President Nathan Twining welcomed everyone and mentioned the different seating format for our 1st Rotary Focus Meeting. We will hold numerous ones throughout the Rotary year with varying topics.
The WCC Canteen will be closed for August and September. Great Harvest sandwich orders will be taken the 8/10 & 8/17 meetings or you are encouraged to bring your own lunch.
Mountain Film Planning: Ward announced that there would be a meeting, after the regular meeting next week, for the committee to discuss the plan for the annual Mountain Film Festival November 7th. The committee is seeking items for the auction. Any idea or donations are welcome.
Aaron Booker reminded members that tomorrow night is the Club's attendance at the Bellingham Bells baseball game. Members are invited to wear their Rotary gear.
Guests:
No guests or zoom attendees
Club Events and Committee Announcements
Rotary Hands Across America 2026
Saturday, August 8
12:00pm-3:00pm
Peace Arch Park, Surrey, B. C. Cost $52 CAD - must sign up CLICK ON THIS LINK
In lieu of a program, the club held focus group discussions.Members broke up into three tables.
The first task was for each member to introduce themselves, identify their career and explain why they joined the Club.The second task was to propose idea for the Club’s major project.
After discussion, Mark Knittel said his table discussed the Food Bank and noted that demand is growing. They discussed ways to serve -including helping out as drivers and more.
Rick Kaiser spoke for his table and said they also discussed “food insecurity” along with related issues of immigration.They also discussed recruitment of more members for the Club as a project.
Michael Mallory was the spokesperson for the third table.His table discussed capital projects including the Bellingham to Mt. Baker bike trail and helping with improvements.The table also brought up the idea of supporting education in civics.
Closing:
Nathan asked us to help set the room back and have a good week.
Steve Gray - Invocation
Sandy McIntire “Member Service Recognition” of the week
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.
