Rotary Club of Palm Springs - Evening Star

08/17/2023

Pizza fritti Made by hand for Casoli’s next festa. Along with sausage, pappardelle with pork, wurst and potatoes, and a host of craft beers

09/04/2013

06/19/2013

Our speaker at the May 28th meeting was Ted Nickerson from City of Palm Springs Animal Control Department. The topic was “Living With Wildlife in the Coachella Valley”.

05/16/2013

May 28th Meeting

Our speaker at the May 28th meeting will be Ted Nickerson from City of Palm Springs Animal Control Department. The topic is "Living With Wildlife in the Coachella Valley".

02/19/2013

Palm Springs - Evening Star is changing its meeting schedule during the final week of February.

The usual Tuesday night Palm Springs - Evening Star is changing its meeting schedule during the final week of February. The usual Tuesday night meeting will be cancelled. Instead, on Thursday, February 28th, members will attend a reception hosted by Len Kalfuss for the GSE Team from India at 6:00 p.m. at our usual meeting location of Rick's Desert Grill. Please plan to attend!

02/07/2013

Our speaker for the February 5th meeting was Marianne Benson of Desert Friends of the Developmentally Disabled (DFDD). The primary focus of the organization is providing dental care for the developmentally disabled children and adults in the Coachella Valley and Riverside County who aren't insured can’t afford to pay for it. The population they serve has difficulty finding dentists, because they are often difficult to deal with, and in 2010, MediCal stopped paying for most dental services altogether. The organization has received accolades in the press and professional publications for their work. DFDD has had to rely on "word of mouth" to inform those in need of dental services, because the governmental agencies have maintained that sending an informational notification would violate privacy laws. The organization now has its own clinic that is staffed 5-6 days a week. Their services are becoming more utilized as the information is becoming more widely known. DFDD needs volunteers, a grant writer, and of course finances to continue growing its program. Their website is: http://dfddnow.org/Mission/.

01/25/2013

Our speaker at the January 29th Meeting will be District Governor Elect Joe Ramos. Please plan to attend this meeting. It will be interesting to hear about the District's upcoming year, and his suggestions for small clubs like ours.

12/03/2012

Our speaker for the December 4th meeting will be Bill Baker. The topic will be Coachella Valley Habitat & History. Bill is a retired electrical engineer who, in retirement, has become an avid volunteer at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument.

12/03/2012

Helene Kalfus was our speaker at the November 27th meeting. She spoke about The Rotary Foundation and some of the wonderful projects that TRF helps Rotary clubs fund.

12/03/2012

Our speaker at the November 20th meeting was Donna King, Executive Director of Hanson House. "Hanson House is a 'home away from home' for the families and loved ones of critically ill or injured patients in Palm Springs area hospitals. It provides low or no-cost accommodations in a Spanish mission style surrounding."

12/03/2012

At the November 13th meeting, our own Carole Pipitone spoke about ShelterBox. "ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people made homeless by disaster worldwide". Carole shared about the many disasters this year, worldwide, to which ShelterBox has responded with aid. She also talked about our own Survivorox (shown here), which we will be selling at the upcoming Palm Springs Open Aire Market on Saturday mornings.

11/06/2012

Here we go again: this Saturday, November 10th at 7:00 a.m., the fun begins again. There will be more furniture (2 more desks, another printer table, paintings) and other goodies. Look through your storage areas and spare rooms, and bring even more stuff! We need lots of people to help with setup before the sale.