help the Rotary Clubs of Fair Oaks and Folsom raise money to support local projects that help our youth, seniors and families in need.  Authentic Oktoberfest Beer Steins imported from Germany will also be available for sale!

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Albert is a dynamic author, speaker, and mentor with a mission to inspire transformation and self-mastery. Drawing from his deeply personal journey captured in his best-selling book, "From Darkness to Redemption," he will talk about character-driven principles, non negotiables and how you become the person you most desire to be.

Please join us for a special presentation by magician Steve Branham. This is a night you don't want to miss.

Chad Wilson, Assistant Chief, is in charge of Operations for Folsom Fire Department. In addition, Chad serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS Communication Center and is an Incident Commander on the Sacramento Regional Incident Management Team. He has served as the Sacramento County OES Operational Area Coordinator. Chad will update us on operations at the Folsom Fire Department.

Join us at the Folsom Community Center for a fun night of fellowship and celebration of the holiday season.

Come celebrate the holidays with your fellow Rotarians and spouses/partners!  Come dressed in your favorite Holiday Movie character.  Costumes are not mandatory as your presence is more important.

We'll have music, games, photobooth and lots of fun. Of course, great food and drinks will cap the evening. 

Learn about John and Frank's recent trip to South Africa where they worked with other Rotarians to distribute Tutu desks (Study Budies) to children in several schools.