Rotary 5110 in Action eNews 08-24-2021

Each week, we have a report from Win Howard, a Rogue Gateway club member. Win is our past club president and is the ATRMC hospital CEO. At each meeting for the past 18 months, we have a Health Care/COVID update from Win. At our meeting last Thursday, Win and a local doctor talked about the COVID in Grants Pass.

We record our meetings on Zoom and the video portion of this meeting has 3800 views in three days. Click here to watch one of the latest updates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVm293U9ojc

The story and video was picked up by KGW-TV out of Portland and you can see it here: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/oregon-hospitals-overwhelmed/283-1671684d-06b4-40b4-99b7-9d851cfdf16b

Right now, the video has 3800 views and keeps climbing. We have decided to create a club YouTube channel and post our weekly Health Care update from our club on this YouTube channel.

As I write this, there are 150 cars waiting in line for COVID tests at ATRMC. It truly is a crisis in southern Oregon (as of last week, 165 COVID patients in Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland hospitals).

Do you have passion about Rotary and doing good in the world? Can you motivate? Can you lead? If yes, your club has until September 15 to nominate you.

Serving as District Governor is a big job but a first-class training program gets Governors prepared for the challenges of Rotary leadership. PDG Tim Mobley describes this. Take a 2-minute listen: https://youtu.be/D-QqPziIaI4

If you’re a Past-President with 4 years in Rotary, you could be next in line to become our District Governor during 2024-2025. Contact PDG Bill Grile, D5110 Nominations Committee Chair, with questions.

The Gold Beach Rotary Club is starting the second decade of their fundraiser enabling the public to bike with ocean and river views all for a great cause!

Bike The Rogue will be held Saturday, September 11 with 23 and 38-mile ride options with low registration costs of $30 and $40 respectively.

Both rides start and finish at Buffington Park in Gold Beach. A pre-ride continental breakfast is provided with well stocked rest stations every 7-10 miles along the route and a mechanic will be on the route to handle equipment problems you may encounter.

To register, download the application and waiver forms, complete, sign, and mail to the event along with payment for the desired ride. You may also register at the event.

While the doctor might not prescribe it, the ability to find humor in our situation is key for maintaining of sanity, patience, and peace of mind.