June 20 Meeting Notes

 

June 20 Meeting Notes

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

National Hike with a Geek Day

Guests:

• Mina
• Sondra (Kathleen's Toastmaster's friend)

Announcements

Goathead Warriors

• Moved to July

Road Apple Roulette Funds

• Two Awards
• $2000 to Grace House
• $500 to Apple Blossum Festival - Queen's scholarship
• $1000 to Pybus - Travis left a City Council Meeting to receive the funds

Bylaws Updated

• A vote was held to approve the updated Bylaws
• They were unanimously approved

July 4th and 5th Fundraiser - Volunteers needed

• July 4th - Parking at the Toyota Center - Contact Earl
• July 4th - Pie eating contest - 3 people needed for 1 HR
• July 5th - Park cleanup team

July 15th - Glass Recycling Event - 10am to 2pm - Grace Lutheran Church

• The recycling is for glass re-use of unbroken bottles.
• No broken or cracked glass will be accepted.
• This event is a test to identify the level of need in the Wenatchee community

Wenatchee Wild moving to the Western Hockey League

• The change will reduce the travel distance and cost for the team
• This league is a step up in skill level 
• The players at this level are aspiring to the NHL instead of college hockey.
• The players receive a $50 per week stipend which disqualifies them from playing college hockey
• This league has 8 more games per season
• Concessions will likely change from 2 food booths to 4
• This means there is a substantial fundraising opportunity
• The confluence club raised $51,000 last year

Recognition for Club Contribution for the last year - Presented by Robin

• Mark Van Horne - Joker (His Jokes for the meetings)

• Glenn King - I.T. Guru

Brags and Confessions

Wayne Massing

• Wayne won the $793 raffle at the changeover BBQ
• He donated some of those funds to 2 Rotary District Governers from Europe
• He shared banners that he exchanged with other clubs in Australia during the Global Conference
• He also got to spend time with his 2-year-old granddaughter.

Craig Reese

• Craig has been working toward an international Rotary project in Barundi
• He has needed to get a sponsor club in Barundi as well as other support
• He found a partner club and has a meeting to discuss the project
• This is a major step forward for his project

Chris McDarment

• His son Brian graduated from Central Washington University

Allie Schank

• The Apple Sox are off to a roaring start. Their record is 12-4.
• There are 2 home games on Fri 6/23 and Sat 6/24

Program - Ray Dobbs and Jeff Kimball

Board Members of the North Central Education Foundation

Left: Ray Dobbs        Center: Chris McDarment        Right: Jeff Kimball

Ray Dobbs, North Central Education Foundation Board Member

Ray Dobbs had a career of over 40 years in the City of Chelan, in radio, banking and as a small business owner. He was a Planning Commissioner and Councilmember for City of Chelan for 15 years and Treasurer for Historic Downtown Chelan Assn for 5 years. He also served on the Wenatchee and Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce boards. He has been a Rotarian since 1982 and served two terms as president of Chelan Rotary. Dobbs and his wife Kathryn have been married 50 years. They have five adult children who all graduated from Chelan Valley schools, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Jeff Kimbell, North Central Education Foundation Board Member

Jeff Kimbell is a native of Everett and raised his family in Woodinville, before moving to Wenatchee with his wife, Kim. He is proud to come from a three-generation family of teachers. However, Jeff spent his career in operations and program management and consulting. He currently volunteers to support youth and education through Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Discovery Center, Youth Dynamics’ Stonewater Adventure Center, Columbia Break Fire Interpretive Center, Serve Wenatchee Valley and Westside High School.

Ray and Jeff presented a very inspiring overview of the mission of the North Central Education Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on helping teachers to purchase the supplies needed to deliver unique programs for their students.

The Foundation first provided a forum for educators to submit applications for funding. The Foundation provides $300 for each approved application.

The goal is to procure funding through businesses, charitable organizations like Rotary International, and individuals. With these funds, they hope to be able to approve every application each year.

This year they are planning to experiment with allowing teachers to pool their projects. For example, if 5 teachers want to share a project, they can submit their application together to receive $1,500.

The presentation included videos from teachers that have benefitted from prior funding from the North Central Education Foundation (NCEF).

Our club was lucky enough to be the first club to hear Ray and Jeff present their support for the education of our students in four counties in North Central Washinton.

Both presenters have been involved in the community as board members and/r leaders in several areas. We thank them for their service.

Thanks to Chris for recommending this excellent organization.

Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation. 

Click on the "all black" slides in the presentation to view the videos from the teachers themselves.

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The raffle was $11. Sherry did not draw the winning marble.

Rotary Anniversaries

• Kaitlyn Vanweerdhuizen - June 5th - 4 years
• Stacy Gold                       - June 7th - 1 year
• Rebecca Lyons                 - June 21st - 4 years
• Wayne Steele                    - June 28th - 1 yea