Rotary Club of Lafayette, Ca

Congratulations to Mary Lou on her last Rotary meeting as President yesterday! We had a fun picnic meeting at Plaza Park and enjoyed delicious food from Sideboard before walking over to the historic Park Theater. The Park Theater Trust shared their plans to refurbish and operate the iconic building, and to revitalize it into an accessible and inclusive, community-centered cinema, arts and culture hub. Learn more and support their efforts at www.parktheatertrust.org ... It was great seeing so many Rotarians in person yesterday - looking forward to seeing you all at our Double Debunking party next Tuesday to celebrate Terry Ring and Mary Lou!

Please join us, LIVE and IN-PERSON, on June 29th at 5PM at Orchard Nursery in Lafayette for our first.and hopefully last, "Double Debunking". Due to the Pandemic, we never had a chance to send off Terry Ring, and we are coming up on the end of Mary Lou Till’s term. We hope the entire club and their guests can join us for what should be a fun event and a big milestone in returning to normal. Jeff Assadi will be catering the event with wonderful hor d'oeuvres and the club wi...ll supply beer, wine, and soft drinks. Please reserve your spot and pay for the event by going to https://rotarylafayette.org/product/debunking-party-2021/. Cost is $45 per person - tickets available until Friday. Thanks to Tom Courtright for hosting this event. We want everyone who is fully vaccinated to join us for what should be a great time!

We've got something fun planned for our meeting next week!

Join us this Thursday at our weekly online Rotary meeting!

Excited for our special guest this Thursday: Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan! Join us online at our weekly Rotary meeting - guests are always welcome so invite a friend.

Can't wait to hear from John Coleman of EBMUD this Thursday at our weekly online Rotary Meeting! John will be presenting an update on EBMUD’s water supply, recent declaration of a Stage 1 drought, budget and rates process, and preparing for the next 100 years - investments in infrastructure. Guests are always welcome to bring a friend! Zoom link and details at www.rotarylafayette.org

Join us tomorrow on Zoom!

It was so good to see everyone at our first virtual Rotary meeting of 2021! We got to hear from Stacia and Denise from the American Association of University Women present about the local Lamorinda chapter of the Girls4STEM program, which encourages and supports girls in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. To learn more, visit: https://oml-ca.aauw.net/girls4stem-webinars/

We're excited to start the year off with our first virtual Rotary meeting of 2021 this Thursday 12:15 - 1:30 pm... join us!

Our Rotary Club is a wonderful group of community members that care about each other and our World Community. Norma and Bob Evans are always there to support this club along with our President Mary Lou Till. Happy New Year and be safe!

Join us this Thursday at our Rotary weekly meeting on Zoom, from 12:15 - 1:30 pm. Guests are always welcome so invite your friends!

Looking back at what a crazy year 2020 was, we are just so grateful for our Rotary Club and each and every one of our members! We thank you all for your flexibility and cheerful spirits as we transitioned our weekly meetings online part way through the year, and are so inspired by how our club worked together to support those in need in our community. Our weekly virtual meetings will resume on Thurs, Jan 7 - we'd love to see you there. Guests are always welcome, so bring a ...friend to usher in the near year with your favorite Rotary club! In the meantime, wishing you all HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This past Saturday was World Polio Day! Rotarians have worked tirelessly for 75 years to help immunize 2.5 billion children against polio - bringing the world closer to eradicating this deadly disease. Since 1988, we've seen a worldwide reduction in polio cases of 99.9%. For more than three years, we've seen wild polio cases in only two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This year, Africa has been declared free of the wild poliovirus! ... Learn more and take action with us: https://www.endpolio.org/ #rotary #serviceaboveself #worldpolioday #eradicatepolio #publichealth #rotaryinternational

Join us this Thursday at our weekly online Rotary Meeting - guests always welcome so invite a friend! This week we'll hear from Meals on Wheels Diablo Region - they had to completely reimagine and increase services with the COVID-19 pandemic while serving the population most at risk for the virus. Learn how they quickly changed reinvented their service model to ensure the safety of their clients and volunteers, while still delivering vital services to those in need.

And Norma Evans delivers her second cake to Michael Heller. Thanks to both Norma and Mike for their support of Rotary Club of Lafayette.

Did you know that 40% of emissions in the US come from 5 basic household activities? Colleen, our speaker at our weekly meeting yesterday, introduced the Cleaner Contra Costa Challenge, which is an online, free platform for households (including renters!) to track, learn about, and implement sustainable actions we can take to reduce our carbon footprint. Learn more & take action: www.CleanerContraCosta.org ... Thanks Colleen from Sustainable Contra Costa for coming to speak to our club!

Join us at our weekly meeting this Thursday at 12:15 pm - we've got a fun presentation from Sustainable Contra Costa scheduled! Guests are always welcome so bring a friend to join us on Zoom!

Erika brought so much energy to our Rotary Meeting today! Erika Leonard serves as the KidPower California Director - KidPower provides trainings and resources to build healthy relationships and protect people from bullying, child abuse, kidnapping, prejudice, dating/domestic violence, and sexual assault. She walked Rotarians through interactive ways to learn and teach 10 "People Safety" skills that are applicable not just for kids, but adults too. ... Thank you Erika and Kidpower! To learn more, visit kidpower.org

Join us this Thursday at our weekly online Rotary Meeting - Guests always welcome so bring a friend!

Join us at our weekly online Rotary Club meetings - guests are always welcome, so invite a friend! We're excited for our speaker this Thursday, who will be presenting on such a crucial and timely topic:

We had a wonderful presentation today from Lafayette Vice Mayor Susan Candell, about the new Equity & Inclusion Task Force. The task force has listened at several community meetings over the past months to the concerns of residents about racism and instances of lack of inclusion as well as to many ideas put forth by residents on how to address diversity in the city. Thank you to Susan, as well as our club Rotarians, for a thoughtful discussion at our meeting today on such an important topic!

Join us at our online meeting this coming Thursday, 12:15 - 1:30 pm - we're excited to have Lafayette Vice Mayor Susan Candell as our speaker this week!

School certainly looks quite different this year! Join us at our weekly meeting this Thursday online to hear from our special guest speaker. Guests are always welcome - for more info about visiting or membership, email [email protected]

We all learned so much from our Rotary Meeting speaker this past week! Steven King (Tekhnologia) discussed the trends in 5 different areas of Technology that, when combined, will allow smart devices from Next Thermostats to self-driving vehicles to interact and enable the creation of new Services, such as Transportation As A Service (TAAS). These changes will have impacts on existing businesses and consumers, both positive and negative, and those should also be considered as we more forward with implementation. Thank you Steven for a fascinating presentation at our Rotary Meeting!

You're probably spending a lot more time with technology these past few months while sheltering-in-place. Join us at our weekly meeting this Thursday to hear from a technology expert! Friends & guests are always welcome to check out our weekly online meetings! If interested, email [email protected] for more info. #rotary #techie #internetsafety #lovelafayette #technology

Have you heard of micro-loans before? Business loans as small as $75 to just a few hundred dollars, can help a woman in the Honduras achieve economic self-sufficiency! We were thrilled to have Janet Lautenberger, Board Member of the Adelante Foundation speak at our Rotary Meeting yesterday. 60% of Honduras lives below the poverty line, of which women are among the most vulnerable groups. The Foundation provides microloans to women to start or support their local business ende...avors. Currently, the Adelante Foundation loans to over 6,000 women, and the payback rate is 93%! A unique aspect of Adelante Foundation's work is the Solidarity Group Loan. A solidarity group is comprised of 3 to 8 women from a community who have built enough trust to invest in improving their livelihoods together. In this character-based lending model, women serve as each other’s collateral in place of traditional collateralized loans. While each borrower receives their own amount, the entire group is responsible for collective repayment. The women make payments every two weeks and attend bi-weekly assembly meetings, where they receive business education lessons. In total, over $2.6 million has been disbursed into the community to support women in the community break out of the poverty cycle! Thank you Janet for speaking at our meeting! To learn more about her work, visit www.adelantefoundation.org