Happy Monday my fellow Rotarians. Hope you enjoyed a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend with sunny skies and warm temperatures. It was a perfect weekend to be outdoors and enjoy living in this beautiful area.
We have a meeting this Friday. Our guest speaker will be Rosa Paredes, the CEO of St. Vincents. As I mentioned at our meeting last week, St. Vincent’s is the oldest non-profit organization in Santa Barbara, having been founded in 1858 as the Daughters of Charity, running a school and orphanage. In 1868, they constructed a new building on De La Vina Street, just south of Carrillo. Their original building was destroyed by fire, but they then built the beautiful three-story building that is still there today. Presently, they have a 21-acre campus in north Santa Barbara which provides affordable housing, childcare, senior housing and much more. Rosa will be talking about their organization and all they do for our community.
In case you missed it, our Rotary Club was featured last week, in. Noozhawk. Here’s a link to the article:
We will be conducting our club election of officers this Fridy. Thanks so much to all of our members who are volunteering for leadership roles for the upcoming year.
Hope to see you on Friday,
Jim