March 15 Meeting Notes

Announcements

Welcome guests Mark & Maryam Van Horne.

Thanks to Milt, Kevin, Marcy and Wayne for setup and cleanup.

Grant update - we have been approved for a $10,000 district matching grant.  We have $8000 combined from the 4 area clubs, in which Sunrise contributed $2500.  This grant will be used to help construct the children's corner in the museum.

Trophy for the one who sells the most tickets.

Road Apple Roulette

177 tickets sold at the recent Home Show.  
1270 total tickets sold to date ($6,350).

1 new $500 sponsor (Apple Valley Pumping)

23 members who have sold tickets and/or worked at the two Home Shows.

TRF (The Rotary Foundation) - they are collecting for the Ukraine relief effort.  If you give to TRF you can designate to that cause, or to ShelterBox, a Rotary affiliate that supplies tents and supplies to house up to ten people.

Fellowship coming events include "class with a glass" in April (learn to do a painting and sip some wine), pickleball fun in May, and and evening at Martin Scott Winery in June.

Spring Training - March 19 on zoom.  Free sessions on Rotary topics.

April 9 is Pybus Non-profit Day.  We will have a booth to promote our club, and sell raffle tickets.

Maryam Van Horne (proposed member) showed us samples of "cold porcelain" flowers that she made, and would offer to teach us in a social event at some point.

Brags & Confessions

Wayne said he and Mark had a fun time at the Home Show selling tickets and fraternizing with the Prospector's Club.

Kelly had guests last weekend, and found out she needs to get her passport updated soon.

Zach's daughter had her first birthday.

Alan had a birthday, and CD Community Action Council got $1M funding towards a $4.5M food distribution warehouse project.

Milt's wife had a birthday, and he found some 35mm slides of their wedding day 61 years ago, and had them made into prints.

Craig is back from Burundi where he met with the staff there to plan.  He also got to meet with 20 widows in the vocational program.  His next trip to Burundi will be at the end of April.

Program

Ana Gonzalez, Program Manager of Behavioral Health for the Chelan County Sherriff's Department, talked about her program. Ana has had training in all kinds of mental health counseling and crisis intervention.  She started out as a child advocate, then moved to diversion, mental health care, health and human services, and finally to the sheriff's department.  In her role she spends time in outreach and intervention riding with the patrol officers.  The goal is to divert people from going to jail to getting mental health care and other things they need (food, housing, etc.).  She and the other person in the program are the eyes and ears for social services in our community.  They also train deputies in the signs of mental illness and basic intervention.

After Notes

Wayne's ticket was drawn (for the third time in a row), but the wrong marble was pulled.  More money next week, and fewer marbles.