Lines of Service Presentations Reflect on Our Service for the Past Rotary Year
Bob Sonnhalter, Community Services Chair (left) and Larry Cook, Youth Services Chair (right) report on the year's activities
Karin Davies (center, back row) with just some of the clinicians her Global Grant (G-1172) helped train in neonatal resuscitation
Dugan Moore visits with students at the Gamru Village School, supported by District Grant P-1408
At the last meeting of President’s Tom Ryan’s term the Committee Chairs presented on their progress during the 2016-2017 Rotary Year.
Sunset Soiree
Paul Chunyk, chair of the Sunset Soiree, delivered the fantastic news that the Soiree netted more than $38,000, which will be critical for our many club projects. He thanked all those club members who worked so hard and donated so much to make the event such a success.
Community Service
Chair Bob Sonnhalter summarized our projects at a local level, including: acting as a tee sponsor at the Canine Companions for Independence Golf Classic; donating textbooks for Casa di Amistad; contributing towards a new air conditioning unit at the St. Leo’s Dental Clinic; helping to purchase new dive gear for the Del Mar Lifeguards; sponsoring blood drives for the San Diego Blood Bank; and providing a wash-up station for the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito Allred Branch.
Del Mar Rotarians also participated in a number of hands-on projects such as painting and repairs at Nativity Prep Academy, volunteering at Stand Down San Diego, hosting our annual Children’s Christmas Party in Eden Gardens, removal of invasive plants at San Dieguito River Park, and campus improvement projects at Sunset High School and the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito Griset Branch in Encinitas.
Youth Services
The Youth Services Committee also had a busy year, as reported by Chair Larry Cook. With the addition of the newly-installed club at Sunset High School to those at Cathedral Catholic High School and Torrey Pines High School, we now sponsor three Interact Clubs, which together have close to 100 members. Torrey Pines High School fielded three teams at the Rotary-sponsored Model U.N. and we sponsored two Cathedral Catholic juniors at RYLA, as well as six juniors from inner city schools who would not otherwise have been able to attend. We also sponsor the Rotaract club at University of San Diego, the Carmel Valley Girl Scout troop and Boy Scout Troop #713, which had five new Eagle Scouts this year. The club also offered several scholarships, with $8,000 going to three scholarships at MAEGA (Mexican American Educational Guidance Association), 4 $1,250 scholarships at Sunset High School and one $4,000 scholarship to a senior at Torrey Pines.
International Services
Dugan Moore was traveling, so I delivered the report on our international activities on her behalf. The Committee completed projects for the Gamru Village School in India (P-1408), a Children's Peace Initiative (CPI) Peace Project in Kenya (G-308) and an Irrigation Project in Nkondo, Uganda (G-149). Karin Davies’s Global Grant in Ethiopia (G-1172) is nearly complete and will be entering a new phase to integrate the training in neonatal resuscitation into medical school curriculum. Other projects that are nearing completion include support for an Eye Care Center in India (G-723) and an Adopt-A-Village program in the Githunguri District in Kenya (G-155).
Private donations from Marty Peters helped fund a new school wall and play equipment in Vietnam and provided aid to Chechen refugees.
Global Grants the club will be supporting in the next Rotary year include Mission Mental Health in India (G-1356) to improve mental health awareness and treatment in several regions in India, Wash in Schools in India (G-1336) to build sanitation facilities and provide hygiene education and India, and providing water tanks for schools in Ensenada (G-692).