Reno South Rotary This Week (Jan 26, 2019)

January 25, 2019

Yo, Adrienne!

Masih Madani speaking to RSR,

Our Speaker, Masih Madani, (President and CEO of Terra One) provided us with some hopeful news about an innovative approach to affordable housing using shipping containers. By partnering with another 501c3, (Nevada Youth Empowerment Project) Masih and his company, TerraOne, will be building a small development near Keystone Avenue later this year. A model of one of these homes will be on City Plaza (near the whale) in the near future. He is building both custom tiny homes and affordable ones--earnings from the custom homes are used to subsidize the affordable ones. If you are interested in learning more about this subject and Reno's affordable housing issues, go to

http://terraone.org

Sgt. at Arms: Holly Bromley

Pledge of Allegiance: Merve Hickok

4-Way Test: Joe Brown

Welcome Table: John Howe and Kyle Whaley

Recognitions:

Alex Davis - 50 years of marriage

Joe Brown - a birthday on Friday

Megan Reese for her daughter who won an all-around gold medal in gymnastics (after being dead last last year!)

Ann Potts - 54 years of marriage

Inspiration Board:

Alex Davis for Gerry and Sherri David, homicide victims who were long time supporters of the Reno Rodeo and the community

Joe Brown for his mom, who is recovering from a stroke, and doing great

Jonnie Pullman, for her guest Rawdhah Al Salihi, who has overcome many challenges, coming to the US via Sweden from Iraq.

Meet Your Rotarian:

Joe Brown

Occupation: Owner of Cool Breeze Refrigeration, which he started at age 25

Family: At age 42, he has 3 children, a boy and 2 girls--and his son is now driving at age 16. Not sure of that's good or not good...

Why Rotary?: To serve the community and meet great people

Fun Fact: He was a professional motorcycle racer

Upcoming Events:

Rotary Means Business, Mon Jan 28 at MBA Architecture, 6151 Lakeside Dr., #1100. Great opportunity to meet Rotarians from other clubs, network and have fun.

Thursty Thursday, Thursday, Jan 31, 5:30 - 8:30 pm (we are dark that day!) at the Renaissance bocce ball courts. One South, Lake Street, Reno. $10 for bocce ball and appetizers.

Feb 14 - Very special Valentines Meeting

Mar 7: Student Speech Contest

April 27 - Rotarians at Work - be ready to roll up your sleeves at Robinhood Park.

Service Opportunities

Kyle Whaley announced a possible partnership with another club to sponsor a Rotaract Club at Coral Academy of Sciences. We will need volunteers, so let him know if you are interested!

Matt Buehler is collecting funds for family style meals for our Coast Guard service members posted at Tahoe City. They are not being paid during the shutdown, and are on post away from their families 3 days at a time. So far we've collected $250. Contact Matt directly: 702.743.4735 (text/phone) or mattsuebuehler@hotmail.com

Kate Nickolls requested volunteers for STEM days (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)at a Reno middle school and Natchez Elementary. You don't need to be a teacher or scientist to help run the activities! Details to follow, but you can contact Kate at kat.nick89519@gmail.com.

Volunteers for the Welcome Table: contact Prez Adrienne or Kyle Whaley--or just sit down and help!!

This is an overhead view of one floor plan for a container home.

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