September and October saw SLO Daybreakers hard at work with the following:
The kickoff and recruitment for the Interact Club at San Luis Obispo High School, now with 30+ members and launching their first service project - a clothing drive
Our Drive Thru BBQ fundraiser which netted nearly $6,000
Our commitment to the District to sponsor four students to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) next spring and applications distributed to students; interviews and selections in November
The formation of our Teacher Grant Committee; awards to be presented in December
Evening Socials at There Does Not Exist and Laguna Grill
The District 5240 Conference in Ventura
November is Rotary Foundation Month. We can be proud that all of your individual contributions as a member to the RI Foundation do good internationally, every day. For more information, click here.
We are well into our second quarter of the Rotary year and there are lots of activities, community service and fun to be had. See you there!
Proud to be Your President,
Char Rosales
Upcoming Meeting Schedule
Club & Board Meetings:
Tuesdays, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
Dark on 11/25, no Social
Happy Thanksgiving!
FYI:
Our average attendance in September and October for club meetings and socials was 52% and 64% for the day of the BBQ fundraiser. Let's bump those numbers up in November and December and end 2025 strong!
Share Rotary - invite a friend, family member, newcomer to SLO and/or professional colleague to an upcoming meeting.
Check out SLODaybreak.org for all the latest news, incuding volunteer/donation events, upcoming speakers and weekly meeting duties for members.
On September 19, we held our Drive Thru BBQ fundraiser. Thank you to all who sold tickets, bought tickets, volunteered (including the Cal Poly Rotaract Club and SLOHS Interact Club), Community Service Director, Eric Griffith, for his leadership on this event, and Kevin Owens and The Sanctuary barbe-crew. Special appreciation to our event sponsors which ensure that more proceeds are able to go to our education grant and scholarship programs - American Riviera Bank (Dustin Reese), Carmel & Naccasha (Victor Herrera), CoVelop (Pat Arnold), Mustang Private Wealth, Obispo Wealth Management (Ryan Olson), Richardson Sotheby's International Real Estate - Linda Wilson, and Shalimar (Aasim Sajjad).
November and December Meeting Duties (see SLODaybreak.org for specifics)
11/11 - Eric, Veryl Ann, Steve, Victor
11/18 - Lucas, Berni Ann, Dustin, Tim
12/2 - Steve, Char, Mike, Linda
12/9 - Will, Nancy, Anne, Eric
12/16 - Veryl Ann, Victor, Lucas, Berni Ann
Did You Know?September was Basic Education and Literacy Month and October was Community and Economic Development Month. Also, interesting conversations were posted on the Rotary International website recently. Read more about Bill Gates' future philanthropic plans and his commitment to Rotary, and perspectives from the late Jane Goodall who spoke at the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England.
