February 7, 2023 Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.

Today is National Periodic Table Day

Rotary Guests: 

• Laurie Flarity-White - Wenatchee (Downtown) Club
• Isaiah Banken - Former Sunrise Rotary Exchange student (Thailand) and Rotex Co-President

Guests: 

• Michelle Sadewasser - Eastmont
• Emily Hensley - Project Search Intern
• Jody Hensley - Project Search (Parent)
• Tina Gorman - Project Search
• Terry Brown - Project Search Teacher

Announcements

Jackie Rector - Grace House Valentines Day

• Third year in a row
• 23 women and 12 children
• Meet at Hellbent Brewery at Pybus Thursday 5-6pm
• Jackie will be picking up final gifts
• $20 Gifts - Please bring in gift bag or wrapped
• Mom's - Ideas - Toiletries, Lotions, Shampoo, etc
• Children - Ages will be available next meeting

Kathleen/Earl - Road Apple Roulette Raffle Tickets Available and Distributed

• Home Show February 4th+5th
• 441 tickets sold!
• Allie is handing out tickets for people with names A thru L
• Wayne Massing is handing out tickets for people with names M thru Z
• Each club member will receive 50 tickets to sell
• Reminder - Must be 18 to purchase

Mark - Suite - Wenatchee Wild game - March 18th at 6:05pm - Suite 214

Breakfast 

• Robin wil be sending an email each Friday with the information needed to order breakfast sandwiches or wraps
• If ordered and not in attendance, the charge will be added to your invoice
• Business After Hours Meeting at the PAC 2/23/23 5-7pm

Paul Harris Award - Kathleen received the award with 4 sapphires

• This award is given to club members that donate $1000 or more to the Rotary Foundation
• Each additional $1000 receives an extra jewel
•  1 - 4 are sapphires
•  5 is a ruby

Francisca (Our current exchange student)

• She is a member of the Interact Club at Wenatchee HS
• The club is screening a movie at the Wenatchee HS Auditorium
• February 10th at 6:45pm
• The movie is "The Breadwinner"
• Rasing funds for displaced Afghani families relocating to Wenatchee

Brags and Confessions

Robin

• The follies at the PAC was excellent
• Woody did a great job and mentioned the Rotary at the event

Ruth

• She traveled to Phoenix and Tucson
• She went to the Puma Museum 
• She met a WWII Pilot that made 15 bombing runs before being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war
• She got a picture and a book autographed

Kelly

• They went to the Follies
• She then took their daughter and granddaughters to Lake Roosevelt

Kathleen

• Unfortunately Kathleen lost her dog unexpectedly recently
• Our thoughts and prayers are with Kathleen

Woody

• He explained why he has missed a number of weeks recently
• He and his wife celebrated their 10th anniversary
• They got a new dog named Rufus
• The PAC Follies were attended by 2100 people
• The annual report for the PAC runs from 8/1 to 7/31
• The past year 71 events (56 at the PAC) put on by a staff of 6 people
• This year has already seen 62 events
• Ryan Stiles from Whose Line Is It Anyway will be coming to Wenatchee

Program - Michelle Sadewasser, Transition Coordinator, Special Education

Michelle is the leader of the first Project Search program in the Wenatchee Valley.

82% of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities do not have a paid job in their communities.

Project Search was established to help young people with disabilities gain the skills they need to get meaningful jobs. There are 732 sites in 10 countries and 48 US states. They have served 38,641 people since 2010.

The project measures success by making sure that 100% of Project Search Graduates get paying jobs for 16+ hours/week.

Stemilt has established the program in their Wenatchee location. Click here to read about their role in the program. 

Here is a flyer to provide an overview of the program at Stemilt.

There are 7 interns in the Stemilt program. (There were 8 but one already has a job.) The interns are treated like employees. 

Here is Robin with intern Emily Hemsley. She is currently part of the Stemilt project. She presented her schedule.

They get on Link Transit in the morning to be at Stemilt in time to clock in and begin their day. 

• 7:30-8:30 Eligibility Skills Curriculum
• 9:00-1:00 Internship (Each in different departments.)
• Lunch
• 1:00-2:00 Review, Reflect, Plan & Journal their day
• 2:00         Depart via Link Transit or Link Plus

Emily is part of Special Olympics. She loves Basketball, Swimming, Softball, Bowling, and she will be participating in the Wenatchee Polar Plunge on March 3rd.

The Stemilt Project established a Business Advisory Council to oversee the program. Here are the guidelines for anyone interested in establishing a project in their business.

Michelle and the rest of the team is planning for the Stemilt Project to be the first of many in the Wenatchee area. 

Raffle 

Glenn King did not win the raffle this week.  $282 dollars and growing!

Joke of the Week

I had a great childhood. Dad used to roll me downhill in a tire. Those were the good years.

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