On Tuesday Mar 13 the East Bremerton and Pouslbo Rotary Clubs held a joint meeting at McClouds Grillhouse in Bremerton. The presentation titled “Normandy D-Day, and Todays Age of the App” was given by Mac Alexander McDonald.
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The Sweetheart Auction was huge success. Thank you joining us and supporting Kitsap Cancer Services and the East Bremerton Rotary!
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New bulletin changes ahead the east Bremerton rotary!
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 We all face the risk of a heart attack. If you missed last week's excellent presentation on Pulse Point and how it can save lives in Kitsap County, take a minute to read the information at www.harrisonfoundation.org/pulsepoint And, if you know CPR don't forget to download the Pulse Point app to your phone. If you don't know CPR, free classes are available through the Central Kitsap Fire District. |
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The indomitable, talented, and prolific Lew Bruser is on hiatus.
Please take this opportunity to give him a pat on the back and let him know how much we all enjoy his contributions to the bulletin.
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The third-grade dictionary project began in 2008 and has run continuously in the Central Kitsap School District. Every year, every third grade class gets a visit by Rotarians with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt American Heritage Children's Dictionaries in hand. These dictionaries become the property of each student.
During this visit, the students write their name in the front of the book and Rotarians give a brief overview of what Rotary is all about and then ask the students to help repeat the Four Way Test. One of the fun things to ask during the last test (Will it be beneficial to all concerned?), is if the students know the definition of beneficial. Most of the time there is no answer, so we ask the students, "where do you think we can find out what it means?" Certain students understand to look up the word and discover the answer. As a class, we then look up the word together.
To date, more than 8,000 dictionaries have been handed out.
In many cases, this is the only book the student owns, and they become very possessive of their new books. Occasionally there is a conflict between a pair of siblings (third and fourth grader) in mixed classes where the students recently transferred. It is always fun to sneak a dictionary to a fourth grader.
The teachers and students always show their appreciation with thank you notes and pictures.
- See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/730/Stories/8-000-dictionaries-given-out-since-2008#sthash.HIO7JEcW.AOLd5MrF.dpufThe third-grade dictionary project began in 2008 and has run continuously in the Central Kitsap School District. Every year, every third grade class gets a visit by Rotarians with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt American Heritage Children's Dictionaries in hand. These dictionaries become the property of each student.
During this visit, the students write their name in the front of the book and Rotarians give a brief overview of what Rotary is all about and then ask the students to help repeat the Four Way Test. One of the fun things to ask during the last test (Will it be beneficial to all concerned?), is if the students know the definition of beneficial. Most of the time there is no answer, so we ask the students, "where do you think we can find out what it means?" Certain students understand to look up the word and discover the answer. As a class, we then look up the word together.
To date, more than 8,000 dictionaries have been handed out.
In many cases, this is the only book the student owns, and they become very possessive of their new books. Occasionally there is a conflict between a pair of siblings (third and fourth grader) in mixed classes where the students recently transferred. It is always fun to sneak a dictionary to a fourth grader.
The teachers and students always show their appreciation with thank you notes and pictures.
- See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/730/Stories/8-000-dictionaries-given-out-since-2008#sthash.HIO7JEcW.AOLd5MrF.dpufThe third-grade dictionary project began in 2008 and has run continuously in the Central Kitsap School District. Every year, every third grade class gets a visit by Rotarians with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt American Heritage Children's Dictionaries in hand. These dictionaries become the property of each student.
During this visit, the students write their name in the front of the book and Rotarians give a brief overview of what Rotary is all about and then ask the students to help repeat the Four Way Test. One of the fun things to ask during the last test (Will it be beneficial to all concerned?), is if the students know the definition of beneficial. Most of the time there is no answer, so we ask the students, "where do you think we can find out what it means?" Certain students understand to look up the word and discover the answer. As a class, we then look up the word together.
To date, more than 8,000 dictionaries have been handed out.
In many cases, this is the only book the student owns, and they become very possessive of their new books. Occasionally there is a conflict between a pair of siblings (third and fourth grader) in mixed classes where the students recently transferred. It is always fun to sneak a dictionary to a fourth grader.
The teachers and students always show their appreciation with thank you notes and pictures.
- See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/730/Stories/8-000-dictionaries-given-out-since-2008#sthash.HIO7JEcW.AOLd5MrF.dpufThe third-grade dictionary project began in 2008 and has run continuously in the Central Kitsap School District. Every year, every third grade class gets a visit by Rotarians with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt American Heritage Children's Dictionaries in hand. These dictionaries become the property of each student.
During this visit, the students write their name in the front of the book and Rotarians give a brief overview of what Rotary is all about and then ask the students to help repeat the Four Way Test. One of the fun things to ask during the last test (Will it be beneficial to all concerned?), is if the students know the definition of beneficial. Most of the time there is no answer, so we ask the students, "where do you think we can find out what it means?" Certain students understand to look up the word and discover the answer. As a class, we then look up the word together.
To date, more than 8,000 dictionaries have been handed out.
In many cases, this is the only book the student owns, and they become very possessive of their new books. Occasionally there is a conflict between a pair of siblings (third and fourth grader) in mixed classes where the students recently transferred. It is always fun to sneak a dictionary to a fourth grader.
The teachers and students always show their appreciation with thank you notes and pictures.
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FEBRUARY 23RD MARKS THE 111TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ROTARY
Congratulations to everyone for being part of such a great organization.
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Thanks to the generosity and artistry of Jerry LeTexier, there is a new sign in front of McCloud's. |
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Clubrunner, the program that we use for the bulletin and the webpage, is being upgraded to a new version. Depending on how things go, you may notice some changes. Initially, we may miss a bulletin next week and you may have trouble finding anything at www.eastbremertonrotary.org Hopefully that will get sorted out and then you will see positive change. Meanwhile keep your fingers crossed that your bulletin editor can successfully pull this off. |
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Olympic Views was an earlier version of the East Bremerton Rotary newsletter. Club historian and supreme wordsmith, Lew Bruser, has gone through the club archives and come up with these interesting moments from the EBR past. (Editor's Note) |
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With support from the Islam Foundations, the East Bremerton Rotary Foundation awarded scholarships to nine Olympic High students. Those honored were: True Loan $1,000 for each of the first and second year of school Thanks to Scholarships Committee members Guy Stitt, Tom Brobst, Jerry LeTexier, and Hilary Harter for their work in this very important community project.
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Recent disbursements approved by the EBR Foundation board have gone to: The Rotary Foundation: $572 – Polio Plus (on behalf of EBR program speakers) |
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Lots of wonderful things happen in December and one of them is the annual distribution of dictionaries to the 3rd grade students in the Central Kitsap School District.
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There was a question about where to register on the new Rotary International website. Go to www.rotary.org and look for "My Rotary" at the top of the page. Click on that, follow the directions, and you will be registered in no time at all. |
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Brianne Magruder organized another successful roadside cleanup. Thanks to everyone who turned out, with a special nod to Guy Stitt for providing wildflower seeds.
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Here is your new slate of Officers and Directors for next Rotary year...
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Congratulations!
to Sue Shipley - Rotarian of the Year and to Carolyn Dankers - Citizen of the Year
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This comes to us from the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach newsletter.
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We recently received an update from about the wells in Bumpe Chiefdom and we wanted to share it with you. We have pictures! |
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To view the March 2012 board minutes, click HERE
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Kaitlin McGrew, Eva Finley, and Chris Conway-Newton
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To view the minutes from the February, 2012 board meeting click HERE
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What shall we do with these wonderful books?
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Sweetheart Pot of Gold Raffle
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From left to right - Wayne Gizzi, staff member; Alyssa Hutchinson and Carl (CJ) Encomienda, students
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Great work done by Phyllis Mann!
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If you missed it on our web page, here is Rex Rudee's photo version of what we are sending to "Good Morning America." |
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November is Foundation Month and President Dave White has reminded everyone that this is a good time to contribute. He also forwarded this message from John T. Osterlund, General Manager, The Rotary Foundation:
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It's time to get the elves out to decorate the East Bremerton Rotary tree for the last Festival of Trees.
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Tomorrow (Tuesday), October 26th at 9:30 AM in the Illahee Forest Preserve parking lot on Almira Drive will be a formal dedication of Illahee Forest Preserve.
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Work is underway on the renovation of the Bachmann Park view shelter. Spearheaded by John Armstrong and Ron Pettygrove, and with generous
contributions from Jerry LeTexier, the project is moving forward. EBR
volunteers are working on replacing the roof, railings, benches,
portions of the decking and painting the structure.
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The annual Installation/Outstallation of Officers and Directors was held Friday, June 18th at Ambrosia Catering. The event was so well-attended that we were about 2 seats away from standing-room only!
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East Bremerton Rotary, in conjunction with personnel from Marine Corp
Security Force Bangor and the USS John C. Stennis, completed a very
productive work party at Illahee Forest Preserve on Wednesday evening,
August 4th.
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The major fundraiser for Bremerton Foodline and the
Charities of East Bremerton called "The Bremerton Party" was a huge
success according to Patti Peterson, Executive Director of Bremerton
Foodline and Phyllis Mann and Sue Shipley Chairpersons of the event for
East Bremerton Rotary.
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Here's a great piece written for the Sun by our very own outgoing student, Marin.
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The list of on-line clubs is growing and some look very interesting. Can't attend a weekly meeting? Try something new! We based make-ups are quick and easy.
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Rotary International and the Gates Foundation have committed $100M each for the eradication of polio worldwide.
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The traditional East Bremerton Rotary and Bremerton Rotary softball challenge was held last Tuesday, June 22nd. I put the call out for a recap of the game and enjoyed the recaps so much I'm just going to publish them as written, instead of recapping the recaps (sorry to the contributors who probably thought I was going to edit these :)
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President Sue received the following e-mail:
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Here's a memo from the CK School Board regarding the ceremony honoring our members for the Dictionary Project - great work, everyone!
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Saturday, January 30th proved to be another productive work party for East Bremerton Rotary at Illahee Forest Preserve.
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Here's a great background and update on the progress with our St. Lucia projects, courtesy of Doc Iversen:
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There will be a ceremony honoring the three Rotary Clubs participating in the school dictionary delivery program on February 10, 2010 by the Central Kitsap School Board.
The school is asking for the names of the Rotarians that will be in attendance on 2/10 at 6:00 at the Jenne Wright building. Please let Dick Sims know if you will be attending. |
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Sue Shipley, Phyllis Mann and Jill Wallen went to New York City to see Itzhak Perlman's End Polio Now benefit concert at Carnegie Hall.
Jill's photo album of the trip can be found at this link (don't worry - you don't need to have a Facebook account to view the gallery) Sue thanks the club for its contribution it made to give her this opportunity: |
The first Bremerton Party is over and was very successful - here's a recap of the event from President Sue Shipley:
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The First Annual Kayak Olympics, held at Sue & Dick Shipley's home this past Saturday, was a resounding success and all sorts of fun for everyone involved.
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JoAnn Wright does it again!
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East Bremerton Rotary completed another successful work party at Illahee Forest Preserve on Thursday evening, July 16th.
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Working with the Silverdale Rotary Club and the Silverdale Sunrise
Rotary Club, we were able to visit 12 elementary schools and deliver
personal hardbound dictionaries to each and every third grade student.
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This past Saturday (March 21st) a work party of 18 Rotarians and family members
completed the task of connecting the new Almira Drive parking lot with
the existing trail system at Illahee Forest Preserve.
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On Saturday morning, March 29th the East Bremerton Rotary held a work
party in cooperation with personnel from the USS John C Stennis at
Illahee Forest Preserve.
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The East Bremerton Rotary completed another work party of spreading wood chips on trails at Illahee Forest Preserve on Saturday morning, January 26th.
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We had a wonderful guest speaker in October 2007 for both the club, the area schools, and a community event.
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This fellow is excited because he knows that neat prize drawings are part of the Golf Scramble. Doug Fairbanks is looking for donations of prizes. Now is the time to contact Doug if you can help.
