Greeters: Steve Juntwait and Sonya Kraski
THE ROTARY CLUB OF EVERETT
President Steve opened the meeting (#29 and #5334) with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members remained standing while Tammy Dunn provided the Thought of the Day which was “Sports Connects the World. Rotary Connects the World”.
VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS:
Steve Juntwait acknowledged guests: Jim Hoover, guest of Neil Angst.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jim Staniford – Everett Silvertips Fellowship, March 1st, Jim has tickets for people to purchase; Dawson’s Place fundraiser.
Brian Hollingshead – Happy Hour Social is February 13th, 5 p – 7 pm, Courtyard by Marriott Everett and Fireside is February 19th at Kelli Thode’s home.
Tom Kozaczynski – Compass Health is having a Groundbreaking Ceremony, February 14th 12 pm – 1 pm please RSVP online compasshealth.org/events/groundbreaking, Password: wholepersonhealth.
Steve Miller - District 5050 – Rotary Leadership Institute, March 7-8 in Mount Vernon. All three classes will be offered.
Steve Miller – Scholarship/Endowment Gifts received - Anonymous donation of $12,000 and will be the Past President Scholarship.
Tom & Davis Rainville donated $35,000 for an Endowment Scholarship. THANK YOU Tom & Davis!
Judi Edwards – She will send a schedule invite for the next VOA Food Bank volunteering opportunity.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Danny Tetzlaff fined for photo in the Herald newspaper. Danny “pitched” in $50 for the fine.
Anna Marie Laurence – 57 Happy Birthday Bucks
Jennifer Parks – happy for her 8th grandchild and mom and child are home. Bellringer.
Mark Valentine – had a great time at Mohave Museum and in Hawaii; recovering from a concussion.
Zak Parpia – Super Bellringer happy – 72 birthday bucks, son recently married, came out of retirement to work with son.
Henry Newton – gave us an update on Larry O’Donnell as he is back in the hospital
Mary Toews – thankful and been gone for awhile
Ed Rubatino – Congratulations and Thank you Tom Rainville for the endowment scholarship and birthday bucks. Bellringer
Brenda Bolanos-Ivory – happy for Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl and sad as she lived near Kobe Bryant
Glen Bachman – Happy for cooperative work with Marysville, Arlington and Port of Everett
RAFFLE:
Winners for today’s raffle:
Jeff Moore: Cups, champagne, chocolates
Amy Norman: Wine and Blanket
Cathy Woods: Webbly bobblehead, champagne, peanuts
PROGRAM
“Annual Fundraiser Kick-Off” presented by Greg Lineberry; introduced by Steve Miller
Greg Lineberry got everyone donuts! Thank You!
This year’s fundraiser theme is “Rotary is Arresting”. Why we fundraise? We raise the money for Scholarships. Over the years, Everett Rotary Club has increased the number of scholarships and give need-based and performance-based scholarships. In 2019, we have 48 scholarships totaling $216,300. We have given about $4.7 million in scholarships.
We make an INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE in the Students' life!
Our goal is to raise $60,000. Rotarians may help raise the money in a variety of ways.
- Fill out the Pledge Form and donate $350
- Buy some “Influencer” for the opportunity to escape to Hawaii. Buy 20 extra tickets for $100, 40 extra tickets for $200, 60 for $300, 80 for $400 and 100 for $500.
- Issue a Warrant – Buy a Warrant for $100
- Donate $500 to receive a “Get our of Jail Free Card”
- Donate $1,100 to receive a “Golden Get out of Jail Card”
For every $50 donated; receive a ticket to drop into one of the raffle boxes. Only the “Influencer” Yellow Tickets may be dropped in the Hawaii trip box.
On February 25th, we will draw the winners from the raffle boxes.
Thank you to the Rotarians who donated prizes and to Judi Edwards for organizing everything.
CONCLUSION
President Steve thanked Zak, Ed, Jennifer for the bellringers. And adjourned the meeting. Rotary Connects the World.
Respectfully submitted,
Tammy Dunn
Photography by,
Walt Greenwood
Next Program:
February 11th: “State of our Schools” presented by Ian Saltzman introduced by Jeff Moore