December 5th Meeting Notes

The meeting today was run by President Craig Reese. 

Our guests today were our foreign exchange student Laerke, and Mike Nicholson, from the East Wenatchee Rotary Club.

Announcements

• Mike Nicholson talked about the Water to Wine, a clean water project that uses the proceeds from wine sales to fundraise for the District 5060 HANWASH water project. You can purchase wine from now to January 31st.
• Kelly sent around the sign-up sheet for the Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 14th at the Wenatchee Museum and Cultural Cener, 6 pm. 
• Wayne Massing gave updates about the Road Apple Roulette committee meeting. They are working on getting tickets ready by the end of the month
• Earl shared that the Road Apple Roulette committee is thinking about partnering with a non-profit that will receive some of the net profits in return for helping with the event. We got a new sponsor for the event, Chapel of the Valley, thanks to Becky. We are wrapping presents on December 7th at 3 pm at the Bruce House
• Julie announced that the candidates for the youth exchange program are moving on to their final interviews, and our club is sponsoring one student
• Laerke has been having fun getting to know her new host family. She met a Danish Rotarian that lives in Leavenworth and spent some time with her. She is applying for the rotary trips in the Spring.

Brags & Confessions

• Chris spent time with his mother, and she just left for Germany to spend about a month with Chris' brother, his alma mater won the D3 water polo championship
• Rebecca went to PETs in Moses Lake and enjoyed the training
• Earl is obsessed with the Huskies and their latest wins

Program - Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center

• Dave Tosh is the Director of the Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center, has been in the position for 10.5 years, and he is an East Wenatchee Rotary Club member

• The slideshow shows the gist of the center, but Dave is also working on multi-generational programs
• They have one of the best senior activity centers in the state.
• They get about 50 new members a month
• They are currently raising funds to expand their current building, and they have already been granted permission from the city
• To get a membership, you need to be at least 50 years old, it costs $35 a year or $50 for a couple.

Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club will donate a childen's book to the Pinnacles Prep school in the name of the Wenatchee Valley Senior Center.

 

Kevin Love's raffle ticket was drawn, but he did not pick the winning marble. The raffle pot was up to $220. 

Joke

Carl: I was going to go jogging, but I decided not to. 

Craig: You said that last week. 

Carl: It's a running joke.