Last weekend was the District Conference in Harrison Hot Springs. Attending from our Club was Lance Morehouse, President-Elect and James Monroe, Web Administrator and Sargent at Arms. During the conference, James was awarded a Paul Harris by District Governor Isabelle Martinez Hayer for his work on the Peace Arch Journal as well as his photography at Rotary events.
See the photo of the District honoring Loren Hole below.
Building Community-DNA Skate School presented by Derek (Lucky D) and Aslie (Ash, Lil' Shredder) on Friday, May 1st at our regular weekly meeting. Derek is a lifelong skater, professional athletic and community advocate. Ash is the voice of reason and body healer. She is an occupational therapist.
Their community is made up of Washington Groups from Seattle Weekly Skate session of friendship, Wednesday Night Skaters, DNA Skate School, Seattle Distance Skating Clubs, Beginners, Community in Bowls and many skate journeys.
Rickelle Pegrum, Oo-Membership Chair, welcomes our newest member, Alex Schaller with his badge and membership welcome packet at our meeting on Friday, May 1st.
Our guest speaker on Friday was Jeremy Goldsmith of the Washington State Fathers Network. The WSFN started 47 years ago at UW and was housed under Kindering from 1985-2025 but is now under the Sherwood Community Services umbrella. WAFN is a powerful voice for fathers and families of children with a disability or special health care needs. WSFN is one of the longest running father's program.
The program serves as a connected hub for father's uncles, grandpas and other male caregivers of children with special healthcare needs. Jeremy is the first coordinator under Sherwood and shared his personal connection to the work through his niece who is nonverbal and autistic. The coordinator's responsibilities include relationship-building, resource development, promoting the network and establishing chapters across Washington.
Join us in recognizing World Immunization Week during your meetings and in your communities!
Please,
help raise awareness of the need to keep our children healthy!
understand that most of the children infected with polio will not present paralysis nor other symptoms, but still can pass on the virus (two wild polio cases already this year),
inform your communities that
polio is only a plane ride away (the polio virus was detected in London sewage for the second time this year)
no child is safe until all children are safe
ADVOCATE - DONATE - EDUCATE
https://www.rotary.org/en/world-immunization-week-vaccines-keep-communities-healthy Rotary info
https://brandcenter.rotary.org/en-us/search?tab=0&dt_ourcauses=Ending+Polio&tt_lang=EN&dt_lang=EN Rotary resources
The co-chairs of the upcoming Corks and Kegs, Rickelle Pegrum, Ilene Levering and Bob Howe re-educated our members about our upcoming major fundraiser, Corks and Kegs. During the open discussion with Club members, there were questions about changing the name from Corks & Kegs to Lake Stevens Rotary Boots, Bids & BBQ on Saturday, September 19th at Carlton Farms.
The leadership committee needs more members added to the committee. This is an Auction and dinner. The dinner will be catered by Hook and Cleaver. The menu will be BBQ. The theme will be country western, boots and western style clothing.
Bob Howe, chair of the Lake Stevens Rotary Charitable Foundation presented Tracy DeLorm with the Paul Harris Fellow Recogniation ruby pin which recognizes six subsequent $1,000 contribution levels to the Rotary Foundation. Congratulations Tracy and thanks so much for your continued support of Rotary. Looking on is President-Elect Lance Morehouse.
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