Here’s what happened this week at Rotary….

Guests:   Larry Strober, McMinnville Sunrise President Elect, joined us and announced that his club just voted that morning to become a Peace Builder Club.

Cassandre Guillen, a guest of Krissy Lookabill joined us.  She’s a former exchange student, from the 1990’s 

Announcements:  Fish sent a note of thanks as we had donated over 200 lbs of food left over from the Pancake Breakfast.   

SMART needs readers on Tuesdays at Edwards School.   Talk to Walter Want

The School District is doing a Poverty Simulation on November 23rd with their faculty to help them understand the poverty that over 50% of their students experience.  They are looking for people to assist with this project.  If you are interested, contact Claudia Stewart at [email protected].

Tony Lelack is doing his annual Turkey Drive for FISH.  You can drop off a frozen turkey at his gym, or if you give him $20, he’ll get a turkey to donate for you.  

Duck, Duck:  Jim McMaster shared that his water polo teams are both 1st in league and both girls and boys teams are headed to state.  

Program:   President Jim McMaster introduces Roster on Wheels 110415Jim shared a video about Roster On Wheels a Rotary app that will allow us to have better access to contact info for club members from our smart phones.  He discovered it at the Sao Paulo international convention and was very impressed about how it can facilitate communication.

Leah explains the Clubs new Rotary Website 110415

Leah shared the new website and some of it’s features.  Auggie reminded everyone should like us on Facebook.  Just look for Newberg Noon Rotary.   It’s a great way to keep up with Rotary.  

Tony LeLack leads the Dictionary Project Dictionary distribution to local 3rd graders 110415

 

It was Dictionary Day, and Tony Lelack brought boxes and boxes of books to the meeting.  Rotarians stepped up to deliver them to the schools in the next few weeks.  This is a great project we’ve been doing for a dozen years or more.

 

Auggie and I are looking for subs/help with the newsletter.Who’d like to volunteer!??!!!??!!

Auggie Gonzales provided the photos.   Send news to Leah Griffith, Newsletter Editor at [email protected].