Saturday, September 9, 2017

September 5th Meeting

Announcements:

The Wenatchee High School Mariachi Band is headed to Washington D.C. to perform in front of Congress.  That are raising money to help send all the kids.  If you would to contribute, click here.

PJ is our Rotarian of the Month!  Thank you for all you do for the club, PJ!

Save the Date:  Make a Difference Day is October 28th.  We will be doing the Highway Litter Clean-Up and can use many hands to make it happen!

Bike Ride Meetings:  Bike Ride Meetings will be held once a month on the 3rd Monday of the month at Bobs Burgers and Brews in East Wenatchee.  5:30ish.  All are welcome!

Brags and Confessions:

Erin McCool celebrated her 10th Wedding anniversary camping.  From their vantage point they were able to see 3 major fires.

Renee Parkins is starting her new job as Marketing Director of the Humane Society.

PJ went to Bozeman to visit his Mom who is getting along quite happily.  He also reunited with his son after several months.

Lisa Parks is finishing up the irrigation at her house on Sunday (tomorrow) and would love some help!

Alan Walker's mom headed to Texas and the kids are headed to Denmark.

Jane Davis is a new aunt.

Jill Courtney is celebrating a birthday!

John McDarment's son was visiting from Miami Beach

Program

Today we were visited by Chris Bailey from the Cayman Island Rotary Group.  He was speaking to us about the Guatemala Literacy Project.

The next trip is coming up in February and there will be two groups:  February 3-11 and 20-25.

The Literacy Project focuses on educating Guatemalan girls to be able to become employed and help their families.  You can sponsor a girl for around $70.00 per month.

To learn more or sponsor a student, click here.

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