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The Rotary Club of Kirkland held an in-person meeting April 7, 2025, at the Kirkland Eagles Club. Past President Rick Walter presided at this meeting and called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.
Rick Walter led us in the Pledge; Joanne Primavera led us in the 4-Way Test recitation.
Attending: Cody Baker, Gary Cohn*, Sue Cohn*, Donald Dicks*, Sandy Ekins (Honorary)*, Monica Fratita*, Isabelle Kalisa, Chris Kelly-Storbeck, Kate Koslosky, Jim Meniketti, Rick Ostrander, Rémy Pairault*, Joanne Primavera, Angela Pritchett, John Pruitt, Daniel Sada Caraveo, Patti Smith*, John Storbeck, Alice Volpe, and Rick Walter. *Attended via Zoom.
Guests: The club’s guests this evening were our Rotary Student of the Month for April, from Lake Washington High School, Mabel Wong; Mabel’s mother, Hui Jean Liew; and Joe Longcore, a loan officer with Evergreen Home Loans, a guest of Cody Baker.
Rotary Moment:
Rick Walter presented the Rotary Moment.
Announcements:
Rick Walter announced that the club’s board and the foundation’s board have decided to combine their efforts into the annual Rotary auction as an annual fundraiser, and it will be held Friday, September 12, 2025 at the Kirkland Woman’s Club, with more information coming as tonight’s program. A number of club members tried Prosecco Restaurant & Pizzeria to see if it’s a viable meeting location. The Salmon Bake is scheduled for Aug. 25 at Bob Auslander’s home.
Joanne Primavera announced that in honor of her 25 years as a member of the Rotary Club of Kirkland, she donated $2,500 to the club; $1,000 is for the Youth Services Committee and $1,500 for is for the Membership Committee.
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The club’s board of directors met on Thursday evening, March 20, 2025 at the Banner Bank branch in downtown Kirkland. Highlights included discontinuation of the rummage/super sale, agreement to use the foundation auction as the major fundraiser, discussing an alternative meeting venue, discussing the meeting schedule, approving the board meeting calendar for 2025-2026, discussing filling the sergeant at arms and the executive director/secretary positions, and receiving reports from various officers and committee chairs.
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