May 24 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests Carly Sagerser (our outbound youth exchange student), Stacy Gold (soon to be inducted as new member), Wayne Fields, and Mastafa Jibrin.

We met in the small room and had a full house, with President-elect leading the meeting.

Announcements

Bike ride meeting was changed to next Tuesday (May 31) at the Hilton, 5:00.

Changeover dinner June 21.  Come to the BBQ at the museum, help celebrate a great year, roast Kathleen and bring in Robin DeRock as our next president.

Earl gave a wrap up of the first annual Road Apple Roulette (RAR) Raffle.  We first watched the entertaining play-by-play video recording the horses coming down the parade route, and the first poop to drop on section 4.  Thirty-two of our members were involved in selling tickets or working our booth at events.  2,649 tickets were sold that brought in $13,245.  With the sponsorships (thanks to Earl), and after giving away $12,000 in prize money, and paying other raffle related expenses, we cleared over $6500!!  Amazing!  A HUGE thanks to Earl for spearheading this project from start to finish.  

Earl presented awards to the top ticket sellers.  Kathleen (online) was first with over 400 sold.  Carol and Jim as a couple (mostly Carol) sold over 500.  Earl sold over 200, Wayne over 150, and Eric 104.

Brags and Confessions

Ruth survived her senior recital, with some of her students dropping out with health issues.  It was also her birthday (which someone else had to announce).

Joel's son, Isaiah, is getting married on September 10.  He and Julie are hosting a Rotary exchange student from Chile in August. We need one more host family (the 2nd) for our incoming student from Argentina.

Robin caught up on her sleep after the district conference, and she and Richard head to the Rotary International Convention in Houston next week.

Amber is organizing fundraisers for the Humane Society.  The first is a spaghetti dinner at Blueberry Hill in Manson on June 11.  The second is a golf tournament at Three Lakes on June 18.

Program

Kathleen introduced Cari Horning, the North Central Educational Service District (NCESD) Career Connected Learning Specialist.  Her job is working with schools to help get kids connected to local careers.  Cari works in the Grant County area, but Chelan/Douglas has a person in the same role.

The focus is on career awareness, preparation, exploration, skills, training, and education.  They create experiences between high school students and local industries by setting up tours, guest speakers, occupational exploration, job shadows, internships and apprenticeships.  Cari showed a short video on the importance of applying for financial aid.

After notes

Wayne's ticket was drawn, but not the right marble.  Pot will be around $400. 

Next week's program will be a business meeting with a review of our goals and accomplishments.