Rotary

Scenes from our weekly morning meeting included our guest speaker and Chief of Police, Kathleen Larson on Security in Woodinville.

Special congratulations to new member Marshall Moon on receiving his blue badge and Allison McGill for receiving her red badge. Welcome to the club!

Also noteworthy was a limited edition eclipse t-shirt for the raffle prize. You never know what surprises are in store at a Woodinville Rotary morning meeting.

No morning meeting next Tuesday, Sept 5th, but we will be doing a clean up at DeYoung Park, 5pm that evening. Wear your Rotary shirt and remember to bring your gloves.
Building Friendships to Serve Others ~

President Keith kicked off the meeting with a welcome and club announcements. Susan updated everyone on the WRC Evening BBQ on Tuesday, August 22nd at Tom Quigley’s Sammamish Farm from 6-8pm. Instead of our regular morning meeting, join us at the Farm, for a relaxed summer gathering.

On the agenda today: Classification Talks by new members Heidi Schauble and Marshall Moon. We learned more about their background and passions. Welcome to the club Heidi and Marshall, we are looking forward to serving with you!

Raffle prizes, Fines and Happy Dollars by Sergeant of Arms Larry Leonardson closed out the meeting. Happy Tuesday everyone!
Building Friendships to Serve Others ~

Signing off in Service: Snapette

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The room was a buzz as guests and members mingled at breakfast this morning.

Woodinville Rotary Skateboard Challenge Event Coordinator, Pam Miller, reminded all about this Saturdays challenge event at Rotary Community Park and circulated a sign up sheet. See everyone at the park Saturday!

Partners for Work Coordinator, Debbie Moore, gave a shoutout to Gary Whitsell for hiring a specially abled employee for his firm. Well done!

On the speaking agenda: Manka Dhingra and Jinyoung Lee Englund, Candidates for the Washington State District 45th Senate. After both candidates gave opening remarks, the floor was open for questions, with an engaging discussion following. We celebrate the many “firsts” that these two candidates represent: first time running, as minority women who care about making a difference.

Follow their campaigns to be informed about their platforms and exercise your right to vote.

Learn more about Manka Dhingra.

Learn more about Jinyoung Lee Englund.

Good Morning Hugs for all from Greeter Mayor Jarvis kicked off our meeting. We are pleased to welcome new Woodinville Rotarian Marshall Moon and his lovely wife Dr. Marilyn Ward to the club. Looking forward to serving with you!

Guest Speaker and Seattle #4 Rotarian David Endicott from Music4Life announced that this wonderful music program will be launched in the Northshore School District.

The Mission of Music4Life is to provide musical instruments to participating schools and programs for students in need. Music4Life provides new and used musical instruments to Seattle area children through elementary school music programs. We purchase supplies, maintenance, and repair instruments to maximize the opportunity for music education in our schools. We do this because research shows that children who participate in music education are more likely to excel in other academic areas. Learn more about Music4Life.

Hopefully Music4Life can make a connection with another local organization, RawkBox which is a Seattle-based nonprofit run by volunteers who repair instruments for music education nonprofits at low or no cost. Learn more about RawkBox.

The RAWK is our service: helping music organizations maintain, repair, and recycle instruments for students. The BOX is our set of wheels: we drive our mobile repair vehicle to schools, camps, events, and other music-education facilities to repair and refurbish instruments on site. It’s our delivery truck that serves up fine-tuned RAWK.

Special shoutout to Nancy Balin, from the Jaimeson Jones Memorial Scholarship, for her donation of 2 homemade pies that were auctioned off this morning. Glad to have you!

Building Friendships to Serve Others.