~ 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 ~
Elizabeth 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 ~
