Rotary Club of Everett
MEETING:
Deborah Wright, PP, greeted us as we all joined today’s Zoom Meeting.
Vice President Kelli Thode led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and into our 42nd meeting of the year and our 5,443rd meeting of the Rotary Club of Everett.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
Kaye Phinney offered the thought of the day. She thanked President Greg for setting an excellent example as we continue to navigate with COVID pandemic and that we are doing it the right way and someone may still get COVID. President Greg is working diligently to keep us moving forward. Take Care and get better President Greg.
VISTING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS:
Guests included Jessica Ro, Community Health Center of Snohomish County.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kelli Thode announced Kindred Kitchen Box Lunch orders may be made online by Thursday each week for the next week’s meeting.
Order online.
Kelli Thode stated the Board Meeting on Friday, April 29th, will be a Zoom Meeting. Members are invited to attend. The Zoom Meeting Link is the same as the regular meeting link.
Anna Marie Laurence thanked many Rotarians for their participation with the scholarship interviews. BIG THANK YOU! Save the date – May 17th, 6:30 pm for the in person Scholarship Night at Everett Civic Auditorium.
HAPPY BUCKS:
Neil Angst was $100 happy for surviving COVID.
Janice Ellis was $20 thankful as she had a much less severe case of COVID. Thank you for everyone checking in.
Marybeth Dingledy was $20 thankful as she did not get COVID and hope everyone feels better soon.
RAFFLE:
Neil Angst announced the Raffle will begin Tuesday, May 3rd. In order to win a Raffle prize, you will need to be attending in person at Hensen Hall.
PROGRAM - PARTNERSHIPS IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Vice President Kelli introduced Valentina Riquelme-Ponce and Khristy Spaeth, Community Health Center of Snohomish County
Khristy and Valentina provided a background of Community Health Center. There are clinics from Edmonds to Arlington. The organization is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. In 1983, the first clinic opened in Snohomish County.
Community Health Center (CHC) offers primary care services, preventive care services, and wraparound care services. CHC provided 222,956 medical visits and 68,127 dental visits. New services at Everett – Central Clinic include a medical walk-in and medical primary care. To meet the needs of the community, CHC is expanding the services to add pharmacy services, dental clinic and physical therapy.
Milestones include:
- 1983 – Established in Everett as a referral program for local-income residents.
- 1992 – Partnership with Housing Hope and Cocoon House to provide health care to homeless children and teens.
- 1997 – Opened a medical/dental/walk-in clinic facility in Lynnwood.
- 2008 – A satellite of the Madison Clinic for HIV/Aids patients, opened at Everett-South.
- 2019 – Everett Central providers started their relationship with Claire’s Place as well as the Diversion Center.
- 2022 – Expand Everett-Central Clinic to include Dental, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy services.
The Executive Leadership consists of seven officers. The Board of Directors consists of 13 individuals.
Many great questions were asked by the members.
MEETING ADJOURNED:
Vice President Kelli thanked the presenters and everyone for attending. She adjourned the meeting at 1 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tammy Dunn
Photography Submitted by.
Tammy Dunn
NEXT PROGRAM:
Social Hour
