Meeting Notes August 14th

Announcements:

• Kathleen McNalty handed out backpacks at Westside HS.
  
• A big thank you to John and Betsy McDarment for hosting the All Area Club BBQ.   About 85 people attended despite it being one of the hottest days of the year.  Thank goodness for the pool!
• Jim Adamson announced that every time you bring a guest (children and spouses excluded), you will be entered into a quarterly drawing!
• Come to every meeting for 6 months and get a $10.00 gift card!  If you miss a meeting, be sure to attend a make-up meeting to maintain your perfect attendance!
• Wayne Massing reported that the Gorge fundraiser raised $1556.22 for the club for just one weekend.  If you want to help out at Dave Matthews or Def Leppard/Journey, let Wayne know.
• Save the Date of August 24th for a tentative pool party at the Massing residence!  Details coming soon.
• On September 13th at 12:00, Gil Sparks is hosting an all Rotary meeting regarding the challenges of health care in rural areas.   The event will be at the Pybus Event Center and is catered by Columbia Cafe.   There will be no Sunrise meeting that week, all Sunrisers are encouraged to attend this event.
• Matt Eastman announced that on Tuesday, August 28th, Westside School is having a back to school bash and our club is helping with clean-up from 8:00-9:00 p.m.  Sign up with Matt.
• Kathleen McNalty reminded everyone to look for Rotary invoices in their spam folder.

Brags and Confessions:

• PJ said his mom's memorial was great and then afterwards he headed to France to ski a glacier.
• Chris McDarment said that Brian successfully made it to Thailand.
• Carol Adamson attended her 50th Class Reunion.  Also, her grandson attended an amazing camp for children who have lost parents and he had a great time.
• Alan Walker celebrated his Daughter's 27th birthday
• Lisa Parks went fly fishing and successfully caught and released her own fish!

Program:

Erik Skansgaard came to discuss Trueblood Diversion, a program assisting those in the jail system with mental health issues.  Trueblood has a goal to intervene with those who are mentally ill to keep them out of jail or, when they are in jail, to help them get psychiatric treatment in a timely manner.

You can read more about the program in this article.