October 17, 2023

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Craig Reece

. "Good morning, Sunbeams!"

The Pledge of Allegiance

The Invocation was delivered by Jim Adamson.

October Fund Raiser - Downtown Cleanup - Kathleen/Rebecca

• From 1st to Kittitas
• First activity - 10/10 (Kathleen and Wayne)
• We will be wearing Rotary Gear
• This is a $2,500 contract with the Wenatchee Downtown Association.
• Sign-up sheet - 
• Next date - Wednesday October 18th - 3 to 5pm 
• Meet at Palouse and Wenatchee Ave
• Contact Kathleen McNalty for the other dates in October

Polio Plus Pennies for Polio Booth Every Saturday in October at Pybus

• Here is Jim and Carol working the booth. If you can spend time at the booth, please reach out to Carol. Let's find new members!

Polio Awareness Potluck - Tuesday October 24th @ 6pm
        Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

• Almost 40 years ago, Rotary International took on its first global initiative to rid the world of Poliomyelitis. At the time, the wild polio virus crippled and killed more than 300,000 people each year, mostly children. Today, there have been three reported cases in Pakistan, one of the two countries where the disease still exists (neighboring Afghanistan being the other).
• Rotarians and our global partners are closer than ever to our goal of ridding the world of wild Polio. Our efforts have saved millions of lives in the last three-plus decades and the hope is we can finish the job by the 40th Anniversary of The Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 2028. Help us realize a dream that stated in 1985 when Wenatchee Rotarian Dr. Edward Cadman ed Rotary International and launched PolioPlus.
• The Rotary Clubs of North Central Washington and District 5060 have been at the forefront of this historic effort since the beginning, and we will be there to see it through until the end. Join us for a night of good food, fellowship, information and (of course) fundraising on World Polio Day, Tuesday October 24.
• For more information contact Pete Van Well (pete2@vanwell.net or 509-679-5144).

Exchange Student - Pearl

• I thought since it’s the beginning of October I thought it would be good to send in my September Recap. 
• This month was so amazing and very busy. The first weekend of the month Kermis was in a town close to me, so my host family took me, and we went with the 2 other exchange students in that town and their host families. Kermis is basically a carnival that they pack up and move all around Belgium and it was fairly similar to an American carnival, but it was still very fun. 
• The next weekend was World Clean Up day, so I went with a group of other exchange students to a city called Genk and we picked up litter around a popular walking trail in the city. I think pictures of us made it to the Genk newspaper, but I’m not positive about that. 
• Then the next weekend I visited Antwerpen with all of the exchange students in my district. We got a tour of the old city and ate fries. It’s so incredible to be able to see all the history here. My favorite part was this old garden in the courtyard of one if the museums, it made me feel like I had just time traveled back to a Jane Austen novel. 
• The next day we had to drop off one of my host sisters at her college and I got to explore the town she lives in during the school year. The town is called Lueven and it was so cool. It had a very busy but cozy feel and like so many of the cities here, a lot of preserved history which was fun to learn about. 
• Last weekend, I went with my hosting Rotary club to Leidon in the Netherlands which was another amazing city where we met up with a Dutch Rotary club. We went to a museum which was essentially a tour of the inside of the human body which was very interesting, but I couldn’t take any pictures and another museum with a ton of Egyptian artifacts. I also got to just explore the city a bit and it was beautiful.
• Outside of the weekends I’ve been going to Dutch lessons with a group of other Rotary and AFS exchange students twice a week which I always look forwards to and of course going to school which is also fun. It’s been a great month!

Me and two other exchange students asleep on our bus to Antwerp.

                            Another exchange student and me in Antwerp!

All of the exchange students in Antwerp 

(only some people brought their flags, so I was an honorary citizen of Argentina for the photo)

                                    Pictures from world cleanup day in Genk.

Note: There 6 kids applying for 3 spots for the next youth exchange.

October 28th - Pet Parade at Pybus - October 28th

       Kathleen, Allie, Jennifer, Emma, Woody, Glenn, Marcy

• Photo booth 
• Parade
• Judges
• Partner's
• Rotoract, Challenge Scholars, and others are being asked to volunteer. Please come out and help us enjoy this public event.

Karl French Induction to Sunrise Rotary

• Carl French was born in Hydesville, California. His dad is an Optometrist and Rotarian in Fortuna, CA.
• Carl and his wife Kirsten have been married for 12 years and they have a 4-year-old daughter, Colette. Their family moved to Malaga, WA in July 2022 from Hanford, CA.
• Carl grew up in Hydesville, California; attended Fortuna High School, then the University of California, Davis. He graduated in 2008 with a BS in Animal Science and Enterprise Management. While at UC Davis, Carl was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity and Livestock Judging Team.
• Cart's first job out of college was milking cows at the UC Davis Dairy. After Kirsten graduated, they moved to Hanford where Carl worked for a Pistachio/Almond/Walnut Processing plant, then as an Agricultural Inspector for Tulare County, and now as the Food Safety manager for Dayka & Hackett, a California based Produce producer, importer, and sales organization.
• Carl's hobbies include Fishing, Golf, Sailing, Skiing, and arts and crafts time with his daughter.
• Interesting facts: While living in Hanford, Carl and Kirsten raised show lambs (sheep) that they sold to 4H and FFA kids to show at the county fair. Carl was also a 4H leader in Kings County, CA for 10 years.

Brags and Confessions

• Mark Van Horne
• The program in 2 weeks will be a tour of the Sewer Plant down the street from Pybus.
• 10/31/2023 - Wear costume?
• Jim Adamson
• They ran to Kent to spend time with the grandchildren.
• Their granddaughter runs cross country. Even though she is one of the youngest runners, she finished the race 11 seconds ahead of second place.
• Kevin Love
• He had a new granddaughter last Tuesday.
• Her name is Amelia Rose
• Becky Cummins
• Becky and her husband celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary
• Craig Reese
• 3 challenge scholars have started college.
• 2 at WVCC and 1 in trade school
• Congratulations to David Barshes

Program - Assistant District Governor - Mike Kintner

Craig Introduced Mike Kintner, who was standing in for the District Governor who could not attend the meeting.

Mike shared a number of interesting things about Rotary and District 5060.

• Rotary has ~ 1.4mm members worldwide
• Area 8 includes 7 clubs:
• Lake Chelan
• Leavenworth
• Cashmere
• East Wenatchee
• Wenatchee Downtown 
• Wenatchee Sunrise
• Wenatchee Confluence
• Area 8 had 384 members and now has 410 members after the 2022-2023 year

Leadership learned that there are two reason's people join Rotary.

• Fellowship
• To make a difference

The goal is to listen to members to find the best way to meet these two objectives.

The 2 primary reasons that people leave Rotary are:

• They don't feel connected to the people in the club.
• They don't find the projects fulfilling.

The Sunrise Club Fundraising Committee is working on finding a new fundraiser to replace the bike ride.

The Cashmere Club is transitioning to a pickle ball tournament.

The Wenatchee Downtown Club is transitioning from an auction to a Toast and Roast.

The bottom line is that leadership is focusing on member experience.

Our district is made up of 57 clubs:

• 50 Traditional clubs
• 5 Roteract Clubs
• 2 E-clubs (Chelan and Cologna)

The new District Governor Elect is Jill Leonard from the Wenatchee Downtown Club.

Kathleen McNalty is not only a key part of the Sunrise Club, she is also responsible for the public image of District 5060.

The district is working on transitioning applications like Club Runner to a new platform called DACDB, which stands for:

• District
• And
• Club
• Database

This transition will be slow and voluntary in the short term.

Area 8 which is made up of Zone 28 and 32.

• District 5060 is #2 in the Area in terms of membership growth.
• District 5060 is #13 in the world for growth. 
• Asia is leading the world in overall growth.

The Rotary impact on Polio is huge.

• 400 million children per year are treated by volunteers.
• Rotary has raised $1.9 billion since the start of the initiative.
• Other entities have contributed $8 billion to assist in eradicating Polio.
• This has not been easy and unfortunately has resulted in 78 volunteers dying during their service.

Contest 

Mike shared that there is a contest underway to name a new gnome partner for Archie. The best name and story will earn 1000 Paul Harris credits.

Raffle

Kevin Love missed finding the special marble in the bag, and also missed winning $177! Better luck next time!