Rotary

Rotarians and guests entered a lively gathering this morning at the Grange Hall. Mayor Jarvis warmly greeted everyone who entered, and a bounty of raffle gifts awaited multiple winners. A special Rotary welcome to all our special guests who joined us for breakfast.

On the speaking agenda: Paul Glenovich, Woodinville High School DECA Advisor and 3 outstanding competitors who are heading to the international DECA competition this Friday. Congratulations on your outstanding achievements!

District Governor Alex made a final announcement on the upcoming District 5030 Conference on April 27-29, 2018 at the Tulalip Resort. This is going to be a conference you won’t want to miss. Register here.

No morning meeting on Tuesday, April 24. Join us instead at our after hours social at Village Wines, starting at 6pm. Have a great week everyone!

Special guest speaker, U.S Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, presented a Legislative Update for our Congressional District. This was followed by an engaging question and answer session. President Keith presented Representative DelBene with a Rotary First Harvest donation in her name, and a Peace Pin. It was great having you join us this morning!

See the writeup in The Woodinville Weekly.

We meet for breakfast on Tuesday mornings, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

Heaven gained an angel from our Woodinville Rotary Family this week: Sadly, Steve Dolan has lost his battle to cancer.

A WRC member since 1995, Steve served as President, Treasurer, Annual Auction Chair, Scholarship Chair, International Service Chair and an important part of the Membership Committee. He also served on the Scholarship Foundation of Northshore Board as Treasurer.

Steve had a way of living life that inspired and touched many with his authentic and pure love for family, friends and community service, not to mention “Having Fun is Serious Business!”

We feel a big void in our Woodinville Rotary Family here on earth, but we know that Steve would want us to carry on his Legacy of Service: to make a difference, think big, love freely and live as Peace Makers.

Steve, until we meet again, we will do our best to follow your lead.

Please join the Dolan family for Steve’s Celebration of Life at 11am on Saturday, April 7th at the Gold Creek Community Church 4326 148th St SE Mill Creek, WA.

On the speaking agenda today: Pamela Van Swearingten and Mindy Watson of Washington Preparatory School, a new private school in Bothell, now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 school year.

District Governor Alex Hopkins unveiled the Rotary Club of Grace banner, that will be displayed at the upcoming Rotary District 5030 Conference on April 27-29th at the Tulalip Resort. All are encouraged to attend!

We welcomed WRC Past President and dear Rotary friends, Al and Janet Haines. The Haines are living in Utah and are members of the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise. It was nice seeing them back in Woodinville!

A standing ovation was in order for Nancy Balin, for a well organized and fun Family Jewels 5K this past weekend. Bravo!

Join us Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

It’s time for serious business when Chief of Staff Erv kicks off our morning meeting with a Megaphone and Giant Gavel in hand.

It’s all in fun, and a great start to an inspirational presentation by Woodinville Rotarian Tana Baumler, on her recent trip to India and the work being done by Bethany Vision Trust Ministry with the special communities in this great country.

Club announcements of upcoming events in the community and updates of our Rotary Peace Projects completed another great meeting.

Join us Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

On todays agenda: a Camp Unity Eastside presentation by board members Dennis and Mark. There are 11,000 homeless in King County, a 40% increase in the last 2 years. Camp Unity’s mission is to provide a safe, secure, supportive community where people can live while getting their lives together.

UW Bothell Rotaractor and Camp Unity Peace Project lead Mia Harris, announced that Saturday, March 3, 2018 will be a Sock & Soup Event at Camp Unity starting at 10am, meeting at Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 17856 NE Woodinville Duvall Rd, Woodinville. All are welcome to attend!

President Keith presented a Rotary Red Badge and new member welcome packet to Roy Ghazimorad. Congratulations and welcome Roy!

Girl Scout Amber achieved significant cookie sales, thanks to Sergeant of Arms Jorge’s influential approach. Many boxes were then donated to Camp Unity. Well done!

Join us next Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary!

Mayor Jarvis aka Snappy started our morning off by a prayer, the pledge and a special song “Amazing Grace” celebrating the Town of Grace.

The energy continued with our guest speakers including Woodinville City Manager Brandon Buchanan who talked about the city mural painting on March 10. Woodinville Chamber Director Dave Witt mentioned the upcoming Chamber auction, and Music Project Director Bernadette Bascom told us how the Music Project is expanding into Portland and informed the club about a benefit she is holding on Saturday, February 17th at Eden Seattle.

Cascadia College President Dr. Eric Murray provided the club with some student stories, stats and additional information about Cascadia College and how important this institution is for the region. The school supports a large number of students who have stepped out and have come back to complete their degrees and move on to the next level of education.

New member Will Ibershoff was given his Rotary Red Badge by President Elect Paul Konrady. Welcome to our club!

Sergeant of Arms Gayle Hickey did a wonderful job at fines and raffles to end our meeting on a high note.

Join us next Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

“Woodinville Rotary as a Peacebuilders Club” was front and center at our morning meeting today.

A special Rotary thank you to Eric Greenwood for his presentation on the Rotary Peace Initiative and how our club can play a leading role in this effort.

We now have a much better idea for peace building in our community and beyond. Learn more about our organization and how you can join us as ‘We Wage Peace’.

Join us next Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

Today’s meeting featured two speakers. Chad our first speaker provided the club with an update on Sierra Leone Water and Conservation Projects. Learn more about this effort and the differences that are being made.

Our second speaker was Dave Ellingson who discussed and shared his kayaking adventures from the Erie Canal to the Statue of Liberty. Learn more about his various adventures and his passions.

Warren Buck who was the first chancellor of UW Bothell and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Physics was our guest speaker today.

Warren brought his love and passion for teaching to the club and managed to work in some comments about the crows who visit the area daily. Organic education construction is lasting. Learning what people want and then amplify it was one piece of advice Warren left with the club.

In 2014, UW Bothell’s physicist and first chancellor Warren Buck chosen as a History Maker
Buck was honored at the Library of Congress with a select group of African Americans who have made substantive contributions in their fields.

Learn more about Warren.

Merry Christmas and a Ho Ho Ho from Santa, Mrs Claus and his Elves! Despite some petty thivery fun was had by all. Visit the Woodinville Rotary Facebook page for some pictures from the White Elephant gift exchange.

Please note that there will not be morning meetings on December 26th and January 2nd. See you on Tuesday, January 9th, 7am at the Sammamish Valley Grange.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary! President Keith recapped the Celebrate Woodinville Winterfest weekend, welcomed guests and opened the meeting with announcements.

Our friend, Thomas Quigley, invited all to celebrate the spirit of the season with members and friends of the Sammamish Valley Grange at their Annual Holiday Party with wreath making and dinner, Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 from 6-8 PM.

Congratulations to Ben Willins on receiving his red badge and also to Marilyn on her official blue badge. Our club is better because of their unique gifts and talents of these fine Rotarians. Welcome to the club!

Our guest speaker today was Annie Crawley who spoke passionately on “Oceans and You” challenging everyone to consider alternatives to using plastics. Visit her website, www.AnnieCrawley.com to learn more.

Award winning producer, underwater photographer, author, and motivational speaker, Annie Crawley, inspires. She founded Dive Into Your Imagination creating a series of Books, eBooks, DVDs, lesson plans, prints, posters, cartoon characters and more products to entertain, educate, and awe you about life within our ocean. Empowering audiences, delivering powerful programs tailored to corporate, group, school, or individual needs. Annie Crawley is a member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame. Traveling as a scuba diving instructor around the world with a camera in hand, she shares the ocean with you. Take a deep dive and explore.

As a professional youth speaker at schools, Annie transport students on an imaginary dive around the world while encouraging an understanding of life lessons about respect, responsibility, trust and character. Engaging their imagination with images of sharks, turtles, coral reefs and kelp forests we explore our world. I encourage students to face personal fears, express their imagination, breathe differently and think before acting.

The seven words that have guided Annie include patience, persistence, perseverance and passion combined with faith, courage, and enthusiasm.

Check out one of her ocean videos.

Kathy Lambert King County District 3 Councilmember returned to the club to give us a county update. She prepared all of us for a large tax increase as a result of education and transit decisions.

Many of the county bridges are in need of maintenance and improvements along with roadways. Kathy talked about a number of county efforts and also shared a chart on how much it costs to maintain a road versus a complete re-build which is exponentially higher.

Waste to Energy, Recycling, Upcycling and moving towards Zero Waste are going to be major issues as our current landfill will be filled within the next 20 or so years. She talked about options that many countries like Germany are employing as well as a few municipalities within the United States.

Learn more about county happenings on the county website.

Dr. Michelle Reid and several of her staff members paid a visit to the club today to give us an update on the school district and some additional details surrounding the upcoming bond and levies to be voted on in February of 2018.

The district saw unprecedented growth this past year and there are 98 different native languages spoken in the district. The differences between a bond and a levy were also detailed along with the current budget and how the new state funding is impacting the district.

Learn more about the 2018 Bond and Levies or check out the superintendent’s blog.

Willie Dickerson, a retired teacher who lives in Snohomish, is a RESULTS.org volunteer. Willie talked to the club about the organization’s charter and how they are having an impact on working toward an end to poverty and shaping policy.

RESULTS is not a high-profile organization, but it helps famous nonprofits get things done and it does this by harnessing the power of regular folks to influence the representatives we elect.

Its model for affecting the direction of government policy is especially relevant today when so many people are looking for a way to have their concerns heard and acted on.

RESULTS is dedicated to ending poverty, hunger and killer diseases, and to making the needs of children a priority for governments in the U.S. and around the world. It has a small staff in Washington, D.C., and depends heavily on its volunteers in 40 states and four countries. It has been credited with protecting Head Start, helping the microfinance movement get vital support, pressuring the U.S. to double its contribution to the Global Partnership for Education, which benefits poor children, and much more.

See a recent Seattle Times article featuring Willie title The nonprofit group RESULTS proves ordinary people can influence policymakers on big issues.

Bronco did a fine job running this morning’s meeting!

On the agenda today:

A BlingoFest Recap and standing ovation for our BlingoFest Team: Gayle, Brittany, Elaine, Pat and Tana. Well done all!

Then on to Classification Talks by new members Allison and Nancy. It’s always a bonus learning more about the passions of our fellow members.

Lastly, Sergeant at Arms Paul created a stir and brought on the fines and happy dollars.

Overall, it was a great way to start our morning! Please join us next week for a discussion on effective downsizing.

Sergeant-at-arms Bronco, fines Mayor Jarvis from last week, at this mornings meeting.

Onlookers included our guest speaker: David Greenwood from the Higher Wellness Center and WRC Community Service Director Tim. Nice job running the meeting, President Elect Paul Konrady!

Note that the WRC Statute of Limitations is unlimited when your club motto is “Having Fun is Serious Business”.

David discussed hypnosis and wellness.

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary!

Rotarian George extended a warm Rotary thank you to the Nardone’s, for donating an event at Nardo Land, and for their outstanding service to the community.

Guest speaker, Mickey Pierce, from InterConnection, spoke about their mission to provide access to technology to underserved communities. They accept computers along with other items and are located in Fremont.

Raffle prizes and Happy Dollars added a fun buzz to the room, as is the tradition at our meetings. After all, “Having Fun is Serious Business!”

Join us Tuesday morning, 7am at the Sammamish Grange.

Today’s meeting was jam packed. We covered a lot of topics and had some good laughs.

Allison, our newest member received her blue badge. Welcome Allison!

George talked about the Woodinville Heritage Society and one of the volunteers also shared her experience with the society. Everyone is encouraged to visit the museum to earn more about Woodinville and consider making a donation to help offset current budget concerns.

Wine grown from the foundation named Inclusion and a beautiful (spinning) medal was awarded to those that donated a minimum of $100 to join (Greater Grace Wine Appreciation Society (GGWAS). Dale talked about the grapes and the wine characteristics. Today several members will be harvesting grapes for the next batch of wine.

Our guest speaker today was Judy Beto who talked about kidney health and the importance of water. She made it rather entertaining as well as informative. Remember to drink your water!

Join us next week for more fun and socialization.

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary!

We are continuing to collect shoes, socks & computer monitors for the Mission of Grace Orphanage in Plaisance du Sud, Haiti for those in need. Please bring your donations to a Woodinville Rotary meeting or drop off boxes at Windermere Woodinville, Fairwinds Brittany Park or Woodinville Banner Bank. Thank you all who have donated!

A celebration is in order as we welcome Nancy Balin to the club! She received her new member packet, along with a ceramic pie holder, as is fitting for our resident “Pie Lady” ~ Glad to have you on board Nancy!

Guest speaker Don Rule, from Translational Software, spoke on the “Promise and Perils of Precision Medicine” ~ new advances in software, transforms genetic test results into actionable insight that improve patient outcomes.

Happy Dollars, Raffle Prizes and Fines by Bronco were next on the agenda. Always a fun part of the meeting!

After 60 years of service in 5 Rotary Clubs, Wayne Parris announced that this would be his last meeting. Thank you for your outstanding service Wayne, and we look forward to seeing you at our socials. Wishing you all the best!