Lake Report (Mar 09, 2021)

Posted by James Monroe on Mar 08, 2021

The program at this week's meeting includes a presentation by Curtis Shirey, a member of the Rotary Club of Portland who will talk about an exciting new initiative to recruit and retain members under the age of 40. Currently, the Rotary Club of Portland has a dedicated membership actively serving and looking ahead to ensure the torch will be passed onward. With that purpose in mind, the U40 or “under 40” program has been developed to induct an annual class of new candidates desiring to emerge as leaders and become lasting Rotarians.

The monthly Board Meeting is this Thursday. All members are invited and will be sent a link to join in.

This year's Scholarship Program applications are available at our website. Look for them in the Download Documents section.

The link to our Youtube Channel is now available on our website and our weekly bulletins. You can view recent online meetings. If you watch any of them, you can count it as a makeup. Just let our Secretary, Gary O'Rielly know.

Continue to live by and exemplify the Rotary Four Way Test-

Is it the Truth?

Is it Fair to All Concerned?

Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendships?

Will it Be Beneficial to all Concerned?

PHOTO CONTEST: You are encouraged to participate in this. We have a new photo! Be the first person to correctly identify from where the photo at the top of this bulletin and at the top of our website was taken from by 7:30 am Friday, March 12th. Send your guess to the Editor.

IPA Update 2021

Posted by Gary O'Rielly on Mar 08, 2021

Our guest again this past Friday, was Marty Peace providing our Club with changes in the International Projects Alliance (IPA) in 2020-21. Marty has been a favorite of our Club as she updates us about the activities of IPA in Copán, Honduras. Pictured with Marty is the Peter Martin, President of IPA.

The changes that occurred in 2020-21 was the addition of Adopt-a-Village Program, Global grant, Hurricane relief, Adopt-a-Dream, their trip in February which involved Covid-19, the devastation of the hurricane and school supply delivery. They revised the management structure, showed a list of Clubs involved and the new District grant updates.

Adopt-a-Village Program: This came about because of a Club's request for more involvement and connection with the village. Parts of the Adopt-a-Village Program are to Adopt-a-School, a student health fund and a mobile library. Financial commitment is $1,000 a year toward Adopt-a-Dream. Commit to $1,000 a year for construction projects as needed. So far, ten Villages have been adopted.

Global Grants: Rapid Development 3: allows IPA to add six villages to the Rapid Development Program. Cinthia and Mauricio are wonderful people and hard workers in Copán coordinating the activities between IPA and the local villages. Although Cinthia has met with local community leaders, Covid 19 restrictions have prevented community training sessions. However school supplies were delivered. District grants are going toward water projects in three of the villages.

Hurricane Relief: IPA raised $31,000 towards hurricane relief. Restored water supply to 16 villages. The rebuilding of a heavily used foot bridge, the La Vegona Foot Bridge was important and the rebuilding a kindergarten.

Adopt-a-Dream: Currently there are 490 students and IPA has decided to limit the number to 500 in order to sustain the program. Middle school: 350, $180 a year per student; High School: 140, $280 per year per student. Sponsors: 290: leaving 200 students without sponsors. University; 25, eight privately sponsored, 17 IPA sponsored with the cost varying. A new database using the Access platform was started to better manage the information about the students. IPA is starting a laptop computer program for university students. The students sign a contract to maintain, with a deposit of $40 and are responsible for WiFi. If they graduate, the computer is theirs.

February Trip: the first trip in a year. Focus was on delivering school supplies to 2,300 students, verifying middle and high school students and reconnecting with students and friends. Copán has relied on tourism in the past and there is a total lack of tourism due to Covid 19 restrictions. The plan is to re-institute trips every three months.

What is IPA?: The International Project Alliance is a large collaborative group of Rotary Clubs in northwest Washington State, who made a long-term commitment to helping the people of the Copán Ruinas region of western Honduras. Founded in 2014, the projects cover most areas of international aid, including education, health, food and agriculture,

YouTube and Our Club

Posted on Feb 24, 2021

Recently, we began recording our regular Friday morning meetings and upload them to our account on YouTube each week following the meeting. This has opened up a number of opportunities for club members and potential members to view a specific meeting date and time. Likewise, within the past two days, Angie Hein, club member and IT expert uploaded the Skatepark story for everyone's viewing pleasure and the history our club played in its development over the course of 15 years. The entire meeting on Friday, February 19th was recorded and uploaded to YouTube.

You can go to www.youtube.com. Once you are on site, type in Lake Stevens Rotary and you can visit any of the meetings that we have posted since our January 29th launch.

If you missed the meeting, this is a great way to do a make up. We had two really great programs for your viewing pleasure which are part of our weekly bulletin for February 19th and on our website.

Quote of the Week - Who Said It?

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”