President Neil led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and into our #36^th meeting of the year and the 5,539^th meeting of the Rotary Club of Everett.  

 

Walt Greenwood had us sing along with “Working on the Railroad”.

 

No visiting Rotarians or guests.

 

District 5050 Conference is May 3-5 in Mount Vernon. Please consider attending and registering.

 

Student of the Month is April 16^th. The meeting will be held at Legion Golf Course. This is the last Student of the Month for 2023-2024 School Year.

 

Food Bank Outreach is April 18^th from 2 pm – 4 pm. Consider volunteering.

 

Rotary After Hours is April 18^th from 5 pm – 6:30 pm at the Courtyard by Marriott Everett. Come join great fellowship and laughter.

 

Scholarship Interviews is April 20^th. Thank you Rotarians who are interviewing.

 

Janice Ellis is looking for speakers for the Next Generation Program on the week of April 22^nd.

 

Kari Quaas invited everyone to come to the 30^th Annual Wendts & Mayor’s Arts Awards, April 11^th at 6 pm.

 

Ed Petersen mentioned that the World Community Service Committee was having a work party after the meeting and invited others to help pack books for the Literacy Program.

 

Jim Staniford was happy that the Everett Silvertips made it out of the 1^st Round and take on Portland in the 2^nd Round of the playoffs.

 

Paul Stoot stated that he had students who could help pack the books.

 

Winners of the Raffle:

Losing raffle tickets may be entered into the “Quarter Raffle” Bowl. For every 5 tickets, 1 ticket goes in. The prize is a Paul Harris.

 

Kari Petrasek introduced our guest speakers, Hillary Gladden, Dawson Place, Detective Kristen Parnell, Lake Stevens Police Department, Detective Phil Bassett, Lake Stevens Police Department.

 

Our speakers stated that we talk about ways of helping a child make healthy and safe choices such as drugs, gun violence, and bullying. Why not educate on sexual safety? They talked about incidents vs apprehension rates and most sex offenders commit more than one type of sex crime. They discussed what to do if a child discloses sexual abuse.

 

Most people who abuse children are not registered sex offenders. The speakers talked about the importance of knowing red flag signs.

 

An enlightening program.

 

NEXT PROGRAM:

Student of the Month at Legion Golf Course

 

MEETING ADJOURNED:

President Neil adjourned the meeting at 1:00 pm.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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