Puyallup Rotary Club
Annual Crab & Oyster Stew Feed
Thank you to the more than 720 community members came out on
March 22 to enjoy the Puyallup Rotary Crab and Oyster Stew Feed! Your
support made our event a success- we will be bringing Challenge Day to all
three Puyallup School District high schools this fall. This was truly a
community effort, and we would like to say a special Thank You to our partners:
Charlie’s Restaurant- for the outstanding potato salad and all
around support
Crockett’s Public House- for the amazing coleslaw
Powerhouse- for the cold, delicious beer
Touch of Class- for providing beautiful music
Also, thank you to the Daffodil Princesses for bringing some
added sunshine to our event- you are wonderful representatives for our
community.
Please mark your calendars for March 22, 2013- we’re going to do
it again!
For more information on Challenge Day, please visit www.challengeday.org
Puyallup Rotary Presidents History Corner
1972-73,
President E. Arthur Larson, Jr
As the Club President I was the Fine Master in those
years and fines were 25 cents then, leaving early was 50 cents. The clubs fund
raising was selling 4th of July Fireworks, the Oyster Stew Feed, a
Walkathon and a Piano Concert by Robin McCabe. We participated in the March of
Dines, United Way, Pierce County Fair Breakfast, Built Restroom at Pierce
County Fair Grounds and held a 25th anniversary banquet for the
club. Rotarian’s wives were called Rotary Ann’s.
1988-89,
President; Don Mott
Start of the Polio-Plus campaign, Chub Goal was to
Raise $11000 and we raised $44000.
1989-90,
President; Robert Yost
Club major fund raiser was an Auction and the Oyster
Stew Feed.
1998-99,
President; Larry Hulbert
The Club raised funds from the Puyallup Fair Food
Booth for the new Korum Y on South Hill and Good Sam Hospital.
2001-02,
President; Rev. Dan Gerken
The Clubs major project during this year was to
raise $54000 to purchase and distribute 720 wheelchairs. 1/3 of the chairs were sent to Nanjing area
of China with the assistance of Dr Mott & the Amity Foundation.
2002-03,
President; Ed Kern
Another third of the wheelchairs were distributed in
Morocco by Dr Mike Spiger and Rev Dan Gerken and then the balance was
distributed within Pierce County, WA including a special presentation
(televised by the local TV station) to a group of Veteran from the Soldiers
Home in Orting, WA.
2003-04,
President; Jamie Gregory
Continued to support to STP (Seattle to Portland) by
having a Energy/Rest Stop in downtown Puyallup and the Pierce County Fair
Breakfast for the participants of 4-H and FFA Kids. Relay-for - life was very
successful. The YMCA and Puyallup Communities in Schools were also championing
an effort for school age children called 40 Developmental Assets.
We funded the training for staff from Stahl Jr. High
for that program that year and co-hosted with CIS a Puyallup School District
Workshop where these trained staff taught others in the school community.
Our international project was completed with the 3rd
delivery of Wheel Chairs at the Puyallup Fair.
2004-05,
President; Michael McQuilkin
Our major project that year was to build a deck on
the education/training center building at Northwest Trek. We manned our booth
at the Puyallup Fair, selling Hoagies, hot dogs, sodas and yogurt cones for the
2 weeks and we were still had the Oyster Stew Feed going strong.
2005-06,
President; Jon Engels
Starting the new year with the transformation of the
club into the new Rotary service fields and away from the four avenues of
service. We were the first club in our district to adopt the new format which is
currently being used by our club; Club
Administration, Membership,
Foundation; Increased giving to $14,000.00 from our club, a lot due in part
to the water project in Morocco. Service
Projects; Through the
leadership of Mike Spiger, we were able to get matching grants through the
district and international and raised of $56,000.00 to go to water projects in
the country of Morocco. Club Public
Relations; Got approved to start the process of us building and being the
sponsor of the Rotary Stage at Pioneer Park.
We sold our Fair Food booth and Inaugurated our annual
Golf Tournament at High Cedars Golf Club as one of our major fund raiser.
2006-07,
President; Mark Mullins
We had a
great time at DLTA there was a group of us 10+ Rotarians family +kids that went
to Victoria. I tried to encourage and foster the idea to take your
kids/grandkids to one of our club meeting/events.
We helped
ER’s Interact club with their gift makers program.
Sponsored
two young ladies form Allyn Jr High to participate in the People to People
youth exchange who came back to club and reported on what they learned and
experienced.
2007-08,
President; Scotty Getchell
2008-09,
President; Chanel Studebaker
Chanel banged in her year with a custom made gavel
from her Dad. The gavel’s wood came from a cherry tree she had played in
as a girl. Whether through a flaw in the wood or merely overuse, the
gavel cracked in month 3 of her term. Chanel’s term represented year 4 of
a 5 year continuity plan put together by past president Jon Engels. That
plan restructured our club and its activities to build for the future. In
2008, Puyallup Rotary joined with the other Pierce County area Rotary clubs to
provide support to the Courage Classic bike race, which raises money for the Mary
Bridge Child Sexual Assault Center. Also during Chanel’s year, the Oyster
Stew feed became the Crab and Oyster Stew feed, with all you can eat Dungeness
added to the menu.
2009-10,
President; Don Thompson
By far the most significant thing that we
accomplished in my year was the completion of “The Rotary Stage in Pioneer
Park”. The stage was completed in time for the summer concert series and
was dedicated at the first event.
We provided volunteers for the inaugural City Blast
5-K race.
We hosted the inaugural Puyallup Salvation Army
Kettle Clash fund raiser.
After the success with our crab feed the Puyallup
Fair asked for the clubs assistance with the Puyallup fair crab feed featuring
the crew of the time bandit from the deadliest catch.
2011-12,
President; Blair Sexton