The Sunset Club will be trying out a new venue for our meeting on Thursday, August 12th. We will be meeting at Chappy’s Louisiana Kitchen, located at 247 Central Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg. Please pass the word around to club members, visiting Rotarians and possible guests.

See you there!

We have some great programs coming up in August, so be sure to make as many meetings as you can!

August 5th – Club Assembly

August 12th – The Final Inch Movie. This film, documents and honors the work, spirit and resilience of the millions of frontline workers in the eradication of polio worldwide.

August 19th – Pure Water for the World – Barry Poppel. Barry is going to showcase a low tech water filtration system used in Central and South America. He is also going to cover the Rotary grants that have assisted this program and talk about an outgoing service trip to Honduras in November. http://www.wasrag.org/

August 26th – Our Sunset Club & You. This week’s meeting will cover the responsibilities of club membership, talk about future club opportunities, and provide some time for questions and answers about the Club, Rotary International, and the path ahead.

We’ll see you there!

What a great meeting! Certainly our biggest meeting to date, we had a blast tonight with the room so full we ran out of chairs! We had the GSE Team from Chile with us, several visiting Rotarians, a few guests, our wonderful speaker (Gail Stark from the Salvation Army) and all of our newest club members. Thank you so much to everyone for the amazing turnout!

This week’s inspiration was brought to the table by our Secretary, Carissa.

“I want you to remember that if you can dream it, you can probably make it come true. Build creative bridges to get where you’re going. Appreciate all the special qualities within you.

Don’t let worries get in the way of recognizing how great things can be. Always keep moving ahead. Live to the fullest and make each day count. Don’t let the important things go unsaid.

Don’t just have minutes in the day; have moments in time. Balance out any bad with the good you can provide. Know that you are capable of amazing results. Discover new strengths inside.”

- Douglas Pagels

This week’s inspiration was brought to the table by our Membership Director, Daphne.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
— Mother Theresa

We have decided to start an archive of our inspirational statements from each week. This will allow people to refer back to the statements that hit home with them in particular, AND help members avoid repeating the inspiration that has come before.

Tami brought us a great quote last night from a Goddess named Oprah.

“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that is as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”
- Oprah Winfrey

Here is a list of the guest speakers scheduled for June. Please encourage friends, family and coworkers to join us for a meeting to take advantage of the great upcoming programs!

June 3rd – Improvement in St. Pete, Alexis Shuder, City of St. Petersburg
June 10th – Club Assembly
June 17th – Gail Stark, Salvation Army
June 24th – Will Miller, Disaster Preparedness, Keeping your club going in natural disasters.

You can also visit the calendar page to keep track of the Sunset Club’s schedule. If you have any changes or additions to be made to the club calendar, please email info@stpetesunsetrotary.org.

See you at Midtown!

Our regularly scheduled meeting for Thursday, May 27th has been rescheduled so that the club can attend a joint meeting with the Dunedin Waterside and Carillon Clubs on Wednesday, May 26th. This joint fellowship event will serve as our weekly meeting. The details are listed below:

WHAT: The Rotary Club of Dunedin Waterside, District 6950 and District Governor, Cliff Snedeker present “The Fellowship Tour” with John T. Capps. Featuring special guest, Herbert G. Brown, past Rotary International President. Sure to be a dinner celebration you’ll not want to miss!

WHEN: Wednesday, May 26th at 630pm

WHERE: Bon Apetit Restaurant at 148 Marina Plaza in Dunedin

COST: $10 at the door

RSVP: Please let Hunter know if you are able to attend no later than May 20th

Here is a list of the guest speakers scheduled for April and May. Please encourage friends, family and coworkers to join us for a meeting to take advantage of the great upcoming programs!

April 22nd – Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, David Fischer
April 29th – Clean Water Initiatives in Africa, Dr. Barnali Dixon
May 6th – Homeless Emergency Project, Christine Garrison
May 13th – Doug Meyer, S4TL
May 20th – Club Assembly
May 27th – Meeting Moved to Wednesday, May 26th – Dunedin Waterside

We have also added a calendar page to the site to make it easy for club members and those interested in what we have going on to keep track of the Sunset Club’s schedule. If you have any changes or additions to be made to the club calendar, please email info@stpetesunsetrotary.org.

See you at Midtown!