The guest speaker this week is Lake Stevens City Councilman Kim Daughtry. He'll talk about what's happening in the City and share his view of where we're headed.
We have been requested to wear masks if you are attending the meetings at the school district's Community Room. You can still attend by joining the meetings via Zoom.
Raffle tickets are now available for our Corks, Kegs and Vikings fundraiser. Get your tickets from Angie Hein at meetings or contact her to make other arrangements.
Please make sure you dues have been submitted. If you have any concerns about this, talk to Treasurer Laurie.
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: You are encouraged to participate in this. 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, August 20th. Send your guess to the Editor.
Our guests on Friday, August 13th were Suzy Oversvee and Laura Zorack from Snohomish PUD discussing the Community Solar and Arlington Microgrid programs. A few facts about the Snohomish County PUD: The public utility provides power to over 350,000 customers in Snohomish County and Camano Island. The utility is the second largest publicly owned utility in the Pacific Northwest and the 12th largest in the United States. It is a national leader in carbon free energy.
The Arlington Microgrid is a small generating grid. Its basically a big generator for the community along with energy storage. They have the ability to island the grid in case of any disasters. They can get an operation up and running without going to the BPA for help.
The Microgrid goals and use cases proposed for clean energy fund grant. The microgrid covers over two acres. In 2019, a 500 kw solar project was installed in Arlington. The project consist of 1620 solar panels. Utility customers were offered the option of purchasing shares to cover the cost of construction. At the time of completion, it was the largest solar project in Washington State. The Governor visited the project in April followed by a story in the Everett Herald.
A second community solar project is underway after receiving a grant from the State and is in south Everett. Partnering with Everett it should be up and running by the end of the year. Another great program for our Club.
Past President Ken Collins presenting Kristin Odeggard with a Paul Harris Award and Distinguished Service Award for the 2020-2021 period. Kristin was unable to be at our June 26th Installation Banquet. Kristin is a member of our club and does an awesome job as Advisor to our Lake Stevens High School Interact Club. Congratulations Kristin. Well deserved.
One year ago today, we opened our doors to the first children to ever come to Bridge Receiving Center... two sisters who needed a safe place to stay. Since then we have opened our door to a total of 59 children in all...with many more still to come. It has been an amazingly beautiful and challenging year as we have cared for children coping with some of the worst that life can offer them. Children whose worlds have been torn apart and need to have a safe place to land, who need a team around them that understands how volatile and upset they can feel, how much they are hurting.
It has been quite a year here at Bridge. And it is all thanks to you. The State of Washington contributes 33% of what it takes to provide these children with the Bridge Receiving Center alternative. The other 67% comes from individuals like you who care about hurting children and want to help them heal. For some of you, that has meant joining our 51 Club and giving monthly to sustain our work. (We are currently looking for 18 more people to join if you are interested!) For others, it has meant telling your friends about our work on social media or donating whenever you can. Still others, it's meant sending something off our Wish List to make sure the children have what they need while they are with us. Many of you responded to our plea on social media last week and helped us clothe J. He arrived at Bridge without any clothes but the ones he was wearing. And you responded so generously, sending him all the clothes he needed - and when his needs had been met, sending clothes for the other children currently in our care. You gave a loving, tangible response just when it was needed.
And that is what Bridge is all about...being that loving response to a child right when they need it...being there to hold their hand, listen to their pain, keep them safe when they are coming undone, all the while reminding them that they are not alone, that we are there to help them make it through.
Thank you for being such a big part of that response...for all you have given - and will continue to give - so we can keep opening our doors to every child who needs us.
You have made such a difference in these children's lives. And that makes all the difference to all of us at Bridge.
Here's to another year of helping every child who needs us.
PS. If you'd like to give a gift to Bridge to celebrate our first birthday, visit our Birthday Web Page to donate!
Sit on our patio or on the dock overlooking Lake Stevens, listen to live music, enjoy the entertainment, talk to new friends or simply soak up the warm sun as you sip an exotic martini and feast on delicious food
$50 (all proceeds go to the Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast)
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 now on hiatus for the summer. Contact Mrs. Odegaard for more information!
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.
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