January 28 Meeting Notes

The Board approved Sam Mack, Classification Accounting as a new member.  If no objection by club members within 7 days we will go ahead and make Sam an official member.

Announcements

The memorial service for Greg Lyons will be March 7, 2:00 at the United Methodist Church in Wenatchee.  Memorials in Greg's name can given to the Washington Apple Educational Foundation.  The cub is contributing, but if you would like to do so individually, the address is:
   Washington Apple Education Foundation
   2900 Euclid Ave.
   Wenatchee, WA  98801
Rebecca wanted our members to know that she is so grateful for the meals, love, and support during this time.

Craig Reese is leaving for Burundi March 7 to find a Rotary club there to partner with us on a TRF grant.  He would love to have a couple members of our club travel there with him next fall to help explore this.

Wayne will be meeting anyone interested in a tour of the Future Flight Museum in Everett at the museum on March 7.  Contact him if interested.

Brags & Confessions

John Schapman's son was in a spelling bee
Jim & Carol contributed to the challenge scholarship fund for their birthdays
Erik H is going to Vegas with his wife for her birthday
Jim & Carol are going to San Antonio & Waco for Carol's birthday
Matt Eastman's wife is now on crutches (runs in the family)

Sgt. at Arms, Erik, decided to have everyone pay a "happy buck" and state something they were happy for.

Program

Challenge Scholarship chairs, David Barshes and Craig Reese, presented information on the new policies for our scholarship program.  Over the last 25 years we have selected 58 recipients.  78% have graduated from high school.  Of those graduates 31% used the full college scholarship, and 56% used part of the scholarship funding.
David went over the mission statement, vision, and values of our program.  The main changes and key points include:

• More involvement and interaction with high school counselors
• More student accountability in working with our mentors
• A $300/semester incentive for good progress, community service, and meeting with mentors
• 8 students chosen each year as sophomores, with 2 of those being selected for the college scholarship their senior year
• club will fund $10,000 for semester incentives each year (8 juniors, 8 seniors)
• Community Foundation (Salisbury Fund) will fund $20,000 for post high school tuition for 2 kids for 2 years