The meeting started off by a prayer from Pastor Hickman, who also led our songs including “White Christmas” and “I wish you a Merry Christmas”.

President Bill proceeded to give the Rotarian of the Month to Vern Andrews, who definitely deserves the honor for all that he does for our club.

One of our members referred to our distinguished President as “Jolly Old St. Nick”. Come to think of it, I do recognize him coming around every year!

Larry proudly shows off his Cliff Docterman Award

Will Abbott, Pat Hartnett, Lane Calvert, and Howard Dutra, representing the Boy Scouts of America presented, the Cliff Dochterman Award, to our very own Larry Bennett. Larry has long been a supporter of Scouting and was given the award for his lifelong commitment.

Visitors included: Jim Paddock (District Governor); Howard Dutra (Fullerton Sunrise); Lane Calvert (PDG); Jay Lieberman (ADG), Herb Trumbolt (PDG):

John and Yvonne Decaprio guests of Marty Burbank; Mike Silzer guest of Meg Crider; Deno Vaccher guest of Bob Hathaway; Tom Dalton and Terry Galvin guests of Rick Crane; Nancy Hanson guest of Ray Hanson; Alan Wilkins guest of Terry Ott; Tiffany M. guest of Jeff Hutchison; Leah Song from RYPEN; John Geiss guest of Lynette Geiss.

Announcements included;

• Rotary “Platters Concert” on December 28th at the City National Grove of Anaheim. The tickets are $125 for the reception, dinner, and concert or $40 for the concert only. Proceeds benefit the Rotary Foundation.

• Fullerton Rotary will have its “Collage Concert” on Saturday March 21, 2015 at Meng Concert Hall, Cal State Fullerton. The tickets are $100 per person, the reception is at 6 pm and the concert at 8 pm. For more information and to purchase tickets, contact Winston Creel. 714 871-8840.

• Senior Day at Sunnycrest Chalet is on Wednesday 12/17 at 1925 Sunnycrest Dr. Parking will be an issue, so carpooling would be best. Judy Atwell is the Chair.

• Deck the Halls at Cal State Fullerton will take place on 12/13 at 5:30 pm with a follow-up party at 3501 Twilight - hosted by Terri Grassi & Judy Atwell.

• Celebration of Life for Jim and Dottie Young will take place on January 10th at 10 am at Clay Hall, Cal State Fullerton.

• Rotary District Luau will take place May 1, 2, 3 2015 in Catalina.

• Rotary Sister City Club will host a trip to Fukui, Japan April 9-20, 2015. The cost is $3479 and includes all transportation, hotels, meals, tours, etc. Contact Mike Oates for more information 714 975-4889.

Ray proudly displays his Rotary Award

Ray Hanson was presented inducted into the “Hall of Fame” of Rotary International Heritage and History Fellowship. This is a rare award and Ray should be extremely proud of the honor. The fellowship was established 80 years ago to recognize outstanding Rotarians. One focus of the Fellowship is to maintain the Chicago home of Paul Harris. Ray is a multi-generational Rotarian with a 60 year history of perfect attendance. He has been a Rotarian for 57 years and a member of four clubs. In 1990-91 he was a founding member of the Fullerton Rotary Foundation and has been involvement with fundraising in his life totaling 50 million dollars!

Sadly Will Abbott will be resigning for our Rotary Club due to his recent promotion and moving to another area. Scott Dowds will be replacing him on the Board

The raffle was won by Don Bankhead but unfortunately he did not win the $58 prize.

Endowment Awards were given to:

• Acacia Elementary School – to enhance programs
• Troy High School – to purchase a Gator type vehicle for their athletic trainer
• Sunny Hills High School – for audio visual needs
• Women’s Transitional Living Center – for updating security equipment
• Fullerton Heritage – to rebuild the Santa Fe loading dock
• Coast to Coast – for miscellaneous programs for the needy
• Troy High School – Lee Brockett donated a trailer for the Football Booster Club

Our Foundation gave $14,000 to local causes.

Ron Stock led us in the Four-Way Test.

Vern Andrews thanked everyone for their donations to the Foundation and asked to keep up the good work!

That’s all for now!