Events

All Rotarians are invited to participate in the Rotary International Convention in Houston, Texas from June 4 - 8, 2022.

If you can't make it to Houston, you are invited to join through livestreaming and breakout sessions online. For information on the Virtual Convention, please visit the Rotary International Convention Virtual Program webpage.  Registration is $75 and include access to recordings through August 2022.

Virtual Convention Agenda:

Sessions will be livestreamed 30 minutes prior to the start, through the end of the program. Livestreamed content will be recorded and offered on-demand as soon as possible after the live event ends. On demand content will be available until 31 August 2022. Livestreamed content will be available in the languages that are offered at the in-person event.

Note: all times below are CDT (Chicago-time)

Saturday 4 June

• Virtual House of Friendship

Sunday 5 June

• Virtual House of Friendship
• Opening General Session – 10:00 – 12:00

Monday 6 June

• Virtual House of Friendship
• General Session 2 – 10:00 – 12:00
• Breakout sessions:
  • Families, Career, and Rotary: A Winning Combination – 13:00-14:00(Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese)
  • Freedom From Malaria: Creating Health Care Equity – 13:00-14:00(Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French)
  • Building Bridges and Combating Toxic Polarization – 14:30-15:30(Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Rotary – 14:30-15:30 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese)
  • Organize a Local Addiction Prevention Activity – 16:00-17:00 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese)
• The Rotary Foundation Donor Summit: Doing Good In the World – 13:00-15:00

Tuesday 7 June

• Virtual House of Friendship
• General Session 3 – 10:00-12:00
• Breakout sessions:
  • Empowering Girls: Project Success Stories - 13:00-14:00 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French)
  • Rotaractors and Rotarians Together Make an Impact - 13:00-14:00 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese and Japanese)
  • Building Rotary’s Future Through Youth Programs - 14:30-15:30 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish, and Korean)
  • Rotary’s Action Plan for the Future - 14:30-15:30 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French)

Wednesday 8 June

• Virtual House of Friendship
• Breakout sessions:
  • Increasing Our Impact Through Engagement - 9:00-10:00 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and French)
  • HANWASH: Transformative Change and Sustainable Impact in WASH in Haiti - 10:30-11:30 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and French)
  • Eliminating Roadblocks to Diversifying Your Club - 11:00-12:00 (Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and Portuguese)
• Closing General Session – 15:00 – 17:00

We are excited to resume our annual tradition of meeting at the Rodeo grounds during Rodeo Week 2022. The Cattlewomen's Association will make us breakfast, and Kathleen Minser, fellow Rotarian and President of the Rodeo Foundation, will share with us the history and upcoming fun of the 104th Annual Livermore Rodeo.

For information about the 2022 Livermore Rodeo, please visit the Livermore Rodeo Website.

We welcome Katy Kempton, Executive Director of the Reins in Motion Foundation. The mission of this volunteer organization is to enrich the lives of individuals with special needs and life threatening illness by connecting them with horses, animals, and outdoor education activities that promote healing and growth in all aspects of their daily lives.

For more information, please visit the Reins in Motion Foundation website.

Volunteers are invited to help construct the new stage for Shakespeare in the Vineyards! Building will take place Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16. Volunteers are welcome one day or both days! Each day has two shifts, 8:00 a.m. - noon, and 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Supervisors from SCENIC, the stage-building company, will supervise our work. Wear work clothes and closed-toe shoes.

To sign up, visit: SPARC Loading & Strike for Shakespeare in the Vineyards at Darcie Kent Vineyards.

Volunteers may be needed on Friday, June 17, and will be needed again on Monday, August 8 and Tuesday, August 9 to strike (deconstruct) the stage. All sign-ups are online through SignUpGenius.

For more information about SPARC (Shakespeare and Performing Arts Regional Company), please visit the website: SparcTheatre.org

We will enjoy our final meeting with our "energizer" president as she shares highlights of our many accomplishments during the 2021-22 Rotary year.

Club members and their guests are invited to celebrate an awesome year and say "thank you" to our outgoing president, Angelika "the energizer bunny" Voss-Quinn! 

We will gather in Sarah Palmer's backyard garden starting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, June 22. Dinner and festivities start at 6:30.

Please contact Philomena Rambo for additional information. RSVP requested by June 10.

Our club will meet Tuesday, June 28 at the usual time of 7:15 am, via Zoom. The meeting will convene to allow the membership the opportunity to discuss and vote on the proposed bylaws changes.

Current bylaws on our website.

Proposed bylaws changes were sent to all members from Kevin McCallum. Please check your email for the proposed bylaws.

The Zoom meeting link was emailed to all members from our president, Angelika Voss-Quinn. 

Our club will meet Tuesday, June 28 at the usual time of 7:15 am, via Zoom. The meeting will convene to allow the membership the opportunity to discuss and vote on the proposed bylaws changes.

Current bylaws on our website.

Proposed bylaws changes were sent to all members from Kevin McCallum. Please check your email for the proposed bylaws.

The Zoom meeting link was emailed to all members from our president, Angelika Voss-Quinn. 

We welcome our new president, Kevin McCallum, and the 2022-23 Board of Directors as they lead us in our first Club Assembly for this new Rotary year. All members are encouraged to attend!

Join us for an inspiring message from Ronnie Forbes, founder of One Nation Dream Makers, a 501(c)(3) that is dedicated to feeding people in need. For a preview, please visit the One Nation Dream Makers website.

We will hear from fellow Rotarian, Jill Duerig, about the 2022-23 Rotary theme, "Imagine Rotary," and other highlights from the Rotary International Convention held in Houston, Texas in June.

Everyone is invited to celebrate 35 Years of the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore! The Foundation and both Rotary clubs will have a booth at the Livermore Farmers Market on Thursday, July 21, and we will have a special moment to announce our anniversary from the Rotary Bandstand.

The Farmers Market is from 4:00 - 8:00 pm.

Each year, our club sponsors at least one student so that the local Interact club can benefit from Rotary leadership training. We welcome Nithya Madineni, Granada Interactor who attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp this year. Nithya will share highlights of the week. 

We welcome back Kim Curtis to share information about Goodness Village, the tiny home community at Crosswinds Church in Livermore. To preview, please visit the Goodness Village website.

Eileen Vergino will share the mission of Violins of Hope and encourage us to enjoy upcoming concerts in Livermore this coming February. Violins of Hope, a collection of restored instruments that were played by Jewish musicians in the ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust, joins with the East Bay Holocaust Education Center to bring free educational exhibits and concerts to schools. In addition, we are invited to purchase tickets to hear the Violins at the Bankhead Theater performed by our own Livermore-Amador Symphony along with professional soloists.

For a preview of the information, please visit the Violins of Hope East Bay Holocaust Education Center website. 

We welcome Sarah Palmer, fellow Rotarian and President of the Zone 7 Water Board, who will share information about the proposed Delta Conveyance Project.

For a preview and information, please visit the Delta Conveyance Design & Construction Authority website.

Raya Zion immigrated from Israel with her parents in 1970, leaving a difficult life behind but encountering new challenges. Raya's story is one of resilience and a positive mindset that "everything can be achieved successfully." Raya has used her experiences to propel her in her service to immigrant students and other underrepresented individuals through her work at Laney College and the Workforce Development Boards of San Mateo and Alameda Counties and the San Mateo Labor Council.

We look forward to hearing and learning from Raya.

Everyone is invited to bring a friend and a lawn chair to the Purple Orchid for Music in the Orchard. Main attraction: Crawdad Republic, local Livermore band that will get our feet tapping and get us out on the dance floor/lawn.

This event raises funds for the Pedrozzi Foundation, so we will be helping a worthwhile cause while enjoying one another's company.

Wine, beer, and food available for purchase. No outside food or drink, please.

For tickets, please visit Music in the Orchard on the Purple Orchid site.

We welcome Livermore's new City Manager, Marianna Marysheva, to give us an update on the state of our city.

You are always welcome to visit the City of Livermore website to see what's going on.

Join with other Rotarians from throughout Area 4 to pack food for distibution to children from Ukraine. We will be working with Kids Against Hunger in this service project.

More information coming soon!

We welcome Mony Nop, realtor and 2022 candidate for Mayor of Livermore, to share his vision for our city and answer our questions. 

You are invited to visit Mony Nop's website: monyformayor.com.

We welcome John Marchand, Mayor of LIvermore from 2011-2020, and 2022 candidate for Mayor of Livermore, to share his vision for our city and answer our questions. 

You are invited to visit John Marchand's website: marchandformayor.com.

The Chili Cook Off is back by popular demand! Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 1, 2022 for a fun-filled day at Carnegie Park in downtown Livermore. 

Visit the Chili Cook Off 2022 webpage for information.

This is an all-hands-on-deck club fundraiser. Volunteer details will be shared in early September.