Port Orchard Rotary Bulletin, May 7, 2019 (May 07, 2019)

Jacqui Curtiss

September is Basic Education and Literacy Month. Our Port Orchard Rotary group has been very active in encouraging Literacy. Let me share some of these with you.

We have John Carlson and his wife, Ruth that started a summer class teaching English and Spanish to families that would like to know more about the language. Rotarians volunteered to help in the classroom as well. Bob Cairns, with the help of Jon Gailey and their wife’s collect thousands of books to send Internationally. Mark and RoseMarie Timmerman joined in to make sure kids had school supplies on the first day of school. The Principal’s and educators in our club are working hard to make sure our kids are getting the best education they can possibly have. This last year, we gave thousands of dollars towards Scholarships.

There are so many things are group is doing to educate our students as well as ourselves. Rotary gives us the opportunity to learn, to go outside of the box or comfort zone, to better ourselves and others.

Keep learning...

Leslie Reynolds-Taylor

Port Orchard Rotary President

Crab Feed Auction Chair

Port Orchard Cares Chair

Discovery high school students release 70,000 chum salmon fry into Karcher Creek

Posted by David Selbig

Our club in conjunction with the Discovery high school kids released 35,000 chum salmon fry into Beaver Creek on Monday 4 March. I met the students at our Karcher Creek hatchery at 1:30pm. IWe were at the main gate Fuel Depot between 2 - 2:15pm. We released an additional 35,000 chum fry into Beaver Creek on Tuesday 5 March. This release was not on the Fuel Depot, but on a private farm further up the road.

The complete photo album can be viewed here.

Hwy 16 Cleanup

These are the 4 folks that showed up today for the work party. They did a great job!

What’s happening this week

Hello all, Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weekend of sun.

This week is morning meeting at WG. Satellite meeting is scheduled Tuesday at 6pm., at McCormicks. Come meet our prescriptive new members. We also have a speaker this week, Dave St Martin. Fun.

Five of us will be going to DTLA in Victoria this week. So looking forward to it.

Save me the Dates. Board Retreat for My Term is June 8th, at McCormicks at 10. Please have your Budgets and your goals ready to talk about that day.

Installation is June 25th at 530pm at McCormicks. Please wear a favorite hat and your Rotary shirt.

July 14th is fishing trip. Some are not fishing but we are going to compete in go cart race. Jacqui wants to defend her title. Rest of us want to win from her. Then celebrate with dinner with our fellow Rotarians and Auction couple who bid on trip.

Sunday, August 4th , we will be having an Alumni bbq. Place will be determined soon. Let’s say our group brings a pot luck, and we will treat our Alumni’s. If you know past member, please ask them and let me know.

August 9th is our golf tournament to raise funds for Girls and Boys club. Pick your team, as well, as go out and get pledges for how many holes you will or think you will do.

District Governor had to make some changes. We were getting a lot of interest. We moved the day to November 12th, at 530pm at Bremerton Conference Center.

I wont be attending Tuesday meeting. But next week, I will be sending a clipboard around for Installation dinner. Or you can reach me thru email or text.

Have a great week. See you next week.

Enjoy the sun.

Leslie

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Register now for the District Training and Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, May 9 - 11, 2019. You will have the opportunity to attend training sessions, hear an array of internationally recognized speakers, and most of all, get to know and share with fellow Rotarians from around our district. Stay at the award-winning Hotel Grand Pacific in the heart of downtown and enjoy all this beautiful city has to offer. Be inspired, have fun, form friendships, celebrate our accomplishments, and look forward to the Rotary year ahead!

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