Events

Our Annual Blood Draw will be held at Whatcom Community College in conjunction with Bloodworks Northwest.  

More information below:

• Signup link: https://schedule.bloodworksnw.org/DonorPortal/GroupLanding.aspx?s=3336
• Great video on donating blood for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siFBpUewZ0c&t=16s

Title:  Lutherie, An Unexpected Occupation

Brian Griffin is a true icon of our Club, as well as an amazing story teller, so don’t miss his presentation about his ukulele crafting career. He will show some of his instruments and strum a few chords!

Predictions expert Mark Anderson is the CEO of Strategic News Service (SNS) and publisher of the weekly SNS Global Report on Technology and the Global Economy, read by Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Vint Cerf, Michael Dell, Craig Venter, Jeff Bezos, Bill Janeway, Paul Jacobs, Leroy Hood, and technology executives and investors worldwide. Mark is also the founding CEO of startup Pattern Computer Inc. and chair of The Future in Review (FiRe) Conference which The Economist has named “the best technology conference in the world.”

Tickets are $100, include dinner, the Predictions event, and Q&A

Fundraiser to support Rotary Club of Bellingham's focus on homelessness, affordable housing, and youth development in Whatcom County

Buy Your Tickets Now!

Event Sponsors:

• Louis Auto and Residential Glass
• Veritas Media
• Financial Plan Inc. 
• TAGNW

We will present awards in Humanities & Visual Arts

Always one of favorite programs giving us the opportunity to honor our High School Students, this time in Humanities & Visual Arts.  Students from Bellingham, Sehome, Squalicum and Options High Schools.  You won't want to miss it!!

2-27-23:  “Whether you realize it or not, the Port of Bellingham plays a large role in the lives of most Whatcom County residents. Come find out about this lesser-known but vital local government agency from the Port’s Executive Director, Rob Fix.”

The speaker is Henry Levine, MD, a Bellingham psychiatrist, who will talk about the use of CBD, the non-mind-altering part of the cannabis plant. The title is:

CBD: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

3-13-2023: Whether you have ever used marijuana or not, you will want to hear, from local psychiatrist Henry Levine, MD, the latest information about the therapeutic use and misuse of CBD, the (supposedly) non-mind-altering component of the cannabis plant. 

Stay tuned more information  to come.

Being held at Kwantlen Polytech University

12666 72 Ave.

Surrey, BC, Canada V3W2M8

Award for Music & Most Inspirational/Community Service

Always one of favor programs giving us the opportunity to honor our High School Students, this time in Music & Most Inspirational/Community Service.  Students from Bellingham, Sehome, Squalicum and Options High Schools.  You won't want to miss it!!

Donation for meals link: Click here 

Feeding thousands of children daily is no small task!

Join the Rotary Club of Bellingham on April 22nd and pack meals for children in need and have a wonderful time serving with your hands.

Making this possible is only possible through the efforts of partners and volunteers like you. The meals packed will be sent to Sierra Leone, providing over 1,000 students nutritious meals so they can concentrate at school. 

More about Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone, a lush tropical country on the west coast of Africa that boasts beautiful beaches, picturesque mountains, and some of the richest natural resources and mineral deposits (including diamonds) in the world, is one of the poorest countries in the world. It consistently ranks as one of the least developed countries on the United Nations Human Development Index. It also has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world (children dying before reaching age five).

Coupled with this overwhelming poverty, from 1991–2001, Sierra Leone was embroiled in a devastating civil war in which tens of thousands of people were killed and an estimated one million people were forced from their homes and villages—many raped, tortured, and/or drafted into rebel forces. The war destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure and has left its lasting scars, most notably on the children—leaving 320,000 children orphaned.

Most people in Sierra Leone live in rural farming communities. A typical family dwelling in a village is a mud-walled home with a dirt floor and a thatched roof. Cooking is done by outdoor fire. Laundry, washing, and bathing are done in the nearest river or with water hauled from the closest water source. A typical family’s diet consists of rice, cassava root, and leafy greens.