August 17 Meeting Notes

Carol and Jim Adamson led the meeting today in Kathleen's absence, although she was able to attend via zoom.  After the pledge, invocation, and howdys, Carol explained the reason for her western attire.  The club program today would be a committee "Roundup", where members would have a chance to sign up for a couple committees they wanted to be involved with this year.

Announcements

Habitat for Humanity clean-up project is this Saturday, August 21 from 7:30-10:30 or so.  The address is 750-752 S. Chelan (near Chelan and Lewis).  Bring gloves, hoes  and or shovels.  We will be doing yard clean up in preparation for sod. Those who that signed up are: Bill McDowell, Zack Pauw, PJ, Ruth Dagg , David Barshes, Earl Crowe. Snacks with be provided.

Pybus Farmer's Market takeover is also Saturday from 8:00 - 1:00.  If you didn't already sign up for either of these projects you can just show up. Wear Rotary attire, if you can.

The back-to-school clothes and supplies giveaway was very successful last Saturday.  Several of our Rotarians volunteered in the heat to help with traffic control and distribution.  Over 1000 kids are now ready for school.  The event was sponsored by Columbia Valley Community Health and Serve Wenatchee Valley.

Breakfast change possible. Over the next few weeks we will try breakfast goodies from Little Red's Bakery and Expresso (in the north Pybus parking lot).  The type of food, beverage, and pricing will be similar.  The switch would allow us more flexibility in ordering, and the food would be hotter.

Board meeting update:

• donating $250 to hospital Snuggle Buddies program;
• still exploring the project of cleaning up the service club sign board at the north Wenatchee entrance;
• background checks for mentors and other youth volunteers will have a process shortly;
• we are planning to support the Wenatchee Rotary Club by donating an item to their auction in January. It may be something like hosting a big dinner for the high bidder.

Brags & Confessions

• Robin and Richard have their COVID tests scheduled so they can get to Canada for club visits.
• Earl is back from a great trip to Hawaii, where he and Joy celebrated their 25th anniversary.
• PJ and Cookie spent Sunday night and Monday helping save a house in the 25 Mile Creek fire near Lake Chelan. That house was saved, but 2 of the 6 houses and the saw mill with lots of lumber are gone.  He said that the power of prayer helped save the house.
• Wayne has been busy tending his home while Karen has had to spend much more time with her mom, and coordinating with her care team now that her mom is on hospice.  He has been away for awhile, but continues to serve when he can.

Shotgun Classification

Erik Holmberg gave us answers to the 3-minute question drill from Carol.  I won't summarize his answers since it was so much so fast, but we learned a lot about him. Thanks for sharing, Erik.

Program

Committee Roundup - Committee chairs gave a one minute promotion for their committee, and then time was given for members to sign up for the committees on big Post It notes.  If you missed the meeting, you can let Kathleen know which committee(s) you'd like to serve on.  You can also contact the committee chair.  Committees and chairs are listed below:

Foundation - Dan Rector or John McDarment     

Public Image - Wayne Massing or Chris McDarment

Membership - Kelly Walker or Jim Adamson

Fundraising - Earl Crowe or Pete Blanksma

Bike Ride - Alan Walker

Projects/Community Service - Jackie Rector or Alan Walker

International Service - Craig Reese or Milt Herman

Finance - Sam Mack

Fellowship - Rebecca Lyon or Carol Adamson

Challenge Scholarship - David Barshes or Craig Reese

Youth Exchange - Joel Banken

Robin got a prize for best attire;

Jackie for the most enthusiastic presentation;

Zach for being the first to sign up