| Posted by Charles Hawkins
President Diane with Past District Governor Rosemary Aragon and her husband Luis from The University Club of Washington. The District 5100 Conference was held this weekend at the Doubletree in Portland. Inspirational speakers, wonderful students and lots of great fellowship.
|
| Posted by John Harrold
Fellow Rotarians, many of our members are familiar with Birch Community Services (BCS), but I want to share the link below to a new video just released that in 5 minutes can give new Rotarians visual/verbal knowledge on BCS. BCS was last year and again this year our primary recipient of funds raised at our annual golf tournament. (last year over $11,000) This years tournament is scheduled for Monday, July 15th, at Persimmon Golf and Country Club. Please take 5+ minutes to view this video so you know why Gresham Rotary feels so strongly about supporting BCS. Attached is our flier with details on signing up for the tournament. Forward this email to your golfing family, friends and neighbors. Our goal is 144 players and even a larger check for BCS. John Harrold - Secretary Gresham Rotary Club |
| Posted by Charles Hawkins
  
Last Saturday 516 Rotarians were in attendance at District 5100 Training Assembly
held at Lake Oswego High School. Among the crowd were Gresham Rotarians
Bob Avila, Bob Kehoe, John Harrold, Glen Akers, Debbie Hushbeck, John Clark,
Cheryl Swart, Carlos and Diane Noriega. Carlos and Diane led a workshops on Club
Administration. Everyone came away with a tons of new information and new
Rotary friends. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Notes from the April Club Board Meeting
We have had a very active year with membership development. We have one
more member who has been approved for induction and 2-3 additional potential
members. We achieved Premier Club status through the Zone Ignite program for
our efforts.
The club agreed to grant spouses who are both members of the club a break.
Couples in the club will only be required to sell one set of tickets for our various
events.
Preliminary results from the wine raffle and auction indicate we will probably netover $15,000….way better than last year. Congratulations to the committee for a
great job.
Our Haiti water project has finally received an RI# which means we are close to
approval
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega
  Gresham Rotarians arrived early this spring at YMCA Camp Collins for our annual day to get the camp ready for summer. Teams of club members worked the log splitters and stacked the firewood for summer campfires.
This year was particularly special, however. The club honored longtime member, Alden Stephens. He celebrates his 40th anniversary as a member of Gresham Rotary on April 1. Alden is also the retired Director of YMCA Camp Collins. He has devoted his career and his life to working with young people, making their lives happy and memorable. Gresham Rotary commissioned a special plaque designed and cast in bronze from local sculptor Rip Caswell. The plaque was to recognize Alden and his late wife for their enormous contributions to Rotary, Camp Collins and the community. On hand for the dedication were Alden’s family members as well as Rip. |
| Posted by Pete Lackner
Event: Gresham Rotary 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Location : Persimmon Golf and Country Club Date : July 15th 2013 Please sign up for the tournament as the entries are filling up fast. The cost is $600 for entering your team. The $600 includes the golf, carts, putting contest, dinner following golf. We are also looking for sponsorships. Any questions, please contact Pete Lackner, CIC @ 503-762-3470. Thanks, Pete Lackner and your golf tournament committee |
| Posted by Charles Hawkins
On March 23, 2013 at Tyee Yacht Club, Gresham Rotary held our annual Wine Raffle and Auction. Thanks to all for helping Gresham Rotary raise funds to send homeless kids to Camp Collins, send worthy students to Mt. Hood Community College and so much more to help our community! We had a great turnout. Dexter won the trip to Palm Springs. Andie, chair, did a great job from a distance with her committee, Teresa Bright, Pete Eidenberg, Sue Piazza, Bob Kehoe, Cheryl Swart, Tony Wilson, John Harrold, and Debbie Hushbeck.
Our big winners were: 75 bottles of great wine: Bob Ramsey 50 bottles of wonderful wine: Bob Asher 25 bottles of delicious wine: Rose Zenner 10 bottles of fantabulous wine: Andrew Kehoe |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Dear Gresham Rotarians: It is hard to believe but this Rotary year is half over. I thought it would be a good time to take stock and see where we are with accomplishing our goals for the year. We have had an active and productive first half, for sure. We kicked off the year with a highly successful golf tournament that netted over $22,000. Half of the proceeds benefitted Birch Community Services. In July we sent 65 kids from My Father’s House, Birch Community Services and The Good News Clinic to Camp Collins. We participated in the Johnson Creek clean-up in August with only minor injuries sustained by two courageous Rotarians. Our second fundraiser was the Annual Steak Fry in September, with over 300 people at Mt. Hood Community College dining room. That event netted us over $12,000. Our dictionary project again provided over 800 dictionaries for third grade students. Centennial School District students have received their books. Oregon Trail students will receive their books in January. We started our Pocket Change for Polio campaign which will continue through the year. Feed the Pig! December was a great month. We kicked off the holiday season with our Staff Appreciation luncheon, which included a book drive and donations to Snow Cap. At that event we collected enough money to purchase 6300 pounds of food. We collected close to 100 new children’s books. The Literacy Committee met and decided to donate the books to Birch Community Services to give to families. We rang the bell for Salvation Army as we do every year. Ten families were adopted by Rotarians and made Christmas very special for them. We also accomplished one of our major projects for the year. Mark Eisenzimmer and his team showed up on a Saturday morning and planted 44 trees in Gradin Park It has been a very successful and productive year thus far, thanks to the hard work of Gresham Rotarians. Thank you to all of you for everything you do for our community. |
| Posted by Teresa Bright
Hello, friends of Rotary Club of Gresham. We have created a new Facebook page for our club. Will you please search "Rotary Club of Gresham" and "like" us? Thanks!! |
| Posted by Naomi Ulsted on Oct 04, 2012
 The Gresham Rotary focused on Oregon’s political issues by hosting a debate between incumbent Oregon State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson, and candidate for Oregon State Senate, Scott Hansen. The two faced off at the club's October 10th meeting in front of an audience of just over 40 Gresham Rotarians and community guests, including Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
There's been a month with no new polio cases The Global Polio Eradication Initiative reports that as of August 28, 2012, there have been no new cases of polio in the world for a month. The three endemic counties (Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan) all reported new cases during the last ten days of July with the most recent case being from Nigeria on July 28. Globally, there have been 128 new cases of polio as of August 28. This is compared to 356 new cases over the same time period in 2011. The polio eradication effort has been most effective this year in non-endemic countries with a decrease from 234 to 5. All five of those cases have been in Chad with the most recent on June 14. Polio eradication has also been very effective in Pakistan where the number of new cases has decreased to one-third of the number to date last year. New cases in Pakistan number 26 compared to 76 last year. The only increase has been in Nigeria where the number of new cases this year compared to last year is just the opposite of Pakistan with 77 new cases compared to 26 last year. Another very bright spot in the polio eradication effort is that India has now had no new cases for nineteen months. September 8 was the annual "Panhandling for Polio" day. It continues to be important for Rotarians to raise funds to support the eradication effort and to spread the word about Rotary's polio eradication efforts. "Panhandling for Polio" originated with the Willamette Rotaract Club and has been supported by many clubs in District 5100. The program not only raises money for polio prevention and eradication, but is also provides visibility to Rotary. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative budget for the 2012-13 biennium is $2.19 billion with a current funding gap of $945 million. Last year, Rotarians in District 5100 contributed or raised funds that provided vaccine to 192,550 children. We should feel very proud of the our efforts, but considering that Nigeria alone has over six million live births annually, there is a lot more that we can do! So please, continue to help save children from the potential lifelong disabilities associated with polio. PDG Dennis J. Wickham, MD wickhamdj@comcast.net District 5100 PolioPlus Chair End Polio NOW has developed a new website with more images and videos and other details. It also allows both Rotarians and non-Rotarians to make donations. Check it out at www.endpolio.org . |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
The Second Annual Gresham Rotary Foundation Golf Tournament was held at Persimmon Golf Club on July 16. This year 50% of the proceeds benefited Birch Community Services. Barry Birch received the check at our July 25 lunch meeting. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Jul 01, 2012
Gresham Rotary Installs 2012-13 Officers On June 27 we installed the 2012-13 officers and board members at Wildwood Café in Old Town Gresham. Dexter thanked and recognized all the members who contributed to such a successful year. With the Radak bequest, Sue’s Fab 50 Project, and our three major fundraisers, Gresham Rotary raised over $200,000 this year. Gresham Rotary also earned the Changemaker Award from Rotary District 5100 for all our work in the Five Avenues of Service. Diane Noriega was installed as the new President. She started her remarks by recognizing Gresham Rotary for its strength and energy. We have a strong membership that works hard on our events, making it possible for us to do everything we do in the community. In addition to our ongoing programs of service, Diane outlined special projects for this year in each Avenue of Service. First, we are going to add 10 additional members and we are going to emphasize public relations in the Avenue of Club Service. In Community Service, we are working with the City of Gresham to enhance one of the city parks with tree planting. In International Service we have joined a consortium of clubs on a water project in Haiti. In Vocational Service, we are going to formalize what is now an informal internship program. Finally, in New Generations, we are partnering with West Columbia Gorge Rotary to launch a Rotaract Club at Mt. Hood Community College. It will be an exciting year. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Jun 17, 2012
June 14, Sue Piazza held her culminating event: her birthday party to award the proceeds from her year long fundraising project. Six, not five local charities received $13,000 each from Sue's Fab 50 project. The party was a well deserved celebration and tribute to Sue on her incredible work this year. See more about this wonderful evening and see more photos on our photo journal page. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on May 21, 2012
On Wednesday May 16, Gresham Rotary celebrated outstanding seniors from four high schools with scholarships to attend Mt. Hood Community College. A total of 12 students received scholarships. Christa Collmer, Maddie Beland, Tobin Shields and David Trusov all currently enrolled at Mt. Hood Community College received the second year of their scholarship award.
New scholars include Jared Johnson and Hailey Rygh from Sam Barlow High School, Tyler Sherwood and Bishnu Dhungel from Centennial High School, Christopher Wingler and Samuel Gandara from Gresham High School, and Sergiu Corporan and Araceli Tescahua from Sandy High School. See the full story for details and the photo journal for their pictures. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on May 13, 2012
Last week Carlos and Diane Noriega represented Gresham Rotary at the Annual Rotary International Convention in Bangkok, Thailand along with 35, 000 other Rotarians from all over the world. The Annual Convention is a celebration of all the accomplishments of Rotary for the year. Programs include plenary sessions that combine inspirational speakers along with cultural presentations representing the host country. One of the major highlights was the announcement that Rotary International Foundation has met its matching goal of over $200,000,000. for polio eradication. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Apr 15, 2012
Saturday evening the weather blessed us once again. The Annual Wine Raffle and Auction at Tyee Yacht Club was set up beautifully in shades of "wine". Guests enjoyed a glass of wine and a variety of goodies as they perused the auction items displayed around the room. There was definitely something for everyone.
Winners of the Wine Raffle are: 10 bottles of wine to Sang-Gil Lee, ticket sold by Tad; 50 bottles of wine to Monika Deitchman, ticket sold by Pete Eidenberg; and the Grand Prize, 100 bottles of wine to Tricia and Gary Smith, ticket sold by Patton. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Mar 18, 2012
Sue’s Fab Fifty Party was a roaring success! Saturday night the old Borders building was transformed into a St. Patrick’s Day party with over 300 people in attendance. A dozen Rotarians and spouses were there to represent the club and cheer for Sue. The silent auction, the live auction and the paddle raise brought in significant contributions to the organizations that Sue is supporting. Scott “won” the evening with Michael Allen Harrison. Bob and Bess will be hosting an evening with the local guys from Alaska Gold Rush. I am sure the final tally will be really impressive. Check out the photo journal to see pictures of Rotarians in attendance. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Mar 10, 2012
Gresham Rotary spent the morning on Saturday March 10 doing their annual clean up at YMCA Camp Collins. There were 24 Rotarians working alongside a half dozen Boy Scouts who volunteered to help this year. Gresham Rotary member Curtis Bedont connected with Troop 495 of Camas, Washington to work with the club this year. Thank you to Scoutmaster Mike Buzsn who brought the scouts over on Friday and spent the night with them at the camp. |
| Posted by Patton Echols on Feb 08, 2012
Cathe Wiese, the director of My Father's House came to this week's meeting to update the club on how things are going for them. She brought this video where some of the kids talk about their supper camp experience. Camp scholorships were provided by the Gresham Rotary through a partnership with YMCA Camp Collins.
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega
The Rotary Club of Gresham delivered dictionaries to thethird grade classrooms at Harold Oliver Elementary School in Centennial SchoolDistrict. Centennial Superintendent Teresa Baldwin, a Rotary Club member, was on hand along, with Principal Ben Egbers, to assist with the presentations. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Since Dexter's Installation Banquet last June, GreshamRotary has been active and productive. Here are just a few of our accomplishments over the past six months. |
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Rotarians from District 5100 were well represented at the2011 Rotary International Conference this past week. Diane and Carlos Noriega attended and represented GreshamRotary.
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega on May 02, 2011
More than 400 Rotarians converged on Seaside this weekend for the Annual District level conference. In this picture, President Chuck, President Elect Dex and President Elect Nominee Diane pose with outgoing Assistant Governor Hunt. Incoming Assistant Governor Carlos is the photopgrapher. This was a wonderful event with a powerful international perspective.
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega on Dec 13, 2010
This year's Staff Appreciation Luncheon was a huge success. In addtition to enjoying a wonderful luncheon, the Gresham Barlow High School Choir and a fun raffle, Gresham Rotarians and their staff members raised over $400. for the Snow Cap Food Drive and donated over 100 books for the Rotary literacy project. Thank you to everyone who attended!
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Today Gresham Rotary met the recipients of the scholarships for next year. An impressive group of young people spoke to us about their plans for college, their aspirations for the future. See the photo journal below for more pictures.
|
| Posted by Diane Noriega
Here is a story that is long overdue. Gresham Rotary is going to be presenting this story at the District 5100 Conference later this month. As a result we have gathered memories and photographs of this project for the presentation. We are also back in communication with the City of Gresham for the last piece of the project: A sign! Read on for more...
|
| Posted by Patton Echols
Rotary shares, in large part because of the Rotary Foundation. Every Rotarian is encouraged to contribute every year to the R.I Foundation
|
| Posted by Larry Petersen on Feb 02, 2011
Are you interested in Rotary membership? |
| Posted by Patton Echols
|