Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 18th at 12:15pm at Poplar Creek. Our speaker will be John McKnight who will talk about the Salvation Army’s disaster services. Please join us to learn about this important topic.
Additionally, our new Membership Committee chair, Emily Matthews will be providing an update on committee plans and activities for the coming year.
Finally, we are getting close to our week-long exchange (week of July 22) with visitors from our Japanese sister club, Edogawa. Details are at the end of this newsletter.
Let’s Review What Happened Last Week:
At our July 11th meeting, we had 21 Burlingame Rotarians sign up for my President's Club special. If you sign-up and pay by July 31st, your cost to join the President's Club is only $100. If you have yet to take advantage of this unbelievably good deal, please see our accounting team at the Welcome Desk at our next meeting. Thank you to all 21 who signed up. The rest of you be aware of those Rotary fines.
We also had an announcement from Past President Mike Horwitz regarding our major fundraiser, the October 1st Golf Tournament at Peninsula Country Club. Sign-ups are being accepted for players and sponsorships are being solicited. To sign-up as either a player or sponsor, see Mike or our golf tournament treasurer, Marilyn Orr at one of our next meetings. In the near future, our web site will also be programmed to accept sign-ups.
Our speaker was Austin Carr, the son and grandson of Burlingame Rotarians. He spoke about the trials and tribulations of becoming a stand-up comic. He brought a few guests to the meeting - his grandmother, his father and of course his mother, President-Elect Cheri. He paid tribute to his late grandfather, Dave Carr, with a short set of jokes that I am sure Dave would have appreciated.
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Our Next Meetings:
July 18th – 12:15pm at Poplar Creek where the speaker will be John McKnight who will talk about the Salvation Army’s disaster services
July 25th – 5:00pm to 7:00pm social and happy hour with exchange visitors from our Edogawa sister club of Tokyo, Japan. To be held at Rangoon Ruby - 1219 Burlingame Avenue. We will be joined by 6 students, 5 Rotarians and 1 teacher. This is an opportunity for you to interact individually with our Rotarian guests in an informal environment.
Japanese (Edogawa) Rotary Exchange:
The week of July 22nd we will be visited by Rotarians and students from our Japanese sister club, Edogawa. The visiting team includes 5 adult Rotarians, 6 student-age visitors and 1 teacher. There are opportunities for Burlingame Rotarians to engage with our visitors:
July 22nd - Welcome barbecue from 12noon to 3pm at Peter Comarato's house - 1576 Cypress in Burlingame. Cost is $10 per Burlingame Rotarian attendee.
July 25th - Social and happy hour with our exchange visitors from 5pm to 7pm at Rangoon Ruby - 1219 Burlingame Avenue.
July 27th - Farewell luncheon at 11:30am Kincaid's Restaurant at 60 Bay View Place in Burlingame. Cost is $40 per Burlingame Rotarian attendee.
Advance sign-up is requested for the barbecue and farewell luncheon. Sign-ups will be gathered at our next Rotary meeting and email sign-up solicitations will be sent as we get closer to the events.