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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Community.
Heroes of Hope, a podcast wherewe shine a light on the
remarkable individuals andprojects in Rotary District 5330
that bring hope and change toour local and global communities
.
I am Judy Zelfikar, yourco-host and the current District
Governor of Rotary District5330.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And I'm Niren McLean, the Rotary District
Governor-Elect, and I'm NirenMcLean, the Rotary District
Governor-Elect.
Together, we're diving deepinto the heart of the community
service, showcasing the impactof dedication and collaboration
in addressing some of the mostpressing challenges our
communities face.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Each episode, we'll tell stories of incredible
people making a difference,innovating solutions and
inspiring others to take action.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
We'll also be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at
the projects that aretransforming their lives, and
we'll discuss how you, too, canget involved, contribute and be
part of the positive change.
Whether you're a seasonedRotarian or just looking to give
back, this podcast is for you.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
So join us as we explore the journeys, challenges
and successes of people likeyou who have stepped up to make
a difference.
Let's celebrate the spirit ofcommunity and the power of hope
together.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Don't forget to subscribe to the Community
Heroes of Hope on your favoritepodcast platform.
Stay with us on this journey ofinspiration and let's spread
the message of hope further thanever.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Thank you for tuning in.
Let's get started.
We are very lucky today to haveone of our Rotary International
Presidents in District 5330,shane, along with us and looking
forward to having a reallygreat conversation about some of
the work that they've beendoing with their local Boys and
(01:45):
Girls Club.
What do you think about that,niren?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I think that's fabulous.
The boys and girls are thefuture, and I love the fact that
he's focusing on changing lives, particularly changing young
lives.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Awesome.
Well, Shane, why don't you goahead and introduce yourself?
Tell us a little bit aboutbeing president of your club, as
well as the other job that youdo for your business, and we'll
take it from there.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Definitely Well, thank you.
My name is Shane Arch.
I am the president of the SanGregorio Pass Rotary Club in the
city of Banning and in mynine-to-five, I am the team
director for the Boys and GirlsClubs of the San Gregorio Pass.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
That's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Now, how many members do you have in your club?
Oh so I oversee two separateteam centers, one in the city of
Banning and one in the city ofBeaumont.
Our Beaumont site has juststarted, so we're building over
there.
In the city of Banning, we seeabout 20 to 30 members per day.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
And how many people did you say that?
How many you had in your RotaryClub?
Oh, I'm sorry, and in ourRotary Club we have about 20 to
30 members.
Wonderful, and tell us a littlebit about this project.
What started the idea and howdid you guys come about to
(03:06):
picking this project for theBoys and Girls Club?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, so as team director, I'm dealing with youth
on a daily basis.
It's definitely a passion ofmine, and at the time I wasn't
president yet but when I thoughtabout people who shared that
value and people who would careabout helping the youth the same
way that I do, I instantlythought of Rotary.
(03:30):
I instantly thought of my cluband I came and presented to them
something about esports,explaining what esports are
right, which are multiplayervideo games that are played in
highly organized, competitiveenvironments.
So it's just like collegefootball I'm sorry, high school
football or high schoolbasketball, but the focus is
video games.
(03:50):
Um, so, bringing that to theclub, I I got to share a little
bit about my vision for it, andthe club was gracious enough to
sponsor, uh, our es arena, whichis actually named after the San
Gregorio Pass, now San GregorioPass Rotary Club.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Can you describe the typical kid that is part of the
Boys and Girls Club and what youdo for them?
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, definitely.
The average kid that we'reserving in the city of Banning
is coming from a single-familyhome.
I'm sorry, single parent home.
I want to say about 80% of theyouth here are under the poverty
line, so there's a huge needfor mentors and for the work
(04:38):
that we're doing here in thecity.
Does that answer the question?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, it does.
Are they primarily teenagers?
Do you go younger than that?
Do you provide after schoolprograms?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Oh yeah, so an overview of our organization.
Yes, we, we serve youth fromkindergarten all the way up to
senior year in high school.
The sites that I oversee areboth teen centers, which is
going to be freshmen all the wayto senior year in high school.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
That is so amazing.
When we were first talkingabout this, when I visited your
club and I was thinking of anarena I it just dawned on me
that this is a completelydifferent kind of concept.
I'd never heard of esports.
And so what does this arenavisually look like?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, so it's a medium-sized room.
It's filled with LED lights.
It's pretty amazing.
So we have these sconces on thewall, these lights that point
up to the ceiling, and theyactually react to music.
So when we have a game, whenit's our game day, our kids are
coming out.
Just like it's like the SuperBowl they're coming out to music
and the lights pulsating to themusic.
(05:58):
How fun.
There's a lot of video gameposters and then we have along
one wall five stations of Xboxes, which is our primary platform
to play on Right, and we playteam centers across the nation
competitively.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh my goodness.
So they're cheering for yourteam center or cheering for one
of the people that are playing?
Is that how that works?
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yes, yeah it looks.
I mean, it's just like a hugesporting event.
We'll have five main players,We'll have some subs and then
the rest of our teams here atthe Teen Center will come gather
around and they'll cheereveryone on.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
That's amazing.
So are you playing other boysand girls clubs?
Are you playing in aspecialized type of league?
How does one get on the teamand who are you playing?
So?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
we typically are playing other boys and girls
clubs, but esports is a growingfield so we actually have
esports is now recognized by theCIF, which is basically the
California IntercontinentalFederation.
I'm sorry, I don't know whatCIF stands for?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, I think that's what it stands for.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
It means that it's an actual sport.
Just like basketball, footballis recognized by high schools,
so luckily we're able to compete.
We scrimmage against, uh, ourlocal high schools, um, but it's
typically our boys and girlsclub teen centers that we're
going against and to get on theteam, um, every season we try to
change up the game that we'replaying.
(07:28):
So one season there may be aracing game and the next season
there might be a fighting game.
And every season we hold sometryouts.
We put our kids in order oflike, highest skilled to the
ones that need a little bit ofwork, and they compete against
similarly skilled members fromother clubs similarly skilled
(07:48):
members from other clubs.
How have you seen that this hasimpacted the students that are
in your care?
Oh yeah, it's a tremendousimpact.
I mean, typically andhistorically, we pretty much
always focused on sports, right,so that's something normal from
city to city the football kids,the jocks, if you will Everyone
(08:08):
knows those kids.
They know what sort of skillsyou have to have for sports like
that.
But every kid doesn't havethose types of skills.
You know there's differenttypes of skills other than
merely the physical, and thee-sports team provides an
opportunity for kids with adifferent skill set to also
shine.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Sean, have you seen and this may be an unfair
question, but I'm wondering haveyou been able to see any kind
of correlation between thedevelopment of skills for the
esports team and either a kid'sgrades in school or their social
progression at all?
Do they develop additionalconfidence?
(08:48):
I'm wondering what kind ofbenefits you might have been
able to see with kids who playthe esports.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, definitely.
So there's definitely a socialaspect because there's some
leadership involved.
There's a lot of what we callcall outs right.
So if there's an enemy to yourleft, you have to be able to
communicate that effectively andin a way that your team is
going to be able to understand,to see that threat and address
it.
So there's a building of socialskills, for sure, which is
(09:17):
something that we tend to focuson because in a post-COVID world
, all of those kids thatdistance learned or were
distance learning, they missedout on some of those formative
years of social building,building the social skills.
In addition to that, there is alittle bit of a correlation
between grades, because we forceit In order to play on this
(09:38):
team, you must have a 2.0 withno Fs at least, so we're making
sure that grades are comingfirst every time.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And how long have you been doing this program at your
facility?
Speaker 3 (09:52):
So the program is about three years old, and then
we really got into our strideabout a year or so ago and you
know that's when we got oure-sports arena and, yeah, I'd
say nationwide e-sports, reallythe next big thing, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
That it's a great program that you've brought to
this Rotary Club.
Shane, I'd like to shift alittle bit because I'd like to
talk to you about yourpresidency.
You, in the world of Rotary,are a fairly young president.
Tell me about why you decidedto join Rotary and what brought
you to become president becomepresident.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, so my one of my passions is just to help.
That's something that I thoughtI was doing a really great job
of, and I had a friend of minewho was a member of our club who
shared with me, really put itin perspective for me that maybe
I wasn't doing as much as Ithought I was, maybe there were
some other ways to multiply thework that I was doing.
And he brought me to a clubmeeting.
When I was able to see thetypes of work that our Rotary
(11:03):
Club was doing, I was justfloored.
I was impressed.
I hadn't heard about Rotarybefore then and I just never
left it.
It just felt like home.
So as soon as I had anopportunity to help in any
significant way, I started offby becoming the youth chair.
That really fits in with mywork as a team director, and
then, when the opportunity cameup to lead, you know, I just
(11:28):
jumped in with both feet.
If not me, you know then who.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Right.
So, sean, let me ask you aquestion, because you said
something that really made mecurious.
You said it felt like home.
What made you feel socomfortable when you joined the
club, in particular?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
actually there were a few members who in some ways
sort of reminded me of family.
We have a member, Dan, whotells a joke every week, Every
week, without fail.
He tells a joke and the worseit is, the more he has to pay
for it as a little joke.
And then we also have memberslike Mayda, who will look at the
(12:08):
calendar for those unofficialholidays.
I think our last meeting wasNational Apricot Day.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Oh, I love it she will bake every week.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
So if it's Apricot Day, we're getting apricot tarts
or something like that, or ifit's Chocolate Day, or toffee or
what have you, and that remindsme of my grandmother.
You know that, just it justfelt like home.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Okay, excellent, excellent.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And what would you say to other young professionals
like yourself when they'relooking for maybe leadership,
maybe giving back to thecommunity?
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Why would you say that Rotary is a good option for
them as it is for you?
It's definitely a greatopportunity to put theory to
test.
You know, as I said, I believethat I was doing a lot in the
community.
I also believed I was a greatleader.
That's all fine until youactually get a chance to put it
to the test.
Rotary was a great opportunityto deal with a lot of different
(13:08):
personalities, all great peoplewho share the same goal, which
is a lot like most places you'regoing to work throughout life.
So this was one of my firstopportunities to really put
myself in a position ofauthority and really see what I
could do, especially coming outof school getting a degree in
(13:30):
business.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
That's fascinating.
So how let me ask you this thenhow can we attract more Shane's
?
What does Rotary have to do toattract more Shane's?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Well, I do think.
I think, as we all know and weprobably all say all the time is
, Rotary is the best kept secret.
You know it's a greatorganization, we're literally
changing the world.
Secret.
You know it's a greatorganization, we're literally
changing the world.
And I think our biggest hurdleis that most people just don't
know what we are, what we do.
I can tell you if, if weprobably had some more afternoon
(14:06):
and evening clubs, that mighthelp a little bit, that helps
right.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Yours is a very early morning club.
I did enjoy that, but my clubmeets at 7am.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
So it's, yeah, it can be a challenge for some young
people, but I think once theysee the work that we do and the
impact that we have on ourcommunities, that's going to
trump everything else.
All of the hardship, all of thedifficulties of waking up, you
know, and luckily for me, someof the work that my club does I
get to see on a daily basis whenI drive by parks and see the
(14:37):
trees we planted, um, when I seethose people that I've
connected with at ourThanksgiving um event or, uh,
just recently we did a, anactivity for seniors in our
community, helping them,teaching them tips on how to
make ends meet on a fixed incomethat's awesome.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Well, we're really excited that you are president.
You have you've had a greatstart to your year.
We still have six months to go.
Any other final thoughts thatyou would have about this
program or any other programsthat you're you're proud of in
your club?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
um, I'm just proud of my club in general.
I mean, I, you know, an allrotary club.
You know, every time I get tosee someone else from another
club, I work closely with ourBeaumont club, our next door
neighbors, and every time I getto hear about all the great
things that we're doing, it justfills me with joy.
So, you know, I'll continue toshare the good message about
what we're doing here, and it'sactually a personal goal of mine
(15:37):
to attract more shames.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Well, good, we're talking to the right person and
we love that and I think there'sanother Rotaract Club in the
works too, right?
How are you guys doing on that?
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Yes, I actually just got a chance to go up to Pride
for my first time.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
It's fun, huh.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
It is.
It's great.
Me and my wife we're bothRotarians we went up there.
That was a great time and I meta lot of Rotaractors,
neighboring Rotaractors, sothey're going to help me try to
build my Rotaract club in myarea and, yeah, things are
looking bright.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Well, Nyron, as the incoming district governor and
me as the current districtgovernor, we're cheering you on.
We're so excited that you arepart of Rotary, that you've
taken this leadership positionand are being such a great
example in our community ofexactly the service of self that
Rotary does throughout theworld.
Thank you All, right Well, havea great day and thanks for
(16:42):
joining us today, and we lookforward to you sharing this
podcast with all those futureRotarian Shanes that are going
to be coming into our district,will do All right.
Have a good day.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Bye.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
So that wraps up this episode of Heroes of Hope.
We are so happy that we have anaudience out there listening.
We want you to subscribe, shareand tell your friends about the
Rotary Community Heroes of Hope, because that's how we get the
word out about the impact we'rehaving in this world.
Hello and welcome to the Community.
Heroes of Hope, a podcast wherewe shine a light on the
remarkable individuals andprojects in Rotary District 5330
that bring hope and change toour local and global communities
.
I am Judy Zelfikar, yourco-host and the current District
Governor of Rotary District5330.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And I'm Niren McLean, the Rotary District
Governor-Elect, and I'm NirenMcLean, the Rotary District
Governor-Elect.
Together, we're diving deepinto the heart of the community
service, showcasing the impactof dedication and collaboration
in addressing some of the mostpressing challenges our
communities face.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Each episode, we'll tell stories of incredible
people making a difference,innovating solutions and
inspiring others to take action.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
We'll also be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at
the projects that aretransforming their lives, and
we'll discuss how you, too, canget involved, contribute and be
part of the positive change.
Whether you're a seasonedRotarian or just looking to give
back, this podcast is for you.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
So join us as we explore the journeys, challenges
and successes of people likeyou who have stepped up to make
a difference.
Let's celebrate the spirit ofcommunity and the power of hope
together.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Don't forget to subscribe to the Community
Heroes of Hope on your favoritepodcast platform.
Stay with us on this journey ofinspiration and let's spread
the message of hope further thanever.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Thank you for tuning in.
Let's get started.
We are very lucky today to haveone of our Rotary International
Presidents in District 5330,shane, along with us and looking
forward to having a reallygreat conversation about some of
the work that they've beendoing with their local Boys and
(01:45):
Girls Club.
What do you think about that,niren?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I think that's fabulous.
The boys and girls are thefuture, and I love the fact that
he's focusing on changing lives, particularly changing young
lives.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Awesome.
Well, Shane, why don't you goahead and introduce yourself?
Tell us a little bit aboutbeing president of your club, as
well as the other job that youdo for your business, and we'll
take it from there.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Definitely Well, thank you.
My name is Shane Arch.
I am the president of the SanGregorio Pass Rotary Club in the
city of Banning and in mynine-to-five, I am the team
director for the Boys and GirlsClubs of the San Gregorio Pass.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
That's wonderful.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Now, how many members do you have in your club?
Oh so I oversee two separateteam centers, one in the city of
Banning and one in the city ofBeaumont.
Our Beaumont site has juststarted, so we're building over
there.
In the city of Banning, we seeabout 20 to 30 members per day.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
And how many people did you say that?
How many you had in your RotaryClub?
Oh, I'm sorry, and in ourRotary Club we have about 20 to
30 members.
Wonderful, and tell us a littlebit about this project.
What started the idea and howdid you guys come about to
(03:06):
picking this project for theBoys and Girls Club?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, so as team director, I'm dealing with youth
on a daily basis.
It's definitely a passion ofmine, and at the time I wasn't
president yet but when I thoughtabout people who shared that
value and people who would careabout helping the youth the same
way that I do, I instantlythought of Rotary.
(03:30):
I instantly thought of my cluband I came and presented to them
something about esports,explaining what esports are
right, which are multiplayervideo games that are played in
highly organized, competitiveenvironments.
So it's just like collegefootball I'm sorry, high school
football or high schoolbasketball, but the focus is
video games.
(03:50):
Um, so, bringing that to theclub, I I got to share a little
bit about my vision for it, andthe club was gracious enough to
sponsor, uh, our es arena, whichis actually named after the San
Gregorio Pass, now San GregorioPass Rotary Club.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Can you describe the typical kid that is part of the
Boys and Girls Club and what youdo for them?
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, definitely.
The average kid that we'reserving in the city of Banning
is coming from a single-familyhome.
I'm sorry, single parent home.
I want to say about 80% of theyouth here are under the poverty
line, so there's a huge needfor mentors and for the work
(04:38):
that we're doing here in thecity.
Does that answer the question?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, it does.
Are they primarily teenagers?
Do you go younger than that?
Do you provide after schoolprograms?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Oh yeah, so an overview of our organization.
Yes, we, we serve youth fromkindergarten all the way up to
senior year in high school.
The sites that I oversee areboth teen centers, which is
going to be freshmen all the wayto senior year in high school.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
That is so amazing.
When we were first talkingabout this, when I visited your
club and I was thinking of anarena I it just dawned on me
that this is a completelydifferent kind of concept.
I'd never heard of esports.
And so what does this arenavisually look like?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, so it's a medium-sized room.
It's filled with LED lights.
It's pretty amazing.
So we have these sconces on thewall, these lights that point
up to the ceiling, and theyactually react to music.
So when we have a game, whenit's our game day, our kids are
coming out.
Just like it's like the SuperBowl they're coming out to music
and the lights pulsating to themusic.
(05:58):
How fun.
There's a lot of video gameposters and then we have along
one wall five stations of Xboxes, which is our primary platform
to play on Right, and we playteam centers across the nation
competitively.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh my goodness.
So they're cheering for yourteam center or cheering for one
of the people that are playing?
Is that how that works?
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yes, yeah it looks.
I mean, it's just like a hugesporting event.
We'll have five main players,We'll have some subs and then
the rest of our teams here atthe Teen Center will come gather
around and they'll cheereveryone on.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
That's amazing.
So are you playing other boysand girls clubs?
Are you playing in aspecialized type of league?
How does one get on the teamand who are you playing?
So?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
we typically are playing other boys and girls
clubs, but esports is a growingfield so we actually have
esports is now recognized by theCIF, which is basically the
California IntercontinentalFederation.
I'm sorry, I don't know whatCIF stands for?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, I think that's what it stands for.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
It means that it's an actual sport.
Just like basketball, footballis recognized by high schools,
so luckily we're able to compete.
We scrimmage against, uh, ourlocal high schools, um, but it's
typically our boys and girlsclub teen centers that we're
going against and to get on theteam, um, every season we try to
change up the game that we'replaying.
(07:28):
So one season there may be aracing game and the next season
there might be a fighting game.
And every season we hold sometryouts.
We put our kids in order oflike, highest skilled to the
ones that need a little bit ofwork, and they compete against
similarly skilled members fromother clubs similarly skilled
(07:48):
members from other clubs.
How have you seen that this hasimpacted the students that are
in your care?
Oh yeah, it's a tremendousimpact.
I mean, typically andhistorically, we pretty much
always focused on sports, right,so that's something normal from
city to city the football kids,the jocks, if you will Everyone
(08:08):
knows those kids.
They know what sort of skillsyou have to have for sports like
that.
But every kid doesn't havethose types of skills.
You know there's differenttypes of skills other than
merely the physical, and thee-sports team provides an
opportunity for kids with adifferent skill set to also
shine.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Sean, have you seen and this may be an unfair
question, but I'm wondering haveyou been able to see any kind
of correlation between thedevelopment of skills for the
esports team and either a kid'sgrades in school or their social
progression at all?
Do they develop additionalconfidence?
(08:48):
I'm wondering what kind ofbenefits you might have been
able to see with kids who playthe esports.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Yeah, definitely.
So there's definitely a socialaspect because there's some
leadership involved.
There's a lot of what we callcall outs right.
So if there's an enemy to yourleft, you have to be able to
communicate that effectively andin a way that your team is
going to be able to understand,to see that threat and address
it.
So there's a building of socialskills, for sure, which is
(09:17):
something that we tend to focuson because in a post-COVID world
, all of those kids thatdistance learned or were
distance learning, they missedout on some of those formative
years of social building,building the social skills.
In addition to that, there is alittle bit of a correlation
between grades, because we forceit In order to play on this
(09:38):
team, you must have a 2.0 withno Fs at least, so we're making
sure that grades are comingfirst every time.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And how long have you been doing this program at your
facility?
Speaker 3 (09:52):
So the program is about three years old, and then
we really got into our strideabout a year or so ago and you
know that's when we got oure-sports arena and, yeah, I'd
say nationwide e-sports, reallythe next big thing, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
That it's a great program that you've brought to
this Rotary Club.
Shane, I'd like to shift alittle bit because I'd like to
talk to you about yourpresidency.
You, in the world of Rotary,are a fairly young president.
Tell me about why you decidedto join Rotary and what brought
you to become president becomepresident.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, so my one of my passions is just to help.
That's something that I thoughtI was doing a really great job
of, and I had a friend of minewho was a member of our club who
shared with me, really put itin perspective for me that maybe
I wasn't doing as much as Ithought I was, maybe there were
some other ways to multiply thework that I was doing.
And he brought me to a clubmeeting.
When I was able to see thetypes of work that our Rotary
(11:03):
Club was doing, I was justfloored.
I was impressed.
I hadn't heard about Rotarybefore then and I just never
left it.
It just felt like home.
So as soon as I had anopportunity to help in any
significant way, I started offby becoming the youth chair.
That really fits in with mywork as a team director, and
then, when the opportunity cameup to lead, you know, I just
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jumped in with both feet.
If not me, you know then who.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Right.
So, sean, let me ask you aquestion, because you said
something that really made mecurious.
You said it felt like home.
What made you feel socomfortable when you joined the
club, in particular?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
actually there were a few members who in some ways
sort of reminded me of family.
We have a member, Dan, whotells a joke every week, Every
week, without fail.
He tells a joke and the worseit is, the more he has to pay
for it as a little joke.
And then we also have memberslike Mayda, who will look at the
(12:08):
calendar for those unofficialholidays.
I think our last meeting wasNational Apricot Day.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Oh, I love it she will bake every week.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
So if it's Apricot Day, we're getting apricot tarts
or something like that, or ifit's Chocolate Day, or toffee or
what have you, and that remindsme of my grandmother.
You know that, just it justfelt like home.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Okay, excellent, excellent.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And what would you say to other young professionals
like yourself when they'relooking for maybe leadership,
maybe giving back to thecommunity?
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Why would you say that Rotary is a good option for
them as it is for you?
It's definitely a greatopportunity to put theory to
test.
You know, as I said, I believethat I was doing a lot in the
community.
I also believed I was a greatleader.
That's all fine until youactually get a chance to put it
to the test.
Rotary was a great opportunityto deal with a lot of different
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personalities, all great peoplewho share the same goal, which
is a lot like most places you'regoing to work throughout life.
So this was one of my firstopportunities to really put
myself in a position ofauthority and really see what I
could do, especially coming outof school getting a degree in
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business.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
That's fascinating.
So how let me ask you this thenhow can we attract more Shane's
?
What does Rotary have to do toattract more Shane's?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Well, I do think.
I think, as we all know and weprobably all say all the time is
, Rotary is the best kept secret.
You know it's a greatorganization, we're literally
changing the world.
Secret.
You know it's a greatorganization, we're literally
changing the world.
And I think our biggest hurdleis that most people just don't
know what we are, what we do.
I can tell you if, if weprobably had some more afternoon
(14:06):
and evening clubs, that mighthelp a little bit, that helps
right.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Yours is a very early morning club.
I did enjoy that, but my clubmeets at 7am.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
So it's, yeah, it can be a challenge for some young
people, but I think once theysee the work that we do and the
impact that we have on ourcommunities, that's going to
trump everything else.
All of the hardship, all of thedifficulties of waking up, you
know, and luckily for me, someof the work that my club does I
get to see on a daily basis whenI drive by parks and see the
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trees we planted, um, when I seethose people that I've
connected with at ourThanksgiving um event or, uh,
just recently we did a, anactivity for seniors in our
community, helping them,teaching them tips on how to
make ends meet on a fixed incomethat's awesome.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Well, we're really excited that you are president.
You have you've had a greatstart to your year.
We still have six months to go.
Any other final thoughts thatyou would have about this
program or any other programsthat you're you're proud of in
your club?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
um, I'm just proud of my club in general.
I mean, I, you know, an allrotary club.
You know, every time I get tosee someone else from another
club, I work closely with ourBeaumont club, our next door
neighbors, and every time I getto hear about all the great
things that we're doing, it justfills me with joy.
So, you know, I'll continue toshare the good message about
what we're doing here, and it'sactually a personal goal of mine
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to attract more shames.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Well, good, we're talking to the right person and
we love that and I think there'sanother Rotaract Club in the
works too, right?
How are you guys doing on that?
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Yes, I actually just got a chance to go up to Pride
for my first time.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
It's fun, huh.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
It is.
It's great.
Me and my wife we're bothRotarians we went up there.
That was a great time and I meta lot of Rotaractors,
neighboring Rotaractors, sothey're going to help me try to
build my Rotaract club in myarea and, yeah, things are
looking bright.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Well, Nyron, as the incoming district governor and
me as the current districtgovernor, we're cheering you on.
We're so excited that you arepart of Rotary, that you've
taken this leadership positionand are being such a great
example in our community ofexactly the service of self that
Rotary does throughout theworld.
Thank you All, right Well, havea great day and thanks for
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joining us today, and we lookforward to you sharing this
podcast with all those futureRotarian Shanes that are going
to be coming into our district,will do All right.
Have a good day.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Bye.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
So that wraps up this episode of Heroes of Hope.
We are so happy that we have anaudience out there listening.
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