a href=”http://www.albanycarotary.org/wp-content/uploads/0012.jpg”>  Former Albany Rotarian (current Cloverdale Rotarian) popped into our Club meeting on January 22 and shared his experiences in his new community.  He explained ‘penturbia” and how it related to his move up north.  It certainly was good to see our friend

Liliane C. Koziol Ph.D., Director of Programs at UC Berkeley’s International House and Deputy Honorary Consul of Madagascar for San Francisco spoke to Albany Rotary on January 15.

Dan Burden, world renowned expert on walkable communities,  spoke to our club on December 11.

   Leila Kearney from Patch spoke to our club on December 4.

  “Complete Streets” are coming to Albany with several community workshops next week.  City Transportation Planner, Aleida Andrino-Chavez and Rotarian Ann Chaney explained the how community input is being sought and how “Complete Streets” tries to meet the needs of a variety of users, pedestrians, drivers, bicyclists,   and people with disabilities.

hat will your life be like when you can no longer drive? Do you have $70,000+ a year to move somewhere where your meals and basic services and a shuttle bus are provided? Will you be dependent upon family or friends to take you to doctors, shopping, events, etc? Elaine Welch, whose organization is coming to Alameda   County and Albany, was our speaker on November 13 and described what Helpline does to allow seniors the option to remain in their  homes

  Special guest, photographer Dorothy Brown, shared her incredible photos of her photographic journey to Venice for Carnival.  The photos  of  the mysterious models were true masterpieces.

Jim Young of the Richmond Rotary Club told us a bit about the history of Richmond and shared information about their upcoming play at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts.

    Allan Maris and a student from Albany High School talked about the good work of BuildOn at the Rotary meeting on   October 16.  She shared the story of her trip to Haiti to work on the construction of a school and the plans for Albany High School students to travel to Nepal next spring to help build a school there.

Kevin Goess talikng about Poland

Albany resident Kevin Goess shared with us stories about the year he spent in Poland with his family.  His photos were most interesting.