DARK April 1, 2024  
Next Meeting April 8, 2024   
In person at The Westin and on Zoom  
Volume 5, Issue 30  
Reporter: Julie Walker   
Photographer: Nancy Starling  
 
Carlsbad Hi-Noon
Rotary President
Jeff Segall
 
President Jeff Segall opened the meeting, and Ken Clark, in person, led the club in the Smile Song and America. Pres. Jeff shared Words from Robert F. Kennedy: “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things easier.”
 
IMPORTANT DATES
• Mon. Apr. 1: DARK - Easter
• Wed. Apr. 10: Brother Benno's Food Service
• Apr. 12-14: RYLA Conference
• Wed, Apr. 18: North County Food Bank
• Fri. Apr. 19: AVID Conference
• Mon. Apr. 22: Scholarship Raffle Drawing
• Sat. Apr. 27: Rotarians at Work Day
• Mon. Apr. 29: DARK - due to Rtns at Work event
• Mon, May 6: Offsite lunch meeting at Carlsbad Police & Fire Training Center (info below)
• Mon, Jun. 10: Offsite lunch meeting at One Safe Place (info below)
 
2 FIELD-TRIP ROTARY MEETINGS
Pres. Jeff has scheduled two off-site Rotary lunch meetings, for Mon. May 6 and Mon. June 10. The former will take place at the Carlsbad Police and Fire Training Center, focusing on active-shooter survival. The latter will take place at One Safe Place, operated by SD County and the county DA’s office. Lunch will be offfered for each of these field-trip meetings. Do not show up at the Westin on those dates—and no Zoom.
 
NEW PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS
Mimi Gaffey presented Richard Weston with his 9th Paul Harris fellowship, recognizing his latest $1,000 donation to the Rotary Foundation. Gaffey also presented Bob Stonebrook and Julie Gibbs with their first Paul Harris fellowships, attained due to anonymous donors.
Paul Harris fellows Bob Stonebrook, Julie Gibbs
and Richard Weston
 
POLIO PLUS SOCIETY MEMBERS
Beth Garrow recognized Richard Weston, who like her, is a District 5340 Polio Plus Society member, and introduced Tommy Hersant and Tom Applegate as new members after Garrow put out a recent invitation to CHNR members to consider pledging $100 per year until polio is completely eradicated in the world. Only two countries left. This is a district society that is endorsed by Rotary International. Anyone interested in info can contact Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
Polio Plus Society members Tom Applegate,
Beth Garrow, Richard Weston and Tommy Hersant
 
SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE:
Not even halfway yet--HELP!
JoAnn Ross reported $20,000 collected so far, via the club’s raffle for scholarships (to academic and trade schools). The goal is $50,000, with the drawing to be held April 22. Ross recognized Bob Kreisberg, who collected $500 just by visiting his neighbors. Ross also had a message from the Easter Bunny: “Give away one ticket that you paid for in the coming week. Everybody needs money, and we have some!”
 
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Christian Chapman and his committee have been accepting applications for CHNR scholarships and soon will begin an applicant review, then schedule interviews. The amount and number of scholarships we can give depends on the success of our Scholarship Raffle ticket sales (see above).
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
         • Reminder: DARK Mon, Apr. 1 (no joke!)
         • CHNR and the Carlsbad Rotary clubs received Distinguished Warrior awards from the Army Navy Academy last weekend.
         Member Rachel Ivanovich, who is a tax consultant, advised that due to SD County being declared eligible for disaster assistance (Feb-Mar flooding), that the IRS has delayed the date for county residents' 2023 tax year payments and 2024 first-quarter estimates to June 17.
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE
    • Brother Benno’s Food Service—Wed, Apr. 10, 6:15-8am at Brother Benno’s Center, 3260 Production Ave, Oceanside. Join the CHNR team working the breakfast line by contacting Beth Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
    • North County Food Bank—Wed, Apr, 18, 1-4pm. Join the CHNR team packing foods for distribution to those in need. Each participant must register in advance. See emails from Beth Garrow or contact her at bethgarrow@netcast.net
    • Rotarians at Work Day—Sat., Apr. 27, 8am-noon at the Army Navy Academy. A barbecue on the beach will follow. Beth Garrow has 34 signed up, but sure could use more. The academy will do the prep work; Rotarians (family and friends welcome!) will be doing brush work and spray painting on five historic cottages—and some planting. All tools will be provided. Contact Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
 
YOUTH SERVICE
    • RYLA Weekend: Apr. 12-14 in Idyllwild. Contact Mike Metts if interested in being a team leader for the high school juniors attending this leadership conference. Metts: mmetts@dudek.com
    • AVID Conference for middle school students: Apr. 19. For info/or to assist at this leadership event, contact Bob Kreisberg: bob@opusproductivity.com
    • Kreisberg gave and update on the regional youth music competition held at Carlsbad-by-the-Sea recently, as well as on the Model UN event.
    • Mo Taylor reported students using the pickleball courts with paddles and nets we provided are very appreciative and having lots of fun. She then shared a few of the thank-you notes received from Jefferson Elementary students regarding our Book Fair. One note said: Thankyou for letting us buy books for a quarter. I really like the book I got. It is really nice to get cool books. Thank you for giving us new really cool books. Thank you!!”
 
PROGRAM
Hi-Noon Rotary’s E-x-p-a-n-d-e-d
International Service Reach
 
Speakers: Rick Huenefeld and his team
 
Team members Ed Rouquette, Joan Boughton,
Tommy Hersant, Rick Huenefeld, Vince Ponce
and Bob Stonebrook (missing: Phil Urbina)
 
Rick Huenefeld, CHNR’s International Services Director, and his team have reassessed how the club reaches out globally and has already made a bigger impact, with their focus being on water, sanitation and hygiene issues, youth education and sheltering.
 
Huenefeld said, “We have really upped our involvement this (Rotary) year. We have done a lot of great projects in the past, but they were large projects that ate up a lot of the budget” and limited the club to one or two areas of need per Rotary year. “This year, we have a slightly different focus, ensuring that we impact, in some little way, the lives of 1,000 people. We are already well over that number,” he said.
 
He has built a team with varying skillsets and contacts, but who also have a common goal of developing relationships with Rotary clubs in different parts of the world to expand our assistance now and provide even more meaningful support in the future.
 
Huenefeld and team member Joan Boughton provide general support to the rest of the team, whose members are focused on a different area of the world: Phil Urbina, Mexico; Ed Rouquette, South and Central America; Tommy Hersant, Europe; Bob Stonebrook, Africa; and Vince Ponce, Asia.
 
Already CHNR’s 2023-24 International Services team has expanded the club’s reach:
         1. CHNR has partnered with Club Rotario de Tijuana on an event that provided $2,000 plus toys and blankets to 400 disabled children in the Tijuana area.
 
         2. Ed Rouquette, with the help of his wife, Carmen, connected us with Club Rosario de Santa Ana in El Salvador. That club is close to completing its Camones Water Project (total cost $350,000), and CHNR helped close the $10,000 final funding gap for that project.
 
         3. In Europe, in connection with Lubin Rotary Club in Poland, our club provided $2,000 to support Ukranian refugee children. Carlsbad Rotary Club (evening) member Kasia Trojanowski has been a source of information for this area of the world.
 
         4. CHNR is in the early stages of developing relationships with African clubs, including providing our allocation of a $10,000 global grant for a pediatric orthopedic surgery program in Rwanda (with matching funds from the Del Mar Rotary). CHNR also participated in the Ghana
Water Project global grant project.
 
         5. Also, $2,000 has been allocated, but not obligated, for a project in Asia. CHNR has been in contact with Rotary clubs in Nepal, India, Bali and working on Vietnam to find a connection.
 
The goal is for the connections and relationships being developed to make it possible for CHNR to have an impact in more areas of the world. “We want to do things we believe you all will be proud of,” Huenefeld said . . . “and we want to do it for the greatest need . . . We’re working on connecting to other clubs, identifying opportunities.”
 
Anyone interested in joining the team can contact him. “We’re looking for a few more members. There is a lot of research that goes on. This is a widely traveled group: You have been places and know people where there might be an opportunity to connect.”
 
Rick Huenefeld: rick.huenefeld@gmail.com
 
 
 
DARK April 1, 2024
Next Meeting: April 8, 2024
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