Rotary Goes Virtual

  President Jim began by thanking Rotary’s own heroes: Latoya, Barbara, and Sulaf who have single-handedly kept our club going throughout the COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Order. Jim Leet (Boutin Jones, Inc.) pushed enter and Rotary’s first virtual meeting began. Jim quoted the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus and noted that “There is nothing permanent except change.” Those words especially […]


Time To Rise Against Hunger

  President Jim Leet (Boutin Jones, Inc.) called our meeting to order by giving special thanks to Mike Bullington (DOJ Certified Firearms Safety Instructor) for greeting us with a few melodies on the piano and for capturing the day with photos, to our greeters, Ted White (Sacramento Delta Property Management), Lonnie Martin (Vistage International), and […]


The Superbowl Revisited

Our esteemed President Jim Leet (Boutin/Jones Inc.) called the meeting to order. He thanked Mike Bullington for his introductory piano recital, and our greeters, Danny Gemma (HUB International) and Neil MacMullan (FARO Consulting & Solutions). Jim also thanked Cheryl Marcell (CA State Railroad Museum Foundation) for sponsoring the wine reception and tending bar, John Swentowsky […]


Another Century Ride Success!

      President Jim Leet (Boutin Jones, Inc.) brought the meeting to order and began by thanking Elfrena Foord (Foord, Van Bruggen, & Pajak)for her piano recital and our greeters Kathy Herrfeldt (Home Care Assistance), Jerry Haley and Ted White (Sacramento Delta Property Management), Pulse Reporter John Goralka (Goralka Law Firm, PC) Photographer John […]


An Update on Rotary’s Campaign to Fight Polio

  President Jim Leet (Boutin Jones, Inc.) gaveled the meeting to order and began by thanking Mark Luhdorff (IMD Path) and Kerry Wood (Sacramento Region Community Foundation) for their Piano & Flute duets Greeters Dee Hartzog, Steve Heath, Laura Heintz (Stanford Youth Solutions) Pulse Reporter John McIntyre (Mercy Foundation) Photographer John Swentowsky (Swentowsky Photography) Wine […]


A Different Kind of Health Care

  President Jim Leet (Boutin Jones Inc.) gaveled the meeting to order and began by thanking Mike Bullington for sharing his musical talents on the piano. The greeters were Margo Fowkes (On Target Consulting), Rita Gibson (Rita Gibson Insurance & investment Services, Inc.), and Ted Grebitus (Grebitus fine Jewelry). The Pulse Reporter was John Goralka […]


A Hopping Good Meeting

President Diane Woodruff greeted us with Easter Bunny ears as she welcomed KVIE’s Rob Stewart (star of “Rob on the Road”) for a very inspirational presentation. Meeting sponsor Joel Hockman (Pucci’s Pharmacy) described the personal services offered at Pucci’s Pharmacy. April Javist (Sacramento Public Library Foundation) described the history of the library system and the […]


Tee Up the Golf Meeting

    Past President extraordinaire, Jon Snyder ably filled in for vacationing President Diane Woodruff. Lev Kaganovich (energy consulting) provided a timely and heartfelt thought for the day. Recognizing his family’s 40 years in the USA, Lev spoke of his early years living in Russia and the lack of personal freedoms and free press. In […]


Foundation Day!

The December 4th meeting was Foundation Day! We distributed our annual report which reminds us of the tremendous impact, both in dollars and services, we gave to the Sacramento area and for international projects. The result of the Big Game (Stanford and Cal) was on the minds of more than a few Rotarians. President Diane […]