Today we recognized three members who achieved their next level as a Paul Harris Fellow. Good job, Caty, Michele & Tim!

Eagle River Rotary is happy to induct Brad Carlson during our new member orientation. Thank you to all who braved the icy rain to come out tonight to learn more about Rotary. Thank you to the Gambles for hosting the get-together.

 

 

Congrats to Doug for his  2nd lucky card selection in 3 weeks for the morning split the pot! Someone needs to take this man to Vegas! Meanwhile, the lunch pot grows ever large with only a handful of cards remaining.  Rumor has it is over $1400!

Don made a generous donation to Rotary and received his major donor Paul Harris pins.

 

Every member has the opportunity to "do good in the world" by designating where our $1000 District Grant goes. The funds are already loaded and ready to be lent. All you have to do is log onto Kiva.org and find the person or group you want to support with your $25 piece of the grant. You  choose the country and the need - the possibilities are endless. Then copy the URL and email it to Tim so he can make the loan. If everyone participates there will be at least 35 people throughout the world who will be closer to improving their life and the lives of their families. It costs you nothing but a few minutes of your time. Make a difference and PARTICIPATE!!

Here is the intrepid group who gave time and effort in cleaning up a stretch of the inbound Glenn Highway. Thanks for what you do to keep Eagle River beautiful!

Decked out in his cheery orange blazer, Yaro, our exchange student from the Netherlands attended the morning meeting and gave a fun and interesting presentation about his homeland. We also discovered that he is celebrating his 18th birthday Sept 14th so if you see him around, please wish him a very happy birthday.

 

As a really fun and interesting change of pace, the lunch meeting was held in the Day Room at Station 11 right here in Eagle River. The charming and entertaining Capt Craig Walls was kind enough to spend time educating the members about the the Fire Departments throughout the municipality. If you attended and didn't learn something new or interesting - you weren't listening. Thank you to the great Fire Fighters at Station 11 for allowing us to tour their beautiful building.

Our first annual Bunco Fireside is Mission Accomplished! There was a lot of good-natured competition and laughter as we rattled and rolled our way through three games of the infamous dice game known as Bunco. In the end, Linda won a prize for most Wins, Tom won Most Buncos, Yaro took a prize for the Last Bunco of the Night (which explains the attractive accessories he is wearing), and Tim was the Biggest Loser but went home with excellent prizes, as well, including a Youth Exchange pin that Yaro presented to him. A huge thank you to the Gambles for hosting: it was a fun night full of great food and fellowship. In fact, Yaro enjoyed it so much, he intends to share the game with his friends back in the Netherlands, but he is going to have to provide his own sombrero and necklace...Tonya's not giving up those family heirlooms.

Quintin Perham treated us to a presentation of his adventures in Italy as a Rotary Exchange Student at both the morning and lunch meeting.