June 4 Meeting Notes

 

The meeting was opened by Past-President Jim Adamson who gave a few notable highlights in history for today, June 4th.  He introduced visiting guests Dale and Sherelle Fields, Veronica Masuda, Abby Prieto (outbound YE student), Elza Domene (past YE student from Brazil), and program speakers Cori Bautista and Tammi Parkinson from the Women's Service League.

Announcements

Wayne M gave a Rotary moment about an article in the June Rotarian.  He talked about the Rotarian Code of Conduct. You can find that, along with the object of Rotary and the Four Way Test on page 59 in the June magazine.

Wayne also presented a Road Apple award to Jim and Carol Adamson for selling over 1000 tickets during the Road Apple Roulette fundraiser. They were not there the week before to get their award.

Jim Adamson presented a Paul Harris +1 pin to John Shapman. John was absent when they presented the awards a couple weeks ago.  Thank you John for contributing over $2000 to the Rotary Foundation.

Carol talked about the presidential change over dinner which will take place at our regular meeting time on July 2nd.  We are having a full breakfast, and she sent around a sign up sheet for those who will be eating breakfast that morning.  The cost will be $8 per person with the remaining amount being subsidized by our club's fellowship budget.  The $8 will be put on your quarterly invoice.  We hope you can all come and bring a spouse or a guest to celebrate Craig's year as president, and welcome in Rebecca as the president for the new Rotary year.

Julie Bankin talked about Laerke's birthday coming up the day after her presentation on June 25th.  We sent around a Pybus poster for everyone to put down their birthday wishes for Laerke.  Carol is also purchasing another birthday gift to present to her from our club.

Alan mentioned that our next club social will be next Tuesday night at 5:00 at the Helbent Taproom. It's open to everybody including spouses and guests.

Braggs and confessions (here are the ones I remember)

John Shapman said they are pregnant with their fifth child.  He also mentioned that his father passed away a short time ago.

Earl contributed for having Elza come visit them from Brazil.  They were one of the host families 6 years ago along with the Banken's and the Noyd's.

Jim gave a dollar because he was happy to be president again for a day.

Julie confessed that she had a picture in the paper for the Master Gardener's program on worms.

Program

Alan introduced our program speakers Cori Bautista and Tammi Parkinson from the Women's Service League of North Central Washington.  Cori and Tammy gave us an overview of what their organization does, and it's pretty amazing.  They've been around since 2008, and their goal is to build community through empowerment of women and deliberate volunteer action.  The group devotes many hours to their Diaper Drive, My Girlfriend's Closet, and Touch a Truck.  These events rate raise thousands of dollars to help women and families.  In 2023, they had 134 volunteers putting on events that raised over $75,000 in grants and scholarships.

Cori is a member of Banner Bank and a founding member of the Women's Service League.  She serves as a board member with Confluence Health, Pybus Public Market Charitable Foundation, and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women.  Tammi Parkinson retired from the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation and soon became involved in the Women's Service League.  Jim presented the book, The One and Only Ivan, which will be donated to Pinnacles Prep in appreciation of them speaking to us today.

After notes

Carl won the raffle draw to see if he could pull the correct marble, but no such luck.  The pot continues to grow.

The speaker next week will be Claire Oatie, Director of Community Engagement at the Community Foundation of North Central Washington.  She will be talking about the National Parent Leadership Institute.

Mark led us to adjournment with his typical joke.