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A special thank you to Debbie Moore, from Partners for Work, for introducing Alec to our club. He did a fine job greeting and assisting President Jeff this morning!

We also welcomed our speaker: Julie Trembath-Neuberger, assistant Director of the Adult Transition Program at NSD, and Teacher Jeanne Schmidt. This innovative program is dedicated to providing education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with the primary goal to secure jobs for each of the student graduates.

Bravo to these wonderful programs, for bringing these special young adults to the community.

This morning we were involved in a stimulating exercise of trying to establish our priorities of support and funds disbursement for the next several years. Jeff distributed the results of the survey conducted 3 years ago to give us some background context. He then distributed a new form to obtain feedback on where we should go in the future. Please see Bob’s email for this information.

Some of you filled out the forms at the meeting, but we would like all members to give thoughtful consideration to the questions, and return sheets 4 & 5 from the email to Bob, either electronically or by snail mail. We urge everyone to participate and take time to think out your answers carefully-this is extremely important. This is your club and you have made the effort to raise the money for our Foundation. We all must feel ownership in how we manage the Foundation funds. Thanks for providing your input.

We welcomed coach, educator and Woodinville High School Athletic Director, Terry Agnew, to tell us about the “Importance of Competitive Sports on the Development of Youth”.

It’s ethos is characterized in the developmental process of students as important builders of character and life lessons. We listened to Terry, old school coach and kinesiologist, as he told about taking kids through the process to teach them the real lessons about life through healthy competition.

What competitive sports teaches are the higher disciplines, sacrifices, respect, trust, selflessness and other tough qualities that take us well into adulthood. Not just physical fitness, but teamwork, working hard, being flexible, making sacrifices, helping others. Hey, isn’t that what grown-ups do all the time? Let’s give our youth an opportunity to be leaders in their disciplines, overcome adversity, make mistakes and celebrate success. Win and Lose with dignity by displaying respect for opponents and the game. Competition means to always strive, never give up and to play hard; don’t quit! I know that’s what my grandmother said, too. Never give up.

I asked Terry if he coached Parker Moore and he said, yes, as a young baseball player at WHS, prior to his football days. He was glorious in his recollection of the famed local athlete who died tragically in 2015. Our Scholarship Foundation of Northshore recognizes Parker Moore with a scholarship honoring his name and family.

Ken also walked the club through the new web site.

Thanks for the summary Susan