Announcements: It was our big “Let’s give away a bunch of money!” day and we were joined by a great collection of visitors and very important people.    It was great to see so much enthusiastic appreciation and participation from our community.
 
Program and Speaker:  President Mary bravely turned the microphone and meeting over to Nicole Armstrong and Scott Hartley who led an Oscar style award ceremony.   The show opened with a musical number and, fortunately, the settlement terms of the case of Idina Menzel v. Hartley prevents any further comment here.    Nicole and Scott then restored some semblance of dignity and order and called out our five winning organizations and they got lots of money.
 
We gave money to five local organizations:
Apple Tree Dental
A grant of $33,000 to Apple Tree Dental will go toward purchase of a large truck that delivers fully-equipped Portable Dental Offices to provide on-site dental care to needy residents at community nursing homes, group homes, head-start centers, schools, and assisted living facilities who would not otherwise have access to such dental services. 
 
Star Vista
A grant of $22,500 will help Star Vista to support its Teen Suicide Prevention Program in Burlingame and adjacent communities. In addition to providing a 24/7 hotline, it provides on-site education and training on suicide intervention and prevention for youth, parents, teachers and school staff at local high schools and middle schools. 
Burlingame High School’s Camp Everytown Program
A grant of $20,000 will be used by Burlingame High School to support its Camp Everytown program, an intensive 4-day personal and group experience involving a diverse mix of approximately 80 students to promote core values of respect, empathy, acceptance and responsibility—addressing issues such as cheating, diversity and bullying. 
 
Palcare
A grant of $12,500 will be used by Palcare to support its model literacy program for pre-kindergarten children that it has developed as part of Operation Lift—a county-wide “start early” effort to increase student literacy by the third grade level. 
 
CALL Primrose
A grant of $12,000 will allow CALL Primrose to augment its food refrigeration space, including the refrigerators and associated electrical work. 
Burlingame Rotary was also presented with a lifetime achievement award by Mayor Michael Brownrigg.
 
Thank you to all who did so much great work to make our Club shine bright.