The September 15 Morning meeting Raffle raised $300 in support of the Bremerton Boys and Girls Club. Foundation President Patty Murphy presented the Money to Katie Musgrave of the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound. Denny Smith won the wine gift basket raffle. 

This coming Monday, September 13th the Kitsap County Commissioners will recognize Jim Aho for his many thousands of volunteer hours and for sharing his expertise for the benefit of the greater Illahee/East Bremerton community.  Jim has made a tireless focus to Illahee Preserve thru his Herculean effort to initially help make Illahee Preserve a Kitsap County Park, then immerse himself in the on-going maintenance, and most notably to lead the effort to expand from original 352 acres up to current 587 acres.  He also continues to serve as a Port of Illahee Commissioner, long-time member of Salvation Army Board, a long-time member of the Central Kitsap Community Council Board, and member of East Bremerton Rotary.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBR in action! Patty Murphy, Denny and Connie Smith, Jill Wallen, Bill Wright, Marcie Axtman and Stacie Dore' on Friday assisted Chef Rachel prepare Kitchen Tool kits supplied by our Club with matching funds from Rotary District 5020. Monday begins the summer series of Fresh and Healthy Cooking for Your Family at Kitsap Community Resources. EBR is also compiling a recipe book and is om the lookout for Simple and Healthy recipes.
 
Fresh and Healthy Cooking started as a 3 week course to provide families with a kitchen kit, offer an opportunity to learn cooking skills, provide recipes for cost efficient meals, along with effective grocery shopping options, they will shop at a local grocery store, return to KCR’s industrial kitchen, prepare and package their meals to carry home to their family.

This year we held a Virtual Christmas Party via Zoom.

Highlight of the party was the Gingerbread House contest. John Armstrong had the winning entry with the "Bruserville Schoolhouse.

 

 

2020 Christmas Angel program. This year’s program was necessarily different than years past. East Bremerton Rotary partnered with Kitsap Community Resources to provide Christmas gifts to families in need. Instead of shopping for families and providing wrapped gifts, donated items were assembled at the Bremerton Masonic Lodge and deserving parents were allowed to “shop” for gifts for their family. This enabled the parents to more closely match their family’s needs. 

Rotarians pledged $6,703 and with the $4,000 club Foundation match, the total donation for World Polio Day was $10,793. This generosity resulted in 17 new or next level Paul Harris Fellows and three first time Rotary Foundation Polio Plus donors.
 
Tina Robinson - PHF
Bill Dean Benson – PHF + 1
Robert Washbond – PHF + 1
Jonathan P. Buesch – PHF + 2
Patty Murphy – PHF + 2
David J. White – PHF + 2
Dr. Kenneth Lee Hegtvedt – PHF + 3
Sue Ann Shipley – PHF + 3
John (Sonny) Loidhamer – PHF + 4
Kim W. Zook – PHF + 5
Jerry LeTexier – PHF + 6 & 7
Steve Fabry – PHF + 8

President Donna and her Sweetheart Auction Team did it again, and another successful fundraiser is in the books. A big thanks to all club members for helping out by making donations, volunteering your time, inviting friends and showing up to bid. From the looks of these photos, a good time was had! 

 

 

 

All fall groups of Rotarians have been working at the Stella Maris women's shelter in West Bremerton to add a storage shed that will help accommodate a need for storage space. EBR also helped stock the shed with goods they need. At last week's meeting all the members who participated were recognized, including Dick Shipley, who led most of the organization and construction, and Jill Wallen, Jon Buesch, John Armstrong, Dave White, Vic Ulsh, Kim Zook, Guy Stitt, Bill Wright, Bill Benson, Ron Muhleman, Jerry LeTexier, Sonny Loidhammer, Alijah Hawley, Eric Roberts, Howard Julien, Jack Stodden, Patty Murphy and Ken Hegvedt. 

 

Find more photos from the work parties on our Facebook page.