December 16, 2013 Spokesman

Minutes from December 16, 2013 Meeting

By Pat Swenson, Scribe

The meeting was called to order by John Pruitt at 6:30 p.m.  The flag salute was lead by Carl Boruck and an Inspirational Moment was given by Bill Woods.  John thanked Shellie Gehring for Greeting, Rick Walter for handling our money at the front desk, and Pat Swenson for scribing. 

Guests were introduced:  Dee Woodbery, wife of John Woodbery.  Sandy Rose, grandmother of our guest exchange student speaker, Gabby Wright and  Samatha St. John with the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce.  No visiting Rotarians.

Announcements:

A big Thank You from the Club to Scott Becker for arranging the wonderful Christmas Party Cruise and to Alice Volpe for arranging the transportation from Kirkland to downtown Seattle waterfront.  Also, thank yous to Rick Walter for arranging for the live music and to Dave DeBois for the center piece decorations.  The general sentiment of the Club was that everyone had a great time and we would like to do it again next year, but leave from the waterfront in Kirkland.

Ann Hamilton thanked everyone who has contributed to Rotary International Foundation and to let everyone know that matching points are available for all November and December contributions.  We are currently at 46% participation of the membership.

Dave DeBois for Dan Bartel announced our next Rotary 1^st Harvest will be January 11^th.  Dave also said the John Muir gift givers list has been updated and that there are still items that need to be donated.  If shopping is not on your list of things to do, you can also contribute dollars $$$ to Dave and he will do your shopping.  Deliveries to the families will be on Friday, December 20^th.  Scott Becker and Angela will help with the delivers.  Thank you to both.  Dee Dee and Chris are not available for deliveries this year, but a Big THANK YOU from the Club for their past service on this project.

Steve Shinstrom thanked everyone who has Scribed and Greeted this past year (our last meeting of the year) and asked everyone to look over the upcoming dates and help out.

Bill Woods wanted the Club to know that the Wreaths Across America project was very successful and about 3,000 wreaths were distributed to our veterans’ graves.

Don Dicks also asked members to review the information from Dave Asher for Kirkland Nourishing Network and distributing food to the families during the holiday school break.  There are any one of three roles that you can play to help:  Donate funds, purchase food items or deliver food items to the families.  Please consider helping and let Dave Asher know if you can.

Don Dicks also mentioned Rotary 1^st Harvest gift certificates in the name of your donor are great gift ideas.  $1 of donation buys $30 worth of food.