July 6th Meeting

Announcements:

Kwan, a former exchange student form Thailand visited us this morning with her mm and brother.  They are staying with Brian and Larissa Thorpe.



Rotary 101 (from Carol Adamson, Assistant Governor)

District 5060 is made up of 59 clubs- 34 in Canada and 25 in the United States.  The District is led by a District Governor.  Currently, the District Governor is Vern Nielson from Kelowna.
Usually the district conference is held in the city in which the District Governor resides.
The clubs are the essential part of the District, focusing on maintaining vibrancy and high performance directed toward the goals of Rotary.

Each year, the District Governor visits each club in the district.  Unfortunately, our District Governor was recently diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  This may restrict his ability to travel as much but he still has plans for "visiting" each club via video.  Please keep Vern in your thoughts and prayers!

The Assistant Governor helps to support a specific area of the district.  We are in area 9 which includes 6 clubs:  Leavenworth, Cashmere and four Wenatchee clubs.  Carol is our Assistant Governor.

Click here for a District Organization chart.

Sergeant in Arms

This year the Sergeants at Arms are Carol Adamson, Kevin Love and Earl Crowe.  They have big plans to quiz people on Rotary knowledge!  Know the answer or be fined!  (Hint:  Read the weekly blog, which will probably provide some answers like the info about the district above!)

Brags and Confessions

Earl beat the 4th of July crowd by watching the fireworks show from his living room.

Ron had a birthday!

Matt thinks it might be the last time his 10 year-old gets to light off fireworks in the city of Wenatchee.

Rani had the privilege of watching a Zambelli fireworks show in a tiny town in Pennsylvania.


Volunteer Month in Rotary:

Our focus today was building the club's committees.  Matt handed out blank sign up sheets outlining each committee and the approximate volunteer need for each one.  Matt emailed the document to everyone so be sure and check your email and find a committee or three to participate in!

The following are a list of the committees:

Rotary Foundation
Salisbury Fund
Fund Raiser
Challenge Scholarship
Public Relations
AV Club
Membership
Rotaract/RYLA
Fellowship
Event Planning
International
Community Projects
Bike Ride