April 4th Meeting

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

May 30 the Challenge Scholars will be at our club, and Erin and Rani will be presenting the scholarships to the senior recipients at each school's awards nights that week.

The bike ride committee (and anyone else) will meet Friday at Smitty's (7:00 am).

Highway cleanup.  This Saturday our club will be cleaning our 2-mile stretch of the highway.  Meet at 8:00 am at the Hydro Park nearest to town.  Bring gloves and good hiking shoes/boots.

Friday night is the Million Dollar Dinner for the south half of the district.  The goal has been to raise $1M for the Rotary Foundation by having people gift or pledge $10,000.   Most will do this by leaving money through their estate or life insurance, a painless way to keep the Foundation strong into the future.  You can also attend by purchasing tickets for $50 each.  This will be a great opportunity to hear Past RI President, and Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair, Kaylan Banerjee, and learn how lives are being changed by the gifts that we give.  It will also be a time to celebrate what Wenatchee's Past RI President, ED Cadman, did to help start the polio eradication effort in the mid-80s.  Contact Frank Clifton of the Wenatchee Club (919-922-6261) if you would like to contribute or attend.  You can also register at https://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=8ef846ca-8e90-45cb-b5c9-ffd95146d50d

Board Meeting, April 10 at Wild Huckleberry (7:00 am).

PUB Social on Wednesday, April 12 at Columbia River Brewery (5:30).  Come enjoy the friendships and have some fun.  This is also where some of our best ideas get started.







PROGRAM:

Lee Hendrickson and fiancee Amber talked about their trip around the world last year.   They saved,
planned, house sat, camped in their car, and traveled to many locations around the world for a year on a total cost of about $16,000. That's living smart and simple.

They started across the US in January, 2106 to Maine, where they spent over 2 months.  Then they filled their backpacks and headed to Asia for 6 months.  There they house sat in China, and visited Russia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.  Next they headed across to Norway, to see the places where Lee's decedents are from, and then back to Wenatchee.