Greeters: Dave Schlosser and Howie Bargreen
Meeting 4-12-16
Pledge of Allegiance- Deborah Wright
Thought of the day- Eric Lucas. Included a few MLK Quotes
Opening Song- Mark Valentine. The Sultans.
Intro of Visiting Rotarians & Guests- Jesse O'Brien.
No Visiting Rotarians or Guests
Classification Speech- Howie Bargreen. Talked of his family owned coffee company and locations in Everett, WA. Also offered up coupons to his coffee stands.
Announcements:
Rotary History- Larry O’Donnell
Talked about Boeing Lumber Company, in 1916, built first plane. At the time they had 21 employees, mainly contractors and seamstresses, and received their first government contract.
Walk a thon- Will McMahan
Spoke of elevator speech in order to bring awareness of our AVID program.
We are trying to help underprivileged students attend college.
Generally minorities; and generally the first in their family to attend college.
Rotary Madness Winners- Jesse Obrien
3rd Place- Eric Anderson
2nd Place- Mark Valentine
1st Place- Amy Norman
National Holiday Guess- Jim Staniford
-National Big Wind Day-commemorates the recording of the highest natural wind gust measured on the Earths surface. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934, the Mt Washington Observatory records winds at 231 MPH!
Happy Bucks/ Birthday Bucks
Shelly Hutchenson- 50th Birthday
Everett Girls & Boys Club turns 50 years old. Free lunch at Olive Garden next week to celebrate
Raffle:
Greg Thode, Steve Juntwait, Ted Wenta
Program: Community Foundation of Snohomish County, presented by Maddy Metzger-Utt & Karri Matau
Have charitable fund started by 109 individuals and families
In the past ten years, average ROI is 6.95%
Charitable funds are a mimimum of $25k, but can also build a fund over 5 years with $5k/yr
Host training programs to help non profits improve their operations and increase security and financial vitality. 96% of attendees ranked the program as very valuable, and 86% of attendees were from small- medium sized nonprofits.
They have added “ Leader Link” in which they are focusing on matching potential board members with a local non profit.
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