Tuesday, May 28 - No Meeting

Friday, June 7 - President Annie's Demotion Party at the SLO Golf & Country Club

Friday, June 28, 4:30pm - Public Art Dedication at the Rotary Community Garden in Meadow Park

Saturday, August 17 - 16th Annual Fall Classic Charity Golf Tournament

On Tuesday, May 14 our club held its Annual Awards Ceremony, recapping a successful year of community service, fundraising and charitable giving. We honored our teacher grant, student scholarship and nonprofit award recipients, as well as our event sponsors that made it all possible. We also highlighted SLO Daybreak's service work locally and internationally. The following is our list of charitable giving for 2012-13.

Community Awards $7,250 total: Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County, Friends of Camp Hapitok, Gatehelp, Partnership for the Children, Restorative Partners, Friends of Prado Day Center, SLO County YMCA, SLO Noor Foundation, SLO Symphony.

Student Scholarships $11,000 total: Mission College Preparatory - Natalie Brescin, Shubham Kahal, Katie Skiff. Pacific Beach High School - Miranda Chacon, Richard Lemus, Katelyn Marin, Juan Torres-Flores, Samuel Spevak. San Luis Obispo High School - Mary Andino, Emma Phillips, Randy Reynaga. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) - Miranda Chinichian, Elise Gubbins, Lia Guy, Robert Sada, Rebecca Teng.

Teacher Grants $5,157 total: Bishop’s Peak/Teach Elementary - Kiley MacLeod, Mary Kay, Stratton, Caitlin E. Ward. Laguna Middle School – Dawn Addis, Holly Naylor. Pacheco Elementary – Brian Deutsch, Monica Garcia, Concepcion Reynoso, Lisa Stephens, Margarita Zatt. Pacheco Elementary-Baywood Elementary – Jill Banfield, Robert Banfield, Julia O’Connor. San Luis Obispo High School – Anna Bates, Lisa Burson, Jodi Evans, Tim Fay, Craig Stewart. Sinsheimer Elementary – Stephanie Bremer, Joyce Hansen.

Other local giving included gifts to the Food Bank Coalition of SLO County, Interact Club of SLOHS,  Prado Day Center, Rotaract Club of SLO, SLO Botanical Garden and United Way of SLO County for a total of $3,265.

International donations included Hurricane Sandy/Walter Head/Sandy Hook, Rotary Club of Ajijic, Shelter Box, Ubaka Rwana and World Bicycle Relief for a total of $5,830.

SLO Daybreak, along with Rotary Club of SLO and SLO de Tolosa, contributed $5,000 towards this year's joint club project, the Fitness Trail at Laguna Lake Park. 

Club contributions to the Rotary Foundation exceeded $8,000 this year and Annie's Presidents Club is over $4,500 to date.

Save the date for Friday, June 28 at 4:00pm for the dedication ceremony at our community garden in Meadow Park. "Roots of Community", the public art selected for the garden, will be installed and dedicated to the City. Art to be enjoyed by gardeners and the general public has been anticipated since the early planning stages of the garden back in 2009. Cydney Holcomb, a San Luis Obispo neighborhood advocate who passed away in the summer of 2009, donated via her estate funds to the City for a public art project . Her friends and family made additional donations to recognize her contribution and the Rotary garden at Meadow Park was deemed the perfect fit for the Cydney Holcomb honorary public art project. 

In February 2011, a request for qualifications was released nationwide . 111 artists responded and a public art jury was formed, consisting of Ann Malek (gardener/neighbor), Gini Griffin (Artist), Meryl Perloff (Artist), Christine Mulholland (former City Council member and friend of Cydney Holcomb), Barbara Radovich (ArtsObispo/Arts Council), Hal Hannula (Public Works staff), Donna Lewis (Rotary representative), Charlene Rosales (Rotary representative) and Ken Hampian (former City Manager and friend of Cydney). The jury eventually invited six artists to present their proposals, and the jury unanimously selected the piece, "Roots of Community" by Boulder Colorado artist Joshua Weiner. The artwork consists of several sculptural elements made of marble; a large ring in front of the garden entrance, a small ring resting on a pedestal in the garden's common area as well as 4 benches with text extending upward. The rings and pedestals symbolize eternity and wholeness while the text on the four benches reflects the inspiration of Rotary and Cyndney Holcomb.

SLO Daybreak has moved its meeting location to Luna Red as of March 26! Located in San Luis Obispo at the corner of Chorro and Monterey streets, we will enjoy the convenience of free parking until 9:00am, the beauty of Mission Plaza and the fine hospitality of one of San Luis Obispo's favorite restaurants. The meeting time remains the same, 7:00-8:30am, and we look forward to being joined by the many Rotarians that work and live in the downtown area. This spring our club will be celebrating our 15th anniversary - come join us soon for a meeting, fun and fellowship.