Santa Barbara North Rotary Club

02/05/2025

Welcoming our New Members
Diana Monge and Jose Gonzalez Perez

Diana and Jose became acquainted with Rotary International through Joe Lanza who connected with Diana and Jose through their mutual friend, Liza Saguto. Liza works at Walgreens Pharmacy as a pharmacist and does humanitarian work in Africa. Liza and Joe were able to connect through their work in establishing central wells in villages within Kenya. Liza was able to share her humanitarian work with Diana who connected with the work given her mother’s upbringing in El Salvador where her mother did not have access to a direct source of clean drinking water. Joe was able to explain Rotary’s role in the water well project and in other global projects, encouraging Diana to invite Jose to attend a Rotary meeting with her. The various opportunities that Rotary offers in relation to service and community building encouraged Diana and Jose to introduce the Rotary Club to UCSB where they are both working to establish a Rotaract Club at the university. Establishing the Rotaract at UCSB will enable for various opportunities in relation to community building, development, and service

11/02/2023

A very big thank you to Peter G Martin for sharing your remarkable story with us today! “Let your imagination run wild, reach for the stars, and make your dreams come true.”

10/24/2023

In the heart of Santa Barbara's embrace,
A festive spirit fills the Chase Palm Park space,
On October 28th, from nine to three,
The Booooo Festival, a delight for you and me.

Food trucks will gather, their treats so sweet,
A menu of wonders for all to eat,
Children and dogs, dressed in costume delight,
With smiles and laughter, pure joy in their sight.

Contests and parades, a merry affair,
Where creativity and fun fill the air,
Visit SBBooBash.org, for all the details you seek,
A day of enchantment, without a single shriek.

Santa Barbara Halloween Family Fun Festival including games, food and beverage

10/20/2023

10/19/2023

We are exited to invite you to the first Santa Barbara Halloween Boo Bash! Taking place at Chase Palm Park, Saturday, October 28th! Games, Food Trucks, Dog & Kid costume contests and parades! 9am-3pm. more info at www.SBBooBash.org

Santa Barbara Halloween Family Fun Festival including games, food and beverage

10/06/2023

Guest Speaker Jennifer Parks, Director of McDermott-Crockett Mortuary and Olivia Carranza, staff member presented an interesting program.

Mcdermott-Crockett mortuary is the oldest mortuary in Santa Barbara. Ms. Parks explained that a lot of myths surround the funeral process. she encouraged members to start preparing for celebration of who you are, sharing your life and/or honoring your life. She suggested going to a website: Get Your S**t Together, an easy way to prepare for the eventual and the unexpected. Cremation currently accounts for 90% of burials. Becoming popular are bio-degradable or green burials.

She left us with lots of things to think about.

10/05/2023

Welcome our new member Maria O. Garcia. Maria was born and raised in Santa Barbara, she is a retired hospice nurse, plays the ukulele, a docent at the Santa Barbara Courthouse and volunteers for numerous non-profits in town and yes, she is the younger sister of President Gil Garcia. (New Member induction by Membership Chair Cathy Calabro)

10/04/2023

President Gil Garcia and Theo Ciolak traded Rotary Club banners from Rotary Club of Metz La Fayette, France and our Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North.

10/03/2023

Joe Dobbs was presented with a Certificate of Perfect Attendance by Past-President Marti Correa de Garcia. Joe joined Rotary in 1959, prior to Rotary International attendance changes Joe never missed a meeting. If he was traveling he would make-up a meeting at different Rotary Clubs around the world and/or get on the internet and make-up a meeting.