Rotary Log 12-22-20

 

At 12:02, President John Olson called to order meeting #5379 of the Rotary Club of Everett; Virtual meeting #41, and #25 of his presidency.

 

Kari Petrasek led the club with the Pledge of Allegiance.                            

 

President John’s thought of the day was “think about those less fortunate during these times and to help each other out, neighbors may need help, or give a charitable contribution.”

 

There were no visiting Rotarians or guests.

 

 

Walt Greenwood asked the club members to like our Social Media platforms. We are using social media to promote the club’s work in the community. The newpapers may not always place our stories in the paper, however, social media is a great way to spread the word of our work in the community. Walt asked the members to send “Why I Joined Rotary” and “Why I Love It Today”. Tammy Dunn will use these stories to promote Rotary Club of Everett on social media. Tammy stated that the goal is to let people know more about Rotary Club of Everett and may be an opportunity to find new members.

President John stated the World Community Committee was having a meeting at 5 pm today. The topics for the meeting was to discuss the projects, Dajabon and Panama and start coordinating trip to these two countries.

 

President John gave a board report to the membership. The dues increased to $25 per year and the invoices will reflect this. He thanked Rich Toyer for his work on the financials and the board members for attending the meetings and their leadership. He stated that the elections will happen in January 2021 rather than December 2020. If you would like to learn more about what the Avenues of Services are doing, you may read their reports.

 

 

Mark Valentine had $100 sad and happy dollars. Ed Bremer, experienced producer with KSER passed away Monday night. His wife and him were very good friends with Ed and his wife, Lucia. He was happy as his #7 West Virginia basketball team was playing #3 Kansas basketball team on Tuesday.

 

Tammy Dunn had “Thank You” dollars for Larry O’Donnell. Larry has been our club’s historian for many years, and we are blessed with him being a historian for Everett High School. Larry told the story of the 1920 Everett High Football team on KRKO 1380, Thursday, Dec. 17^th. Thank You Larry!

 

Greg Lineberry had an announcement shoutout as the standard December Elections are his responsibilities. We had an anonymous donor give $100 for Service Above Self – Article in the Herald about Jim Staniford and Vintage Café.

 

 

Wick Temple presented the “Christmas Gift” Raffle. Theresa Frothingham announced the winners.

 

Prize #1 – Steve Miller

Prize #2 – Fred Safstrom

Prize #3 – Sonya Kraski

 

Wick Temple will deliver the Christmas gifts to the winners.

 

President John introduced the Everett High Choir. He shared his joy of the holiday program and shared stories of past Everett High Choir performances.

 

Everett High Choir sang to song via Zoom.

 

The first song was “Carol of the Bells in the Style of Pentatonix”.

 

The second song was “The 12 days of Christmas” by Frederick Silver.

 

During the performance, many Rotarians commented in the “Chat”.

 

“I Love This.”

“Awesome”

“Terrific”

“Very Nice”

“WOW! Amazing”

“Fantastic”

“Life goes on – we are always blessed by the youngsters in our lives. Thank you!”

 

President John wished everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years. The meeting was then adjourned.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

           

Photography Submitted,

 

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