Rotary

Happy St. Patrick’s Week from the Woodinville Rotary!

Greeter Jon and fun party props welcomed our members and guests as we kicked off a festive St. Patrick’s holiday theme.

Our guest speakers, Dennis Wheeler and Dennis Rockwood, from the AARP Fraud Watch Network educated us on detecting and preventing fraud. If you suspect fraud reach out to the Fraud Watch Network.

To continue the celebration, join us for a traditional lunch at Maltby Cafe or 5:30pm at Tandem for our next Thirsty Thursday on March 17th.

Thank you to all who visited and joined the festivities. Where else can you find a green party at 7am?

Today, we heard from our own Dr. Tim Burner discussing the traditional approach to dealing with tissue inflammation. Tissue inflammation is the result of irritants or toxins entering our body, resulting in a reaction from our own defense system. This reaction is called inflammation and often leads to more serious problems like strokes, heart attacks and cancer.

The best way of dealing with inflammation is to restrict or eliminate the toxins entering our bodies. Smoking is the most obvious toxin, but there are others as well. Tim stressed the importance of practicing moderation in our eating and drinking habits, and exercising regularly. Tim also emphasized that Vitamin supplements are unnecessary and a waste of money if we eat a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables and proteins. He also emphasized the importance of timely vaccinations and shots.

Steve Suhler received his blue badge today, so is a full-fledged WRC member now. We miss our Songmeister Jeff, so started the meeting with a multi-pitch version of “Take me out to the ballpark”. We do have fun!

The morning program featured our guest speakers: Drs. Barbara Mendrey and Joshua Goldenberg from Northshore Family Practice, who educated us on the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

We welcomed a special new greeter, “Big John” who gave us an overview of Rotary and jumped into his role with flair.

Auction Chairs, Greg and Eric, recapped our recent event, to great celebration. Well done team!

Join us next week with our own Dr. Tim Burner.

Woodinville Rotarians and partners celebrated our 25th fundraising auction this past Saturday at the Tulalip Resort.

Our fund-a-need alone raised over $50,000 towards our newly launched Community Scholarship Initiative. Overall totals will be announced soon.

A huge Rotary thank you to all our Rotarians, Community Partners, guests and volunteers for joining us to raise funds for scholarships and the work that we do in the community.

Together we can make a difference!

Next years event is on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Tulalip. Please join us.