Thank you to our March speakers including Al Rubio, District 5330 Membership Chair, Nick Adcock, President of the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, Jackie Phillips speaking about health and wellness, and Thomas Coates, California Program Director for CARE.

Thank you to all of our speakers for February including Dell Roberts, Community Leader and founder and Chair of the Black History Parade and the Adrian “Dell” and Carmen Roberts Foundation; Dr. Claire Oliveros, President, Riverside City College (RCC); and Jamie Zinn, District Governor of Rotary District 5330.

Thank you to all of our speakers for January, including Margie Haupt, the Arts and Cultural Affairs Manager for the City of Riverside; Nancy Melendez, President of the Spanish Town Heritage Foundation; Major Premek Kramerius, The Salvation Army; Maria Esther Fernandez, Artistic Director at The Cheech and Jo Scott-Coe, RCC professor and author, Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman.

Thanks to Jeff Kaatz for joining us from the Riverside Community College District Foundation!

Newest member Dina Ali is joined by her sponsor Zubair Bakubye as she is inducted by PDG Robert Traister.

Thanks to Ignacio Contreras from IWSH.org for sharing the work they’re doing in expanding access to clean water and sanitation throughout the world. And a special visit by PDG Don Casper to award Riverside East Rotary for the 2022-2023 year!

It has been a wonderful year of “increasing our Impact and Expanding our Reach” with Shirley Coates, and looking forward to “Doing Good and Having Fun” with Ken Gutierrez!

A warm welcome to our recent club members: John Lee, Albert Carillo, and Anna Ponce!