March 28 meeting notes

 March 28, 2023, Meeting Notes

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

National Weed Appreciation Day

Rotary Guests: 

• Rachel Evey - Wenatchee (program)

Guests: 

• Bill Ostermire (Wayne M's guest)
• Rosa Pulido (Kathleen's guest)
• Dr. Faimous Harrison (program)

Announcements

Road Apple Roulette

• Non-Profit Day from 10-2 Ticket Sales Booth

Environmental film/Coyote's Corner Museum Murial

• APRIL 6 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  

  Join us on Thursday April 6th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM for our Environmental Film Series featuring
  A Nesting Story discussing hummingbirds.
  Hummingbirds are one of nature’s greatest hits.
  This program highlights the four hummingbird species
  of North Central Washington in a general appreciation of the beauty and biology of hummers. The
  program ends with an exquisite short video: “Celebrate the Anna’s – A Nesting Success Story”.
  Bruce McCammon with the NCW Audubon Society will be our guest speaker for this event.

  Register HERE

District Conference - Robin DeRock

• Only $99 for 3 first time attendees
• Website: Rotaryreimangined.com

Movie Theater Advertisement Begins 4/1/2023 

• This is part of our public advertising campaign for Rotary

Spring Training 4/11 thru 4/13

• Online 5pm to 6:30pm 
• 4 topics each night (casual chat)
• An email will be sent with details

Shelter Box donation to Turkey/Syria earthquake relief

• Sunrise club donated $1,000

Public Event Dinner - May 3rd, 2023

• $25 per person

Brags and Confessions

Wayne Massing

• Went to the Wild game
• He and Mark Van Horne ended up on Kiss Cam (with their wives)
• Turns 66 on 3/29/23.

Kevin Love

• Turns 70 soon.
• He is going to Boise to visit his granddaughter for her 2nd birthday
• He is expecting another grandchild in October

Milt Herman

• He visited his 19-year-old granddaughter
• She is attending Biola University in La Mirida, California
• It was 1st year grandparents day

Program - Rachel Evey and Dr. Faimous Harrison - WVCC

Left to Right: Rachel Evey, Robin DeRock and Dr. Faimous Harrison

Dr. Faimous JL (Johnny Lee) Harrison took office as the thirteenth president of Wenatchee Valley College on Jan 3, 2023.

Harrison brings 32 years of experience in higher education to WVC. He comes to WVC from California State University Stanislaus-Stockton Campus where he served as a dean. Both his previous campus and WVC are federally designated Hispanic-serving institutions. Harrison has more than 20 years of experience working in the Washington state community and technical college system, including as an instructor and student services professional.

A passionate student-teacher-scholar, Dr. Harrison believes in the "Village" or community-centered approach to ensure the success of students, families, workforce, and economic development, and building healthy community ecosystems.

He and his wife, Stacey, have four adult children.

Dr. Harrison's grandmother was a missionary. His mother was the first in his family to complete high school and college. She went on to be a teacher and eventually the President of the National Education Association.

Dr. Harrison is a longtime member of the Rotary. He was part of the Polio effort in Africa.

Rachel Evey is the Executive Director of the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation.

She moved to Wenatchee in 2017 from her hometown of Bakersfield, California. Rachel plays a key role at the Foundation by raising funds to support students and the college. She believes education is an asset that can create a pathway of success for individuals and their communities.

Rachel is involved in a number of community organizations. She is a member of the Wenatchee Rotary, the NCW Estate Planning Council, and the Women's Service League of NCW. She was a part of the 16th class of Community Leadership Wenatchee Valley and was honored in 2019 as a Wenatchee Valley Business World 30 Under 35. Rachel is also a lifetime member and scholarship volunteer with the Cal Aggie Alumni Association.

When she isn't fundraising or bragging about the college, Rachel enjoys doing yardwork, hosting game nights with her friends, cooking dinner for her parents, and hiking with her dog, Douglas.

Rachel and Dr. Harrison presented a fantastic overview of WVC. Included is a $22 million Capital Project to replace an 80-year-old building on the campus.

Dr. Harrison explained that he is in the middle of working with the State and Federal funding/budget. He will be requesting local leaders and business owners to participate in strategy meetings to identify the needs of the community. His history with Rotary means that he is quite aware of the value of working in the community to improve education offerings to provide future workers and leaders for local businesses.

Click Here to see the presentation.

Raffle 

Sherrie did not win the raffle this week.  $384 dollars and growing!

Joke of the Week

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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