Where has July gone Breakfast Rotarians? Are you kidding me! Over half the year is gone, we have a new President in Cheryl Scott (you know, the shy one), Summer vacations have been taken, back-to-school sales will soon begin, and I have been told that the Christmas decoration displays are in the aisles at Walmart! Well, hold on to your bootstraps because we are going to have a Rip-Roaring year in Breakfast Rotary and I am excited to see how we can help make Bakersfield be a great place to live, finishing strong in 2019.
Denise Haynes performed double duty with a beautiful prayer to help us focus on what is important. Her message is certainly important in these days and times. Then on the flip side, Denise led us in a rendition of America the Beautiful. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by veteran Breakfast Rotarian Marianna Bouni.
It is no secret to Rotarians that Rotary International has designated the month of August to MEMBERSHIP AND NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT. Yes, this is our area of focus and we will talk more about that in coming days. So how does Breakfast Rotary respond? Yes, with 6 guests. Someone mentioned that they have not seen so many guests at one meeting. Hey, did someone say it is fun to be a member of our club?
Rotarians invited Allison Hickman, Chelsea Ashley, Brenda O’Doherty (Bulldog Mike’s wife), Gladys Gonzales, Peter DeVargas, and Deidre Brown. We welcome all of our guests and perhaps we can keep the fire under them by having one to ones with them during the week to meet with them and answer any questions they have about joining. You Breakfast Rotarians sure put on a nice meeting this morning; you made such a big impression on one of the guests, she was ready to join before the end of our meeting. AWESOME!
We wish Happy Anniversaries to loyal members Karen Bonanno, Dennis Scott and Mindy Wilmot. Ahhhh, marriage bliss. Hey guess, who is celebrating 45 years of marriage of this named group???