President Justin Raithel opened the meeting by leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Bob Mange gave the Invocation.

 

Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests. He also announced that Irv Dickson has been a member of the Rotary Club of Folsom for 50 years.

 

President Justin announced that the Folsom Rotary Dragon Boat team has 8 members registered.

 

Matt Sundermier reminded us of the February 29 special event.

 

Brian Martell levied fines.

 

John Baciocco introduced our speaker, Ashlie Bryant, CEO and Co-founder of 3Strands Global Foundation.  Ashlie told us that the mission of 3Strands is "We mobilize communities to combat human trafficking through prevention education and reintegration programs.". 3Strands was founded when a girl from El Dorado Hills was trafficked for 8 days before she was recovered by law enforcement. She went on to talk about the services that are offered by 3Strands.  One of the services is the education of hundreds of thousands of students on how to stay safe from human trafficking. A few years ago 3Strands received the largest global grant at the time from the Rotary Foundation funding the education efforts of 3Strands.

 

President Justin presented a bottle of Gekkeikan Sake to Ashlie.

 

 

 

 

President Justin Raithel opened the meeting by leading the Pledge of Allegiance.  Bob Mange gave the Invocation.

 

Secretary Jim Padgett introduced guests.

 

President Justin announced that there are only 4 slots left on the Rotary Dragon Boat plus alternates. If the slots are not filled by January 19, they will be opened up to non-Rotarians.

 

President Justin talked about how our club is doing with donations this year to the Rotary Foundation. 60% of our members have donated this year. Our goal is Every Rotarian, Every Year so, for the 40% who have not yet donated, get your donations in before our Rotary Foundation Chair Ramesh Dontha comes looking for you. 

 

Matt Sundermier announced that the February 29 special event is a mystery trip. He sent out a meeting invitation on January 19. There are only 50 spaces on the bus, sign ups are first come, first served.

 

Jim Ortega levied fines.

 

Jim Ortega introduced our guest speaker, CBS Investigative Reporter Julie Watts.  Julie described how she conducts her job to bring stories to CBS News Broadcasts.

 

President Justin presented a bottle of Gekkeikan Sake to Julie.