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This Week's Meeting
The featured speaker at this week's meeting is our own Kendra Pinkelman. Kendra is the proprietor of Solstice Healing and will talk to us about ecotherapy. She is a licensed mental health specialist with a holistic approach to helping people.
 
Aquafest is fast approaching. Keep those sponsorships coming in. Click here to sign up for the Corn Booth, Grand Parade, Boat Parade and/or Ticket Sales. You can also register family members and friends!
 
Thank you to those that have helped out at our table at the Farmers Market! It's our turn again next week.
 
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.
 
PHOTO CONTEST: We do have a winner to the latest photo. A new photo will be introduced soon!

RI Foundation Grant - Eswatini
Carol Hendricks was our guest speaker on Friday, July 8th updating our Club on the RI Foundation grant to Days for Girls which started in 2008 by Founder and CEO Celeste Mergens. Carol was with us in 2019.  he has made 14 trips to Eswatini for Days for Girls. The republic of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a landlocked country in southern Africa bordering South Africa and Mozambique. It has a population of 1.2 million people.
 
 
The group started applying for Rotary International Foundation Grants in 2019 and was awarded $107,000 from RI. They are assisted by two Rotary Clubs in the area. In February, a grant of $20,500 was provided Days for Girls, which our Club was a participant in the amount of $1,250. The purpose of the grant was to establish hand washing stations which cost about $1,000 each so our contribution bought a hand washing station. 
 
 
A plan was developed to provide young girls with Days for Girls menstrual kits. These young girls were never given proper instructions on how to use products to take care of their menstrual cycle. Days for Girls advances menstrual equity, health, dignity, and the opportunity to transform periods into pathways. Since 2008, Days for Girls has reached more than 2.5 million women and girls in 145 countries with period products and health education to help them have a brighter, more informed life cycle as young women and girls. 
Rotary-Farmers Market-A Family Affair
Rotary is a family and sometimes it becomes a Family Affair. At the Farmers Market on Wednesday, July 6th, Kristin Odegaard, her daughter Josie and son Diego manned the Rotary booth during the first shift. Kristin is the Advisor to our Lake Stevens High School Interact Club. 
 
During their shift, she signed up six students for next year's Interact Club and spoke to one young woman who showed interest in joining Rotary. Our Club gives out FREE water and on a balmy day, it is a very welcome relief for many of the Farmers Market attendees.
Membership Directory
 
Welcome to our newest member Rickelle Pegrum!
 
The Membership Directory has been updated with our new members and is now available at the Club's website. After you have logged in look for the eDirectory Reports 2.0 link under the My ClubRunner heading on your Admin page. At that new page, you can choose from a variety of directories. If you do print a copy, please save paper and print double sided. You can also keep a copy of the Directory on your smart phone. There's a ClubRunner app for Andriod and iPhone users. Search your specific "store" for the CR application. Speaking of Directories, it is only as good as you make it. So, please make sure that your information is current and up-to-date.

Name the eBulletin Contest
We're are still looking for ideas for the name of this weekly bulletin. We've had one submission in the eleven and a half years that we've been asking. And, that was from someone outside of our Club! Send your ideas to the Editor. Thank you!
 
Membership Dues
Members- invoices were sent to you for the semi-annual dues and voluntary contribution to The Rotary Fund (EREY). If you have yet to make your dues payment please contact the Treasurer to let him know when you will take care of this. Check your email for the invoice and be part of the Paid group. Thank you for supporting your Club.
Mark Your Calendars!
Aquafest
29 - 31 July 2022
 
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​Interact is a service club for youth ages 14-18. The name is a combination of the words international​ and action​. We join Clubs in over 120 countries around the world. The global youth network is dedicated to community and international service. Every Interact Club project, great or small, has a lasting impact on society worldwide.
 
Club Meetings are suspended for the summer. Contact Mrs. Odegaard for more information!
Find out the latest at our Facebook site.
 
Our regular Rotary Club Meetings are at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center lower level Community Room located at 12309 22nd St NE. We start at 7:30 am. Click here for the online link. There will not be any breakfast served. However, coffee will be available. Visitors are always welcome.
Speakers
Jul 22, 2022
Classification Talks
Jul 29, 2022
Meeting at The Buzz Inn
Aug 05, 2022
Lake Stevens Food Bank
Aug 12, 2022
First Responder Program
Aug 26, 2022
Tulalip Tribes
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Upcoming Events
Swim Beach Fence Prep-work and Painting
N Lakeshore Swimming Beach
Jul 17, 2022 8:30 AM –
Jul 19, 2022 7:30 PM
 
Swim Beach Painting
N Lakeshore Swim Beach
Jul 19, 2022
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Farmers Market
The Mill
Jul 20, 2022
2:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Rotary Board Meeting
Brian Rewis Farmer's Insurance Office
Jul 21, 2022
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Aquafest
Downtown
Jul 29, 2022 – Jul 31, 2022
 
Rotary & Lake Stevens School District Blood Drive
Lake Stevens School District Educational Service Center
Aug 12, 2022
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
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James Monroe
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