The speakers, all club members, were introduced by President Kory, who began with a summary of our greatest projects over the last 100 years. "Today is a celebration of Rotary as a service organization and a club activity working to build and make positive change to our community and in turn to ourselves. Historically, we have tackled some big projects that have impacted the community and world over the last 100 years! Here are some highlights!"
1
International Polio eradication
2
Wenatchee Rotary Foundation - 40 scholarships to sustain education
3
Rotary Youth Exchange - 100 outbound and 75 inbound since 74
4
WestSide High School - $105,000 and Public Image Campaign - Read the words below prepared for our 2019 Auction.
5
Rotary Park - $400,000
6
Community Park and Trail Systems $615,000
7
International Projects - most recently Milot and Hanwash
8
Contributions to support local agencies
9
Lincoln Park and shelters - $77,000
10
Lunch Buddy Program
Members then gave summaries of major projects in recent months. WATCH THE VIDEO for details.
Kory -
1. COVID Donation to Serve Wenatchee - Stuff the bus $7500 and
was further followed up with $1000 COVID relief grant from the district
we gave to Serve Wenatchee
2. District COVID PPE Supplies relief reimbursement 2 $1K grants to CVCH
3. $ Donations to Stuff A SackPack
Joe St. Jean -
1. After promoting MLB opening day (and the SL Cards),
Joe described Green Bag Food Sorting effort
2. March grants summary and plan
Carin Smith (Kory spoke in her absence) - Mural in Methow Park - "For the Methow park mosaic, I volunteered to help the team from Seattle Mosaic Arts to install a mosaic along the seat in the covered kiosk at the park. The glass mosaic depicts flying swallows, which represent the immigrants who come here from Mexico, as do the swallows. Each bird was created by a community member during a pre-COVID workshop, then the team created the overall design and installed it at the park last year."
Laurie Flarity-White - Little Essential Pantries
(food distribution)
Michelle Shermer - Monitor Migrant Camp Support
Alice -
1. Cascade Medical Equipment Removal, transport to K of C
2. Salvation Army bell ringing
Jill - Clothing Drive for WSL of NCW; Jill appeared on a personal video
Allan - Tree planting with Interact for CDLT in the Foothills
Rich - Rotary Park, 10 projects on Make-A-Difference day
Dawn - Okanogan Wildfire Support
For all the details, WATCH THE VIDEO. The meeting was topped off with the surprise in-person appearance of Mark McCants and his surprise $1,000 donation to the next auction (cash in hand), the first such donation! He then complained about Kory not showing up for a hug!
This first HYBRID/ZOOM meeting was opened on April 01 (with no jokes) and led by president Kory Kalahar, as he welcomed all members. A total of 36 members attended, including 14 who were in person at the Pybus Market Events Center. Thomas Everly did a masterful job ensuring seamless technological success, with much help from the excellent Pybus staff.
Blood Drive competition. Wenatchee Confluence Rotary is organizing a Cinco de Mayo blood drive at Pybus Public Market and we thought it would be fun to challenge other area Rotary clubs to see which group can donate the most blood. In addition to bragging rights, we will have a fun trophy (fresh off the 3-D printer) you can take back to your club! They will be raffling off $50 Pybus bucks that will go to a random donor that day. Sign up to donate HERE.
TTC COVID volunteers. Mark Miller at the TTC is offering the following to any groups that can commit to the following volunteer commitment:
10 adults for 5 hr shift for traffic at TTC for vaccines.
Hrs 8am-1pm or 12pm to 5pm
Time frame: April – June
Monday thru Friday time slots.
Breakfast and lunch provided. Drinks provided.
Vaccine shot for worker only.
Must commit to (3) shifts; scheduler will let you know what days are open .
Pay to organization would be $300 per group slot worked. (total $900).
Notify Kory if you are interested. He will have our dates soon.
JOIN THE PARTY May 12!!! Big TRF Fundraiser, zone-wide!
Make your $100 donation your ticket to the huge fundraising Gala event "Celebrating our Foundation!" Over 75,000 Rotarians invited from Alaska, all across Canada & northern USA!! Click the link to see a 2.5 minute video promo, and to register:
5:00-6:00pm Wednesday 12 May (minimum $100 donation)
TRF GIVING. Pete Van Well announced that we have met our polio giving goal, and that our polio hero Carmen Bossenbrock has made a nice contribution to the club to be applied as a match toward the RI Annual Fund. She is matching all gifts up to a total of $700. Scroll down to see our updated graphic illustrating our giving status.
Final thoughts. Not so Stupid Things that Kory has done! Another not so stupid thing that I have done is waiting tables, serving and bartending! All through WVC, Central for my BA, WSU for post grad studies and even my ten years of teaching, I always still waited tables on the side.
Serving allowed me to support myself through college and then my young family as a teacher enjoy more that life had to offer and since I was continuing my education all through those years too, I could pay for school as I went. I finally gave up waiting tables in 2007 when I became Assistant Principal at WHS.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
APRIL 08 - CLASSIFICATION TALK
With Jodi Gerber.
Jodi joined the club February 06, 2020, sponsored by PP Pete Van Well. She will tell us about herself, her career and family. All new members are asked to make this presentation, and these are the favorite programs for many members. We look forward especially to hearing about some unique recent experiences.
SPEAKERS. Are you thinking of sponsoring a speaker? Complete the new online info FORM. Guidelines are posted on our website under the main menu. Or click here.
OUR GIVING TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (TRF)
End Polio Now: Our goal this Rotary year is $7500.
Actual=7662 = 121%
Total with Gates* match = $22986 (38K+ lives potentially saved)
RI Annual Fund: Our goal is $4500
Actual=1690=37%
* Note: We continue our 10-year relationship with the Gates Foundation. Since 2013, they have matched each dollar with $2 toward polio eradication.
CENTENNIAL PLANS AND HISTORY
Plan to attend our 100-year celebrations
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Virtual Celebration - Spring 2021/TBA
Big Gala! - Wenatchee Convention Center/TBA
NOTE - View some important historical information...
Pete Van Well announced that we have met our polio giving goal, and that our polio hero Carmen Bossenbrock has made a nice contribution to the club to be applied as a match toward the RI Annual Fund. She is matching all gifts up to a total of $700. Scroll down to see our updated graphic illustrating our giving status.
