Los Altos Rotary Club eNewsletter "Rotator"

SPECIAL PROGRAM:
Los Altos Rotary Club Hosts Partners for New Generations
Honoring Volunteer Mentors, Leaders and Students

President JACK KELLY completely upended this meeting of the Los Altos Rotary Club. Immediately after the Pledge led, by DAVE SNOW, the thought by ROYCE CABLAYAN, and a quick trip down Abby Road with The Beatles, led by DONNA

VERNA, President Jack introduced the program to honour the many volunteers of Partners for New Generations.

It was the biggest meeting of the year, said President Elect KENDRA GJERSETH, as several visiting Rotarians and Rotarians with guests were introduced.

PNG Chair DAVE SNOW, Master of Ceremonies, introduced Linda Eckols, PNG Elementary School Tutor Coordinator, Ellen Schwartz, Tutor at Theuerkauf, Anu Wadhwa, PNG Middle School Coordinator and Jagi Shahani, Tutor at Crittendon.

Dave said PNG has served more than 400 local students through the efforts of 150 volunteers and a part-time staff of five. He praised Rotarians BOB ADAMS, BONNIE BURDETT and SALLY MEADOWS for their tireless efforts and expanded operations of the program. Dave has served as chair of the PNG

Rotary Committee for the past two years. Sally will be leading the way going forward. Sally thanked Audrey Fox who has served as the hub of the volunteer effort.

Linda Waud, Claudia Hevel and Carole Dorshkind

Dave introduced Mentor Coordinators Linda Waud, Claudia Hevel, and Carole Dorshkind

Vicki Reeder and Guilia DiSomma

Tina Myers

Vicki Reeder, Mentor at AVHS with Giulia DiSomma, Tina Myers, Mentor at LAHS

Bill Pierce and Linda Waud

Russ Satake

Russ Satake, Off-Campus Mentor and Bill Pierce, Principal Alta Vista High School.

Individual contributors to PNG are: Lois & BOB ADAMS, MONA & Robert ARMISTEAD Fund, Patricia & Christopher Beaulieu, KATHY BERRY, Lyle Bickley, Jacqueline & Louis Borel, Ann & Frank Bradley, Wally & Thomas Brunner, BONNIE BURDETT, Christine & MATHEW CABOT, Susan & Kevin Cheek, Judy & Bob Dahl, Elayne & Philip Dauber, Carole & Larry Dorshkind, Linda & Glen Eckols, FRANK ELMER, Carol & Lawrence Fisher, Audrey & Larry Fox, Pamela Galen, KAREN GREGURAS, BARRY GROVES, Judy Hannemann, Janet & SAM HARDING, Heppy Trust, Claudia Hevel, Laura & S.R. Hevel, Sarah & DAN HOLDEN, Connie & Mathew Ives, Mady & MEL KAHN, Gay & Bill Krause, Ann & George Limbach, ARLEY MARLEY III, DWIGHT MATTHEWS, Christina Myers, CLARI NOLET & Kenneth Siegel, Mary Elizabeth O’Connor, Charles Osborn, Karen Ann & Louis Pandula, MARV PATTERSON, Vicki & David Reeder, Peter Santos, F. PAUL SCHUTZ, Elizabeth & Edward Sesek, Ellen Schwartz, Albert Smith, DAVID SNOW, Phyllis & William Snow, Susan & Bryan Sweeley, Pamela & Edward Taft, Judy Tanigami, Ann & Lewis Throop, HINDA WEBER.

Corporation, Foundation, and Service Club contributors are: Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown, Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trust, French Faire, IBM Employee Charitable Campaign, Intero Foundation, Los Altos Community Foundation, Los Altos United Methodist Church, Los Altos Rotary Endowment Foundation, Los Altos Town Crier Holiday Fund, Morgan Family Fund, Mountain View Kiwanis Foundation, Mountain View Los Altos High School District, Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund, Passerelle Fund, Radford Foundation, Sereno Properties, Wealth Architects Charitable Fund, Whitney Education Fund.

Thanks to all the volunteer mentors and tutors for their great service to the children of our community. One theme that echoed above all others: The volunteers benefit as much or more than the children for the effort they devote to mentoring youth.

As long-time mentor for high school age girls, Vicki Reeder said, "Education is the salvation of girls. I get to hear their dreams and goals."

Rotary-related announcements:
Don't friend the fake JACK KELLY on Facebook, the one with only a few friends. Our President is so well loved, that there is an imitator trying to horn in on his turf! So beware and befriend the Jack we all know and love.

Heads up on this upcoming event!
The Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival is scheduled this year for July 12 & 13. Our Club will be again selling Chef Chu's Chicken Salad to raise funds for LARC and 24 Rotarians will be needed to staff the booth. Sign-ups for volunteer spots will start in June, so please put this in your calendar and be on the lookout at future meetings.

NEIL BONKE Shrinks Lifetime into 10 Minutes

Born and raised in Rochester, N.Y., Neil said he saw a lot of grey skies growing up -- nine months of winter and three months of bad sledding. His grandparents came to America from what is now Poland in 1886. His mother was a fashion model and they lived through the Ozzie and Harriet era. Neil had a paper route, entered the Soap Box Derby and was active in all sports.

Neil attended college at Clarkson University, and Potsdam University where he focused on engineering and business. He met and married his spouse Karen, who was a guest today, in 1964. Neil said he graduated from college, got married, an apartment and a job -- all in the same month.

Karen and Neil have a daughter, Bryn and a son, Bruce, both of who followed their parents to California and live nearby.

Neil spent a long career in engineering, sales and marketing, culminating with serving as CEO of a public company in Silicon Valley, where he has been active in business and civic affairs since 1987.

Neil's advice on a happy life: "This country is like no other. Follow your heart and passions."

New Blue Badgers Nancy Dunaway, Stan Scardino and Cindy Bogart O'Gorman

NEW BLUE BADGERS!
Membership Chair JEAN MORDO welcomed three new Blue Badgers: NANCY DUNAWAY, sponsored by VAL CARPENTER, STAN SCARDINO, sponsored by BOB ADAMS, and CINDY BOGART O'GORMAN sponsored by BONNIE BURDETT.

A native of San Francisco, Bill Koefoed has spent 31 years working in the people development business while owning the Dale Carnegie Training® franchise for San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties.

Bill has personally trained thousands of people to sell more professionally, manage more effectively, and speak more forcefully and confidently. And, he has been a speaker at thousands of local, regional, national and international meetings as well as appearing on several radio and television programs..

He is the author of one of the Carnegie programs, “Making Sales: How to Jump Start Your Sales Career,” and has been a contributing author to several others. William A. Koefoed & Associates won the Group President’s Cup three times. This is one of the highest awards attainable within the Dale Carnegie® organization. His organization also earned membership in The President's Club and The Founder’s Club - the very highest award attainable.

Bill is Past-President of the Rotary Club of San Francisco, a Paul Harris Fellow, and is Past President of the San Francisco Rotary Foundation. He has been acitve in chairing fundraisers that have received over $100,000. In 2010-11 he was the District Governor in the San Francisco area for Rotary International. During his year as District Governor, he was responsible for raising nearly $800,000.

Bill is Past-President of the Executives’ Association of San Francisco and has served on the Boards the San Francisco Boys and Girls Club and Junior Achievement of the Bay Area

Since selling the Carnegie franchise in July of 2001, Bill continues to do training for the organization, doing more work in Rotary, improving his golf game, and traveling extensively with his wife, Betsy.

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