Rand Southam, Public Relations Chair, has been working on new processes for the Cub's website and introduced some conceptual ideas for automating sponsorships, scholarship applications, member onboarding and more. The major emphasis is to shifting our website focus from promoting the Club to highlightling and engaging the local community. Current research results for "Lake Stevens Rotary" shows ClubRunner and District pages, but the Club's presence and calls to action are unclear.

A desired landing page clearly would state who the Club is, where it is, and what it does, with strong calls to action such as join a meeting, scholarships, grants and membership. The suggested platform would be WordPress. Other potential results are adding a Donate button and a Member area for internal informaiton. More information to come going forward with this new concept was encouraged by all of the members present at the Friday, July 26th meeting. 

Our program on Friday, June 19th was Deputy Chief Michael McConnell who gave our Club an update on the Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue service. SRFR was formed through strategic partnership with District 7 (Clearview/Maltby), SCFPD #3 (Monroe) and Lake Stevens Fire. Their mission is compassionate care, excellence and neighbor-to-neighbor engagement, with a strong emphasis on hometown and community connection.

SRFR recent;y achieved international accreditation, it is the only accredited agency in Snohomish County and one of nine in Washington State. Organizational design reduces duplication and improves coordination, response relability, and patient outcomes.

President Brian Rewis announced the following awards: Rotary Citizen of the Year, Todd Lewis, Grocery Outlet; Rotarian of the Year, Ilene Levering; Rookie of the Year, Erinn Matesi and the Loren & Lorna Hole Award to Paul Adams. Congratulations!

Lance Morehouse takes the Oath of Office as the President 2026-2927 from Immediate Past District Governor Dave Duskin at the Club's Installation Banquet on Saturday, June 13th. Congratulations Lance! Looking forward to a fun filled year.