Rotary Club of Woodinville
Rotary Club of Woodinville
meets Tuesdays at 7 a.m.
at the Sammamish Valley Grange
NE 145th St. and the
Woodinville-Redmond Rd.
Next Meeting at the Grange
Tuesday, June 14
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Memberships proposed: The Board has extended invitations of membership to Don Whitwam and Jeff Lair, residents of Woodinville, proposed by sponsors Alex Hopkins and David Landau. Jeff is active with a charity in Mexico, Push International. His classification proposal is commercial interiors. Don's classification is yacht sales. This is the official notice of proposed membership as is the club's policy. Members with questions relative to this proposed membership should contact the president, the proposed member's sponsor or Secretary Roger Martindill. |
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Projects you'll be hearing more about: The
club leadership will soon be asking members to join in exploration
of helping organize an Interact club at Secondary
Academy for Success next school year....to learn more about
Josh the Otter, a water safety
awareness program for pre-school and kindergarten age children and
their parents.....and to help with a major cleanup work project on
the trail system through Rotary Community Park. |
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Board proposes adding director: Members
have been notified of plans to vote at the June 21 meeting on an
amendment to the club bylaws that would permit the addition of a
seventh, appointed director to serve on the club Board of
Directors. The director position would be New Generations Director
which would encompass the fifth avenue of Rotary service to
include youth exchange, Interact, Rotaract and the Rotary Youth
Leadership Assembly. If approved by two-thirds of members
attending the June 21 meeting, incoming president John Hughes will
ask Alex Hopkins to accept appointment to that position. The Board
would then consist of six elected officers and seven appointed
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| Auction Procurement! Let's get on it. Auction item procurement is of major concern to the Oktoberfest committee. The committee will meet June 22 at 5:30 at Rorry Dunbar's conference room to discuss plans for the October 8 event and to encourage members to help fill Meydenbauer Center with bidders anxious to support our focus of education, literacy and scholarships. | |||||||||||||||
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 Marble man must choose: Max Zellweger surprised everyone attending the June 7 meeting by not winning the chance to draw for the white marble. Unaccustomed as he was, nevertheless, he was able to choose a suitable prize of Cougar Gold cheese. |
News for Members and Friends
of the Rotary
Club of Greater Woodinville
Delivering hope to Sudan
Lake Forest Park Rotarian Craig Sternagle relates his story of the "Lost Boy" of Sudan who found his way to this country to attend high school. With a divided Sudan presently in the international spotlight, Tuesday's June 14 program couldn't be more timely.
This from the June 2009 issue of the Rotarian magazine:
"Several years ago, Craig Sternagel met former “Lost Boy” Thuch Malual-Deng, who trekked 1,000 miles to Ethiopia and Kenya with his brother, 7, and thousands of other young boys, to escape the bloodshed and conscription as a child soldier. Sternagel, a member of the Rotary Club of Lake Forest Park, Wash., was searching for a personal challenge and a cause. He found both in Malual-Deng, who had made his way to Washington and attended high school with Sternagel’s son, Colin.
To raise funds for Malual-Deng’s village, Sternagel biked across the United States, netting $12,000. He decided to travel to South Sudan to establish reliable local contacts (there are no Rotary clubs there), purchase and deliver supplies rather than shipping them, and assess other needs."
We will learn about a Lost Boy who became a Rotarian, as did those who read this fascinating story in the Rotarian magazine.
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Coming events at
Woodinville Rotary
June 21 Meeting - Greet John Curley to talk Auction
June 22 - Oktoberfest Committee Meeting
June 28 - Induction dinner at Willows Lodge, 5:30 p.m.
NO morning meeting on June 28
Organizer Daryl Eckland makes sure president Erv is signed up with meal
choices
for the June 28 installation dinner and reminds members they
are to bring a bottle of
wine for the social hour which will begin at
5:30 p.m. Wine should
be brought to the meeting of either June 14 or
21.
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Erv's Presidential Recap
Frequently Posted by Our Leader
Having one of our Cascadia student scholarship
recipients talk to us about what a difference it makes to get a
helping hand when it is needed is inspirational, as it should be.
Mike Merritt’s story is a good one with a happy ending and getting
happier. What a great guy with a great plan on helping make
the world better. Steven Solomon (right photo) from the Rotary
Foundation gave what some members called the best and clearest
presentation ever on the Rotary Foundation, how it works and what
it has done. Steven spent time with Max at the meeting, and
Max was able to get some important and valuable info on how he and
future club Foundation chairs can get accurate and helpful info. Miro---what a busy guy. It is always
great to hear from Miro and learn of his many adventures in the US
of A, and recently in our northerly neighbor, Canada. Remember, the induction dinner is coming up shortly. Get your bottles of wine to Daryl. Do not store them in your trunk as Chris Boland mentioned he was doing!!! I hope all of you can make that event. You will have a chance to meet my oldest granddaughter, the great Brooke DeSmet and her daddy Matt. I asked them to attend. I remember when Joe Truglio was Pres and had invited some of his family members as other Presidents have done, including Al last year. Anyway, hope you can make that event. Always a good one at Willows Lodge.
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