The Pulse for the Week of August 8th, 2023 The Pulse Sacramento’s growth (and growing pains) Submitted by Danielle McGarrity PRESIDENT OF THE DAY WALTER DAHL (Dahl Law, Attorneys At Law) explained that PRESIDENT TODD is away for the week but will be back with us next meeting. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY KELLEY MORAN (Bajrang […]

The Pulse for the Week of August 1st, 2023 The Pulse Recap by PP Kevin Smith-Fagan “Homelessness is the most significant challenge facing our state right now,” declared state senator Roger Niello, guest speaker for the club’s August 1 luncheon and a former club member. His presentation focused on the scope of the challenge and […]

Stories The Pulse for the Week of July 25th, 2023 The Pulse Recap by PP Kevin Smith-Fagan What time is it? Maritime! So proclaimed guest speaker Admiral Thomas Cropper, president emeritus of CSU Maritime Academy. New Member Alert It was also time to welcome new member MAJOR RIO RAY of the Salvation Army, who was […]

Stories The Pulse – Commissioner Sean Duryee   Meeting Tuesday, July 18th By Jim Culleton Thought For The Day Today, as we begin a new Rotary year under the leadership of President TODD, and with our guest speaker Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, representing all first responders who put their lives on the line […]

Stories The Launching of the Good Ship Koolakian Recap of the July 11th Meeting Reported by John Wood The Launching of the Good Ship Koolakian It was a packed house at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Hall of Fun, as the Rotary congregation bore witness to the installation of our 110th President, TODD KOOLAKIAN (Director of Philanthropy/Sacramento […]

Club Announcements No Meeting Next Week The 4th of July is all about, baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and…all kinds of other good stuff, but not Rotary Club of Sacramento meetings. In observance of Independence Day, there will be no weekly meeting next week. But be sure to mark your calendar for Tuesday, July 11th […]

So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, goodbye… If you happen to hear someone humming that song from “The Sound of Music,” most likely it will be President Linda Geery. The time has come for our annual year-end ritual known as “demotion.” That’s when our club’s current president ends their term of office with a bit of […]

Here Come the Judges! Retired Judge and fellow Rotarian Brian Van Camp will be our featured speaker on Tuesday, June 20th. “From Roe v. Wade to Dobbs v. Women’s Health–How We Got There, and Where Are We Going?” will be the title of his presentation. He will review the jurisprudence of abortion and privacy rights […]

From Teller to CEO First Northern Bank’s Jeremiah Smith got his promotion to CEO the old-fashioned way: he earned it. Smith, who will be our guest speaker on Tuesday, June 13th, at noon at the Annunciation Greek Church, began his career with First Northern as a teller while working on a degree at Sac State. […]

Armed Services Day June 6th Our next meeting will be Tuesday, June 6th (no meeting May 30th in observance of Memorial Day) at the Annunciation Church. It will be our annual Armed Services Day celebration of club members who have served our country in the military. And June 6th is also a very special day […]