Rotary 5110 in Action eNews 2-11-2020

Reserve your May 1-3 weekend for three great days of training and celebration at the Graduate in Eugene. Sign-ups and additional detail is coming soon!

A last-minute floral order doubles as a Rotary donation! Please see attached order form for the Fern Ridge Rotary Club fundraiser. ALL proceeds fund RYLA and graduating high school scholarships to Crow, Elmira and Triangle Lake High School students. It is our club’s only fundraiser. All the proceeds sponsor local kids to attend RYLA and provide scholarship monies for graduating high school seniors from Elmira, Crow and Triangle Lake High Schools. The selection is by application.

 

Click here for more information on the “Big Easy” itinerary and sign-ups.

 

Learn about Rotary in an intimate session of 25-30 individuals at the Rotary Leadership Institute, March 21-22 in Bend, OR. PDG Bill Grile shares that RLI offers a unique opportunity that you won’t find at Club Training Assembly or District Conference. Click here for more info.

Rotarians have dedicated time, energy and money to training Peace Fellows for 18 years. In large part to our own Carol Fellows, our district has sponsored 18 successful applicants. Read more.

Dr. Sylvia Whitlock , the first female to serve as the president of a Rotary club, will be visiting Coos Bay to share a presentation titled “Edge of Tomorrow”. She will speak at Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Coos campus, 1988 Newmark Ave., on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 6:00 pm in the Hales Center for the Performing Arts. This talk is free and open to the public. The following day, March 3. To learn more…

Following a request for grant funding, Springfield Rotary selected six projects for immediate funding, totaling $16,934. The club is continuing to review opportunities for additional funding that will have a positive impact on the community, promote Rotary, and fit with the goals of the club.

Springfield Rotarian Rae LaMarche joined other Rotary District 5110 Rotarians, Cort Vaughan and his wife, (Rotary Club Greater Bend); Sherry Neuman (Jacksonville Applegate Rotary Club); and Rotarians from California, Washington, and Wisconsin in the 2020 National Immunization Day (NID) in India. Read More.