Sage Advocacy Center began as an initiative in 1977 led by a group of volunteers from the Wenatchee Police Department (WPD). The Wenatchee Police Department recognized the need for community support for victims of sexual assault. The agency started with a 24-hour crisis line and advocacy services staffed by volunteers to serve Chelan and Douglas counties.
Sage Advocacy Center offers wrap-around support services to our clients at no cost. These services include traditional advocacy, legal advocacy, and medical advocacy. We have also had therapy as well as support groups, and regularly host free legal clinics. Every year we serve several hundreds of adult survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes.
Sage Advocacy Center continues to offer these important services for free to victims of all ages, sexes, nationalities, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, race, and religion and does not discriminate.
You will learn why the Wenatchee Club's support from Toast & Roast proceeds is so important for our community.
PDG Pete gave the 2022-2023 Rotary year summary update which includes:
Raising $423 million and funding
Funded 1100 district grants &
Providing 310 disaster-response grants
About District 5060 TRF giving:
2022-23All-time
Annual fund $331.1 K; $9.4 M
PolioPlus fund $13.7 K; $2.5 M
Endowed fund $154.3 K $1.1 M
Other funds $59.5 K$1.2 M
Totals $675.8 K $14.1 M
Wenatchee Rotary giving since the year 1985-86:
2022-23 since 85-86
Annual fund $5,353 $285.2 K
PolioPlus fund $8,746 $244.8 K
Endowed fund 0 $403.6 K
Other funds 0 $17.1 K
Totals $14.1 K $950.8 K
He focused on the TRF Endowed Fund, paraphrasing from a statement on "My Rotary"-
"Gifts to Rotary's Endowment ensure that future Rotarians will have the resources they need to design and implement sustainable projects year after year.
Rotary strives to increase the value of your gift to the Endowment by preserving and investing your initial contribution and spending only a portion of the earnings.
This strategy supports Rotary's causes today while generating funds that will further the work of future Rotarians committed to Doing Good in the World.
Give to the Endowment today and watch as the value of your gift grows, and investment earnings improve communities. "
Pete compared this fund to an "apple tree", providing fruit in perpetuity, as opposed to the "apple" of the other funds which are spent in current years. "The next century of service depends on what we do today"
Pete assisted TRF Chair Frank in presenting recognition to:
Mike Kintner - PHF+2
Jill Leonard - PHF+3.
Each has smartly leveraged our incentive plan to increase their needed TRF points. All members are encouraged to do the same.
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A Rotarian since 1980, PDG Pete has served on many club and district committees and as District Governor in 1999/2000. He currently serves as president, of Moses Lake Rotary, a post he has held numerous times.
One of the best ways to get to know your fellow members. Schedule one today.
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EVENTS
The Environmental Film and Speaker Series presents The Doctrine of Recovery
On Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, between 7-9 PM, attendees will have the chance to view this widely acclaimed film, which won the 2023 Dreamspeakers Feature Documentary award.
Since 1493, the so-called Doctrine of Discovery has justified the dispossession and decimation of the Indigenous inhabitants of North America and brought us to our present environmental breaking point. The Doctrine of Recovery is an Indigenous antidote to rebalance Earth systems, restore the sacred feminine, and ensure our species survival.
Three generations of Tribal women – Casey Camp-Horinek, Crystle Lightning, and Juliet Langley Hayes – speak on what has gone unspoken, and unapologetically expose the influence of founding patriarchs and white supremacy in places most never thought to look, and in doing so demonstrate the ongoing and devastating formula patterned by the Doctrine of Discovery.
Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Registration can be found here.
The Environmental Film and Speaker Series is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Chelan and Greater Wenatchee Valley.
Polio Potluck Raises Awareness and Donations
Wenatchee and Wenatchee Sunrise Rotarians and guests gathered Tuesday, Oct. 24, for a potluck dinner and fundraiser at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center to commemorate World Polio Awareness Day.
The program addressed Rotary’s 35-year commitment to eradicating the crippling and deadly disease that mainly targets children. Among the information presented:
A reduction of cases from more than 350,000 annually to nine in 2023;
improved monitoring of potential outbreaks and technologies to prevent outbreaks;
containment of wild poliomyelitis from two-thirds of the world to two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan;
Rotarians’ efforts resulting in $18 Billion in private donations;
Projections that polio eradication could be certified as soon as 2028.
Most of the Rotarians in attendance pledged to donate $100 every year until the virus has been wiped out by joining the Rotary District 5060 PolioPlus Society. The Society is open to anyone interested in this cause. More information can be found at www.wenatcheerotary.org. In addition, area Rotary clubs have raised funds every Saturday in October at the Wenatchee Farmers’ Market at the Pybus Public Market during our Pennies for Polio campaign.
Rotary International launched its PolioPlus program in 1984 with the goal to make polio the second human-borne virus, after smallpox, to be eradicated. It was spearheaded by Wenatchee physician Dr. Edward Cadman, who presided over the international service organization from 1985-86. The movement gained steam in 1988 when it joined with the United Nations, World Health Organization, UNICEF, The Bill & Melinda Gates’ Foundation and several others to created the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
Sponsors for the local event were the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center and Swire Coca-Cola. Similar events were all over the world to raise funds and awareness on the fight to end polio.
It was a great night of fellowship last Thursday. Don Myers served up brats, and polish sausages, with all the fixings. Conversations filled with laughter were the highlight of the event.
Want to host a fellowship event? Reach out to Jessi Mendoza, Jessi.0413@gmail.com.
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Service Opportunities
Kenzie Landing Annual Service Project with WHS Interact
The swim dock is built! Thank you to Thomas Everly, Tom Leonard, and President Gary Provo for making it happen. This was just one of the projects happening last weekend. About 10 people volunteered to help get Camp Zanika winter-ready.
Pollinator Garden #2 Complete
The Department of Transportation spokesperson has kindly named the 2nd Pollinator Garden the "Rotary Meadow".
The Rotary Clubs of the Wenatchee Valley members helped finish the pollinator garden on Saturday
Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the Pennies for Polio booth each Saturday in October. During each Saturday, the volunteers handed out dog treats, candy, and educated the community on our fight to eradicate Polio.
Lunch is no longer offered. You are welcome to bring in lunches from one of the restaurants in Pybus.
Board meetings are 3rd Thursday, 4:00 PM. Open to the public.
Join meeting online: https://zoom.us/j/484306077
Wenatchee and Wenatchee Sunrise Rotarians and guests gathered Tuesday, Oct. 24, for a potluck dinner and fundraiser at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center to commemorate World Polio Awareness Day.
Work Party at Camp Zanika
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