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Lunch Meeting Program for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Manson Interact Club - Amigos Unidos Fundraiser
Classification Talks
Program Sponsor: Tom Tochterman and Guy Evans
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This week we will be joined by Manson Interact Club's President Camille Hutton along with several other students from the Interact club. Be there to learn about their upcoming fundraising event, Amigos Unidos, which will be held on June 1 to help raise funds for their 2025 service trip to Jalapa, Guatemala. The evening will consist of dinner, Iive music, silent and live auctions, and a dessert dash. Their goal is to raise money to allow up to 15 students to journey to Guatemala next year. See additional information about this fundraiser under Youth Service below.
We will also hear classification talks from one or two members - join us to find out who will be featured.
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Meetings are held every Tuesday at noon at Sorrento's Ristorante at Tsillan Cellars. We offer a hybrid meeting format with the option of attending in person or joining on Zoom. The cost for lunch is $12, and for those not buying lunch, the sitting fee is $4. Each ticket is an additional $1. Ticket sales supporting club operations, half of which is paid to a lucky winner based on weekly drawings.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88624995488?pwd=MUoxUmMvUEtFVFNpc3ZHUWg5OU4vQT09
Meeting ID: 886 2499 5488
Passcode: 691859
Dial in: 1-253-215-8782
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Satellite meetings are not formal but are open for fellowship and some Rotary talk: 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month - Ancestry Cellars in Manson, 5 p.m.
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month - Coffee meetings - The Family Bean, 131 S Apple Blossom Drive #101 Chelan, 7 a.m.
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How Do Global Grants Make Sustainable Change in the World?
One remarkable aspect of The Rotary Foundation is that opportunities for significant projects exist wherever there’s a need — in large countries and small ones, in metropolitan areas and rural ones.
Global grant projects are built on international partnerships, and those collaborations can take many forms. A district in Canada may be the international sponsor, with a U.S. district as the host sponsor. A club in France could sponsor a global grant project in Germany. The need, not the location, determines the project.
Here’s another example: Rotary clubs in Honduras and the U.S. worked together on a global grant project to provide eye care to people in Honduras. Members from both clubs provided vision services through local clinics. They evaluated more than 1,200 people and gave prescription eyeglasses to 600. A local nongovernmental organization will continue to provide glasses and medications to people who need them.
What does this mean for the community? Better eyesight can lead to better educational or occupational opportunities, which can mean a better quality of life for people.
Clubs around the world use these grants from the Foundation to make long-term, sustainable change. Every club has the opportunity to do this, one project at a time.
How do you want to make an impact in the world?
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Clubrunner is Going Away - Sign up for DACdb | |
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Have you signed up yet? Our club is transitioning from Clubrunner to DACdb (pronounced DAC-deebee) for our club database, and potentially our club communications.
DACdb and the associated phone app “IGNITE” are user friendly platforms that make it easy to find member information, track your Foundation giving and much more. DACdb was designed for use by Rotary Districts and Clubs.
There are a few steps you will need to take to have access to DACdb and IGNITE.
First: log in to myrotary.org and find “My Account” in the upper right. Select “account settings” and “change your password”. You will need to create a password that is at least 12 characters with at least one upper case, one lower case, a number and a special character.
After completing your password change go to dacdb.com and log in with your myrotary user name and select “forgot password”. Complete the new password creation and sign in. Take a look around the site and download the DACdb UI QuickStart Guide from the “Support/Learning” tab.
Next, on your phone, go to your app store search for “IGNITE” and install. Sign in to IGNITE with your credentials and explore the app. First, try finding a club member’s contact information. Next, check out the calendar and see what is up for April 20. Send an RSVP to sign up to volunteer for the Earth Day event (more detail will be added later).
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Save the Date - Manson Interact Fundraiser
Amigos Unidos
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The Manson High School Interact Club, a youth program associated with the Lake Chelan Rotary Club, is asking our community for support. The Manson Interact Club is a group of young adults who are learning how to embody the Rotary motto of “service over self.” They are organizing a fundraising event to be held on June 1, 2024, at Amos Rome Vineyards High Blossom Estate, to help raise funds for their 2025 service trip to Jalapa, Guatemala. The evening will consist of dinner, Iive music, a silent auction, a live auction, and a dessert dash! Their goal is to raise money to allow up to 15 students to make this life-changing journey next year.
Manson Interact has teamed up with Amigos de la Aldea, a grassroots organization based in Guatemala. Amigos de la Aldea helps support an all-girls school called Nuestra Señora de los Remedios which serves 130 girls who come from extreme poverty. Many have been abandoned or orphaned.
Amigos Unidos is the name of their project and once there the students will:
- Create a new library to foster literacy.
- Upgrade the playground which provides a space for the girls to play sports and have a place for healthy activities.
- Create relationships with the students and work to create a lasting connection between both schools. They will explore becoming "sister" schools, so this is not just a one-time trip, but the first step of a long-term experience.
This event will be open to the community with tickets for purchase in advance. Also, there are opportunities for businesses and individuals to sponsor the event. The students will be advertising on KOZI and in the Mirror and will thank sponsors and donors during the event and on social media.
Your support can truly make a difference! Let's unite in supporting this life-changing opportunity where our local students get to experience other cultures and see what “service above self” looks like in action. Lake Chelan Rotary Club will oversee funds, and a tax receipt for your donation will be provided.
Please contact Camille Hutton with any questions: (509) 679-9124 or cahutton31@gmail.com
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Rotary Scholarship Applications for Graduating Seniors Open Through April 19 | |
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Scholarship season is here! Lake Chelan Rotary is now accepting applications for scholarships from high school seniors in the Chelan and Manson School Districts. This year, thanks to club fundraising efforts and generous donors, we will be offering a total of 8 academic and technical scholarships, and 4 Shine On scholarships, which are intended to assist graduating seniors who have overcome significant adversity in life. Scholarship awards are to be used during the 2024-2025 academic year and may be used for tuition, class fees, supplies and books.
Do you know a local high school senior who should apply? Please direct them to our Rotary website at Lake Chelan Rotary Scholarships. The deadline for application is April 19.
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Volunteer Opportunities Still Available for Saturday, March 23
Mobile Pack for Feed My Starving Children
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Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a world-wide non-profit organization that provides packaged meals for those in need. Thirty cents provides one meal for a starving child.
The Lake Chelan community has supported FMSC with a mobile pack over the past several years. This year RealLife is sponsoring a mobile pack on Saturday, March 23rd - that's TOMORROW if you are reading this on Friday- at the Community Gym in Chelan.
The FMSC comes with all the supplies for the mobile pack. The goal is to pack over 100,000 meals. About 500 volunteers will be working for the mobile pack.
We have a group representing Rotary already signed up for this fun event but a few more volunteers are still needed for the 3 - 5 pm shift! If you are still interested in helping you can learn more or sign up HERE, or you can contact Dan Hodge at dhodge@nwi.net with questions.
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Volunteers Still Needed THIS Saturday, March 23 for 911 Glass Rescue | |
Volunteers are still urgently needed to work at the glass recycling center this Saturday, March 23. If you can spare a few hours on Saturday morning, please go to https://911GlassRescue.org, click on the Volunteer tab to see which positions are still open, and sign up. You'll have fun and meet all sorts of interesting characters!
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Rotary at Earth Day Fair April 20 | |
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Rotary will host a booth at the Chelan Earth Day Fair on Saturday, April 20. Club members, we need your support!
- Volunteers are needed to set up the 20x20 tent on Friday, April 19, and to take down the tent at the end of the fair on Saturday, April 20 (times TBD).
- We need Rotarians to staff the Rotary booth during the Fair.
- And we need donations of empty plastic water bottles - standard 16.9 ounce size - about 50 of them! They will be used as construction materials for Mason Bee houses, as Rotary will have a kid's area set up to build bee houses and learn about the importance of pollinators.
Please bring your plastic bottles to Russ Jones at an upcoming meeting, and let him know if you can volunteer.
Learn more at https://www.chelanearthdayfair.org/
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Rotary Club of the Rivers Satellite e-Club | |
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The Rotary Club of the Rivers is online the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5pm PT/8pm ET. All are welcome and encouraged to join on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82337965825?pwd=c3RtSjFiSjlzUTdqWmRxR2lGcmM3QT09
Meeting ID: 823 3796 5825 Passcode: 651849
This club focuses on the environment and projects to preserve planet Earth, with members from Kamloops, Salmon Arm, BC, and Ontario. Join for fellowship and great speakers. This is a Satellite E-Club of the Rotary Club of Lake Chelan. For news and to learn more, go to the website at Rotary Club of the Rivers.
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The Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary club is holding its 3rd Annual Road Apple Roulette raffle. Participants guess where the horses will leave their “road apples” during the Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parade and can win a grand prize of $10,000 cash or one of four $500 prizes. They are selling $5 raffle tickets now through May 4. The drawing for the lucky winners takes place at 3 pm on the stage in Memorial Park on the day of the parade, May 4. Tickets can be purchased using the link above, from any Wenatchee Sunrise Rotarian, at the Apple Blossom Headquarters, or at the Wenatchee Valley Senior Center. You need not be present to win!
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March 26 Lunch Meeting: Classification Talks and Manson Interact Club
April 2 Lunch Meeting: Chelan Valley Hope
April 9 Lunch Meeting: WA State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti
April 10: Club Board Meeting, 4 pm, Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce
April 15: Fund Board Meeting, 4 pm, Zoom
April 16 Lunch Meeting: Guatemala Literacy Project - Leavenworth Rotary
April 23 Lunch Meeting: Lake Chelan Community Center
April 30 Lunch Meeting: Apple Blossom Festival and Classification Talks
District 5060 Conference: May 2 - 5, Penticton, BC. Register at learn more at
https://rotary5060conference.ca/
June 22: Cycle Chelan
June 25: Rotary Area 8 social at Wenatchee Applesox game - details to follow
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Officers & Directors
2023-2024 Rotary Year
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Co-President Guy Evans (November - February)
Co-President Russ Jones (March - June)
Co-President Tom Tochterman (July-October)
President-Elect: Kim Dunbar
Treasurer: Amy Mills
Secretary: Teresa Shover
Past President: Guy Evans
Director: Tom Koenig
Director: Tom Tochterman
Director: John Ausnes
Director: Lee Parker
Lake Chelan
Rotary Fund Board Trustees
Chair: Karen Pembroke
Co-Presidents Guy Evans/Russ Jones/Tom Tochterman
Vice Chair: Kim Dunbar
Treasurer: Amy Mills
Lester Cooper
Secretary: Barry Leahy
Susie Hepner
Valerie Rohrich
911 Glass Rescue
President/Legacy Director: Julie McCoy
Vice President/Legacy Director: Tom Tochterman
Treasurer/Legacy Director: Brian Patterson
Secretary: Amy Mills
Legacy Director: Barry Leahy
Director: Lee Parker
Director: Kirk McGovern
Admin Assistant: Megan Clausen
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Rotary Attendance and Participation | |
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Please track your own attendance online through the weekly Wednesday email. Let Brian Patterson know if you need assistance.
What counts as attendance? What really matters is your involvement and connection with others! Going to a lunch meeting, a Satellite meeting, attending online, participating in a committee meeting, project work sessions, community service work and other Rotary participation all count. View the attendance report at February 2024 Attendance
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Thank you to Amy Mills for this photo of Fred the finch, taken this week from her deck in Manson. | | | | |
