Rotary

Happy New Year to all of you! Here is the meeting recap in case you missed it:

We heard from Ty Reed, who fought his way back from a grim rock bottom with meth and alcohol addiction. He got sober in 2016 and now has a small non-profit to help those beginning to pull themselves out of addiction find employment. He helped us understand the experience of addiction, and the different labels associated with it.

Chloe from Interact shared a fundraiser that Interact is doing: Running into the New Year, a virtual 5k. Sign up or share to support their fundraising goals. Direct links: https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Woodinville/RunningIntotheNewYear

Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact are combining forces on a food drive for our Woodinville families! It will be January 16th, 12-3–more details to come!

We had so much Happiness shared during happy dollars this morning: Marilyn announced a new job as a Broker for John L Scott; Bob announced his daughter had a successful hip surgery; Hugo celebrated the 1 year recovery anniversary of his stroke last year; Luann shared that while the holidays weren’t full of time off for her, but that Rotary helps bring joy to her weeks; and Jen gave thanks for having her oldest son living in the area once again…and there were some mumblings from Erv and Tana about our club president.

The fundraising committee will meet THIS Thursday (Jan 7th) at 5pm on Zoom. All are welcome and the link will be sent out tomorrow afternoon.

Wishing you all a bright New Year, and cheers to turning the page to a fresh start!