The meeting was called to order by President Nathan Twining at 12:30 PM.
Guests:
Monty McAllister introduced our speaker Heather Flaherty from Chuckanut Health Foundation and her guests: Shu-ing Zhao, Community Advancement Dir., Kristina Michele Martens, Special Projects Mngr., Alison de La Bruere HMN Director & Aging Well Whatcom Lead and Shayna Dumont, Exec. Assistant & Media Coordinator.
Steve Ban introduced new friend, Jessica Evans with Home 2/Hampton Inn
Bill Day introduced Anna Leske with Max Higbee Center. She is new to Bellingham from Colorado.
Visiting Rotarian: Don Seitz from Cabarrus Ct., Concord, North Carolina He is raising funds for CART (Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust) is fund cutting-edge research to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. It is supported by hundreds of Rotary clubs and districts with every single dollar donated going straight to research projects. Thanks to our generous Rotarians RCOB raised almost $160.00. Currently, his club has been raising money in 31 states and has cumulatively awarded 19 million in research grants. His contact info is dseitz@carolina.rr.com.
Zoom attendees: Bernard Bove, Doug Cole and Loch Trimingham
Club Events and Committee Announcements
Bob Kuenzel was the recipient of President Nathans Special Member Recognition this week. Bob has been a member for 2 years and was a Rotarian and Member in Ashland, Oregon Rotary for 12 years. He is currently on the RCOB Board of Directors and helped immensely with the update of our Constitution and By-Laws. He is also a Paul Harris Fellow.
He also announced that there will be a Board of Directors meeting on Zoom this Thursday, August 20th at 4:30. Contact Sandee for the link if you would like to join us.
Monty McAllister announced that the Major Project Committee is currently receiving proposals for the Major Project this year.
Ward Naf reminded everyone that the Mountain Film event is soliciting donations for the silent auction that is part of the event November 7th.
Special Evening Meeting, August 31st at 5:30 at the Holiday Inn at the Airport we will have our own Greg Grant to be the speaker on his 50 years in RCOB. There will be alot of surprises, so please sign-up to attend by August 24th at noon. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The Mountain Film FundRaiser will be November 7th 7:00 pm at Whatcom Community College - Syre Theater.
Tickets are $25 plus processing fee. www.MountainfilmOnTourBellingham.com
Films, Food & Beverage and Silent Auction
Chief organizer Shauna Naf announced that every member of the Club needs to help put on this event if it is going to be successful. She handed out a sheet listing the various necessary tasks and asked each of us to fill one out and return it to her. We already have four sponsors, but need more, as well as items for the Silent Auction. Finally, Shauna showed an amazing trailer of the movies to be shown at the event.
Dennis Williams summarized Doris Goodwin Kearn’s book, “An Unfinished Love Story,” a personal account of the 1960’s compiled from the thousands of manuscripts accumulated by her late husband, who was involved in the administrations of JFK and LBJ as a speech writer and advisor.
Dennis highly recommends the book as a fine remembrance of the 1960's.
The presentation was organized a little like a relay. After Heather gave a general overview and brief history, she handed the mic off to her sidekicks who dove in more deeply to Chuckanut's work.
The Foundation was organized in the 1980’s as the St. Luke's Foundation but changed its name in 2014 to Chuckanut Health Foundation, focusing of community needs that affect health, especially the needs of children. They emphasize stabilizing families, food security and helping every child get a healthy start. The Foundation endeavors to help everyone get the healthcare they need, connecting them to resources as needed. Part of their activity is advocating with civic leaders.
The Foundation has a three-part model for their organization: community informed solutions, rapid response to immediate needs, and health equity. As part of their push for health equity, they highlighted the situation in the Mt. Baker School District, the most sparsely populated area of Whatcom County which has little public transportation and a higher infant mortality rate. They manage the Laurendeau Cancer Care Fund to help defray the cost of expensive cancer care.
Closing:
The Prez asked the presenters to stay afterward for questions and released the membership into the wild.
additional speakers: Shayna Dumont, Shu-Ling Zhao and Kristina Martens
RCOB apparel, including polo shirts, dress shirts, vests and hats is now available. These are items that every Club member simply must have in his/her wardrobe! Besides looking great, Club members will be contributing to branding for the RCOB as well as supporting our Club's Foundation, which will receive part of the proceeds.
Click on the button below for the the clothing catalogue, with the Order Form on the last page. Fill out the order form, turn it into Vinson Latimore at a meeting or email a scanned copy to embroidery@choicesscrubs.com.
