November 1st Meeting Notes
National Vinegar Day
Meeting Leader - Robin
Four Way Test
Welcome guests: none
Welcome Rotary Guest: Bealinda Tidd - Wenatchee Confluence
Invocation - Robin
Announcements
October Pet Parade October 29th at 10:30am at the Farmers Market - Jackie Rector
- The event was a success
- Good turnout and enthusiasm
- There were cats, dogs and even a tortoise
- People wore their Halloween costumes
Town Toyota Center Fund Raiser Opportunity
- We can take over serving food at the TTC for a Wenatchee Wild game
- We need 8 people that have their food handlers permit ($10 and 1 hour to get your permit)
- This fundraiser is part of the regular Confluence Club activities. They raise around $2400 per night.
- Robin will be meeting their club on Wednesday to get more information
Night in a Box - Fund Raiser for the Homeless - November 18th
- Earl Crowe is working with Kelly Kennedy and Lighthouse Ministries
- Robin will be spending the night in a box with the Presidents from the other Wenatchee Rotary Clubs
- Please donate at the club meetings
Confluence Club Fundraiser for Polio Plus - Bealinda Tidd
- See's Candy for sale
- Cash or a check made out to Confluence Rotary
Polio Fund Raiser - Paqui 1 chip challenge
- link - 2022 Paqui #OneChipChallenge
- The chip this year is Carolina Reaper Pepper and Scorpion Pepper which both register at over 2 million Scoville Heat Units
- Robin is willing to take the one chip challenge if we collect $500 from our club members
Road Apple Roulette Fund Raiser for Next Year's Parade
- The planning for this event must start right away
- Earl, Kathleen, Robin, Jim and Carol, Jackie, Craig are meeting to define the requirements to hold the second year of this very effective fund raiser
Christmas Presents for Bruce House - 40 kids this year
- There will information on the kids ages, etc.
- Gifts will be collected by "Santa" (who lives in Earl's basement)
Rotary Environmental Focus - Pollinator Garden
- Volunteer Opportunities - November 5th and 19th
- Text for Nov. 5th is here:
- Text for Nov. 19th is here:
I wanted to invite you to share November planting work parties in the Wenatchee Foothills. We’ve never had so many nursery-grown native plants to get tucked into the Foothills before snow flies! All of our plants are native pollinator species. All ages are welcome.
We have an additional Nov. 11th event (flyer attached) with the Wenatchee High School Interact Club. There is no website sign-up- folks email me directly (susan @cdlandtrust.org)
Since 2016, we’ve had club members come plant native nursery-grown seedlings in the Wenatchee Foothills. We want this to be an intergenerational event, and we pair an adult with 1-2 students. We’ve got a group of Downtown Rotary Club members, organized by Allan Galbraith, you come each year. I’d really welcome Confluence Rotary Club members to come. We’ll be hiking off-trail for 15 minutes to a hidden hillside, where we are planting 200 sagebrush and 200 bitterbrush- as future hiding cover and food for wintering mule deer.
Between Dec. 2018-May 2022, the WHS Interact Club raised over $22,099.06 in support of the new Kenzie’s Landing Trailhead in the Broadview Neighborhood. Last July, they presented a check to the mayor at the City Council meeting. $5000 of their donation was used to grown native plants to go around the new trailhead on Nov. 19th. Pretty amazing youth project, that CDLT will celebrate and publicize later this year. Several club members are now seniors, so will get the see the results of their hard-earned donation. City of Wenatchee Parks Dept. Director, Dave Erikson said The years long commitment and dedication by the Wenatchee High School Interact Club to the Kenzie’s Landing Project both by helping raise the funds needed to construct the project and also replant the natural area is greatly appreciated and will leave a lasting legacy for all those who visit in the years to come.
Susan Ballinger, Conservation Fellow (she/her)
Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
Office: 509.667.9708 Cell: 509.669.7820
Brags and Confessions
Kelly Walker
- Kelly and Alan's 15-year-old daughter went hunting and shot a 4+ point buck
- That same night she came home and went to Homecoming
- Also, Alan and Kelly are going to grandparents again
- Wayne decided to masquerade as Wayne Massing at the pet parade by wearing Wayne Massing's Name tag
Jim Adamson
- Jim has officially retired for the third (and final?) time
- He and Carol attended Rotary Training in Canada
- The club there does a fund raiser using Advent Calendar's
- Our club will consider this idea for next year
Wayne Massing
- Wayne and his wife spent time with Mansour and his wife at their home in Oregon - They played a lot of dominoes
- Wayne and his wife then went to the coast to visit Agate Beach
- Wayne's sister is visiting from Spokane
Robin DeRock
- Robin almost hit a deer
Program - Robin DeRock - "We Connect Cards"
Feedback from our survey showed that we are looking for more opportunities to get to know one another.
Robin attended a training that used a game to allow everyone to get to know one another to break the ice. The card game is called "We Connect Cards".
What is it?
A deck of 60 cards that spark conversation and build trust and connection.
- 20 green cards ask questions that are “fun and light”
- 20 blue cards ask questions that are “a bit deeper”
- 20 purple cards ask questions that “encourage self-reflection”
Each person took a card and then looked for someone that had a different color card. Those two ask each other the question from their card and discussed the topic.
Here is a link to the website - We! Connect Cards - We and Me
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Just a Thought
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you are going to live forever.”
- Mahatma Ghandi
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No one won the raffle this week. $135 dollars and growing
Upcoming Events
November 5th - Pollinator Garden
November 19th - Pollinator Garden
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