The Rotary Club of Kirkland held an in-person meeting August 18, 2025 at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club in downtown Kirkland.
President Kate Koslosky called the meeting to order at 6:17 p.m. She then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jocelyn Reiter led us in reciting the 4-Way Pledge.
Attending: David Aubry, Cody Baker, Gary Cohn, Sue Cohn, Jocelyn Ellison, Rashmi Garimella, Isabelle Kalisa, Chris Kelly-Storbeck, Kate Koslosky, Rick Ostrander, Rémy Pairault, Angela Pritchett, John Pruitt, Daniel Sada Caraveo, John Storbeck, and Rick Walter.
Guests: There were no guest names on the guest sign-in roster.
We spent some time discussing the upcoming Rotary Gala and Auction, reviewing logistics, attendance, and current items available for auction. We encouraged obtaining more auction items and increasing the number of participants. Everyone is encouraged to attend, participate, and bring additional folks as guests.
We then broke up into committees where we discussed planned activities for the rest of the Rotary year, and also potentially adding activities in some areas. Some activities are pending the results of the auction and gala fundraising.
We were all reminded about bringing the approved food items at the first club get-together of each month. We were reminded that we need to adhere to the requested size parameters for each food item.
President Kate discussed several items, including the success of the recent club potluck social event at the Rotary Pavilion on the Cross Kirkland Corridor. She reminded us that the Rotary Club of Kirkland Downtown’s Fundraiser is coming up at a winery in Woodinville. See the Downtown Club’s website for details. She sent an email on this earlier.
The District Conference will be in April in Walla Walla.
The club’s annual Salmon Bake will be a catered affair at the Ostrander’s in Kirkland on August 25. Sign up by Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at noon on the club’s website.
We have a full work party at Hopelink occurring Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
Again, everyone is reminded to sign up for the gala and auction, donate items to be auctioned, and bring friends. We need several more desserts for the Dessert Dash at the gala. Let Rick Walter know if you wish to donate a dessert. Cody Baker noted that the catered meal at the gala will be an Italian dinner, including chicken, pasta, salad, and vegies. He also explained how we will use bid numbers for both the silent and the live auction events.
We did a quick round of Happy Dollars – there were several happy members.
We adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Aubry
Acting Scribe