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Palm Desert Rotary
Meetings: Tuesdays at 11:45 in the Palm Valley Country Club, Club House. Also available via Zoom.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝟱𝟯𝟯𝟬!
Maryalice Alberg Owings is a retired school administrator, mentor and volunteer, She has a BA in Liberal Studies and a Masters in Public Administration from California State University, Stanislaus.
Maryalice spent 35 years in public education. She now works part time for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) as the Region 19 Director of Operations, the Region 19 Membership Recruiter and as a coach to new and experienced administrators.
Maryalice has been a Rotarian since 2022. Maryalice received Rotarian Rookie of the Year in 2023, Palm Desert Rotarian of the Year in 2024, and District 5330 Rotarian of the Year in 2025. Maryalice has been involved in all of the fundraisers for her club and many throughout the district. She is a Paul Harris Fellow and Polio Plus Society member. She has attended the last three Rotary International Conventions. Maryalice is very excited to represent District 5330 by walking in the Rose Parade. The Parade has always been an important part of her New Year’s Celebration! She hopes everyone will either come to the parade or watch it on TV and spread the word about Rotary!
Maryalice raised six children and has seven grandchildren. She loves spending time with her family.
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Yesterday, Palm Desert Rotarians, Wendy O'Kane and Mary Scott delivered much needed snacks and toiletries to the CSUSB students as part of our "Angels of Service" program. This service started during the Covid era and supplies needy organizations with essential goods on a bi-weekly basis.
THANK YOU ladies!
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Excited for the Mexico Habitat Build this Tuesday! Join us for a great cause! #HabitatForHumanity #ServiceAboveSelf
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Email from Palm Desert Rotary Club This Tuesday - Mexico Habitat Build Scheduled with us this week is Herb Claggett, a retired Palm Springs High School teacher and coach, who recently participated in0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Palm Desert Rotary Meeting December 3rd
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Palm Desert Rotary
Our Meeting December 2nd
Find our latest video here and all previous presentations on our Vimeo feedToday saw us shepherded to a different dining location as our normal space is being spruced up by Palm Valley Country Club. It was of no matter, as we all fit in the alternate space.
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Following the kerfuffle with the sound system and video, Holly Smith (our member most new) led us with the flag salute. Immediately, up stood Amy with a clipboard (always a bad sign) imploring us to sign up to help with the Tour de Palm Springs event. We are doing many things, and all are needed! Suffering a little cough, President Priscilla brought ringmaster Tom to the podium to introduce our speaker, Mary Anne Brower of the Artists Council. He was shrouded in darkness (on my camera) as outside light dimmed his appearance.Mary Anne proceeded to tell us about the Council, its many associates and exhibitions around the Valley. She also mentioned the classes that some can take to improve or resurrect their skills. It is a brilliant group serving the Valley in many different ways. Maryalice managed to giggle the controls sufficiently to show a short video on the council. You can learn more at https://www.artistscouncil.com/videos-photos
Jim Brock was initiated as (a well-deserved) “Rotarian of the Month” for his tireless efforts behind the scenes and those in the forefront. He took the opportunity to plea for volunteers to assist with the
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Zoom equipment, especially next year as Maryalice (as President) will no longer be available. Next came Leroy to announce that the elections for President 2027–2028 were to be held next Tuesday the 9th of December. He also announced that it would be a formality as there is only one candidate! Make sure to come next week to listen to Mark Stanley’s comedic Presidential bid for the seat. He also reminded us of the Christmas Party on December 16th at 5:00 pm.
Then came the ticket drawing, a plethora of tickets were purchased, and Mary Scott came out with the winning number. Surprisingly, she picked the only stone left in the bag, winning the Jackpot! She immediately donated 50% of her winnings to the club – what a kind gesture!