THURSDAY, MAY 28th, 202011:45 a.m. - Please join with video so we can connect and see each other's smiling faces! (Link to meeting will be provided via email) Program: Education Attainment Alliance/United Way Presenter: Jacqueline Lonning Jacqueline Lonning is a former middle school teacher currently facilitating a cross-sector collaborative effort to improve educational attainment in the Blue Mountain Region. She and her husband are excited to be living in Walla Walla again after meeting here over a decade ago! They spent the intervening years living in Oakland, California; Aspen, Colorado; and Portland, Maine. An avid reader and lifelong learner, Jacqueline is passionate about education and believes schools represent the best opportunity to help young people discover what they are passionate about. Since returning to the Valley, Jacqueline has been delighted to find that the community shares her commitment to education. In her current role, she is most excited to facilitate cooperation and communication between the many people who care about ensuring better outcomes for our students. So far, Jacqueline’s biggest quarantine adventure has been attempting to train her brand-new German shorthair pointer puppy, Zuzu. Also during our Program this week: We have a Paul Harris recipient joining us on Zoom. She just graduated from Whitman College this weekend and was unable to have a presentation to our Club. She and her Dad will join us on Zoom from their home in Austin. Also, we have a high school scholarship. And really fun, our Interact seniors are going to join us to share what's going on with them!
| SPEAKERS June 4, 2020 Timothy Christie WW Chamber Music Festival June 11, 2020 Rotary International Video Engaging Members through Power of Connectivity June 18, 2020 Chris Peha Northwest Grain Growers - Ag Update June 25, 2020 ANNUAL MEETING July 2, 2020 Paul Casey Speak Up **Host a "Watch Party" while we are live on Facebook this Thursday to help build up our Club viewership and exposure.** Questions? Contact Candi Walmsley |
From Our Walla Walla Rotaract Club: Hello fellow Rotarians! My name is Desi Branscum and I am a member of the Columbia River Passport Club as well as the current Vice President of the Walla Walla Rotaract Club I am here on behalf of Walla Walla Rotaract because as a club, we had the idea to make a video about how we are surviving quarantine. We decided that it would be awesome to make a district wide "How 5080 is surviving quarantine" video with as many Rotarians as would be willing to send in a video, to show that we are in this together. So what I need from you is a short video (it should be just a few seconds long!) saying "I'm ___ and I'm surviving quarantine by___" just fill in with your name and what's keeping you sane while social distancing! Please feel free to make it serious or funny! For example mine would be something along the lines of "My name is Desi and I'm surviving quarantine by painting!" Once you record your video, please email it to me. I would like to have the videos by Saturday, May 9th, but the sooner the better! If you have any questions at all feel free to email me! Thanks so much and I hope you all are staying safe! |
 Rotarians and Rotaractors everywhere are proving that being physically isolated doesn’t mean being disconnected. People are embracing new ways to connect using technology — smartphones, webcams, and the internet. Find out more by viewing the webinar "Connect with the (Online) Rotary World" at https://vimeo.com/channels/rotarymembership/412918177. Below are some resources that can help us members stay engaged with others, even in the face of social distancing: |
Club Members Please Note If you know of a member needing get-well wishes or an extension of sympathy on behalf of the club, please inform Maryann Cole or Pam Cress. Also if you are able to reach out to other Rotarians during this troubled time, you are encouraged to do so. A short email or quick call will lift someone’s spirits. Keep our cherished honorary members in mind as well. Thank you!
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Chad Hickox, sponsored by Doug Bayne, was inducted into our Rotary family at our April 23, virtual meeting. Chad is acting president of Walla Walla Community College where he has worked since 2018 as Provost/Executive Vice President, and previously as Vice President of Instruction. He is a philosopher by training and inclination, having earned a PhD in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He grew up in rural southwestern Idaho on a dairy farm, but has lived all over the country, including Boise; Buffalo; Detroit; Seattle; Portland; Helena, Montana, and now Walla Walla, where he truly feels that he has found his home. Chad is an avid gardener (or at least builder of raised gardening beds) and loves all things related to the outdoors. He lives in Walla Walla with his wife and two school-aged sons. Welcome to our Rotary family Chad! |
Erin Wells, sponsored by Rhonda Gould, was inducted into our Rotary family at our April 30, virtual meeting. She has lived in Walla Walla for the last five years and has been the Library Director at the Walla Walla Public Library since August 2019. Erin was born in Portland Oregon. She attended Portland State University and received a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University. While she was completing her Master’s degree she worked at Pacific Power in Portland as a Project Coordinator in the Transmission Engineering department. After she finished her Master’s she took a chance and moved to a town of 600 in Southwest Kansas to be their Library Director. The town was so small that they did not have a stoplight, but it was a great opportunity. However after a few years the Northwest called home and Erin moved to Milton-Freewater to take over as their Library Director in 2014. Erin has been active in many professional library associations and is currently the Chair of the Public Library Division of the Oregon Library Association. Erin is married to Matt Elder who is a Social Studies teacher in Waitsburg. One of their favorite hobbies is traveling and they have been to 13 countries on four continents together. Erin has loved living in Walla Walla these last few years and looks forward to getting to know everyone in Rotary. Welcome to our Rotary family Erin! |
Marley Ahler is our 2020 High School Scholarship recipient from Waitsburg. She was unable to attend our April 30 virtual meeting but sent us a letter which Becky Roberts read for us: "Dear Members of the Rotary Club of Walla Walla: I would like to thank the Rotary Club of Walla Walla for the Waitsburg High School Scholarship. I am honored you supported me as Waitsburg High School's selection. This scholarship will allow me to pursue my plans of attending Eastern Washington University in the fall of 2020. At EWU I will major in either social work or criminal justice. Different experiences have led me to the two fields of criminal justice and social work. During my junior year I had the opportunity to learn about criminal justice and the various possibilities the field has to offer. I am also considering a career in social work, because I know personally what it is like to be on the other side of social work: that is actually having a social worker assigned to you. I have been in foster care for four years, so I know what an amazing social worker is like as well as what a not so great social worker is like. I want to help other children of all ages who do not have a voice or have someone to talk to. Having an invested and involved social worker can make or break a child’s whole world. I feel like I can relate to more people since I had the experience of being a child in the foster care system. I also would like to be a social worker, because it deals with the court system, which then ties back to the field of criminal justice. Thank you again for believing in me. You will never know how much your support means to me. I hope I will be able pay your kindness forward one day. Sincerely, Marley Ahler" |
Angelic Dustine Peters, sponsored by Jerry Cummins, joined our Rotary family at out April 16, virtual on-line meeting. She grew up in neighboring Helix, Oregon and attended Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. Angie recently moved to Walla Walla as the General Manager of Walla Walla Valley Transit. Welcome to our Rotary family, Angie!
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Kyle Tarbet was recognized as having met all the criteria necessary to receive his Blue Badge at our April 16, virtual on-line meeting. Congratulations Kyle, we are pleased you have chosen to serve the community alongside us.
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Niel Wright, College Place High School senior, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship at our April 16, virtual on-line meeting. Niel is a track athlete, a student body officer, and mentors a middle schooler. He is planning to attend Washington State University majoring in digital technology. Our Scholarship Committee was moved by this very humble young man. Congratulations Niel, you have the backing of all of us at the Rotary Club of Walla Walla. Best wishes!
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Volunteer Opportunity at the Christian Aid Center CURRENT NEEDS Special Response Volunteers Needed Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we may need additional volunteers to help us continue basic services to the most vulnerable. They need on call volunteers to fill in and help with meals. Besides providing pick up meals for morning and evening, they are the current community site for lunch time meals. If you are interested in adding your name to a list of “Special Response Volunteers” who will be called as needed, please call: Jeannette Regalado at 509-525-7153 ext. 114. While we rely on the help of volunteers for daily operations, we fully support those who chose not to come to Christian Aid Center during the COVID-19 public health crisis. We also request those who are at a higher risk or are experiencing any symptoms of sickness, to please stay at home. |
All members in our district are requested to join the fight against COVID-19. What if there was a way to help, from the safety of our homes, and make a real difference? Our district is being asked to participate in this extraordinary new effort, and your participation is critical to its success. In the past week, this program has been announced via press release with national coverage, and the hope is that it will be adopted by Rotary Clubs across our nations in the next few weeks. The background is this: Only a few weeks ago, Rotary Members in a Bay Area, California club engaged Rotary International to recruit 1 million volunteers in two weeks to sign up with Volunteer Surge, a new program that allows us to train online, for free, to become a Telehealth Worker, or a Community Health Worker. These volunteers will provide basic assistance, and will reduce suffering and save lives, locally and across our nations. How? By helping our health care providers to focus more of their attention where it is most needed. Click HERE to watch a video of the presentation of this inspirational effort to a large group of district governors which will answer a lot of your questions. TIME IS CRITICAL. Please click HERE to learn more and decide how you, your friends, and family can participate. And share this link with as many as you can, on Facebook, email, and other social media. The world is watching, and we, as Rotary Members, People of Action, are now truly defined by our actions in this crisis.
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If anybody knows of service projects that need volunteers, or if you have ideas for service projects, please contact our fearless President Jan Corn. We need to identify some areas our members can serve. You can find Jan's email in our Member Directory. To see what other Rotary Clubs are doing around the globe visit https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-clubs-help-fight-covid-19-pandemic, and https://www.endpolio.org/polio-eradication-staff-support-covid-19-response.
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 | All Rotarians are welcome to attend Rotary Board of Directors Meetings via Zoom Meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, from noon to 1 PM. It’s a good way to complete Blue Badge requirements or make up a missed meeting. Our next meetings will be on Monday, June 1st and Monday, June 15th. Please let us know if you would like to attend and we will provide you the link for the meeting. |
From Larry Frank: Rotary photos can be accessed on your browser by typing: larryfrank.smugmug.com then clicking on the gallery with the Rotary Banner. Left mouse click a photo to select it. Right mouse click the enlarged selection and you can select Save As… to download it to your computer. Ignore the Buy Print button unless you want Smugmug to print you a copy and mail it to you. The site does not require a password, and downloading a file does not cost you anything, and I am not rewarded in any way. |
There is a mobile app available for our phones if we choose to download it. The app provides a member list, upcoming programs, district information and many other resources. Android users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doxess.clubrunnermobile&hl=en_US Apple users: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clubrunner/id434696377?mt=8
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