Reno - Midtown Rotary Cub-November 13


After a wonderful visit to Tucson we departed for cooler climates. We flew for about 4 1/2 hours to Reno/Stead Airport where we did not get a red carpet greeting. It was a lot cooler and windier here. Actually a little refreshing. During our long journey we had inflight service catered by Subway. The FBO was very accommodating and had our rental car ready to go. We made our way to our AirBNB rental which was only 20 minutes from the airport and settled in quickly.

Reno - Midtown is one of the few clubs that has an evening meeting. It was held at the Silver Peak  Restaurant & Brewery. Wow, were we surprised! In fact we were not even sure if this was a real Rotary Club. We did not see even a hint of gray hair. In fact we were the oldest Rotarians at the meeting by at least 30 years. I can't tell you how refreshing it was to meet Rotarians in their 20's 30's and early 40's! What an energetic and enthusiastic group. President Geoff Chapman opened the meeting in hi-tech fashion using their video projector showing the program and agenda on screen. This club is full of doers. They shared their experience building a home in Tijuana Mexico along with other Reno clubs. They also noted

By this time we had honed our PowerPoint presentation a bit more and it was enthusiastically received. SO much so that the club agreed to sponsor 5 Project C.U.R.E.  kits on the spot, pending board approval. We further discovered that one of their members Pedro Esparza had family ties to our area in Mexico in the State of Nayarit.




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