Programs 2025

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Programs

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Email  Wendy Casas,

Programs Chair

January 2025

Vocational Service Month

07: Shawn Seyk, 'What is Bitcoin?'

14: Martha Michel, President, Folklorico Latino de Woodland; http://folkloricollatinodewoodland.org

21: John Goodwin, retired National Park Service Ranger & author; 'Reflections from 27 Years as a National Park Ranger'

28: Frits van der Hoek, Acting Supervising Deputy District Attorney, Yolo County District Attorney's Office; 'Changes in the Law Regarding Prop 36'; https://cpoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Proposition-36-2024

February 2025

Peace & Conflict Resolution Month

04: Melissa Moreno, PhD, Ethic Studies Faculty, Woodland Community College; 'History of the Yolo Bracero Program'; https://coreapps.yccd.edu/Profiles/WCC

11: Eric Zane, Fire Chief, City of Woodland; 'Wildland Fire Response - Woodland FD in Los Angeles January 2025'; 

https://cityofwoodland.gov/192/Woodland-Fire-Department

18: Nate Hutson, Brett Hancock & Paul Doroshov, Investigators, Yolo County District Attorney's Office; 'Protecting Against Fraud'; 

https://yoloda.org/consumer-fraud-environmental-protection-division/

25: Qudrat Rahimhodzhayev, President, Uzbek Community Center of San Francisco Bay Area (UCCSFBA); 'Uzbekistan - A Comprehensive Overview';

www.uzbekcommunitysf.org

March 2025

Water and Sanitation Month

04: Heather Lanctot, Coordinator, Yolo County Archives & Record Center and Anastasia Panakgakos, Board Member, Friends of Yolo County Archives; 

https://yolocountylibrary.org/archives/

11: Xochitl Rodriguez Murillo; Deputy Secretary, Minority Veterans Affairs, California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet); 'Veterans Benefits Update';

https://www.calvet.ca.gov/about-us

18: Renee Rianda, Grand Marshall, Native Daughters of the Golden West; and Lori McGrath; 'Preserving the History of California'; https://www.ndgw.org/

25: Salvador Ramirez, MPP; Executive Director, Yolo Farm to Fork;

https://www.yolofarmtofork.org/

April 2025

Maternal and Child Health Month

01: Jayne Williams, 'Starting Rotary's Unhoused Conversation'

08: Kellie Morgan, President/Owner, Yolo Eats; 'An Update on Yolo Eats';

 https://www.yoloeats.com/

15: Ryan Kinnan, Police Chief, City of Woodland; 

https://www.cityofwoodland.gov/394/Woodland-Police-Department

22: Pastor Larry Love and Kathy Trott, Woodland Opportunity Village; 'Tiny House Project - Freeman Garden Court'; 

https://www.woodlandopportunityvillage.org

29: DARK - NO MEETING TODAY

May 2025

Youth Service Month

06: DARK - NO MEETING (JOINT MEETING WITH DAVIS NOON ROTARY IN DAVIS ON MAY 5)

13: Claudia Krich, Author, 'Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary'; https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10042/ 

20: No program today

27: Daniel P. Maguire, Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Yolo; 'The Juvenile Court'; https://www.yolo.courts.ca.gov/general-information/judicial-profiles/judge-maguire

June 2025

Rotary Fellowship Month

03: Marv Hale, Secretary/Red Kettle Coordinator, Woodland Salvation Army

10: Ryan Burger, Joe Cadelago, Linda Walsh, and Lori McGrath - New Member Profiles

17: Sandra Reese, Principal (Retired), Pioneer High School; 'Reflections of a Retired Principal'; https://www.msn.com/en-us/education-and-learning/secondary-education/pioneer-high-school-principal-sandi-reese-to-retire-after-decade-of-dedicated-service/ar-AA1FMZtH

24: President Bob Shares Year-End Thoughts

July 2025

Rotary International Year Begins

01: DARK for Independence Day Holiday

08: President Aniek Pflager Starts the Club's 100th Year

15: Marissa Juhler, Director, Yolo County Integrated Waste Management Division; 'Yolo County Central Landfill - Not Just a DUMP...but an INNOVATIVE LANDFILL';

https://www.yolocounty.gov/government/general-government-departments/community-services/integrated-waste-management-division/central-landfill

22: Taylor Edwards, 'Bike Ride from California to Alaska - 2022'

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August 2025

Membership and New Club Development Month

05: Lucas Frerichs, Supervisor, District 2, Yolo County Board of Supervisors; 

https://www.yolocounty.gov/government/board-of-supervisors/district-2-lucas-frerichs

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September 2025

Basic Education and Literacy Month

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October 2025

Economic and Community Development Month

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November 2025

Rotary Foundation Month 

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December 2025

Disease Prevention and Treatment Month

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