Stories
In December Andrew Chanse gave us a rundown on some of the projects underway for the City of Spokane Library system - and City Channel 5 was there to record it! |
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Auction SuccessThe Spokane South Rotary Travel Auction was a success!Thank you to everyone who attended and a special thanks to those that donated spectacular trips. Your generous gifts will support scholarships for local college-bound students, books for local elementary children, and a water filtration project in the Dominican Republic. |
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Be a Gift to the WorldNovember is Rotary Foundation Month. Watch as our club members work to be a Gift to the World by donating their time and talents.
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2015 Auction is Coming - Save the Date |
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An Evening with Richard King, Past President of Rotary International"An Evening with Rick King"
Tickets are $40 each and can be purchased through the Rotary office at 509-534-8998 or by sending a check to the address below. Credit Cards are accepted, Visa/MasterCard/American Express. Please call and talk to Suzy.
We are asking for Table Captains to host tables of eight. A Table Captain will be responsible for filling the seats at their table (and yes, that means either buying or selling the eight tickets involved).
Our dinner menu is exceptional. The Red Lion is going above and beyond to make this a special event!
Also enjoy a performance by the Spokane Youth Jazz Orchestra. For those who don’t know, PRIP King is an Attorney by day and was a Las Vegas performer by night! He is an Internationally acclaimed speaker who accomplished amazing things during his year as Rotary Int’l President.
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Newsletter from March 28th MeetingWe had no visiting Rotarians and had three guests. REMINDER: We are packing food boxes at NW Harvest for the students. Be there at 6pm. NEW MEMBER: We ushered in a new/returning member, Steve Brashears. He shared with us his experience as a mentor when he was previously with our club. He originally would meet with the young man on Mondays and found him lethargic and almost depressed. They switched their time to Wednesday and there was a massive change in his behavior. He realized that it was because he was not eating on weekends and once he was in school for a few days and was having meals, he was a different kid. We look forward to having Steve back in the club. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: The Spokane Valley Club wants to join in our competition with Club 21 in recruiting new members. Remember that we need to start inviting friends and colleagues to come to meetings and see what being a Rotarian is all about. Club 21 has gone all in and is extremely serious about this completion. 5 MINUTE BIOGRAPHY SPEECH: Bill Randal, originally from the San Francisco area, shared with us that he just celebrated his 60th birthday. He was in the Air Force for six years, serving as a boom operator on the KC135 refueling mid-air. He married at 19 and had two girls. He has three grandsons in Philadelphia and a granddaughter who lives in Moscow, ID. He started into sales and in 1994, joined a mortgage company and then went to the banking industry. He currently handles mortgage loans for Global Federal Credit Union, doing re-finances and first time home buyers. For exercise, he has always played tennis and is now enjoying dancing, doing ballroom, swing and the popular Tango. He has been with our Rotary Club for 2 ½ years. There was still no raffle winner and the pot is now just over $400 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Patricia Robinson notified us of the first annual KHQ/WorkSource Job Fair being held Aug 9th from 9-2 at the Convention Center. There is still free booth space available for companies having two or more job openings. The deadline for employers to respond is April 2nd. There will be free food and drinks. It’s a great opportunity for all of our small business owners and for job seekers alike. Tony Baird announced that he has resigned from his position at KHQ and his new position is in sales and marketing for Zerorez Spokane. We wish him all the luck in his new endeavor. |
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Dec 13th MeetingThere were no visiting Rotarians and no guest at this week’s meeting. We are not having a meeting on Friday, Dec. 20th, as we are having a Christmas Party on Thursday, Dec. 19th. It is being held at the Coldwell Banker/Tomlinson (or Group Health South for those wish) Building at 4102 S. Regal St. on the top floor. Enter the Lobby and up the stairs. The Happy Hour is from 6-7pm, and the whole event runs from 6-9:30pm. It will be a fun event and we hope to see you all there to celebrate together. Remember to bring your new sock/underwear donation for Teen Closet! Doug Juliano made an announcement that the Club is providing $100 gift cards to needy families at Roosevelt, Franklin, Lincoln Heights, Adams and an elementary school in Spangle. There will be three cards given to each school to help make the holidays brighter.
Our guest speaker was Tom Townsend, the Board President of Teen Closet. The organization was founded in 2008 by Robyn Nance (of KXLY) and Linda Rogers (Foster Parent Assn. President), from the inspiration from a similar organization in Florida called Taylor’s Closet. Their motto is “At Teen Closet, it’s their clothes, their style, their life, their choice.” |
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6 Dec MeetingDecember 6, 2013 1. We had a report back on the funds that we donated to “Smile Bangladesh”, raised at last year’s auction Over 40 cleft palate surgeries have been done with those funds. Please check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OperationSmileBangladesh 2. Our Club’s Christmas Party will be on December 19th from 6 – 9:30pm. This is a potluck affair and a sign-up sheet was passed around. Whether you want to make an appetizer, salad or main dish, we need your name and dish on the sheet. Also, there was brought up that if we wish to make a $10 donation, desserts will be purchased from the businesses that provided the “Dessert Dash” goodies at the auction. Our speaker was Devin Biviano, who is the recipient of the Rotary Peace Fellowship, which has replaced the Ambassadorial Scholarship program. The objective of the Rotary Peace Centers Program is to create peace by: Advancing research and study in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Creating and strengthening world peace leaders through advanced education and Promoting worldwide tolerance through Rotarian and fellow cooperation. |
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Board Meeting Minutes PostedThe Board Meeting minutes from September and October are now posted in the Download area of our website. Please log into ClubRunner to read the minutes.
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Photos from 15 Nov MeetingDarren DiGiacinto talking about Auction Results: Member from Spokane West Rotary Club with their Poinsettia Fundraising brochure. Great flowers for the season at a wonderful price.
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Notes from 15 Nov MeetingWe made a net of 25-26K on the auction We need to determine who won the BARROW OF BEER from the Auction Our Christmas party will be on December 19th and is scheduled to be held at Tyler Cummins’s office, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson South, 4102 S Regal in an upstairs banquet room. It will be a potluck and we will be passing out sign-up sheets shortly, so start to think what you would like to bring to the festivities. The homemade Almond Roca that was bought at the Auction was not picked up and although we knew who won it, Bill Randal bought it for a $1 raise on the winning $60 bid. Congrats! We have several members who have earned their Paul Harris Fellow pins. They will be awarded soon. There are many members that either need to update their personal photos on our Photo Directory or are missing. We ask that they be passport-type photos with no political or business affiliations included. They should not include spouses, children, pets or sporting activities. If you need one taken, Gigi Ewing can take one of you after the meetings. |
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Rotary FoundationsLloyd Gray spoke to us about Rotary Foundation and ways that we can contribute to their causes and how our club can benefit. |
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Fun for a CauseThank you everyone, for making our annual auction such a great success! |
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RLI Part 217 Rotarians from District 5080 met in Sand Point last Saturday for Part 2 of the Rotary Learning Institute. PDGs Allan Davis, Sandra Roberts and Sandy Wade led discussions on Strategic Planning, Targeted Service, Club Communications and Attracting New Members. The course content was helpful and interesting, and the opportunity to hear from a wide range of Rotarians from different clubs was invaluable. I highly recommend the RLI courses to anyone who hasn't been, and am looking forward to RLI Part 3! RLI P1
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RLI P3
For more information, go to http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?accountid=50006&pid=38676&sid=55462 |
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A Night at Barrister this SaturdayWho is getting excited for our Annual Fundraiser "A Night at Barrister Charity Auction"? The event will be held Saturday at the award-winning Barrister Winery in Spokane from 7-10pm. We are SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone who bought tickets. Proceeds will go to help local children. Club members - if you would like to donate a bottle of wine for the ring toss, you can bring it to the club meeting on Friday. |
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Club Meeting November 1stLast Friday's meeting included a presentation by Patty Bender about her work with the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest. This organization provides support to the families of children with cancer in our area. Patty shared stories about the courage of these children and challenges their families face. To learn more, visit their website at: https://www.acco.org/inlandnw/Home.aspx
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October 25, 2013 Meeting |
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History of District 5080We all know that Rotary began when Paul Harris formed the first club in Chicago in 1905. It wasn't until 1908 that the second Rotary Club was started in San Francisco. The West Coast proved to be fertile ground for the growth of the fledgling organization. 1909 saw clubs organized in Oakland (#3), Seattle (#4), and Los Angeles (#5). In the next year, Tacoma became the 8th club in Rotary. In 1911, Spokane became the 21st Rotary Club in a rapidly growing organization. Soon thereafter, Rotary became International with admission of the 35th club, Winnipeg. In 1912, for administrative purposes, Rotary was divided into territories known as "Divisions". In 1914, the clubs in the Division, which included all of the Pacific Northwest, decided to hold their own conference. Held in Tacoma, this was the first of what we know today as "District Conferences". In 1921 "Divisions" were changed to "Districts". We were in District #1. When Rotary expanded into Alaska in 1925, District #1 included Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Rotary continued to expand and Districts were divided and re-numbered. In 1936 we became part of District #102. The following year this was split and we were in #101. In 1945 we were split into District #103 which is the area comprising our current District and our neighboring District to the West, District 5060. In 1949 we were renamed as District 153 and in 1956, we were split into our present territory and designated as District #156. At that time, with our current territory, we had 24 clubs and 1,459 members. The following year we were renamed as District 508 and, when Rotary went with four digit District numbers, a '0' was added and we achieved our current designation - District 5080. In our history as a district, from #1 in 1921 and through all our territorial divisions, we have always been international. Our clubs lobbied long and hard to maintain that international status at every proposed territory split. District 5080 proudly proclaims the true spirit of Rotary: "There are no Borders". From the District 5080 website: http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?did=5080&pid=38677 |
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Auction Sells Out!Thanks everyone! Our tickets for A Night at Barrister Charity Auction have sold out! Well done! For those who got tickets, we will have a blast. To everyone else, we hope you will join us next year!
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Photos from Fall FiresidePhotos from our Fall Fireside are now available in the Photo Album area of our club web page. http://www.spokanesouthrotary.org/ Enjoy! |
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Rotary FellowshipsWhat is a Rotary Fellowship? Rotary Fellowships are groups of Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, and Rotaractors who join together to: · Share a common interest in worthwhile recreational activities (sports, hobbies, etc.) · Further their vocational development through acquaintance with others of the same profession · Make new friends around the world · Explore new opportunities for service · Have fun and enhance their experience in Rotary |
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Mike and MaryAnn Dalessi attend Rotary InstituteMike and MaryAnn Dalessi travelled to Phoneix AZ recently to join 242 other incoming and past Governors from Zones 25 and 26 for the 2013 Rotary Institute. Highlights included multiple keynote speakers, 14 different break out sessions, reunion dinners and tequila tasting! Be sure to ask what their favorite part was the at our next meeting.
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Auction UpdateCongrats everyone, we've sold 156 of the 200 tickets available for our auction! If you haven't bought your tickets or booked your table, do it today so you don't miss out. You can buy tickets online at our Auction website: https://ssrc.ejoinme.org/?tabid=495005 All attendees at the auction are eligible for discounted rates at the Davenport, the Davenport Tower, and Hotel Lusso for the night of November 9th. Each of these awesome hotels offers the ability to schedule a complimentary shuttle to and from Barrister. So take a real night off, check into a great hotel, and let them do the driving to and from the auction. Details are available on our club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneSouthRotary
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District Govenor Bob Carroll visits Spokane South RotaryOur guest this week was District Governor Bob Carroll, of the Deer Park Rotary Club. In his introduction, AG Jim Schindler listed many of Bob’s roles in Rotary. What was astounding was that he has only been a Rotarian for 92 months! Talk about “hitting the ground running!” He has been the president of his club after only 18 months, an Assistant Governor, an instructor at PETS, attended the Rotary Leadership Conference, and is a Paul Harris Fellow. He leads by example and is a wonderful communicator. |
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Rotary YearThanks go out to MaryAnn Dalessi for sending us this story from the District 5080 clubrunner:
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Did you know a building only has to be 50 years old to qualify as Historic? On September 27th our speaker was Kathryn Burk-Hise of the Spokane Preservation Advocates (SPA). She told us about the purpose of the organization, some of their successes and losses, and discussed ways that everyone can get involved with saving our local heritage.
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Fall FiresideWe had a great time at the fall Fireside last week at Paul Zimmerman's house. Lot's of food, great company and nice weather contributed to a very pleasant evening. We'll post the minutes of the business meeting for those who were not able to attend.
See you at Friday's meeting, when Kathryn Burk-Hise will join us to talk about the Spokane Preservation Advocates. |
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District Fall Assembly
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What is the Rotary Leadership Institute?
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Missing MembersThe Rotary Club of Spokane South lost 12 Members last year
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Missing Members
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Club Meeting - Sep 6thDuring our meeting on September 6th we inducted two new members - Cathy Sacco and John Rivera. Welcome to the club! Jocelyn Paluch spoke to us about the upcoming Bark for Life fund raiser for the American Cancer Society. It will take place on October 5th at Whispering Pines Park in Spokane. Sign up on their web site : http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=47598&pg=entry Club Notes -
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Pacific Crest TrailJohn Rivera spoke about his trips on the Pacific Crest Trail during our Aug 30th meeting.
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Kids of Rotary Meeting, Aug 16thCheck out our Photo Albums for more pictures from this fun meeting!
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Our Club's International ProjectDid you miss MaryAnn Dalessi's presentation on her trip to Bangladesh February 2012 for our matching grant project? Check out the Photo Album for more pictures from this great trip! |
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NW Harvest Service ProjectA group of Spokane South Rotarians and their families met at the NW Harvest warehouse in Spokane Valley Wednesday night for a service project. |
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Military HonorsPresentation on Military Honors and awards
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Club Meeting - 9 Aug 2013Great attendance today, it was great to see everyone! Tony gave an update on the golf tournament – we made a net profit of a bit more than $6,000 and 84 players participated despite the rain. This is as much as we made last year, despite the fact that we had 50 fewer players this year. Thanks again to everyone who played, sponsored and volunteered for this great event! We inducted two new club members today, GiGi Ewing who transferred to us from her previous club in New Zealand, and Patricia Robinson who is joining Rotary for the first time. Karol reminded everyone that our goal is perfect attendance this year. Committee meetings, district events and service projects count as make-up activities, as do visits to other Rotary clubs. The make-up must occur within 14 days of the absence (before or after). Does anyone want to travel to West Africa in October for PolioPlus? See Karol for details. Jim Wolf gave a presentation on Military Awards. Contact Jim for a copy of the presentation, as it's too large to post to ClubRunner. Karol would like a couple more of our kids to volunteer to discuss their Service Projects during next week’s meeting. Let her know if you children would like to participate. |
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2013 Golf TournamentTony almost hit the glass... did you?
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VISIONINGSpokane South Visioning Project update |
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First Meeting of the New YearCongratulations to Karol Price, our new Club President. She is pictured below on her first day at the podium.
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Rotary Day is Coming on May 30th |
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GOLF TOURNAMENT A SUCCESSThe Rotary Golf Classic started right on time with all the teams enjoying a wonderful time together "and" perfect weather. More information and pictures will be posted as they are available. Thank you Tony for chairing this event. Thanks also to all sponsors, volunteers and players. |
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IT'S TIME FOR BLUE SKIES AND BIRDIES! OR AT LEAST BLUE SKIES!Hey there Rotarians, friends, coworkers, spouses, significant others, and random people we haven't met yet, it's time to get fired up! Our Golf Tournament is next week. Please sign up now if you'd like to play. And please share with your friends who may want to play.
www.rotarygolfclassic.golfreg.com |