July 26 Meeting Notes

 

July 26 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests: Carly Segerster (Out-going Youth Exchange Student). - She will be living in Denmark for one year.

     Note: Incoming Youth Exchange Students - Francesca Rosario from Chile

Carley and our youth exchange chair, Joel Banken

Meeting Leader - Craig (covering for Robin who was in Walla Walla on zoom)

Invocation - Ruth

Announcements

Goathead Warriors - Successful event this year. Doug Paley is responsible for the program, and he said that Sunrise Rotary is the only organization to ever participate.

Saturday at 7:00 am - clean out bike storage unit - help needed.

Wenatchee Museum - They are building an area for kids called "Coyote Corner". They received a grant to set up the area but they need a couple of people to help set up some of the furniture.  Contact Kathleen if you can help.

Pangborn Festival of Flight - Saturday August 6th. Sunrise Rotary will be there from 9-1. There will be shade and water available. Volunteers needed.

Farmers Market - August 20th - Rotary will have a booth and will need volunteers.

Sunrise Rotary Social - Saturday 8/27 at Wayne Massing's Home - All are welcome. Bring an appetizer and your own drinks. Children are also welcome. More details to come.

Brags and Confessions

Wayne Massing - Wayne took a 2-day trip with others and had a great time.

Robin DeRock - Robin, Woody and Blake Baldwin are in Walla Walla at the Port Commission Meeting. Blake's parents are there as well. They all had a great 6 course, wine matched meal that was outstanding.

Rebecca - Rebecca unfortunately hit her head on the tailgate of a GMC Yukon. She ended up with a concussion and has three staples to heal to wound. 

Little Essentials Food Basket - We are still accepting shelf stable and canned food items. Robin will pick up the donations at each meeting.

Auction - Two of John McDermott's Rotary Jackets were sold. A 2xl went to Robin for $50. An XL went to Glenn King for $20.

Program - 35th Annual Sunrise Rotary Apple Century Bike Ride - 9/10/2022

The Bike Ride is a fundraiser for Challenge Scholarship Program and other club programs. A large number of volunteers will be needed.

Website: www.wenatcheesunriserotary.org

Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Apple-Century-Bike-Ride

Alan Walker is the project lead for this year's Bike Ride. The ride includes routes covering 25, 50, and 100 miles. 

• 80% of the participants in the past have completed the entire 100-mile course.
• Pre-registration will be $60-$80
• Registration the day of the race will be $70-$90.
• The ride begins at Walla Walla state park at 6AM on 9/10/2022.

Alan gave a detailed account of what it takes to put on the Bike Ride.

• Permits for the route and the shutting down of roads are required by the WSDOT.
• Flyers need to be distributed to every possible location to hit the 400-participant goal for this year's race.
• There are 8 sponsors so far. More sponsors are needed. Please approach organizations that you think might be interested.
• There will be SAG wagons and Pit Stops for the riders at key locations along the route.
• Pit Stop locations include Lake Wenatchee, Leavenworth, and others.
• SAG wagons will have bike parts, medical supplies, and other misc items to help riders in need.
• Vehicles (2 people per vehicle) will be needed to drive the route to assist riders as needed.
• The ride ends in Walla Walla Park. There will be beer and dinner served. A number of volunteers will be needed.
• The club meeting on 8/23 will be dedicated to putting together goody bags.
• The route setup and preparation dates include Wed 9/7 thru Fri 9/9.
• PJ has been setting up the route since the first ride. This will be his last year so we will need someone to help him and take good notes to transfer his knowledge to the next Bike Ride. 
• Supplies for the ride are stored at OHME gardens. Contact Alan for details.
• Help is needed for PJ on Wed and Thurs. Robin volunteered.
• Signs, cones, arrows on the roads along the route, etc.
• 9/11 will be the day that all of the signs and other route markers will need to be picked up. Help is needed.

Signup sheets are available, and the club will continue to recruit needed volunteers at each meeting.

Aug 6th - Pangborn Festival of Flight - Rotary will be there from 9am to 1pm. Please signup if you can help that day.

Aug 20th - Farmer's Market - Rotary volunteers needed.

Aug 27th - Pool party at Wayne Massing's home. More details to come.

September 7 - 11 - Bike Ride Setup (9/7 - 9/9), Race Day (9/10), Race Clean Up (9/11)

September 21 - World Peace Day at Rotary Park at 5:00

No raffle winner this week! The pot's getting bigger!

Meeting Notes - July 19

 

July 19 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests: No guests 

Challenge Scholarship Guests: Michelle - Current Challenge Scholar, Anna (Mother), Dan - Counselor, Paula - Counselor, Faviola Barbosa - 1st Challenge Scholar

Announcements

The $5 Apple Sox game - Wednesday night 7/20. Tickets handed out at the meeting or available at the game.

Committee sheets were placed on the walls and Robin "encouraged" everyone to find a place on one of the sheets or she might find a spot for everyone. :)

The next Bike Ride meeting is 7/26 at 5pm at the Hilton Garden Inn in the bar area.

The Goathead Warrior event is scheduled for Saturday at 7am. More volunteers needed or the event will have to be cancelled.  Meet at Mission View Elementary (Terminal Street entrance).

Aug/Sept/Oct - Greeters and Invocation volunteers needed. See "Karen the Clipboard" for the openings.

Aug 27th - Pool party at Wayne Massing's home. More details to come.

Project ideas for the new year are needed. Please give your ideas to Robin.

Canned and shelf stable food items are still being collected for food bank.

 

Brags and Confessions

Jim announced that the Rotary Peace Pole project is on track. The city provided a $50,000 grant to help with the project.

Robin shared that Ron Griffith (a veteran and Rotary member) passed away. $125 is needed to honor his passing. Robin, Alan, and Wayne contributed $25 each to the fund.

Rebecca shared that she just got back from a conference in Washington D.C. The first in-person conference since Covid.

Alan had a family get together that included one of the former exchange students from Sweden (and her son). 

Amber announced that she has left the Humane Society and is now the Program Manager for Hope Source in Wenatchee.

Ruth shared that her daughter has been accepted to the Peace Corps. She will be spending 27 months in Cameroon in Africa.

Paul Harris Fellow Award

Robin presented Kevin Love with his Paul Harris Fellow Award (3) for the past year. It included 2 rubies to represent his past contributions.

Main Program - Rotary Challenge Scholarship Presentation

The following people presented the experience Michelle (this year's Challenge Scholar), her mother (Anna), her mentors (Jim and Carol), and her counselors (Dan and Paula) have had over the past couple of years on Michelle's path to success.              

Left to right: 

Dan (Intervention Specialist/Counselor)

Paula (Counselor)

Anna (Mother)

Michelle (Challenge Scholar)

Jim and Carol - (Mentors)

Faviola Barbosa, Phd- 1st Ever Challenge Scholar Recipient

Favuiola is a WSU graduate with her Master's, and Phd.

Dr. Faviola Barbosa works for the Washington Apple Education Foundation and provides scholarships to qualified candidates.

The Challenge Scholar Program is comprised of 8 students chosen by the counselors and teachers at from High School's in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee.

Sophomores at risk of not finishing high school are selected for a 2-year cohort.

The program mentors from Sunrise Rotary include Katie, Earl, Ruth, Robin, David, Wayne, and Jim & Carol.

Each student is assigned a mentor or mentors. 

During the 2-year cohort, each student can earn a stipend each quarter.

They are required to meet twice with their mentors.

They must complete 4 hours of community service.

They must pass all of their classes.

Michelle earned $825 over her junior and senior years.

                                                                                      

4 of the 8 students in the cohort graduated on time at the end of the program.

Left to right: 

Michelle - Current Challenge Scholar

Anna - Michelle's mom

Michelle joined the 2020 cohort. At the time she had 2 credits of the 24 credits she needed to graduate from Eastmont.

In Michelle's junior year she earned 16 credits.

In her senior year she earned 18 credits. 

She received 4 credits for passing the Washington State Seal of Literacy Test.

Michelle surprised everyone involved by not only graduating, but graduating early with more credits than she needed.

Michelle's principal said that Michelle's comeback was the best he had ever seen.

Her nickname at school is "The Comeback Kid".

Michelle won an award for her accomplishments.

The award is given to only one student each year.

Michelle was the recipient out of a class of more than 400 Eastmont students.

Michelle is the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from Sunrise Rotary.

She is considering working in the medical field.

She has been working at Davita helping people receiving Dialysis.

She is thinking about a nursing career plus working as a mid-wife.

A new cohort will be formed this fall and mentors are needed.

Mark your calendars

July 23rd - "Goathead Warriors" sign up available

July 26th - Bike Ride Meeting, 5:00 @ Hilton Garden Inn

Aug 27th - Pool party at Wayne Massing's home. More details to come.

September 21 - World Peace Day at Rotary Park at 5:00

No raffle winner this week! The pot's getting bigger!

July 12 Meeting Notes

 

July 12 Meeting Notes

Welcome guests Allen Blackmon, Kyle Vireck 

Challenge Scholarship Guests: Faviola Barbosa - 1st Challenge Scholar, Colin - Current Challenge Scholar, Jeff Ward (Father), Trisha Nash (Mother), Graham Stansbery (Colin's teacher)

Announcements

President Robin's first meeting at Pybus.

Thanks to everyone who worked on the 4th of July parking, and the 5th of July park clean up.

Committee sign-up sheets were hung on the walls for the coming years projects.

Robin introduced "Karen the Clipboard". It was passed around for sign-up for $5 tickets to the July 20th Apple Sox game.

We are accepting donations of canned and shelf stable food for Central Pantry. They will distribute donations to area food banks with the most need.

Alan gave an update on the bike race. 

- He has Wenatchee Valley Brewing on board to sponsor beer for the bike race. 

- The next meeting for the Bike Race will be 7/26. PJ (a previous club member) will be helping again with the race again this year.

No Rotary at Farmer's Market on Saturday July 16th.

A test of online enrollment for volunteer opportunities will be starting soon. More info to come.

Invoices will be sent this week.

Work will be done with honoring Rotary veterans who have passed. More to come.

 

Brags and Confessions

Jackie announced that she is now the Bergdorf Winery Manager.

Mansour shared that he will turning 80.

Craig has a new granddaughter in Snohomish.

Chris's brothers visited from San Antonio and Jordan.

Ruth shared that she had a rough trip to Canada with her 96-year-old mother-in-law. She went to a Chris Stapleton concert and a wedding. 

Eric is going to be a grandpa and he will be selling his home. He plans to move to his cabin in Chelan.

Jim is celebrating 34 years in Rotary. He and Carol had a family reunion with 30 people at Fish Lake.

Main Program - Rotary Challenge Scholarship Presentation

David and Craig were co-chairmen for the program.

The following people presented the experience Colin, his family, his mentors, and his counselor have had over the past couple of years on Colin's path to success.              

Left to right: 

Trisha Nash (Mother)

Jeff Ward (Father)

David - Co-chairman of the Program

Colin - Current Challenge Scholar

Teacher/Counselor Graham Stansbery from Westside High School

The program is comprised of 8 students chosen by the counselors and teachers at Westside High School in Wenatchee.

                                                                                      

Sophomores at risk of not finishing high school are selected for a 2-year cohort.

Colin joined the 2020 cohort.

Mentors included Katie, Earl, Ruth, Robin, David, Wayne, and Jim & Carol.

4 of the 8 students in the cohort graduated on time at the end of the program.

Left to right: 

Colin - Current Challenge Scholar

David - Co-chairman of the Program

 Faviola Barbosa, Phd- 1st Ever Challenge Scholar Recipient

Favuiola is a WSU graduate with her Master's, and Phd.

Dr. Barbosa (Faviola) works for the Washington Apple Education Foundation and provides scholarships to qualified candidates.

Colin was in the top 2 graduates in his cohort and received a $10,000 scholarship. He is considering being a lawyer or a small business owner.

A new cohort will be formed this fall and mentors are needed.

Mark your calendars

July 20th - $5 tickets available to the Apple Sox game

July 23rd - "Goathead Warriors" sign up available

July 26th - Bike Ride Meeting, 5:00 @ Hilton Garden Inn

September 21 - World Peace Day at Rotary Park at 5:00

No raffle winner this week! The pot's getting bigger!

The week of June 29 - July 5 in Review

This blog will be mostly pictures of the events of the past week.  Be sure to scroll all the way to the end to see all the pictures.  We did have a short meeting Tuesday after cleaning the park to announce a few things.

In the coming weeks, we ask members to bring non-perishable food, toiletries, personal items, etc. that we will be donating to "Little Essentials Pantry".  This place disburses goodies to different needy people and facilities in the area.

Two of our Challenge Scholars and their families will be the program the next two weeks.  These two have been selected to receive the $10,000 scholarships out of this year's group that we have mentored.  Come meet these remarkable students and hear the stories that led to their successful journey to graduation.

July 16 will be the next Pybus takeover (7:30-1:00).  We will also be helping with the kids crafts there from 9:00-11:00.

July 23 will be a Goathead Warrior project to collect this nuisance weed in an area of Wenatchee or East Wenatchee.  We'll be getting sign-ups at our next two Tuesday meetings.  This will be a fun and beneficial project that we can bring friends and families to.

The pictures below represent some of the action at the District Governor changeover dinner in Leavenworth, where we celebrated Richard and Robin DeRock for their two years of service, and welcomed DG Karl Reuther and wife Denise (Leavenworth Rotary Club) as the new District Governor.  Kathleen, and Jim & Carol attended from our club (and of course, Robin).

On July 4, several members collected money from people parking at the Town Toyota Center.  Thanks to Kathleen, Earl, Katie, Chris, Robin, Alan, Milt, Wayne M, Glenn, Rebecca, and Jim & Carol.

Also, that afternoon, our club sponsored the Pie Eating Contest at the park.  Robin got the pies and prizes, & awarded $25 gift certificates to the winning adult and kid.  Stacy was there to help out, and we even had a couple of our "Friends of Rotary" volunteer to help.  Cheers to Mustafa, Diana, and Gabby.

On Tuesday, July 5, we met at Walla Walla Point Park to clean up the trash, and have a short meeting, President Robin's first of her term.  Thanks to Shari for getting food and beverages there.  Cleanup went fast with so many helping hands.  Thanks to Stacy & friend Alan B, Alan W, Kathleen & Steve, Glenn, Joel, Wayne M, Wayne S, Robin, Mark, Bill, Milt, Chris, and Jim & Carol for rounding up all the trash.  Sorry if I missed anyone.

June 28 Meeting Notes

This was Kathleen's last meeting as our President.  Job well done.  Thanks for your leadership, energy, organization, and dedication to Rotary.

We welcomed guests Alan Blackman (Stacy's guest) and Rachael Hansen (program) today.

Announcements

July 4th parking lot attendants are needed at the Town Toyota Center.  A sign up sheet was sent around again to fill the slots.  

Our July 5th meeting will be at Walla Walla Park at 7:00 am.  Coffee, water, and food will be available.  We'll spend some time cleaning up the park.  This has been fun in the past, and doesn't take much time at all with a good group to canvas the area.

John gave a summary of the last Board meeting.  Topics discussed were eliminating the VP position, designating a plaque in honor of John and Betsy McDarment from our club in the coming Peace Pole area at Rotary Park ($5000), a summary of the Challenge Scholars' progress, preparing for our inbound youth exchange student, and possibly replicating the Chelan Rotary glass recycling project in Wenatchee.

Jackie gave a recap of the Pybus Takeover and Pet Parade on June 18.  We may look into a trying a different weekend with less community activities going on next year. Highlights were the Wild Coyote, prizes, and the photo booth.  The next pet parade will be at Halloween.

New member induction - Wayne Steele

Wayne was born in Butte, MT.  He married wife Chris in 1973, and they have three grown children.  Wayne worked as a marine machinist and mid-level manager in the Seattle shipyards until 1986, when he went to Boeing as a machinist, followed by 19 years in management.  Wayne retired in 2014, but has been busy with several volunteer organizations over the years.  He sees Rotary as another way to give back to the community and help improve conditions, future skills, and mental health of the children and adults of this world.  In his spare time Wayne likes home projects, woodworking, golfing, fishing, reading and traveling.  We're glad to have him in our club.

Brags and Confessions

Kathleen and Steve did the Chelan Rotary wine ride last Saturday, and attended the Monday Mariner's game in Seattle.

Robin gave us a sad note that two bike riders in the Chelan Rotary ride died of heart attacks Saturday and the club is devastated.  Please reach out to the Chelan Club.

Alan gave kudos to DG Richard DeRock, who stepped in to induct our new officers at the changeover dinner last Tuesday.

Carol and Jim celebrated their 50th anniversary, and their daughter got married last weekend.

Rebecca went to Olympia to spend time with her parents.

Program

Chris introduced Rachel Hansen, PUD Senior Communications Strategist, and the two of them talked about how the Chelan County PUD is working to reduce wildfire threats from PUD systems.  In trying to balance safety with reliability, they have gone through a process of planning involving a few stages:

1. fire risk assessment
2. fire mitigation actions
3. 2001 lessons learned
4. 2022 recommendations

The PUD got input from the community and customers, and sent social media messages, as well as conducted a public outreach campaign.  There is an increasing risk of fire every year.   Plans are to have pre-season fire meetings, have responders and resources ready.  They will assess fire fuels, weather, topography, and transmission and distribution, poles and substations.  They created a baseline risk score for each geographical area, and will fireproof and maintain poles, replace some wood poles with steel poles, remove vegetation under powerlines, and shut down power periodically during extremely windy, dry conditions.

After Notes

Robin's ticket was drawn, but not the right marble.  The pot is starting small, but will grow each week.

Remember - next Tuesday's meeting will be at 7:00 am at Walla Walla Point Park.  

Pictures from the Pet Parade.  Thanks to Kathleen, Jackie, Ruth, Alan, Woody, Robin, Marcy, Allie, Glenn, Zach, and Kevin and Lynn (and anyone I may have missed) for helping at Pybus and the Pet Parade.