Thanks to everyone who made last week happen: Our greeters, Ron Marek for his invocation, Bernie Sebastian and more. A very special welcome to our newest club member Brian Augustine who is working on a super fun auction item for our upcoming Changing of the Guard. Everyone – without each of you, our meetings would not be as fun as they are.
We had an inspiring program on Friday by our own Helen Higgins along With her husband Clay and long time employee Chris. Thanks for all you do to keep and make the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis so super special.
As a reminder for this week:
At 10:30 am on Friday we are having a Rotary Movie Night planning meeting at 10:30am at the Country Club before our regular meeting. If you are not involved yet, please come and get involved. If you are involved – please come with your updates. We are making great progress and Thursday, August 6th is going to be a special night for Corvallis and our club.
In addition, our club is again responsible for helping give away a major scholarship. Many of you let me know you could help and we indeed need your help!! We have quick essays to review on Friday and will make the decision. There is going to be just one winner. Many of you volunteered to help – THANK YOU. Unless otherwise notified, lets plan to meet in the board room at the Country Club immediately after our Friday meeting from 1-2pm on Friday the 17th of April to make this happen. It is possible we will have too many people, but that is OK. If you would like to help, please plan to hang around to help change the life of a special student out there.
Over the next couple of weeks you may get a few additional emails from me. There are some special projects and events happening in and around our club. It really is important that you assist or participate if you can. The success of each project and/or event is truly dependent on those involved and the energy that we all bring. You are needed!
This coming Friday come to hear about the CHS Interact Club celebrating their first year. This is our local High School Rotary chapter. This should be fun to hear.
Last but by no means least – please remember to mark June 25th on your calendar for our upcoming changing of the guard event/party. Stan and Glenda are planning a night to be remembered! You will not want to miss out. Attached is the invite.
Make it a great week and if you need anything or have any questions. See below for announcements that matter to all and as always feel free to reach out to me.
Lee Eckroth
541-760-4742/Lee@Talk2Lee.com
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Upcoming District Conference
I am writing today to share with you an amazing Rotary opportunity that is just around the corner and is easy to make happen. The Rotary District 5110 District Conference. Once a year the leaders of our incredible district, who are Rotarians like you and me come together to host a great weekend of Inspired Rotary. Whether you can attend just for one day or the whole weekend – I truly believe it would be worth your time. As we all know, Rotary is an amazing organization and way of life. The more I learn, the more I appreciate what we do, why we do it and each and every one of you for being involved.
Here is a link for you to learn more. http://district5110.org/district-conference/
It would be a pleasure to attend with you and to have you represent our club. The good news is that it is just down the road in Eugene. I plan on driving down and back on Friday and Saturday. Again, whether you can attend some or all – I do believe you would greatly benefit.
Please let me know if you plan to attend. It would be fun to get a good group of us together. We have had a great year as a club and this would be a great way to keep the momentum moving forward into Gerry’s year
Thanks everyone and make it a great week.
Sincerely,
Lee Eckroth
541-760-4742/Lee@Talk2Lee.com
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Let’s Make History Together
Dear Fellow Rotarians;
Our club is embarking on a quest to develop an important and valuable historical profile of our club. Other Benton County clubs are also doing this, and of course we expect our effort will not be outdone! In order to accomplish our goal, we need everyone to contribute. Here is what we need.
Send me everything you can gather, including photographs (very important as we intend do develop a visual product) and written concise descriptions, of past and present events, programs, projects, and anything else our club has been involved in during your years in Rotary. No event is too big or small to be important. Photos hard copies can be given to me, President Lee, Judy Corwin, or Al Hutchinson.
I will mark you off the list as you reply. If you don’t reply, you will be contacted again (and again, and again, and again…) until I hear from you. You might as well save both of us some aggravation and “get ‘er done!”.
Our deadline for information gathering is May 1.
Some folks will be putting much effort into this project, so please do your small part to make their job easier. Thanks!
In Rotary,
Mike Sheets
mwsheets1@gmail.com
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Friendship Exchange
Friends – Tom Nelson has been working diligently on the program below. What a great gift to us, the community and those who are visiting. Some may recall Megan Schneider announced it on Friday. These great people need our help. If you are available and would like to host – please contact Tom Nelson at Tom.Nelson@corvallisoregon.gov or 503-867-5544. Please let him no ASAP.
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Rotary Friendship Exchange is Rotary’s exchange program for single Rotarians or Rotarians and their spouses. Friendship Exchanges allow Rotarians the op¬portunity to experience another culture or geographic area first hand in the homes of Rotarians in another country or district. The exchanges are reciprocal and usually last about two to three weeks. The goal of the program is to advance international understanding, goodwill, and peace through person-to-person contact across national boundaries. District 5110 focuses solely on team exchanges and preference will be given to those helping organize and host an incoming exchange. Visits usually include three to four different hosts and hosts are located in different parts of the district. Rotarians would spend two to three nights with each host. The number of participants in an exchange varies from four to six couples, singles, or a combination (for a total of 12).
An incoming Swedish team will be visiting our area June 2nd – 5th. We are looking for hosts for 3 couples and 2 singles. Hosts will transport the guests to scheduled activities. Hosts will also suggest local events, places, and activities that match the guests interests. Hosts will provide housing and some meals. There is no reimburse¬ment for hosting. However, hosts may be considered for future out-going teams. Future out-going team destinations being considered are India, Wales, Peru, Philippines and Turkey.
