Here’s what happened this week at Rotary….

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Announcements: 

 Jeff Lane’s wife, Jackie came and spoke to us about her Soroptimist benefit called “Soup’s On”.  Soup’s on is benefit for improving the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment.  They are looking for 10 chefs in cook up a batch of soup for a tasting on October 24th at 5pm.  They are also looking for auction items.  Tickets to the tasting are 25.00.

Jackie Lane presents Soups On for Soroptimist Fundraiser  093015

Program:

Spike Sumner introduced Shirley Turner from Royal Family Kids.  The Newberg Noon Rotary Foundation has been supporting this program for 10 years.  They offer a no cost camp for foster kids in Yamhill County.
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Yamhill County DHS works with Royal Family Kids to identify kids for the camp.  These kids are from foster homes. Some have been abused or even may have fetal alcohol syndrome.  A lot of them have been bounced around from one foster home to another.  These kids have had no one to show them what healthy looks like.

There are 2 age groups for the camps.  A coed 7-11 group attends fora  5 day overnight camp in late July and a 3 day separate gender overnight camp for the first 2 weekends in August.  Camps have a 2:1 camp to counselor staffing.  This includes the onsite behavioral specialist.

Every kid gets a home made quilt and a pair of shoes to take home.  Since birthdays are often forgotten,everyone has their birthday celebrated.  Some kids even learn to ride a bike and everyone gets to ride a bike while there.

Activities that boys may participate in are paintball, hiking, building a boat and a water gun fight.  The girls learn how to sew and participate in a “Glam Night”.  Activities also include fishing, electronics and wood working.

The kids who attend the camp often ask why the staff is helping and why the staff is so nice to them.  They think that the staff are getting paid when they are all volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering or for more information, contact them at the web address below:

  Shirley Turner presents One Cause One Mission One Dream  for youth participants in Royal Kids Camp and TRAC 093015
Thanks Auggie Gonzales for the photos.

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