Great 2nd Friday Joke Off. You guys are really getting into it. Don’t forget that you still have time to buy Festa tickets at a discount. If you haven’t already bought yours please make sure to purchase your tickets before April 15th in order to get the discounted price.

Save the Dates! Apr 12th UC Davis Business Institute

at 2 pm, contact Deb Baron

May 14th Festa Di Vino at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento

May 23rd Annual Golf Tournament, Northridge Country Club

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Invite a guest to one of the upcoming weekly meetings: Apr 22 Robert Rivinius, Past President &

CEO California Building Industry on Why California and Housing is So Messed Up.

Apr 29 TBA May 6 Various Speakers for Festa di

Vino

Meeting dates Places, and Speakers

Rotary Club

Of Point West

Founded, April 1985

Just Last Week

WeeWeeek

Weeek

Our speaker this morning was young, bright and cheery – the perfectly lovely Dawn Lindblom, the chief executive of Sacramento’s eleven county regional Red Cross chapter. Dawn began by conveying her obvious pleasure with our club’s good cheer, e.g., Gary’s joke contest (won handily by Ron Neal’s excellent monkey tale). Without losing her warmth, Dawn then spoke of risk that forms the heart of the Red Cross mission. Dawn’s comments were not hysterical or inflated. As noted, Dawn did not waiver from her warmth, and certainly did not exaggerate.

Continued on page 2

Gary Wants You to Know

by Rich Fathy

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(Just Last Week continued)

Rather, Dawn reminded us that we ignore identifiable risk at our peril. To convey her message, Dawn showed us two photographs of the area around Arco Arena (what name change?) – one as it looks this morning, and one as it will look when the inevitable “perfect storm” occurs. Dawn’s message was compelling – act today in such a way that acknowledges that in due course an identifiable risk will not be an abstraction, but an immutable event with stunning heartache.

Did anyone else this morning consider our Club’s collective assessment of identifiable risk in the name of our Club’s fundraising? May neither Arco nor our Club experience Dawn’s prognostication that disasters occur, with the only question being when and how severe. My guess is that Dawn would tell us that such a hope is no more prudent than the couple’s behavior in Ron Neal’s monkey joke.

Rotary International President

Indian philanthropist donates another US$1.12 million to polio eradication By Antoinette Tuscano Rotary International News -- 29 March 2011

Rajashree Birla, of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, has donated another US$1.12 million to The Rotary Foundation in support of Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge. Including this contribution, Birla has given a combined total of more than $4.2 million to the Foundation for polio eradication.

Foundation Trustee Ashok M. Mahajan says that Birla's extraordinary generosity stems from her belief that giving to others is the best way to make a lasting change in the world. As a mother, she has compassion for the young victims of polio and wants to help Rotary achieve its goal of eradicating the disease, he says. "Mrs. Rajashree Birla strongly believes that what we have done for ourselves dies with us. But what we do for others remains forever," he says. "Charity begins at home but should not end there." Mahajan adds that Birla has confidence in the Foundation's ability to use the money wisely.

Rajashree Birla has given a combined total of more than $4.2 million to The Rotary Foundation for polio eradication. Rotary Images

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(Birla continued)

Birla's late husband, Aditya Birla, made the Aditya Birla Group into a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest in India, employing more than 100,000 people in over 20 countries. Her eldest son, Kumar Mangalam Birla, is chairman of the board, and she serves as a director.

The family has a longstanding commitment to business accountability and community service. Birla continues that legacy through her leadership in the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, where she oversees projects that address education, health care, and other social issues.

Among her many awards and honors, Birla is an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Bombay, which presented her with the Citizen of Bombay Award in 2003. In 2004, she received the Pride of India Award from the Rotary Club of Mulund, where she is also an honorary member. The Aditya Birla Centre has helped immunize about three million children against polio in 3,200 villages in India, one of the four remaining polio-endemic countries.

Donate now to continue the Foundation's work.

UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures

Business Tour On April 12th at 2:00 pm is our second business

tour. It is a tour of the UC Davis Medical Center, 2921 Stockton Blvd., in Sacramento of the Institute for Regenerative Cures. For patients and families suffering from chronic disease or injury, the promise of stem cell therapies offers great hope. UC Davis is a leader in advancing that promising goal. It has brought together physicians, research scientists, biomedical engineers and a range of other experts and collaborative partners to establish the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures, a facility supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The new $62 million Institute is located on the University’s Sacramento campus, where collaborative, team-oriented science is working to advance breakthrough discoveries and bring stem cell therapies and cures to patients everywhere. It benefits from being on a campus near a nationally designated cancer center, a renowned neurodevelopment institute, state-of-the-art imaging and biophotonics programs, and an academic medical center that is at the forefront of advanced patient care. The institute’s facilities include primary laboratories, a shared-vector core, microscopy and cell sorters, space for academic, postdoctoral and administrative offices.

Those members wishing to attend please RSVP to deborah.baron@me.com or call 488-6350

Trivia Question of the Week

What statuesque actress earned a living by standing still in department store windows prior to

her film debut in Tootsie7?

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Rotary Club of Point West

2010 - 2011 Board of Directors

President Gary Hardesty

Secretary Lisa Ryan

Treasurer Scott Daulton

Directors

Club Service I Richard Price

Club Service II Trish Harrington

Community Service I Craig Evans

Community Service II Toney Sebra

International Service Robert Halleck

Vocational Service I Jamie Nelson

Vocational Service II Cori Badgley

Past President Al Howenstein President-elect Jennifer

Curtsinger

Publicity/Membership DeWana Ljung

Sergeant at Arms Gary Pevey

Admin. Assistant George Daniels

Visit our website for more information

http://pointwest.clubwizard.com

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING PWR

MEETINGS

APRIL

22 PWR Meeting

29 PWR Meeting

MAY

6 PWR Meeting

13 PWR Meeting

20 PWR Meeting

5180 District Governor

Governor Jo Ann Lemmon’s newsletter http://pointwest.clubwizzard.com/IM

Upload/11-02-01-District-5180-News.htm

From Our Governor’s Corner

REPRINTED FROM TEDDY’S TALES

Spring is in the air! The time of year for planting seeds and anticipating the fruits of one’s labor. The same cycle is true for Rotary. Our presidents attend PETS (President Elects

Training Seminar) where they are informed, inspired and hopefully motivated to share what they learned with their club members. Incoming club officers receive their training at the District Leadership Assembly . The seeds are planted and the growing cycle begins. Some communities will see immediate benefits from their Rotary Club’s labors, others may have to wait for those late

bloomers! During May and June Rotary International and Rotary Districts celebrate the bounty of Rotary Clubs and the significant achievements of individual Rotarians. This May nearly 100 District 5180 Rotarians and their guests will celebrate in New Orleans with Rotarians from around the world. On Wednesday June 8th we will celebrate the successes of each club and some outstanding Rotarians. Please join the fun at Aloha Awards Night, 6:30 pm, June 8th at the Radisson, Sacramento. It has been very inspiring having visited each club early in the year and now reflecting on just how many lives have been positively affected. Ideas, budgets and fundraisers have produced education opportunities for students of all ages, food and fellowship for the hungry. Water wells, new kitchens for orphanages, wheelchairs and ShelterBoxes for Japan, and many more beneficiaries in our international community. Please mark your calendar for June 8th and join the celebration!

Camp Fire Girls Campsite Need Help!

The District is planning on doing a workday to renovate the Camp Fire Girls campsite in River Bend Park on April 30th for “Rotarians at Work Day.” The campsite is in dire need of renovation to bring it back to the asset is. This will be a great event and bring together many clubs and members in District 5180. It’s scheduled from 9 am to noon with a cold cut lunch served afterward. We currently have one television station committed to cover the workday, and hope to get more media involved as we move forward. This can be a big public relations event for the District, your Club and Rotary. Sign up at www.rotary5180.org. If you have questions please contact me at c.parkins@comcast.net or give me a call at 916-208-3909.

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THE FOURWAY TEST

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND

High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH

The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in ideals of service.

The Object of Rotary

Newsletter articles are accepted at any time but must be in an electronic Word format submitted to Barry via email at malibubarry@gmail.com. Articles submitted before noon on the Monday before publication will be included in the next newsletter. Please note that I am not responsible for misinformation given to me by others herein, however, I do endeavor to make each newsletter as accurate as possible. Let me know of any errors that you notice so that I may correct them in future issues.

Missed a Meeting?

Here are some of the nearby clubs. For a complete list in our District go to www.rotary5180.org/clubmeetinglocations.aspx or make up on-line at www.rotaryclub.org to experience eClub.

MONDAY 11:30 am – South Sacramento – Casa Garden Restaurant 12:00 pm - Sacramento – Radisson Hotel 7:00 pm - Fair Oaks – F. O. Comm. Clubhouse

TUESDAY 7:00 am - Sacramento Breakfast – Gonul’s J Street Café’ 12:00 pm - Arden Arcade – Community Service Center Marconi

Sheriff’s Substation 6:30 pm - Carmichael – Café’ Capri Restaurant

WEDNESDAY 7:00 am - Rocklin Loomis Basin – Whitney Oaks Golf Club 12:15 pm North Sacramento – Double Tree Hotel 5:30 pm Midtown Sacramento – Café’ Bernardo

THURSDAY 7:00 am Roseville Sunrise – Carrows Restaurant 12:00 pm East Sacramento – Salvation Army 7:00 pm Folsom – Rotary Clubhouse at Lew Howard Park

FRIDAY 7:15 am Natomas – Hamilton Inn and Suites 12:15 pm Granite Bay – Piati’s Restaurant 2:15 pm West Sacramento – Pheasant Club