Submitted by Luann Jackman 

President Larry Curtis opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.

Marie Borders was asked to lead the Club in the pledge.  Larry Levy did the invocation.

Visiting Rotarians

Ann Wade – Novato
Gary Forgoli – San Rafael
Louis Appleby – San Rafael
Terry Malloy – Terra Linda

Guests

Interact members
Vocational Service award winners:
Chuck Bennett, Patty Bennett, Gary Forgoli and Sonya Tanner from Cal Land
Matt and Jeff from Matt and Jeff Car Wash
Ann Wade from Ann's Secret Hang Up
Vicki and Greg McCollum – parents of Army Spec. Evan McCollum, who is in Iraq
Steve Minutoli introduced his brother Ray Minutoli
Dave Nance and Bill Mulutt went to Mexico with the Interact youth
Vicki Pitchford was welcomed and introduced by Dave Pitchford 

Announcements

Pauline Stuber shared that the Wulbern scholarship committee met yesterday to chose the recipient(s).  Pauline does a fabulous job with this.  There are three winners ($10,000) and three alternates ($500).  They are:

• Moyukh Ghosh, Edward Geyer and Christopher Lesnett

The work parties at Stafford Grove are going very well.  Jim Picchi, Bill Doughty and Steve Minutoli have been there at all the work parties.  Thank you.  There will another work party the first weekend of June.

June 3^rd – family picnic at MiWok Park, let Roland know if you will be attending.  $10 for food, byob.

Recognition

Greg Call shared about his spouse’s (Kelly) birthday.  He let her come to work with her as she always does.  They went to JM Rosen’s in Petaluma.

John Marshall shared about his anniversary (17) – after taking Claire to her swim lessons at the YMCA, Dana and John played golf at the Meadow Club and had dinner.

Daryl Weinroth’s lovely wife Patrice had a birthday and so he has no money left.  He then shared TMI about what would happen if he did not give her presents.  Dinner at Cyrus’ in Healdsburg.  Had the waiter delivery her gift and she thought he had a gift for her not from Daryl.

Word of the week:  Opprobrium: something that brings disgrace.

Presentations:

Business Awards (Bob Finer was instrumental in this)

§         Ann Wade, small business – Ann’s Secret Hang Ups

§         Matt and Jeff’s Care Wash – medium size business

§         Cal Land – large business represented by Chuck Bennett

Speaker/Program

Dave Pitchford and Bob Carpenter are the chairs of the Youth Service Committee.

Dave introduced the principal of Novato HS and others that participated in the trip to Mexico.

A special recognition to the parent volunteers, two have children who have already graduated from the program and they continue to participate.  Also special thanks to the Rotary member volunteers Roland Fuette, Larry Curtis, Steve Minutoli and Melissa Rinck.

Dave shared more information about the trip and the sponsoring organization Amor Ministries.  There were over 500 in total, 31 from Novato HS.

We had a fabulous slide presentation.  It was great to see the pictures.

One of the young men and his mom shared their experience.

It cost about $15,500 for 38 people to go on the trip.

They also presented Vicki Pitchford with some flowers to thank her for letting Dave “go with them”.

Drawing

The drawing was won by Terry Malloy. 

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 Upcoming Meetings

All Rotarians are encouraged to think about speakers for meetings. If you have a suggestion, please contact Catheryne DiPrete at "Catheryne DiPrete" <Catheryne.diprete@morganstanley.com>.

Board Meetings

Ignacio Rotary Board meetings are the 3^nd Wednesday of the month.  They meet at the Circle Bank on Grant Avenue in Novato.  They begin at 4:30 pm.

Upcoming Firesides 

Upcoming Events/Activities/Projects:

June 3                        Family Day at Miwok Park

June 29                        Debunking – 6 pm

District Foundation Information

http://www.rotary5150.org/newsletter.htm

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