Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for September 22, 2021

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Walter lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Brandy lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Auction Updates: The Auction will take place on Friday, October 29th, 2021. If you would like to find more opportunities to help out or learn more about the coming auction, reach out to Amy. If you have a great idea for an auction item, get them in soon as the auction date is fast approaching. Paper forms will be available at the meetings if you already have items or packages procured. Also if you would like to give a shout out to donors, you can do so at the Club Meeting and we will post in the Newsletter. That being said, a big thank you goes out to the following who have recently made a contribution to our auction:

Vista Balloon Adventures
Chinook Winds Casino Resort, an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Bullwinkles Family Fun Center
Nanci Imagry
Emily G Photography

Thanks again for your generous and exciting donations.

 

~ Guests ~

Amelia Caruso, Guest, Mikes daughter

Nancy Boyle, Guest, Rotary Club of West Linn

Julie Fugate, Guest, Dist 5100 Assistant Governor

Jim Boyle, Guest speaker, Dist 5100 Governor

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Walter: Noted that he moved here about 43 years ago. He noted that he appreciated the rain today and got a bit wet at a community meeting at Friendsview.

Rachel: Noted that she is excited to be back after missing some time. Welcome back!

Shannon B: Noted that last year, as Club President, she got to hand out scholarship awards in person and even recognized her oldest child as the Joan Austin Recipient. Yesterday, as the VP of the Foundation Board, got to sign the Scholarship checks.

Mike: Introduced his daughter, who he got to sponsor into Rotary, Amelia. He also reminded us that September 21st was the International Day of Peace. He invited us to check out a 40 minute video presentation for the rolling out of the largest Peace Program in the History of Rotary, it is called “Youth & Peace in Action” (See Youtube video here). It launched yesterday officially and includes over 300 high schools and over 300,000 students. It includes learning about what peace is, working on a project, and a celebration.

Wendy: Noted that she is celebrating her daughter’s 16th birthday, and apologized in advance as her daughter is now a student driver doing her best around town in a Subaru. Exciting times! Happy Birthday to her!

Dan: Noted that auction season is upon us and he has been hard at work soliciting/procuring a wide variety of different auction items and gave thanks to some of the donors who have responded with amazing items so far: Vista Balloon Adventures, Chinook Winds Casino Resort, an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Bullwinkles Family Fun Center, Nanci Imagry, and Emily G Photography. Dan also gave a shout out to the huge generousity of Matthew Nelson, Canby Rotarian and owner of the Newberg Advantage, who donates a page of ad space in his magazine to our club bi-monthly. Matthew took the generosity a step further and approved a special 2-page opportunity for December. We plan to do an extra big article to highlight the 4 Murals.

Auggie: Noted how much he enjoyed sitting with Julie and Nancy at the Rotary Meeting. Also he learned today that Becky has learned the Pledge in Spanish and hopes she will recite it one of these days.

Om: Apologized for missing a few meetings. She also thanked Rick for building and delivering her a new, beautiful front gate. His work is amazing, unique and beautiful.

Kathie: Shared that Mike and his brother had the rare privilege of playing golf with her husband as they all played in a charity tournament for the Willamette Valley Cancer Foundation.

Ralph: Regarding Mike’s Peace announcements, shared his dream of working towards helping clean out the worlds Oceans, which he hopes to present someday at a Peace Conference. He also reminded us that Veterans are some of the people who most love peace, as evidenced by their sacrifices.

Lisa: Wanted also to give thanks to everyone who supported the Willamette Cancer Foundation at the Golf Tournament. She also recently considered how lucky she felt to have this Rotary Club and is very grateful for us all. She encouraged us to reach out to others to share our community.

Amy: Reminded us that the auction is coming and also that there are new silent auction donation request forms printed out and available at the meetings. Also check your emails to keep apprised of auction updates. There are also save the date postcards printed and available. Special thanks goes out to Karl and Allegra Printing who designed and printed all of this material. Note that the Auction Ticket sales is now Live and can be purchased online at https://nrc.ejoinme.org/auction2021. If you have any questions let Amy know.

Joe: Noted that with supply chain issues, his food service teams at the school district have been working hard to keep school food supplies going. He also thanked the district’s transportation team for keeping up service. He also joked that he hopes never to be on National TV again.

 

~ Today’s Program: United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley by Elizabeth Schrader ~

Julie Fugate introduced Jim Boyle: Jim Boyle, now our district Governor, is a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of West Linn. He served as the Assistant Governor to the Portland-Metro Region, District Chair for the Center of Rotary Knowledge, and as District Membership Chair. Raised in the Chicago Area, Jim and his wife Nancy have lived in West Linn for more than 25 years. Jim worked in a variety of Fortune 500 companies over the past 30 years prior to leading 2 consumer electronics companies. Jim and his Wife Nancy have one son and enjoying spending time with him and his family including grandkids. Jim also likes hiking, pickleball, and travelling. Jim and his wife have a passion for Rotary and service, including sponsoring 32 different Rotarians.

Jim pointed out that through a very difficult year with supply and labor shortages, political unrest, pandemic, Ice Storms, Heat Waves, etc. And yet here we are, showing up and making a difference. Kudos for that. He pointed out the Acronym “FIRE” regarding membership. FIRE stands for flexibility, impact, reach and engagement. He also wanted to share that his leadership will be measuring their success based on how well our Clubs achieve our goals. He also pointed out the 5 Core Values of Leadership: Attitude, Integrity, Diversity, Service, and Fellowship.

Jim shared about how he joined to get to know people and how joining changed his life for the better, especially when he reached out and got to know his fellow members.

Flexibility: he shared that the average age of Rotarians is 59 years old, which means we have a mission to find how to attract younger professionals. We need to come up with how we can change and grow to become attractive to this new demographic. 60 years ago, Rotarians from North America made up 90 percent, and today North America makes up 40%. The International membership is growing while North America is seeing challenges. His experience shows a habit not of attracting new, young members… rather it is a challenge of engagement and retention. Remember that the Rotary Experience we are selling is not just service projects, it is also social events, social media, firesides, etc. He noted that the District has a Committee called “Grow Rotary” and has a Membership Committee with 7 people that can be a resource. Their lofty goal this year is a never before achaieved 90% retention. Also this year there will be no District Dues for New members. He also noted that he has arranged to have a joint training activity and district celebration on May 19-22 of 2022. FAIL is another acronym: First Attempt In Learning.

Impact: Rotary impact is felt by service projects, and grants which includes club grants, district grants, and international grants. We should be boasting to the community these huge financial impacts we have made over nearly 100 years as a club. He talked about projects fixing up and providing bikes to kids, providing hygiene services to people in need, and more.

Reach: Much more than public service announcements or PR. It also relates to how we affect people all over the world: the reach of our impacts.

Engagement: We know how to measure perfect attendance… but how do we measure perfect engagement? Jim believes that is the key and if we can establish perfect engagement then we are set. There are opportunities to cultivate and share stories, which can help engage people. There is a contest called the MyRotary Story Slam where members can make a 3-5 minute speech to share with the group, entering to win $500 and a chance to share with the District. There is another program the District is doing called the Power of One. Rotarians who have sponsored new members, you can win a change to go to the International Conference free or you can also win a chance to go to the District conference and celebration in Seaside. These programs have been put together in hopes of improving engagement and membership.

He closed with: Joy comes from Giving and giving leads to a life of significance. and so he would ask us to do one of three things: share Rotary with someone. Not necessarily recruit them just invite them to see it. The second thing is to share your Rotary story because you never know how that story will do to move someone to action and how it can affect someone else. The third thing is to continue to offer your talents, commit your time, and invest your treasures so that we can make sure we are serving the underserved. Continue doing what you are doing and we can make a difference in the world and we can change lives.

Jim then gave special recognition to Christy Cowgill, Dan Keuler, and Shannon Knight who won the Rookie of the Year, Service above Self, and Rotarian of the Year respectively this past year.

~ Next Week’s Program: Unknown at the time of publication of this Newletter ~

 

Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.

~ Joke of the Day ~

“People are shocked when they find out that I am not a good electrician.”

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“The World of War is the closest thing on this Earth to Hell, and Peace is the closest thing on this Earth to Heaven.”

– Ralph at today’s meeting

~ Published 9/22/2021: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~

Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for September 08, 2021

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Brandy lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Judy lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Auction Committee – The Auction will take place on Friday, October 29th, 2021. If you would like to find more opportunities to help out or learn more about the coming auction, reach out to Amy. The Auction committee meets before the next meeting on Wednesday September 15 at 11am.

 

Ricks announced and presented two of his items he is donating to the auction. One is a handmade interpretation of a mid-1700s Japanese Treasure Box. He also has a very amazing small Russian 3 string instrament he has had for a few years. He meant to gift it to someone but missed the opportunity and decided to donate it to the auction. Amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

~ Guests ~

Brad Lau, Guest, Vice President for Student Life at GFU

Elizabeth Schrader, Guest Speaker, United Way of The Mid-Willammtte Valley

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Walter: Shared that his kids have been very helpful in keeping Walter company and prepping the house during Julie’s time in the hospital. Noted his son was an NHS grad and was at that time selected to be a Rotary Exchange Student in Australia. This was a great experience in Australia an Walter encouraged other young men and women to take advantage of such an experience if given the opportunity.

Karen: Announced that Senior Meals are needing drivers who know the area well to volunteer on the 16th. She also gave a brag about completing the Timberline Trail which was 40 miles and took 4 days to complete (and 5 days to recover from). Inspiring!

Christy: Gave a parenting brag whereby after a Rotary related phone call, her children asked what she was doing. She told her kids she was working with Rotary to raise money for students to go to school in Kenya. Her 7 year old daughter then took 7 dollars from her piggy bank for the kids in Kenya.

Paul: Shared that he had in the past convinced NorthWest Natural to donate a BBQ to the auction, but unfortunately due to some turnover he has been having trouble finding the right people to contact to procure that item. He also gave kudos to Christy for taking on the Kenya school Fundraising Project. It costs $600 per year to send these girls to boarding School in Kenya. Christy stepped up to take on this project.

Auggie: Welcomed Brad to the meeting and noted that he saw Brad at a mutual friends wedding a few years back. He also thanked the Club as he just received his certificate recognizing his 25 years in Rotary.

Geoff: Noted the completion of the new Mural and Recognized Jim for helping coordinate the project, Judy and her husband for pressure washing, the students who painted, Reid Rental for donating Scaffolding, and Auggie for taking great pictures each year.

Brandy: Celebrated the first day of school for her 3 kids: a 9th grader, a 6th grader, and a 4th grader.

Kathie: Announced that First Federal is cancelling the grand opening until next year, which happens to be their Centennial year of being in Yamhill County. Happy 100! Also noted that they will be doing their annual Diaper Drive for A Family Place and noted that the Resource Rooms are looking for donations.

Shannon B: Welcomed Brad to the meeting and noted that she knew him from her time at GFU. She shared about some of her Shannanigans she got into during her college years including secretly raising a goat in her kitchen, which Brad pointed out is not allowed.

~ Today’s Program: United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley by Elizabeth Schrader ~

UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEYElizabeth Schrader works for the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley. She noted that currently they have strong relationships with 15 to 20 non-profits in Yamhill County. Most of their work is to support those organizations monetarily. They are working hard to determine the needs of the people, the services available, and create a maximum impact. They have been working with the community and elected officials such as Denise Bacon to determine issues. Common issues include but are not limited to mental health services, housing, dependent care, etc. Today she highlighted 2 main projects they are working on:

Good360 Program: Good 360 is a national model that facilitates relationships with big box stores throughout the nation, assigns a regional hub, in which the non-profit receives donations of unsellable items, returned items, backstocked items, and they provide them to different organizations such as non-profits and faith-based organizations. The UWMWV hub has developed relationships with Amazon distribution centers in which they have a small warehouse to store the items donated. Elizabeth and her team is hoping to start a micro-hub in the Newberg community. They have been working with CPRD on facilities available to use for this Good360 project. There is a building by the Armory that they can use, provided they can fix it up. They are always looking for spaces that can be used for the Good360 Programs. These programs will also support the Newberg SD Resource rooms, which we are all familiar with.

A Day of Caring: They ask their non-profit partners in the community for volunteer projects that they need assistance with. Currently there are 2 projects (one for Chehalem Youth and Family Services and the other with Friends of Chehalem House) that have submitted projects. The Day of Caring is next Wednesday and they are needing 10-15 volunteers to support these needs. Reach out to Elizabeth if you or someone you know is interested in serving in this way.

For more information about the Good work being done by the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, visit www.unitedwaymwv.org.

 

~ Next Week’s Program: New Member Classification Talk by Kyla Sliger ~

 

Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.

~ Joke of the Day ~

What is the longest word in the English Language?

‘Smiles’ – The first and last letters are a mile apart.

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“If you are not willing to learn, then no one can help you.

If you are determined to learn, then no one can stop you.”

– Zig Zigler

~ Published 9/8/2021: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~

Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter for September 01, 2021

~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~

Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

 

~ Call to Order ~

President Joe Morelock welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Hybrid Live/Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at the Chehalem Cultural Center.

 

~ Flag Salute ~

Curt lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

~ 4 Way Test ~

Wendy lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:

Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:

#1 – Is it the TRUTH?

#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?

#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

~ Announcements ~

Auction Committee – The Auction will take place on Friday, October 29th, 2021. If you would like to find more opportunities to help out or learn more about the coming auction, reach out to Amy. The Auction committee meets every 2nd Wednesday from 11am to 11:45am.

 

~ Guests ~

Jessica Bender, Guest and coworker of Mary Jane

Walter’s son

~ The Rotary Duck ~

Walter: Shared that both his kids have been keeping him company and that Julie has been transferred to Providence Portland where she is in intensive rehab and has partial paralysis but is making great progress. Prayers for our Good friend Julie.

Rick: Always tries to support Polio Plus. He remembers when the Polio Plus program started and the vaccine came out and the effort to eradicate polio kicked into high gear.

Ralph: Gave a kudos to his Habitat for Humanity team who just dedicated a duplex to families last Sunday. Great work!

Grant: Announced that last week he rooted for the Huskies but also is now a Nebraska fan but that Nebraska sports didnt have a great week.

Dan K: Noted that Friday is his son Jackson’s 4th birthday and today is his first day of Pre-School.

Mike: Noted that after today’s meeting is the Peace Committee meeting. Also noted that they interviewed 5 Peace Fellow Applicants back in June. Noted that a member of the Beaverton Rotary Club, Natalia, is an Armenian immigrant and noted that a few years ago she had traveled to Armenia and Russia to plant a Peace Pole in each country. Last Friday she attended the Rotary Club of Moscow East, and is a rep of the Russia-USA ICC. She has been in contact with a member of the Washington DC club to plant poles in DC and Russia. Additionally, a Rotary Club in Russia just planted 2 peace poles and became the first peace builder club in russia and are trying to work with China to do more peace poles along their border. More can be learned by attending the Peace Committee meetings or contacting Mike.

Jim: Gave thanks to Firefighters fighting wildfires.

Joe: Is 8 days from the start of in person school. The District just had some strategically distanced staff meetings to prepare. Noted excitement for the hard work ahead getting kids back to school.

Auggie: Thanks to Joe and Brandy for representing the school and working through these difficult times with school starting and other goings ons at the district. He also noted that Joe’s new haircut looks great.

Kathi: Thanked Joe and Brandy for their hard work and great representation at the District.

Kathie: Noted that her and her husband made an agreement that if she learned golf and hed learn to dance. Kathie has now golfed a dozen or so games and recently started keeping score and is excited her score keeps dropping. She recently was proud to score a 68.

~ Today’s Program: New Member Classification Talk by Mary Jane Hendrix ~

Mary Jane shared about her wild family history: She noted that her grandmother mas married as a teenager to her Grandfather, ultimately having 12 kids living a very simple life, outhouse, water pump, travelling by horseback etc, enjoying living old-school. She also noted that her dad had a family of 6. She also noted that her grandfather, a miner, passed away fairly young, which was rough for her grandmother who was left to raise kids on her own and a rough childhood growing up for her father. Her parents, in spite of their rough upbringing, ended up starting their own healthy, loving family. Her dad became a minister and mother a piano player, teaching Mary Jane piano as well. Mary Jane even shared some wonderful poems she wrote and presented at their 50th wedding anniversary.

Mary Jane married her childhood sweetheart Barry (Clayton). They have 2 kids, Ben and Tiffany. Ben was a sports person and lived up in Paul City WA. Her daughter was into guide dogs which was a great family experience training these dogs. Now both grown and married, Ben is a sales Manager and Tiffany works in Dispatch at the City of Newberg while her son in law now is a policeman at the City of Wilsonville. She now has 3 grandkids and has a very close-knit family, her kids living in Dundee and MJ living in Lafayette. She noted so many ways that she and her family have enjoyed the Good work done by Rotary, from Parks, to local events, etc. She gave Rotary a big shout out for all we do. She noted her 3 grandkids are into Tae-kwon-do, ballet, and animals. She even shared how she and her kids for 4 years bought and lived in a triplex together until they grew out of the small space. She noted that though they live apart now, they have mulled around the idea of moving back into a single property again.

Mary Jane currently is a Brand Manager and Senior Escrow Officer at Ticor Title in Newberg. She said she has been in this business for approximately 37 years and loves the work and loves her teams. She also loves being in Rotary and finding more ways to contribute to the community. She was previously in the Early Birds club but transferred to our club due to the timing of the early club not being optimal for her.

 

~ Next Week’s Program: United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley by Elizabeth Schrader ~

 

Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.

~ Joke of the Day ~

“When I moved into my new Igloo my friends and family threw me a surprise house-warming party.

Now I’m homeless…”

~ Happy Quotes! ~

“Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.”

– Matthew 7:12

~ Published 9/1/2021: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~