| Posted by Dan Fox on May 29, 2012
by Lorine Parks
Today President Diane produced a surprise program, a Going-Away Party for Dr. Wayne Wilcox. Surprise, that is, to Wayne, but a well-kept secret by the whole club for almost a month. Wayne and his wife DeeDee are going on a mission trip for their church and will be in Guatemala for two years. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on May 22, 2012
by Lorine Parks
Have no fear, Gustavo Dudamel. The next great conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic is not going to come from the Downey Rotary Club. Sharon Lavrey, Music Director of the Downey Symphony gave us a lesson in the history of conducting, climaxing in a tangle of club members with their own arms and elbows when she attempted to show us how to conduct. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on May 15, 2012
by Lorine Parks
Our speaker, fellow Rotarian John Quigliani from Downey Post 270 presented a program about the national volunteer organization, The American Legion, which has about 140 members locally. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on May 08, 2012
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| Posted by Dan Fox on May 08, 2012
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| Posted by Dan Fox on May 01, 2012
by Lorine Parks
For his much looked-forward-to program on trends in jewelry, Angelo Cardono discussed an often over-looked product, the home-grown American gem stones found right in the United States. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on Apr 24, 2012
by Lorine Parks
Our young guests from India, part of the Group Study Exchange, presented themselves as our program. In their thirties, they are a lively group, who take an interest in helping the world around them. They come from Chennai, also known as Madras, Rotary District 3230, the capital city of the southern state of Tamil Madru.
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| Posted by Dan Fox on Apr 17, 2012
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on Apr 10, 2012
by Lorine Parks
While some of our fellow Rotarians were giving blood in the Bloodmobile, Roger Torres, a senior field manager for the American Red Cross gave us some information on the local need for blood. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on Apr 03, 2012
Written by Lorine Parks
Fellow Rotarian and Mayor of Downey Roger Brossmer delivered his State of the City program for us; the good, the bad and the ugly. |
| Posted by Dan Fox on Mar 27, 2012
Written by Lorine Parks
Our fellow Rotarian Dr. Wendy Doty, with well deserved pride, presided over our Program, presenting for recognition the children in our elementary schools who have improved the most in reading in this year. Improvement is measured by the number of grade levels they have moved up in reading. |
| Posted by Lorine Parks on Mar 20, 2012
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| Posted by Dan Fox on Mar 06, 2012
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| Posted by Lorine Parks on Mar 06, 2012
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| Posted by Lorine Parks on Feb 21, 2012
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| Posted by Dan Fox
Ed Potter supplying the music for Rotarians and their guests of teachers and children from Downey Unified School District. All enjoyed lunch together and had a special visit from…Santa Claus. Who brought each child a gift and some treats to enjoy. It was a wonderful afternoon that warmed the hearts of all in attendance. |
| Posted by Dan Fox
Much like your high school homecoming or maybe a class reunion, Past Presidents Day is one of those rare events in Rotary that allows us to take a look back at and reminisce on the accomplishments of the club and Rotary. Through the quick-witted and should I say it, yes, the “jocular” Past District Governor Doug Baker, Downey Rotary took that trip down memory lane with some 20 Past Presidents and two past District Governors in attendance. But it was not all memories and good times, there was a thread that ran through Doug’s presentation, and it was to honor the club as a whole for their support and the contributions that allowed each past president to accomplish things they never could have on their own. |
| Posted by Dan Fox
Rotary is proud of its involvement with youth locally and around the world. The newest avenue of service, New Generations, refers to the youngest generation in the family of Rotary. Many are participants in Rotary’s youth and young adult programs: Interact, Rotaract, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), and Rotary Youth Exchange. Others are serviceminded young people involved in Rotary club and district activities. |
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Saturday morning Rotarians & Interactors got together to prep and paint a house for a family whose been caring for their son with cancer. 15 Rotarians along with the same number of Interactors worked hard to get the job done. Thank you all for your support and hard work!!! |
| Posted by Ingrid Martin
Downey Rotary Club is the proud sponsor of two new Youth clubs. Both have been established at OLPH School. Welcome to New Generations Avenues of Service. Downey is one of the first clubs to start a Youth Act Club in the District. |
| Posted by Ingrid Martin
What a good looking group of Rotarians! |