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1. ZOOM videos are only available for 2-3 weeks.
2. Permanent alternate (YouTube) video HERE.
3. Previous APPLESEED (Feb. 25), contains speaker's bio.
4. View some of Teresa's PowerPoint slides below with park photos.
5. Recent news story about Teresa- 9/24/19 Wenatchee World, Rufus Woods  

Teresa Bendito is a community organizer and co‐founder of Parque Padrinos (godparents of the park), a grassroots commun ity organization that leads park advocacy, relationship building, and culturally relevant outdoor experiences in South Wenatchee.  The organization is mostly women & youth led.  She was introduced by Carin Smith.  Her images are displayed below.

Teresa related the process of the upgrades to the Methow Community Kiwanis Park, a major project which began in 2015.  She began by thanking all those who participated and related a little of her background, how she was born and raised in Wenatchee after her parents came here 25 years ago to perform agricultural work.  She graduated recently from Wenatchee Valley College, and is bi-lingual.

She explained the benefits of having the community participate in the designing the park's key features, and shared about a stewardship group that formed to further program and care for the space. She emphasized the importance of having a nice place for kids to play, when most of them live in multi family housing with no outdoor space. Teresa encourages all of us to visit this beautiful park that now has wifi available. Also, see the story of how the community responded during the COVID pandemic  - Trust for Public Land.

 

 

Intro	Park before
Community Engagement	Talking about needs
Family connections	Activities

• Hybrid meeting survey.  If you missed it in the last Appleseed, you can complete the survey HERE.   Our major priority is to provide options for folks who want to meet and those who prefer to stay home. In addition, we want to give a quality program to both those remote and in person and that takes a special venue to uphold. Armed with your feedback, the board will continue to discuss this.  
• Rotary Moment.  Club historian Marc Heminger gave a brief overview of activities in year 1941-42.  Read more HERE in the Appleseed of June 13, 2019.    Watch the video HERE, including Kory's final thoughts, below.
• Girl Scout cookies.    Contact Jill Leonard HERE.  
• Rotary Grants Available.  Joe St. Jean reminded the club of his announcement last week about community grants.  For all related information, click on the GRANTS tab on our club home page.
• Final thoughts.  Not so Stupid Things that Kory has done! Marrying Young - Emma! Mackenzie is my youngest daughter at age 21. She will be 22 on St. Patty’s day next month. She is currently student teaching at Newbery elementary in a Kindergarten class and loves it very much. She plans to enroll in a Master’s program for the fall and substitute teach until she completes her coursework. She has been home for eleven months now after Central WU shut down its campus in March 2020. We love her being home with her puppy Winnie and her cat Rolly!

 

IMPORTANT DISTRICT TRAINING.   Excellent no-cost Rotary training opportunities are upcoming on ZOOM, especially for new members (but all Rotarians can benefit). View the list and register HERE.   

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   

      With Karen Francis-McWhite

Karen Francis-McWhite is an advocate for rural community and economic development, working with the Washington State Department of Commerce as the Central Washington Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist. She has lived in and been an advocate for Central Washington residents and communities for eight of the last thirteen years, and has worked for the Department of Commerce since November 2019.

 

Karen joins us to share Commerce’s mission and work, and to learn how our communities and organizations would like to partner with Commerce to strengthen our communities.  

Columbia Valley Community Health Main Office: 600 Orondo Ave Wenatchee WA 98801 509.662.6000

 

 

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