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District 5030 Website
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Rotarian Malaria Partners
In this Issue
Pg. 2 Nightmare at Beaver Lake
Pg. 3 DACdb Workshop Oct 20
Pg. 4 District Conference Networking Event Oct 18
Pg. 5 Essential Elements Workshop Oct 27 Bo Darling Health Update
Pg. 6 Music Mends Minds Event ‘65 Mustang Raffle
Pg. 7 Letter from RI President Barry Rassin Polio Update, Steve Crane Pg. 8 International Day of Peace Celebrations
Pg. 9 Music 4 Life ShelterBox Corner
Pg. 10 Youth Service News
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October 2018
District 5030 Newsletter
Alan Merry District Governor
Economic & Community Development Month
The Rotary Foundation enables Rotarians to invest in people by creating sustainable, measurable and long term economic improvements in their communities and livelihoods.
Great examples of what clubs around the world are supporting in this area are found at https://map.rotary.org/en/project/pages/project_showcase.aspx. The Rotary Showcase is a great tool for introducing new Rotarians to the Rotary Foundation.
World Polio Day is October 24. Here are some Rotary Highlights of our Polio Eradication Effort:
The idea to eradicate polio from this earth came from one man. In 1979 Rotary International President Clem Renouf read an article relating how the World Health Organization had succeeded in eliminating smallpox at a cost of roughly $100 million. He asked a doctor friend of his, John Sever, if there was a disease that Rotary could eradicate for relatively the same amount of money. The suggested malady was polio, and the effort was born.
We introduced Polio Plus in 1985 with an initial investment of $247 million. Rotary took on new partners in 1988 when the Polio Eradication Initiative was born. This teamed us with the WHO, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
In 1988 polio paralyzed more than 1,000 children worldwide every day. Since then, more than 2.5 billion children have been immunized against polio thanks to the cooperation of more than 200 countries and 20 million volunteers. Current data is shown in Steve Crane’s article on page 7.
Many 5030 Clubs are celebrating World Polio
Day by holding events marking the occasion. Lake Forest Park, for example, will be teaming with the Lake Forest Bar & Grill on October 24. The Grill will be donating 20% of their proceeds from 5:00 - 10:00 PM to Polio Plus. Please make sure you tell our Chief 5030 Correspondent, Carma McKay, of any events your club is participating in. Also ensure that they are on the calendar in DACdb.
Note that our Essential Elements Workshop has changed. The event is still on October 27, but it will ONLY be at the Pyramid Alehouse starting at noon. The event at South Seattle College has been cancelled. It will be an afternoon of sharing best practices and table topics. You will find out what’s working, enabling participants to bring ideas back to their clubs for positive impact right away. See page 5 for more information.
October 20 is the date of our DACdb Training Seminar. See page 3 for more information.
Our Second Social and Networking session is on October 18. It will be at the Seattle Glassblowing Studio from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. More information is available on page 4.
Nominations for the District 5030 Governor of 2021 - 2022 are now open. See your club President or contact me before November 16th if you are interested.
Thank you for your service this year and for the years to come! I look forward to talking with y’all soon!
~ Alan Merry, DG
DG Alan's Column
DG Alan Merry visits RC of West Seattle. L to R: AG Len Burton-Hardin, PDG JJ Gardiner, PDG Ann Liberato, DG Alan, PDG John Enger and PDG Duane Ruud.
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The 40th Annual Rotary Cup between Shorewood and Shorecrest
The Rotary Cup trophy was made possible by the Shoreline and Lake Forest Park Rotary clubs. Shorewood High School wins their biggest event of the season with a 24-0 shut-out over Shorecrest. Photos by Curtis Campbell
5030 Newsletter - September 2018
Outdoor Halloween Haunted House Experience on the Sammamish Plateau
The Rotary Club of Sammamish, in affiliation with Scare Productions and the City of Sammamish presents an all volunteer production that is the premier fall community event on the Sammamish Plateau. More than a haunted house, the Nightmare has 32 theatrical sets scattered along a 3/4 mile walk through the Beaver Lake Park trails.
Important Details
Where: Beaver Lake Park, Sammamish, WA Dates: OPEN Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights plus October 30th and Halloween Night. Hours: Family Scare: 7pm – 7:45pm Full Scare: 8pm – 10pm Sunday & Monday nights 8pm – 11pm Friday and Saturday nights. Admission: Family Scare: $12 per person Full Scare: $20 per person
Fast Pass (skip the entrance line, Fri-Sat Full Scare Only): $10 additional Includes free off-site parking. Discounts: $1 off with a can of food for Lifewire. $3 discount coupons available. May not be combined.
For More information and to Volunteer: Please visit NightmareAtBeaverLake.com.
Remember, this is an indoor/outdoor event. Please dress for the weather!
Our creative team from Scare Productions, has over 40 years of experience scaring the daylights out of willing thrill seekers. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you’ll be amazed, sometimes all at the same time. Local youth provide much of the acting talent. We average 13,000 patrons per year. Join the fun!
It takes a community to scare a community. Other nonprofit groups participating include the City of Sammamish Parks & Recreation Department, Athletes for Kids, local Kiwanis Clubs, Explorers, and the Interact Clubs of Eastlake High School and Eastside Catholic.
We are most grateful for the continued support of various local businesses, youth groups and the City of Sammamish Parks Department to make this yearly event possible!
Proceeds from the event support the projects and charities of the Sammamish Rotary Club.
L to R: Kay Peterson, President of Lake Forest Park Rotary, Lynn Cheeney, President of Shoreline Rotary and the Shorewood Football Team.
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5030 Newsletter - October 2018
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018
DACdb Workshop: Old Basics - New Icons
DACdb has a new “look” – learn about those icons and how you can make them “yours”! Come to learn the basics of DACdb, and how it can benefit your club and membership. There are interesting and useful changes and additions to hear about, and of course some of the “always been there” will be gone over. Secretaries, Presidents, and club members alike will find this a valuable workshop to attend. Bring your own laptop or not – your choice! Be sure to bring your power cord, no Wi-Fi in this building.
Here are just a few of the topics we’ll cover:
• Yikes, I can't log in!
• What’s up with these new icons?
• When do I Use each of the Member Types?
• How do I use the Calendar for my club meetings and activities?
• Some useful reports to know about.
• And more – basics for everybody.
• How do I …. Bring your questions, there will be some Q&A time!
YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT!
Here’s how:
• Log in to DACdb, and choose the District tab.
• Choose Calendar icon.
• Scroll down to find the October 20, 2018 date, where you’ll see the DACdb Icons and More event.
• Select “Register Now” – twice!
• Your name will automatically be filled in, so now just select Continue
• Fill in your club position
• Choose Proceed to Confirmation, and then choose Confirm Selection.
• You can now just return to DACdb.
• If you have questions or concerns Email Kay Cook at [email protected] or Becca Palm [email protected]
EMBRY-RIDDLE
AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY
1000 Oaksdale Ave SW
Suite 110
Renton, WA 98057
9AM—Noon
Three Cheers to Seattle Against Slavery!!
The cumulative impact of our $16,500 in funding will be:
1,800 students will be empowered to be allies against sex trafficking. 300 healthcare professionals will be trained in trafficking identification 100,000 teenagers in King County will be warned through social media how to avoid sexual exploitation and be a watch guard for their peers. L to R — with Jane Tornatore, Sten Crissey, Cathy Burnell, Bill Fetterley, Claudia Lawrence, Liz Rush, Catherine Gibson, Megan Malcolm, Virginia McKenzie, Cindy Runger, Mark Davis, Trish Bostrom, David Woodward, Jeffrey Gill and Bill Center.
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5030 Newsletter - October 2018
May 16, 2019 - 8:00 AM thru May 19, 2019 - 3:00 PM Spokane Convention Center
334 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99201
www.cometogether2019.com
Rotarian Registration $ 249 RYLA/Interact/Exchange Student $ 169
REGISTER HERE
Book your room at The DoubleTree by Hilton, Centennial Hotel Spokane or The Davenport Grand
HOTEL RESERVATIONS HERE
Come mix it up with communities' business professionals and innovators while gaining expert
knowledge on today's hot topics.
Rotarians and non-Rotarians are welcome!
Beer, wine and snacks provided.
Speaker: Aaron Schmookler
The Power's in the People: Putting Relationships First
In this interactive presentation we'll start off with a provocative idea... "It's never about the thing. It's always about the relationship."
While the meaning of that statement may not be immediately clear to everyone, it does very often provoke thought. That thinking is the beginning.
In our workshop presentation, we'll give you a fun experience of practicing principles that put relationships first and also spark creativity and co-
For additional information, contact: Vijya [email protected]
206-650-4885
Rotary District 5030 Professional Development Event
October 18th 6 - 8 pm
Seattle Glassblowing Studio 2227 5th Ave - Seattle, WA 98121
Pay parking on street or pay parking lot is directly across (East) on 5th Avenue.
Aaron Schmookler CO-FOUNDER,
TRAINER
“Every team has genius at
work. Only the best encourage and inspire the
genius to emerge.”
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5030 Newsletter - Octoberber 2018
Click here to Register
PDG Bo Darling Health Update PDG Bo and Patricia Darling moved to sunny Arizona earlier this year.
PDGs Alex Hopkins and John Enger report that Bo has recently had 2 successful heart surgeries. They had been planned. The first was a value replacement and about a week later received a pacemaker. He’s reported to being doing very well and is resting at home. Bo’s a fighter and one tough dude, (him being a pancreatic cancer survivor and received a knee replacement while DG!)
Should you wish to reach out to Bo or Patty, his email is [email protected] and [email protected].
October 5th our District Governor paid a visit to the University District Lunch Club. Here is Alan with two of their club members, President Basant Singh and Past District Governor Ezra Teshome.
University Sunrise Rotary Improves Nickelsville Tiny Home Project
One of Seattle’s efforts to get people off of the street and into shelter is the Tiny Home Project. Tiny home villages are temporary communities comprised of tiny houses. One of the newest communities was established across the street from Ivar’s Salmon House, the meeting place of University Sunrise Rotary. The Club wanted to welcome the village members into the neighborhood and met with their leadership to determine how best to help. The agreed upon project was to place gravel paths to improve safety and enhance comfort and aesthetics. University Sunrise purchased materials and organized logistics. In partnership with the Wallingford Community Council and the residents of Nickelsville, we organized a work party in September to move and spread the gravel. More than 20 volunteers showed up with shovels, rakes, wheel barrels, and lots of enthusiasm. We made short order of the work and residents were extremely pleased with the results. The work was particularly appreciated by residents with mobility challenges.
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Restoring the Rhythm of Life Music Mends Minds (MMM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that creates musical support group bands or sing-a-long for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and for Veteran’s with PTSD. These musical support groups foster a community between the musicians and singers, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers, all of whom thrive on the socialization and music making.
MMM also aims to educate our community and public about the latest scientific findings regarding the benefits of music and brain through several platforms including online and in print resources. It was founded 3 years ago and is now also a Rotary Action Group that had a booth at this year’s Rotary International Convention.
Amy Huggins of Vashon Rotary is the Rotary MMM Ambassador in our District. Mercer Island Rotary has recently started a MMM program on Mercer Island. The MI Rotary committee is chaired by John Nelson and other committee members are Petra Walker, Shirley Silke, Bob Olson and Pastor Greg Asmikoupolous. The Committee is reaching out to Adult Family Homes, Senior Facilities and several other clubs and organizations to find participants with various stages of dementia who would be receptive to participating in a sing-a-long.
The first program will be on Tuesday afternoon, October 23rd from 2:30 to 3:30 at the Mercer Island Congregational Church. ALL Rotarians and friends are invited. For an additional perspective you can view the official Music Mends Mind Theme Song video here.
5030 Newsletter - October 2018
Drawing Date December 8th, 2018 at 4PM
To Purchase Tickets Contact John Niemi at (206) 276-5369 or [email protected]
Description of the Car Red ‘65 Mustang Hardtop, 4 speed with a 289 engine
Drawing Location Acura of Lynnwood
21515 Hwy 99 Lynnwood WA 98036
Need not be present to win Winner is responsible for licensing, fees and income taxes
The Raffle Supports Scholarships in our local community, Community Service
Projects and Some International Projects
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5030 Newsletter - October 2018
World Polio Day is October 24
The Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s polio team, Dr. Jay Wenger, will be at Seattle 4 on World Polio Day. He’ll be interviewed by KING 5’s Mark Wright, the MC at Rotary’s World Polio Day program last year. He’ll be asked where eradication stands and the outlook for getting to zero. Since the latest reported cases in the chart (right) are just 4 short of 2017’s total, there will be more this year. Mark will ask about that and the measures being taken to drive the total down in 2019. KING 5 is expected to cover Dr. Wenger’s presentation. This year’s Rotary International live stream event will be
broadcast that afternoon. For more information, go to endpolio.org. If you’d like to go out to dinner that evening, the Lake Forest Park Grill, 17535 Ballinger Way NE, will donate to PolioPlus from the evening’s proceeds
Polio Cases reported as of September 25, 2018 By the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Polio Update by Steve Crane
Country As of
Sept 25 As of YTD
Year End
2018 2017 2017 2016 2015
Afghanistan 14 6 14 13 20
Pakistan 4 5 8 20 54
Nigeria 0 0 0 4 0
Global Totals 18 11 22 37 74
24 October is just a couple weeks away, and I hope all of you are busy planning for how your club will mark this year’s World Polio Day. It’s just fantastic to see how many clubs and districts have already registered events at endpolio.org, and how much thought and creativity has gone into their planning. There will be lectures, concerts, polio walks, polio rides, and of course, livestream viewing parties. Many clubs are also taking advantage of the virtual reality films now available and incorporating a virtual reality experience in their World Polio Day activities.
If you haven’t yet, be sure to head over to endpolio.org to promote your event, get details on the livestream, and find out what else is going on in your area. Remember that hosting a World Polio Day event can help you earn this year’s Presidential Citation!
One of the things I’ve heard as I’ve traveled for Rotary is that Rotarians don’t always know how to answer some of the tough questions they get on polio eradication. To help, we’ve prepared a brief Q & A outlining some of the basics. The questions I hear most often, though, are the simplest ones: Why aren’t we there yet, and why are we still raising so much money for polio?
To answer that question, it’s helpful to use a metaphor many of us can easily understand: mowing a lawn. For most small lawns, you don’t need more than a push mower. If you’ve got something much larger—say, half an acre—you’d invest in a riding mower. And you’d be fine.
Now imagine you’re faced with mowing an absolutely enormous field—say, forty acres, or about sixteen hectares. Imagine it hasn’t been mowed in years, and it’s full of weeds, brambles, and thorns. And imagine you need everything on that field cut to the exact same height. You couldn’t do it over a period of days: the section you mowed first would grow back before you reached the end. What would you do? You couldn’t even think about a push mower. Even a riding mower would take a week and probably couldn’t handle it. The only way to do it would be to bring out the big guns, and get a tractor with a six-foot mower in the back—maybe even a couple of tractors.
Now consider the logistics of polio eradication. There are 360,000 babies born every single day in the world. To be fully protected against polio, each of them must be vaccinated not just once, but several times. To stop the virus from traveling, every child must be fully vaccinated all at the same time—before enough new children are born to allow the virus to travel again.
The only way to achieve eradication is through the massive and coordinated scale on which we are now working: using a vast network of systems to deliver about 430 million doses of vaccine every year, via mass immunization campaigns. Forget a 40-acre field—we’re talking about Africa, we’re talking about southeast Asia. Places with vast distances, incredibly remote communities, wars, instability, poverty—and hundreds of millions of children. We need to reach them all.
The only way to finish the job is to give it everything we have, all at once. Yes, it’s expensive. Yes, it’s difficult. Yes, it is a task of breathtaking ambition and scope. But thanks to you--we are doing it.
That is what all of us need to know, and understand, on this World Polio Day. Now is the time to give it everything we have, to raise the funds, raise the awareness, and Be the Inspiration to End Polio Now.
Yours in Rotary, Barry Rassin President, Rotary International 2018-19
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5030 Newsletter - October 2018
International Day of Peace Celebrations, September 21
Peace does not happen. It needs to be created. Worldwide, Rotary International has adopted PEACEBUILDING as a new focus equal to that of Polio Eradication.
Happy Peace Day from Granada! So proud of my Human Rights & Peace Committee (IFMSA) supporters who came out in the heat today for International Day of Peace. It was great to see everyone who came out for the photo! It took a few minutes to get it right but we did great! ~ Navi Bains
Navkiran “Navi” Bains is currently attending St. George’s University School of Medicine on the island of Granada. She is a former member of Seattle Rotary and current member of our District’s Puget Sound Rotary Passport Club. She was also our District’s 2015 Rotarian of the Year.
Seattle Rotary’s Peacebuilder Committee and Education Committee partnered with the Seattle Public Schools to “plant” a peace pole September 21 on the U.N International Day of Peace.
Thank you Matt Albertson for organizing and being emcee. Thank you SFD Chief Harold Scoggins for handling “peace pole logistics”. Thank you Suzanne Griffin for coordinating with SPS. Thank you Jeffrey Gill for the “call for peace” and your homily on peace. Thank you Linda Rough for singing “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” — at John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence.
Congratulations to all Bellevue Rotarians for an inspiring celebration of the U.N. International Day of Peace.
Special gratitude for Nancy Pasternak who made this vision a reality.
Shoreline Rotary installed a Peace Pole in Rotary Park. A dedication will take place on Saturday, October 20 at 10:00 AM.
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Shelterbox Corner Do you know who the Rotary International Project Partner is for Disasters? Yup, ShelterBox !
In 2012, ShelterBox became Rotary International’s first Project Partner and remains the only disaster relief charity with a Memorandum of Understanding with RI. This agreement enables both organizations to collaborate more closely to bring relief and temporary shelter to survivors of disasters worldwide. The project partnership has built on both organization’s strengths in responding to disasters all over the world. The fundraising efforts by the Rotary network make up a significant proportion of donations received by ShelterBox.
In the US we depend on Rotary clubs for donations to help us carry out our mission, internationally one of the first groups we look for as we enter a country stricken by disaster is the local Rotary club. We look to them for direction and guidance on who needs help, how to navigate the systems in their country and often for manpower to help us deliver aid.
Since 2000 we have helped over 1 million people in over 100 countries. Over the coming months I will tell you more of ShelterBox’s story and how you can help.
You as clubs in 5030 have a unique opportunity to have this story told in your club by two of the volunteers who do this work on the ground, there are only 152 volunteers around the world who have completed the specialized training to accomplish this mission, and two of those folks live in Seattle. For club presentations please contact me at [email protected]
Dave Nichols, CEM PE for West Seattle Rotary Club (2019-2020) ShelterBox Response Team Member https://www.shelterboxusa.org/ Twitter: @disaster_dave Blog: http://disaster-dave.blogspot.com/
5030 Newsletter - October2018
Another Record Year for Music4Life
by David Endicott, Co-Founder & President
Reminder for New Rotarians and Others: Music4Life provides ready-to-play musical instruments at no charge to public school districts for use by students in need.
Hard as it is to believe, the 2017-18 year (ended on August 31st) saw even more growth to the Music4Life initiative. During those 12 months, we provided 2,036 musical instruments valued at nearly $183,000 to eight programs in the greater Seattle area. This compares with the 277 instruments valued at nearly $169,000 during 2016-17 (an increase of more than eight percent), which itself had very nearly doubled the productivity of the previous year. Why is this important?
It’s because research now shows that students able to participate in school instrumental music activities do better in many academic disciplines. While it’s tempting to think that one instrument helps one student, the fact is that each of these instruments has a remaining useful life of three to 15 years. Maybe more. Because the instrument stays with the school district to which Music4Life provides it, ultimately three to five students -- or more -- may benefit from its use.
Music4Life is supported by local Booster Clubs in each school district that help raise the funds needed to pay for discounted musical instrument repairs. Music4Life also is an “Official Rotary District 5030 Project,” meaning that it’s been endorsed by the 46 Rotary clubs in our district. Three times for three-year terms each. EVERY student has a right to the full basic education guaranteed by the Washington State Constitution.
Shelter Box is an International Rotary Project Partner providing shelter, warmth and dignity to disaster survivors worldwide.
Enjoying fellowship at the Woodinville Rotary Auction. L to R: Chelsea Tripp, DG Alan Merry, AG Bill and Judy MacCully, 2018 Rotarian of the Year Carma McKay and Cheryl Jones, Julie and PDG Alex Hopkins, DGE Bill and Sally McCulley.
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ROTARACT
Fall is upon us and with it, the reuniting of our college-based Rotaract clubs. Though things are just gearing up, we are looking forward to their energy and service activities in the year ahead.
Wouldn’t your Rotary club benefit from an excited, committed group of young partners in the coming year? Sponsoring a Rotaract club is a surprisingly easy thing to do and it is so gratifying to support a group of service-minded young people!
All it takes is a champion in your club who can collaborate with a nucleus of motivated community members or college students, to get the ball rolling. The admin. requirements from Rotary International are minimal, the financial commitment from the sponsor Rotary club is manageable and the timeline is short! Now is the time to start one on college campuses. Organizing a community-based club can happen any time.
Wouldn’t your club want to be associated with a group like this? Contact District Rotaract Representative, Arielle Howell, [email protected], or District Rotaract Chair, Mike Madden, [email protected], for help getting started. You’ll be pleased with the results!
INTERACT
We want to acknowledge and thank the dedicated Interact liaisons who do so much for our 21 District 5030 Interact Clubs. Special thanks to Laura Cosacchi from Bellevue Breakfast, who has served as Interact Liaison to Forest Ridge High School Interact for the last three years, and welcome to Caitlin Devaney, their new liaison.
Special thanks to our sponsoring clubs: Alderwood Terrace, Bellevue Breakfast, Covington (x3), Des Moines, Duwamish Southside, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Kent Sunrist, Kirkland Downtown, Lake Forest Park, Maple Valley, Mercer Island, Mill Creek (x2), Redmond, Sammamish (x2) Shoreline, Southcenter.
YOUTH EXCHANGE
This year’s long term Inbound Youth Exchange Students are from Chile, France, Germany and Italy. The host Rotary Clubs are Bellevue Lunch, Mercer Island, Shoreline and Vashon. Why let them have all the fun? Your club can get involved with Rotary Youth Exchange and start a young person on the path to a lifetime of Rotary service and community. Youth Exchange has been a part of Rotary since 1928 and every year more than 8000 students move around the world for an experience that is almost out of the world. Our students tell us that their year overseas was a defining year in their life and produced lifelong friendships. The year was beyond their expectations.
Why not spend a few minutes with Hal Beals, Chair of District 5030 Rotary Youth Exchange. [email protected] He will attend a club meeting, address the board or speak with you on the phone at 206-849-322
RYLA
The RYLA NW steering committee is hard at work planning its 50th Anniversary edition, March 7-10, 2019, at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). We're working on an online registration option which should be available soon. We also have a call out to Rotaract Members and RYLA Alumni interested in helping as counselors. If you know potential counselors or want more information, contact us at [email protected].
Now is the time to begin recruiting RYLA Candidates through your Interact Clubs or local high school leadership programs. Visit www.rylanw.org/rotarians/ to read more about working with your local schools and other resource information.
A special 50th Anniversary Commemoration is planned for the evening of Saturday, March 9th, at PLU. If you are a past participant in RYLA, have been involved as a Rotarian sponsor, or are just interested in attending this celebration, mark your calendars now and stay tuned for details at www.rylanw.org.
YOUTH SERVICE NEWS - October 2018
RYLA, YOUTH EXCHANGE & INTERACT ROTARACT ROTARY
Laura Cosacchi
Caitlin Devaney