The Rotary Club of Monterey International

Show off your bowling skills, or even your "lack of" - no matter, it's all about fun and friendship, and better yet - to help Rotary fight Polio worldwide. Your donation for two games of bowling will help us fund that fight!

The event will take place Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 6-8pm at Monterey Lanes, 2161 Fremont in Monterey.

You can register with your donation through a club member - or click here to register online, with a donation of $25 or more.

Prizes will be awarded throughout the evening - including for best bowling shirt! See you there...

Congratulations - and many thanks - to our newest club chair (Community Service) Danny Hall...

Danny not only donated a large sum through the bequest option of the Rotary Foundation (more information here) - he also helped us celebrate by baking homemade pies from local ingredients! Kudos Danny!

Summer temperatures reached our coastal community this August. Monterey’s tourists clad in shorts and aloha shirts strolled the town. Our Club, meanwhile, welcomed many folks in blue blazers. Cool Rotary speakers in blue blazers-- all delivering hot topics!

Rotary Youth Exchange participants, Christie Pierce and Amanda Palmer, with their uniquely-adorned blue blazers spoke to us on August 5. Christie shared a spirited account of his dear Argentine Rotary family, his life and many travels in the Southern Hemi.

Amanda shared insights and stories of Istanbul casting a warm light on the amazing Turkish culture as Amanda sang in Turkish for us. Both YE returnees impressed and inspired us. Gracias! Teşekkürler!

More blue blazers arrived on August 12th! Our ADGs John and Ann, our DGE Young and our grateful membership welcomed DG Bob and his wife, Sherryl, to our club. DG Bob touched us all with his story of becoming a “real Rotarian” in Mexico with Project Wheelchairs. DG Bob motivated us to wake each day ready to share a smile and perform a random act of kindness. In addition to bestowing a revered Pilot’s Pin on Stephanie Lyon for outstanding club service, DG Bob recognized two new Paul Harris Fellows in our club, Danny Hall and Brad Zielinski. Congrats all!

Dean Yuwei Shi of MIIS also addressed our club on August 12th with a focus on our host’s (MIIS) innovative future programs. Hmm...what did Yuwei wear to speak to our club on a warm Wednesday? That’s right— a blue blazer! Cool!

Please bring one or more items of non-perishable food for the local food bank to our next meetings!

Community Service Chair Richard Fontana is researching our opportunities to help in Monterey with Community Gardening and the Food Bank. If you are willing to donate your time to community gardening or collecting food for the food bank, please contact him and he will share more information at upcoming meetings.

It is an honor and privilege to be your District 5230 Governor. Sharryle and I look forward to seeing you as we visit all of our great clubs. We have been on the tarmac for two plus years….but now the Rotary International Flight 5230 has taken off. We look forward with your help to have a very successful journey.

In the 2009-10 Rotary year our International President John Kenny has selected the theme “The Future of Rotary Is In Your Hands” and in these times of uncharted economic waters it seem the theme may be more meaningful now then when it was conceived. I feel very confident that we will weather the storm and great things are in our future.

As each Rotary years brings a fresh start with the changing of leadership at all levels, the system creates challenges of maintaining continuity from year to year, but it also allows for new ideas to come forth to approach the many challenges we face.

Our 2009-10 leadership team is in place for the year and I feel very positive that all clubs will benefit greatly from the talent, spirit and expertise of those that have accepted the challenge to lead our great District.