The Rotary Club of Kirkland held a special event on July 1, 2023 at Kamiakin Middle School, 14111 132nd Ave NE in Kirkland for the Great Kirkland Rotary Rummage Sale.
Past president Dave DeBois called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m.
Attending were Pete Anderson, David Aubry, Bob Auslander, Rich Bergdahl, Gary Cohn, Terry Cole, David DeBois, Donald Dicks, Doug Evanson, James Feek, Monica Fratita, Rashmi Garimella, Mekonen Giorgis, Margie Glenn, Isabelle Kalisa, Laura Loomis, Jim Meniketti, Amy Mutal, Kristin Olson, Rick Ostrander, Joanne Primavera, John Pruitt, John Storbeck, Pat Swenson, Alice Volpe, Rick Walter. Alan Hoviland and Patti Smith volunteered during preparation sessions in the preceding five days.
Guests:
There were numerous guests of members at this event, including Anna Aubry, Nanette Bergdahl, Christine DeBois, Kathy Feek, Seenu Garimella, Chuck Loomis, David Mutal, Peggy Ostrander, janet Pruitt, and Stephanie Walter. There were also numerous volunteers who responded to the invitation to donate time to the effort: Fenix Barrenger, Lucas Co, Kelly Copp, Anne Hamilton, Kat Hughes, Vince Isaacson, Lu Lockwood, Kelly Raab, Chase Silverman, Lisa Chiappinelli Sutherland, and David Thomas; and numerous volunteers associated with Hero House: Michael Brown, Lisa Coleman, Ginny Gannon, Kevin Miller, Mwiza Mutsa, Earl Peterson, Hugh Sanders, Olga Yarmoshik, and Varuun Singh. In addition, scholarship recipient Allan Diaz and his brother Allen volunteered time this day, as did members of the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown.
Program:
Dave DeBois and Pete Anderson provided guidance to the members and volunteers, as they had been doing all week. The doors opened at 8 a.m. and a crowd of shoppers rushed into the Kamiakin gym. Shopping was continuous until the last moment at 2 p.m., spurred along by several price reductions timed during the sale. Hundreds of community members attended the rummage sale, and numerous neighbors dropped by to pick up goods from the free goods area outside the gym.
The clean-up crew began breaking down the site at 2 p.m., with nearly all of the clean completed by 4:30 p.m.
Adjournment:
The event was adjourned at 4:40 p.m., when all but a few remaining members departed. Those who remained packed up a few remaining club boxes and waited for the table supplier to pick up the rented tables.
Respectfully Submitted,
Gary Cohn