Appleseed Jan. 03; Auction (Dec 27, 2018)

Wenatchee Rotary - Noon Thursdays at Red Lion

Meeting of January 03, 2019

Volume LXVIII - No 27

WEB SITE www.wenatcheerotary.org

APPLESEED LIBRARY LINK DISTRICT 5060

January is Vocational Service Month

Holiday graphics courtesy Ken Kohnhorst, Leavenworth Rotary

Makeup opportunities at area clubs. (Area 9)

Community service since 1921

ROTARY AMBASSADORS

SPONSOR OF THE MONTH

Please try to arrive by 11:30 AM.

All members are always welcome to greet.

If unable to attend, please greet at your next meeting.


	Jim	Barbara	Tom	Susan
Date	Future	Weeks	Looking	Ahead
01-10	Anderson	Arnold	Arseneault	Ballard
01-17	Barrett	Bishop	Borth	Bridges
01-24	Brink	Bugert	Burns	Button

WENATCHEE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP

AUCTION PRESENTING SPONSOR

Menu and meeting room : Columbia River Room; Dijon Crusted Pork Loin, roasted red potatoes, fresh vegetable medley, tossed greens with dressings and condiments, Chef’s Choice Dessert, coffee service.

- CONTENTS -

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM - AUCTION
ROTARY AMBASSADORS
WEEK IN REVIEW- KELSI FINNEY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPONSOR OF THE MONTH

ALL SITE SPONSORS
EVENTS CALENDAR
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
TRIVIA QUIZ & WANT ADS
CLUB ORGANIZATION
CLUB-60 POLIO STATUS

PROGRAM JANUARY 03 - AUCTION PLANNING WITH JILL LEONARD

Reflections of the Past; Visions of the Future!

Happy New Year! 2019 brings a clean slate to make dreams happen, change lives, and shape a community. Let's not forget or erase the past but reflect and celebrate how far we have come. This rings true not only on a personal level but as a change maker in the community. Yes that's YOU I'm talking about.

This Thursday we will share success stories of what our club has achieved with its fundraising efforts. We will showcase the projects in the upcoming year. Each year we set high goals and change lives: whether it is grants, donations or sweat equity. We embody the Service Above Self motto.

Come join us as we ring in the new year and celebrate how amazing the Wenatchee Rotary Club has been for almost 100 years!

Jill Leonard

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR 2019 ROTARY RESOLUTIONS YET?

Here are some suggestions for exhibiting more "Service Above Self"

1. Purchase your auction tickets; attend the auction.

2. Donate to The Rotary Foundation (TRF)

3. Donate to the Wenatchee Rotary Foundation.

4. Improve your attendance.

5. Join a committee

6. Sponsor a new member.

7. Attend a board meeting.

8. Be a greeter or sponsor a speaker.

9. Participate in the Appleseed trivia competition

10. Attend a district or international event.

This idea was plagiarized from The Bavarian Rotarian, courtesy of Ken Kohnhorst

SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR (w/links)

SITE SPONSORS

Latest FIFTY-SIXTY NEWS

January 8

Recent-member Breakfast

7:30 AM, Smitty's

January 26

"Building Communities" AUCTION

Purchase tickets here

May 2-5, 2019

District Conference, Kamloops, BC

We appreciate all of our sponsoring merchants & businesses.

For complete details, see our web site.

Be a sponsor at only $200/year.

Alpine Aire H&C
CARPET ONE/Inside Design
Cashmere Valley Bank
CliftonLarsonAllen, CPA
Colonial Vista, assisted living
Confluence Health
Eagle Transfer
Edward Jones Investing
Express Employment Professionals
JetPro Carwash
Lifeline Ambulance
MOSSADAMS, CPA
Noyd & Noyd
The Paradise Restaurant
The Thai Restaurant
WV Humane Society

WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 27 - Peace Corps/Interact w/Kelsi Finney

President Pete opened the meeting with announcements listed below.

Susan Albert, club and district Interact committee chair, introduced Kelsi who spoke passionately of her 3 years on one of Tonga's remote islands, Ha'apai/Ha'ano, as a Peace Corps Volunteer English teacher and NEMO writer. She is enjoying being back home where she likes 3 hot showers some days!

For overview, see Kelsi's PowerPoint (with photos) here. Listen to audio of Kelsi's talk . It was fascinating.

Intro from last week's Appleseed.

Kelsi is sponsored by Susan Albert, and is the Peace Corp volunteer from Tonga. She put out a request for Children's books to help teach her students to read. the Interact Club collected 100 pounds of books and sent them to Tonga. We ended up sending them with a real person as it was cheaper and safer to do so, arriving week of September 20 (for that story see Appleseed).

She used them to create her tiny HA’ANO LIBRARY. We had a relationship with the Rotary of Tonga who accepted the books so that we did not have to pay duty. It was quite a ride, as the school where Kelsi is working is on an outer remote island.

Kelsi provided this bio sketch. "I am a Washington native, born and raised in Shelton and moved around the west coast of Washington, attending UW with an undergraduate degree in Arts, Media and Culture and a masters in education (specializing in English Language Leaners). I have taught 2nd and 4th grade and was an art teacher and joined Peace Corps in 2016 as an English Language Facilitator. I taught English on a remote island in Tonga (south pacific) for two years with no electricity or running water. I extended for a third year to work with NEMO (national emergency management office) to write and illustrate children's books on how to survive a tsunami, earthquake and cyclone in the South Pacific. I also work with a local Eco-committee (Ha'apai Environmental Protection Agency) that addresses environmental issues related to glass, and plastic waste."

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In photos below, Susan chats with Kelsi during lunch. Pete and Laurie Flarity-White during lunch; Laurie also works with Interact. Two views of Kelsi giving her talk. A fan made by the natives of her island (one of two given to the club). A touching thank-you note from Kelsi's Tongan students.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

See prior issues for other important items

President Pete opened the meeting of the "Waterford New Year's Crystal Ball" of Rotary clubs.

1. Keep Gene Anderson in your thoughts as he turns 90 on Sunday (actually Dec. 20).

2. Carmen is still at Regency; consider a visit.

3. Polio Plus cups are on the table; save a life.

4. Next Recent-member breakfast is January 8, 730 AM at Smitty's with Jon Volyn. Topic: What to expect - a look at Rotary's calendar of events

5. Guests: Andy Petro's guests include our inbound RYE student Chloe, and outbound Emily Williams headed to Finland in 2019-20. Tamara Burns introduced Trisha Johnson who is posted for membership. Jay Smith introduced Damien and Crystal, friends of the speaker.

6. Jay then proceeded to admonish the members about the urgent nature of the upcoming auction, which is coming very soon. He promised that some of the recent confusion will be resolved soon. We need all procurement items in next 10 days. Please complete the donation slips completely. Invite others to help fill the 365 seats. Sell tickets!

Volunteers are going to other clubs. Get tickets from Heidi or Angela, or online.

7. Mark McCants won the trivia drawing and chose the prize of 10 free raffle tickets. However, Pres. Pete did a "Bait & Switch" and presented him with a "brownie" (bought from Gene Anderson), not Mark's usual type, We are forced to discontinue the free-ticket prize due to state gambling regs.

8. Pete's Good News LISTEN

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Also - Eastmont's Les Miserables….

The musical will be presented 6 times at EHS beginning Jan. 17; tickets are on sale at the PAC at a cost of $10-15. CLICK HERE.

AND, repeating....Past President Jim Russell sends Christmas greetings. Read the letter from Jim and Karen.

- APPLESEED TRIVIA CONTEST -

1. All correct submissions are eligible if received before next meeting.

2. Winner will be drawn from the "hat" at the meeting (you need not be first).

3. Prior winners may not pick the same question or prize.

Week 16, January 3, 2019. SUBMIT ANSWER HERE (before next regular meeting)

Last week's winner: Mark McCants; requested prize = 10 raffle tickets but ….

(Pres. Pete made last-minute switch for legal reasons)

QUESTIONS - Choose one	PRIZES - choose any prize, send w/answer
What is your Rotary ID#?	Sit at head table for one month
President Pete's ID#?	Become honorary board member
Name AUCTION proceeds beneficiary fund?	Free brags for one month (choose 1)
Name Chair of Wenatchee Rotary Foundation	President's Choice
Name Kelsi Finney's Tongan library?	Be Sponsor of the Month (once) *
Weight of books collected for Tonga?	Be greeter for entire year, or not
How many Interact students went to Tonga?	Be a website sponsor for 3 months
Source of Kelsi's graduate degrees?	~~free raffle tickets~~ prize discontinued
Outbound RYE student to Finland 2019?
Fourth female president of this club? Year?	* Must become a site sponsor at $200/year

GOOD LUCK (and have fun)!

SPEAKERS. Are you thinking of sponsoring a speaker? Guidelines are posted on our website under the main menu. Or click here.

End Polio Now/Club 60:

Our ambitious goal has been set by President Pete at $10,000 ($192 per week!).

We continue our 10-year relationship with the Gates Foundation; since 2013, they have matched each dollar with $2 toward polio eradication.

Donations by club members on Dec. 27 = $27.95 bringing our total to $1299 or $3897 with the Gates match. This equates to 6508 lives saved. Collections at KPQ were $1133. Read about World Polio Day, October 24

$1299

CLUB INFORMATION

CLUB FOUNDATION

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Wenatchee Rotary Officers

President 2018-19:

Pete Van Well

Pres. Elect:

Mike Kintner

Pres. Nominee:

Kory Kalahar

Pres. Designate:

Alice Meyer

Secretary:

Frank Clifton

Treasurer:

Allan Galbraith

Directors:

Michelle Shermer

Dante Gutierrez-Zamora

Joe St. Jean

Dawn Davies

Marcia Henkle

Garry Sparks

Claudia DeRobles

Andy Petro

Gary Provo

Dan Maher (July '19)

The mission of the wenatchee Rotary

Foundation (WRF) is to improve

educational opportunities for citizens

living in the greater Wenatchee area.

Funding is through immediate and

deferred giving from current and past

club members. Each club member in good

standing id also a member of WRF.

Officers:

President, Tom Ross;

VP, Jay Smith;

Treasurer, Heidi Myers;

Secretary, Bill Monnette.

Board Members:

Joe St. Jean, Ruth Esparza,

Alice Meyer, Susan Albert,

Dee Curcio,

Pres. Elect (ex officio)

Jan 03, 2019

Jay Smith

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