To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: Resolution recognizing the Orinda Rotary Club on their 75th Anniversary.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT resolution recognizing the Orinda Rotary Club on their 75th anniversary.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Orinda Rotary Club is celebrating their 75th anniversary.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Recognizing the Orinda Rotary Club on their 75th Anniversary
WHEREAS, the Orinda Rotary Club was chartered on March 18, 1949. Over the years the membership has included the first Mayor of Orinda, Richard Heggie, and the first three-term Mayor, Joyce Hawkins, who is still a member, along with city managers, police and fire chiefs, Miramonte High School principals, OUSD superintendents, and many other Orinda leaders; and
WHEREAS, Rotary’s annual Frank Isola Field Day started in 1951 and is the longest running community event in Orinda, the Rotary Spring Egg Hunt has been going for over 60 years, both the City and the Orinda Parks & Rec now co-sponsor the egg hunt; and
WHEREAS, a strong partnership with the city has only become tighter over the years. Rotary built the gazebo in the Community Center Park, funded the Community Center kitchen, funded the scoreboard at Wilder and helped fund the high-def projector in the Community Center auditorium; Rotary has planted trees, built benches, and built most of the original structures at the Orinda Nature Area; and
WHEREAS, Orinda Rotary Club started the tradition of hosting the State of the City address; and
WHEREAS, Rotary has provided well over $100k in scholarships for Miramonte High School students over the years, and has also sponsored the Miramonte Interact club (high school Rotary) and several Scouting troops; and
WHEREAS, Orinda Rotary’s work is not only in Orinda, they do Meals on Wheels every week with a Lafayette route, donate and volunteer monthly with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties, provide holiday gifts and support for Hope Solutions, fund a tutoring program in Richmond for the last four years, and have helped in the past with the East Bay Stand Down and other veterans events; and
WHEREAS, Orinda Rotary Club does not overlook their commitment to being involved internationally and have funded numerous projects that support health and human services and goodwill and understanding in other countries.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors does hereby recognize and honor the Orinda Rotary Club upon the occasion of their 75th Anniversary.