Woodside/Portola Valley Rotary - Newsletter

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Wednesday with breakfast by Encore Performance Catering, fellowship, project updates and an interesting speaker from the community. The last Wednesday of each month we meet at 5:30pm at a local restaurant for wine and hors d'oeuvres along with a speaker of interest. Please check our website calendar for details.

Morning meetings: Guild Hall, Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside, California Guests are not only welcome but encouraged!

This Week's Program: FOOD for the Rich & the Poor Jan Sewyer, co-owner of the Woodside Bakery & Cafe will talk about the restaurant business, their recent remodel and how our club can reciprocate for their support of TOW. In addition, we will be collecting food and assembling baskets for the St. Francis Center in Redwood City. Sister Cristina is particularly interested, this time, in cake and brownie mix.

President-elect David Hyman introduced Frank Klein who told us of his early life. Frank was born in La Jolla and graduated from Woodside Elementary in 1979. Frank got his bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Frank’s wife is from Stuttgart and they met at the Pioneer Saloon. There has been a career change to finances and the Royal Bank of Canada. Frank hopes to be a contributing member of our club. Welcome Frank!

President-elect-elect Barbara Schmidt introduced Rae Schmidt (They claim to not be related? But they both agree she is a Ray of Sunshine!) Rae came to Woodside in 1962 but waited 47 years before joining the Rotary club. She has 3 children and has had a career in public education. She plays tennis and once rode her bicycle to Mexico. Rae says she is happy to be here and we are happy she is too!

Next Week's Program: NOTE: Meeting will be held at the Woodside Elementary School due to the Church Rummage Sale Never been President, Ken Hayes, will introduce Jackie C. Young, AICP, who is the Director of Planning and Building for Woodside. Your chance to ask all those questions about building and/or remodeling in Woodside.

Club News: Rebuilding Together According to President-Elect, Dave Hyman, the Rebuilding Together day on Oak St. in Redwood City should have made everyone proud to have participated.

Ken Hayes gave a gracious and informative welcome to over 50 volunteers in the morning. The home had preliminary work such as new concrete,electrical and plumbing done by professional contractors the prior 2 weeks. Several of the largest dumpsters ever seen were required to remove all the excess construction and home accumulation that day. Volunteers included several of our Rotary members,Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club member and San Mateo Credit Union employees.

Volunteers were separated into groups for gardening, painting, fixture hanging and electrical.

After the introductions and a continental breakfast,all the groups started work around 8:30am.

By 11:30am,it was amazing to see how much improvement was made in 3 hours. Check back to the website for photos of the event.

Rotary Means Business: Wednesday, May 6th, 5:30 pm Encore Performance Catering

Announcements: Have you had a look at the Rotary International website lately for what is going on in Rotary's world? www.rotary.org How about finding out about what is going on in the district? www.rotary5150.org