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Anthony's Homeport
8827 North Harborview Dr
Gig Harbor, Washington 98332
United States
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| Posted by Dave Stave on Apr 20, 2012
Habitat's first volunteer
speaks to club April 24
The Gig Harbor Midday Rotary Club will have an unparalleled opportunity to hear the first volunteer for Habitat for Humanity speak at its meeting Tuesday (April 24).The luncheon, featuring Clive Rainey, begins at noon at Anthony’s Homeport restaurant on North Harborview Drive,Gig Harbor. Members are encouraged to invite friends, other Rotarians and former members of the Midday Club to hear Rainey discuss how Habitat for Humanity has for 35 years helped provide simple, decent and affordable housing for those who need it. | | Posted by Dave Stave on Dec 05, 2011
Click to enlarge photo: Denny Wilford pulled a shovel full of dirt from the ground as Rotarians watched. (For more photos of the event see the “Denny groundbreaking” photo journal on the top left corner of the Midday Club’s Web page: http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?cid=793 .) Amid tears, ground broken
for children's therapy pool Hardly a dry eye could be seen during the groundbreaking ceremony for the therapy pool at Cheshire House, a residential treatment center for children with polio in Ethiopia.
| | Posted by Dave Stave on Oct 25, 2011
Club lands at home port
after debating location The Gig Harbor Midday Rotary Club set sail this summer to look for a possible new meeting location, but has decided to return to the home port. The board of directors agreed Oct. 4 to follow the members’ recommendation and stay at Anthony’s restaurant on the harbor, the club’s meeting site for most of its 91/2 years.
| | Posted by Dave Stave on Jun 28, 2011
Flick trades camera for podium
as club’s president for 2011-12 The man whowas behind the lens, snapping photos at Midday Rotary Club meetings for thepast couple of years, soon will be behind the podium. Ralph Flickwill be installed as the club’s president at a dinner Thursday for members andguests. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Gig Harbor Golf and Country Club. Flickwill replace audiologist Laura Day, who led the club in 2010-11. | | Posted by Dave Stave on May 30, 2011
Hoppen focuses on youth
as New Generations chair Mark Hoppen, a charter member of theGig Harbor Midday Rotary Club since 2002, is thinking much these days about howRotary clubs impact the lives of young people. Hoppen, who served as the MiddayClub’s president in 2007-08, is focusing his attention on youth as the newlyappointed Rotary District 5020 New Generations chairman. | | Posted by Dave Stave on Apr 30, 2011
Club members, families
work to spruce up park Gig HarborMidday Rotary Club members and their families put the Rotary motto, “Service AboveSelf,” ahead of other Saturday plans when they joined with other community membersfor Parks Appreciation Day at Grandview Forest Park. Photo by Laura Day / See more photographs in Parks Appreciation Day photo journal (upper right).
| | Posted by Dave Stave on Apr 30, 2011
Rotary showers citizens
with praise, Star Awards Photo: 2011 RotaryStar of the Year Awards went to (from left) Wade and Beth Perrow, KarenJorgenson, and Mary Kenney (who was unable to attend but was represented at thedinner by her son Ted). Pete Taylor (at right) of Rotary District 5020participated in the awards presentation. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Four Gig Harbor-area residents, providing bright examples of community service, werehonored by Gig Harbor's three Rotary Clubs at the Star of the Year Awards dinner onFriday, Feb. 4. | | Posted by Dave Stave
Off to Africa
Midday Club's Denny Wilford
eyes groundbreaking for pool
Denny Wilford
Midday Rotarian Denny Wilford hopesa groundbreaking ceremony for his therapeutic pool project will occur soonafter he arrives at Ethiopia's Cheshire House, a medical facility for childrenwith polio.
Wilfordwill be leaving Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 13, and arriving the next day inAddis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. |
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