Woodland Rotary - The Rotary Club of Woodland Website

Founded in 1926, our club continues a Rotary tradition of service above self as we endeavor to contribute to the betterment of the world around us, near and far, having fun in the process. This year’s Rotary theme is “Rotary Serving Humanity”, a theme that binds our 1.2 million members, in clubs in essentially every country in the world.

Our projects run the gambit, from a 9 club effort to construct extra benches for the fairgrounds, new instruments for the music programs in local schools, to new equipment to allow the local hospital to screen for hearing problems in newborn babies. Each year we sponsor youth programs and scholarships, and a Senior BBQ.

On the international side, we have participated in projects ranging from water wells, to dental clinics, to tsunami relief. Recently, a club member and a doctor at the local hospital initiated a cervical cancer screening and treatment project in Nicaragua, screening over 900 women, and training/certifying a cadre of Nicaraguan medical professionals to be able to further expand the program in future years. This model has been briefed to the UN and World Health Organization for expanded application, and another local club is now initiating a similar project in Kenya. Think how amazing that is.

If you have a project you would like us to consider, click on the Project Proposal link to the left, and send it in for our consideration.

We meet weekly for lunch, a brief business meeting, and a short program, typically a subject matter expert on local governmental affairs, new business concepts, community issues, etc. We have various social events throughout the year. We strive for a diverse membership that includes leaders in all facets of the community, a great group to know and learn from. If you are interested in finding out more, contact us.

Gary Wegener

President 2016-2017

August 16th...

August 9th...

August 2nd, 2016

Christian Sherrill and speaker Stacy Contreras. When Stacy's husband Chris found he had aplastic anemia, Stacy went to work to upgrade the bone marrow registry system, to give increased hope to those in vital need of a donor. Go to www.bethematch.org or contact her at stacycontreras@yahoo.com to learn how you can help.

July 19th....

Good to see Don & daughter Jane O'Meara

Carl keeps us honest...

Great program by Sheriff Prieto, arranged by Lori Ross

June 25th; President Kris Demoted!!!

Former President Kris was thoroughly demoted last Saturday at Yolo Fliers. Clyde Brooker, Mark Ullrich, Jim Nolan, Jim McGibbon, Roger Dorris, Clancy Duppong & Dan Stroski had way too much of a good time sending our Viking-like leader out the door with songs aplenty and a dubious look at the past year. A great time was had by All!!

June 21st Meeting

Dillon Dougherty, with sponsor Mike Chandler, was inducted as a new member of the Club today. A Woodland High School graduate, Dillon attended Northwestern University, where he twice earned All-Big Ten honors in golf. His amateur golf career culminated with a runner-up finish in the 2005 U.S. Amateur held at the Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia, PA. Dillon subsequently competed in the 2006 Master and U.S. Open, and turned pro shortly thereafter, competing until 2013. Dillon recently moved back to the local area and is now embarking on a financial services career with Morgan Stanley. Dillon is married to Jennifer and they have a family of four. Members are encouraged to introduce themselves to Dillon and learn more of his family, interests and goals for the future.

Barbara Sonin won a free lunch in today's raffle.

ROTARY CLUB OF WOODLAND

2015-16 REVIEW

In his swan song, President Kris presented a review of the

Club's 2015-16 year, and thanked the many members who helped make

it possible. Highlights include:

COMMUNITY SERVICE

34 NEW ROTARY BENCHES FOR FAIRGROUNDS W/ OTHER CLUBS

AID TO VALLEY & BOLES WILDFIRE VICTIMS

DOCUMENT SHREDDING SERVICES

WCC COMMUNITY MARQUEE SWITCHED ON

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR KIDS AT UCD PEDIATRICS ICU

$25K FOR GREENGATE SCHOOL PLAY STRUCTURE

$5K FOR CACHE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS

500 SERVED AT SENIOR BBQ

GIBSON HOUSE MAY FESTIVAL BBQ FUNDRAISER

YOUTH SERVICES:

-FFA SUPPORT

-OUTBOUND YOUTH EXCHANGE CO-SPONSORED

-SENT KIDS TO ROTARY'S CAMP ROYAL & CAMP VENTURE

-LOCAL INTERACT CLUB SUPPORT

-DIGITAL MINDS ROBOTICS TEAM SPONSORSHIP

-COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOODLAND & PIONEER HS TOP GRADUATES

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:

-NICARAGUA CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT LEAD

-KENYA CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION CO-SPONSORED

-TANZANIA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IMAGERY EQUIPMENT/SERVICE CO-SPONSORED

-NEPAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT APPLICATION CO-SPONSORED

FUN & FELLOWSHIP

SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS GAME

UC DAVIS FOOTBALL GAME

SOCIAL EVENINGS

HOLIDAY PARTY

2016 DINNER AUCTION

DISTRICT 5160 CONFERENCE AT FAIRGROUNDS

CLUB’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

MYSTERY GOLF TRIP

SPORTS/SOFTBALL

OFFSITE MEETINGS AT BLUE NOTE BREWERY & VELOCITY ISLAND PARK

DEMOTION

CLUB SERVICE

BEER BOOTH - Dick Hoppin

CLUB TREASURER - Tony Delevati

SECRETARY - Alan Flory

BACK TABLE - Aniek Ramsey & Carl Rodegerdts

PROGRAMS - Jim Nolan

SPLINTER - Bob Nakken with George Berrettoni, Lori Ross, Peter Holmes & Roger Dorris.

MEMBERSHIP - Mike Chandler with Mahlon Whittle, Mark Ullrich & Craig Miyamoto.

Started the year with 64 members; ending with 67. New members are Nick Roncoroni and Dillon Dougherty and returning members Todd Tommeraason, Carla Sanborn & Jason Smith.

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION - Frank Gardner with Ken Nordgren, George Berrettoni & Marc Faye.

CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Dick Hoppin, Tom LaBrie, Christy Hayes, Shawn Seyk, & George Burger.

ENDOWMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Clyde Brooker, Karl Diekman, Roger Dorris, Clancy Duppong, Alan Flory, Steve Venables, Roger Kohlmeier & Bob Nakken.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS - Mark Werum with Don Huff III, Tom LaBrie, Les Engelmann, Tim Pettit, Roy Holmes, Tabb Randolph, Peter Holmes, Roger Kohlmeier, Jeff Barry & David Contto.

ROTARY FOUNDATION - Tom Schwarzgruber

The Club contributed $6354 (thru May) to the Foundation.

RECOGNITION - Gary Bunch with Don Huff III, Roger Dorris, Bob Moeller, George Berrettoni, Chuck Maltese, Kevin Haarberg, David Janes, Jeff Barry & Jim McGibbon.

RAFFLE - Becky Martin & Gary Bunch.

PHOTOS - Laurie Ruiz

ARTICLES - Barbara Sonin

WEBSITE & FACEBOOK PAGE

Fairgrounds Thanks Rotary

The Rotary Clubs of Yolo County, ours included, received a nice 'Thank You' letter from Yolo Fairgrounds CEO Rita Moore for the Beer Booth Committee's work on the new benches.

View the letter.

Social Evening - Morgan's

About 20 members and guests enjoyed drinks, appetizers and socializing at Morgan's on Main on June 2. Thank you John Leckey for arranging this event!

Rotary Scholarships Presented

Our Club presented its 2016 Scholarship to Pioneer High School's Valedictorian Erick Palomares on May 26. Erick earned a 4.32 grade point average in high school and has been accepted to UCLA next year where he plans to major in Chemistry or Biochemistry.

The Club's 2016 Scholarship to Woodland High School went to Valedictorian Bridget Linney who visited the Club on June 7. She is pictured above with her father Ken Linney and Club Scholarship Chair Becky Martin. Bridget plans to attend UCLA and study Biophysics in the Fall.

Digital Minds Thanks the Club

Earlier this year our Club contributed a $800 sponsorship to the Digital Minds FRC Team 5458 comprised of local high school students participating in a national Robitics competition. The sponsorship was used to purchase team sweatshirts which they are wearing in this Thank You card they sent to the Club.

Ruby Falls Donation

At our May 10th meeting President-elect Gary Wegener presented a $25,000 check from the Woodland Rotary Endowment to Debra Johnsen, Principal of Greengate School (part of the Yolo County Office of Education) and Administrative Secretary Rosalva Wisterman for construction of the Ruby Falls Play Structure. These funds were raised in the Club's 2016 Dinner Auction.

Cache Creek High School Donation

At our May 10th meeting, Will Jarrell, Principal of Cache Creek High School accepted a $5,000 check from the Woodland Rotary Endowment today for improvements to be made to the school's CommuniCare facilities where student health services are provided. These funds were also raised at the Club's 2016 Dinner Auction.

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July 19th....

Sponsors for the 2016 Auction Dinner