The meeting was opened by President Craig, and introductions were made including Assistant Governor Mike Kintner and program speaker Claire Oatie.
Announcements
Our presidential change over breakfast is going to be on the
morning of July 2nd. The cost will be $8 for breakfast. Contact Carol if you
haven't already signed up. We need numbers
for the meals. The charge will be put on your next quarter’s invoice. Let's
have a fun time roasting Craig and bringing in Rebecca as our next president.
Monday night, June 24th, all the Rotary clubs are
invited to Circle 5 Winery (formerly Martin Scott) to hear a Nashville artist
perform from 6:00 to 9:00. There is no cover charge. Should be a fun time. This
will follow the Confluence Club’s evening meeting out there.
Tuesday night June 25th will be “Rotary Night” at the Applesox’s
game. There will be a lot of Rotary action going on including the first pitch
thrown out by District Governor Marjolein Lloyd of Kelowna. That's the team we
are playing that night. We'll also have a Rotary information booth, a 50/50
raffle that benefits “Only 7 seconds” (a mental health nonprofit), and lots of
fellowship time. Get your tickets at applesox.com.
Type in “Rotary” in the promo box and get bleacher seats for $5 or you can sit
in reserve section D for $10.50 where many Rotarians will be seated.
Laerke said that she graduated from Wenatchee High School,
had lots of parties, and will be cutting her hair and donating it. She will be
giving her going away presentation on June 25th, so be sure to attend that
morning.
- · He gave a summary of our club’s progress with over $ 5500 given to The Rotary Foundation, service projects, social events, leadership development, a great youth exchange, and the challenge scholarship program.
- · Mike announced the Cashmere Rotary pickleball tournament June 29th as their fundraiser.
- · District Governor Marjolein Lloyd will be visiting our club June 25th.
- · The district governor changeover dinner will be June 26th at the museum. You can register on the DACdb calendar. The cost is $32 per person.
- · Mike announced the Fishing Derby that East Wenatchee Rotary has on June 15.
Kathleen emailed that the Club Finder app is not working at
this time, but you can find times and places clubs from around the world meet
at this RI link.
It was announced that former Sunrise member and past-president
Mark Anderson has passed away. Craig and
a couple others will be attending his memorial service.
Braggs and Confessions
Jim and Carol attended 3 different graduations in the last
couple weeks. One for 8th grade, one for high school with his associate arts
degree, and a college bachelor's degree. She mentioned she was very proud of
our 8th grader who had cancer when he was four years old and had to miss some
school.
Monsieur will be in Oregon for a couple of weeks.
Jennifer went
kayaking on the West side, and took a flight over Puget Sound with their
son-in-law as a new pilot.
Kathleen was in
Seattle, and is now leaving for two weeks to the East Coast.
Rebecca is back from the Rotary International Convention in
Singapore and came back with a case of COVID. She also said she's very proud of
her daughter who graduates from West Side High School tonight.
Program
Wayne M introduced Claire Oatie, Director of Community Engagement for the Community Foundation of NCW. Claire talked about the Leadership Institute of NCW. This is a free twenty session training program (bilingual) ending in the development of projects in neighborhoods, communities and families.They're using curriculum from the Parent Leadership Training
Institute and will be facilitated by 8 different trainers. Anyone 18 and over who
wants to enhance leadership and community development skills can apply. Classes
will be at Wenatchee Valley College and childcare will be provided. There will
also be simultaneous bilingual translation. Applications are due June 30th, and
classes begin September 21st and end January 15th.
Claire said the goal is to train and empower diverse members
to strengthen the community. Vital conditions fill urgent needs. The training
will create a sense of belonging and civic muscle in areas of social media use,
civic confidence, knowledge of elected officials, and civic knowledge. Long
term benefits will build bridges across many differences in our community.
Funding comes from nonprofits, grants, and individuals.
You can check out her presentation at this
link, or contact Claire at claire@cfncw.org,
or 509-663-7716.
After meeting notes
Kevin's travel ticket was drawn, but he pulled the wrong
marble. Next week there will be over $245 in the pot. The meeting ended with
the traditional joke by Mark.
Here is a letter and photos from Pearl, our outbound YE student.
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