The intended beneficiaries of the Grant are the 350 children served by the Jefferson Teen Center annually. These children range from 12-18 years old, though most are of middle school age.

The grant will benefit children attending Chimacum Schools by improving the physical capacity of the Teen Center to support its beneficiaries, by providing expanded mentoring and adult support to these children within the Teen Center mission, and by involving Rotarians in these activities.   

We asked the Jefferson Teen Center Director, Shayann Hoffer, for a list of the materials needed by the Teen Center not covered by the DCG. The Teen Center is an IRS-recognized 501.c.3 non-profit, (tax ID #91-1561993) so they can provide acknowledgement of your donations for tax purposes, if desired. If you do donate materials, please let Pete or John know so they can record the donation as part of the Club’s support of the Jefferson Teen Center.   

The Jefferson Teen Center (JTC) would gratefully accept donations of the following materials to improve support for the kids:   

Art Supplies: such as paint (watercolor, acrylic & tempura), brushes (variety sizes), paper (variety types), wax paper, canvas boards, gesso, oil pastels, chalk pastels, charcoal, drawing pencils, drawing pens, Prisma color markers, and so forth.

Craft Supplies: such as yarn, crochet & knitting needles, tag board, markers, string, scissors, tape, glue sticks, glue, scrapbooking materials, jewelry making supplies, precious gemstones.

Health Wellness items: such as yoga mats, and sport balls, inside nerf hoop and ball set.

Office Space Supplies: such as folders, 20lb white & colored paper reams, cardstock, blank greeting and thank you cards with envelopes, highlighters.

Every year, our Club President-Elect, working with the Board of Directors and the Foundation Committee, with input from individual Club members, establishes our fundraising goals for their year as President. The goals include our Club’s support of the Annual Fund and the Polio Plus Fund of The Rotary Foundation.

The Charity Navigator report on the Foundation reflects top marks for our Foundation - in fact, it is one of the very highest ranked in the nation, and has been for eleven straight years. Rotarians can place great confidence in the Foundation, which manages and uses our money wisely.  You’ll find the Foundation’s financial reports here.  

This post introduces you to the scope of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and explains how we as individual Rotarians and as a Club both support it and employits capabilities to further our work.  

Rotarians are involved in their communities and those around the world. We engage in purely local activities to improve our communities, and we engage in local, district and global activities with the support of The Rotary Foundation.

The Rotary Foundation is organized as a public charity operated exclusively for charitable purposes and governed by a Board of Trustees.

The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is very well-documented, both online and in print.

The Annual Report is the single best overview of the Foundation and its global activities.

The Rotary Foundation (TRF), as Rotary’s charity arm, is an integral part of Rotary International. The Foundation is a nonprofit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of Rotary International who share Rotary's vision of a better world.  Individual Rotarians voluntarily donate the majority of funding used to implement the activities of The Rotary Foundation, which disburses over 250 million dollars annually to the causes we Rotarians support. Club dues are not used to support The Rotary Foundation. You’ll find the Foundation’s financial reports here.  

The Interact Committee is chaired by T.J. Plastow. Committee members include Pete Hubbard, Tim Jablonski, Diane Johnson, Dani Turissini, Tamara Meredith and Terry Umbreit.

The Committee provides guidance and oversight to the Chimacum High School (CHS) Interact Club, which is an independent entity composed of CHS students.  

During the month of October, Rotarians focus on our global efforts to eradicate the terrifying disease of polio. In fact, today is World Polio Day, and, not coincidentally, the birthday of polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk's birthday.

Presented by IDGAF and Circle & Square Auto Care, the Hadlock Block Party is coordinated by representatives from local businesses, including Ferino’s Pizza, the Valley Tavern, The Station Signs, Kitsap Credit Union, Hadlock Building Supply, the Old Alcohol Plant, and the Rotary Club of East Jefferson County. The event committee works year-round to produce a grassroots community event focused on neighbors coming together to celebrate the unique nature of Port Hadlock.  Website: www.hadlockblockparty.com

Rotarians recognize the importance of our governing principles, which have been developed over the years to provide us with a strong, common purpose and direction. They serve as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world.  The Object of Rotary is the first of those principles, and the one we have been considering over the past few weeks.

TJ posted the winning comment for the first contest AND then proceeded to pick the first SCAM ticket and won $14.  Congratulations TJ,

Click here if you want to learn how to have your photo appear next to your name.

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If you are the first one to comment before the next luncheon, let me (Pete Hubbard) know so I can get you five free SCAM tickets.

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Join several members of the three local Rotary clubs: East Jefferson County, Port Townsend (Noon) and Port Townsend Sunrise Club) as well as Interact students from Chimacum High School who will arrive at 9:30 AM to set up and manage the ShelterBox tent in support of “CELEBRATING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE”.

Visit the NPREP Team’s "Organized Neighborhoods - Best Practices" booth. Click https://l2020.org/emergency-preparedness/all-county-picnic/ to see what we will offer.

The theme is "Resilience".

"Emergency Management is committed to support self-sufficient neighborhoods that are prepared for the challenges of a major emergency, to continue the active partnership in the development of a culture of community resilience, and aid in the creation of local emergency plans and procedures that will help neighborhoods cope."

 (www.Jeffcoeoc.org)

Come to join us again on August 19, 2018.  

Interact Board and Sponsors for 2017-18:  L-R: Mariann Eastwood (Secretary), Emma Craighead (ASB Rep/Membership),  Ann Abraham (CHS Advisor), Tim Jablonksi (Rotary Sponsor), Pete Hubbard (Rotary Sponsor), Terry Umbreit (Rotary Sponsor), Dani Turissini (Rotary Sponsor), T.J. Plastow (Rotary Sponsor), Marley Music (President), and Christina Bell (Vice President)  

Not shown: Kristopher Andrews (Treasurer), Diane Johnson (Rotary Sponsor)

Last year (2016), several members of the three Rotary clubs (website) (East Jefferson County, Port Townsend (Noon) and Port Townsend Sunrise Club) joined together with ShelterBox to support the 4th Annual All County Picnic (link) in “CELEBRATING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE”.

Visit the NPREP Team’s "Organized Neighborhoods - Best Practices" booth. Click http://bit.ly/l2020-acp to see what we will offer.

The theme is "Resilience".

"Emergency Management is committed to support self-sufficient neighborhoods that are prepared for the challenges of a major emergency, to continue active partnership in the development of a culture of community resilience, and aid in creation of local emergency plans and procedures that will help neighborhoods cope."

 (www.Jeffcoeoc.org)

Come join us again on August 20, 2017.  

According to this 10p RI PDF about Vocational Service  "The Object of Rotary is a philosophical statement of Rotary’s purpose and the responsibilities of Rotarians. The concept of vocational service is rooted in the Second Object, which calls on Rotarians to “encourage and foster”:

• High ethical standards in business and professions
• The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations
• The dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society

As a Rotarian, how can you put these ideals into action? Consider these suggestions:

1. Talk about your vocation in your club, and take time to learn about fellow members’ vocations.
2. Use your professional skills to serve a community.
3. Practice your profession with integrity, and inspire others to behave ethically through your own words and actions.
4. Help a young person achieve his or her career aspirations.
5. Guide and encourage others in their professional development.

Click here to read the PDN article about our “Zeremy “Jack” Randall of Port Ludlow, for his work in founding the Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Boeing Bluebills and Citizens for Safe Students.”

Nominations are Sought for the

2017 Heart of Service Awards

The Heart of Service recognizes the dedication, sacrifice and accomplishments of Jefferson County individuals who do extraordinary things for their neighbors, their community or their environment.

Sponsored by Peninsula Daily News, East Jefferson Rotary Club,

Port Townsend Rotary Club and Sunrise Rotary Club of Port Townsend

Deadline for nominations: Monday, March 20, 2017

For coupon and more information visit:  http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/heart-service-nomination/

On November 10th the East Jefferson County Rotary Club is holding a Retail Day. Retail Manager Terry Umbreit is requesting all members wear a item (in addition to your Rotary pin)  with a Rotary insignia. He will have items to sell such as sweatshirts, shirts, caps and sweaters, and also take orders that day. This event is being held to show members the types of items that Rotary has to promote the club and to present the appropriate image to the public. Please remember that you don’t have a second chance to make a first impression. If you can’t attend feel free to contact me at umby@wsu.edu or call my cell phone at 509-592-3531.

Last year (2015), twenty-three (23) members of the three Rotary clubs (website) (East Jefferson County, Port Townsend (Noon) and Port Townsend Sunrise Club) joined together with ShelterBox and the Marrowstone Island Emergency Preparedness Team (website) to support the 3rd Annual All County Picnic (link) in “CELEBRATING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE”.

The theme is "Resilience".

"Emergency Management is committed to support self-sufficient neighborhoods that are prepared for the challenges of a major emergency, to continue active partnership in the development of a culture of community resilience, and aid in creation of local emergency plans and procedures that will help neighborhoods cope."

 (www.Jeffcoeoc.org)

Come join us again on August 21, 2016.  

The Rotary Club of East Jefferson County was honored to receive the Rotary International Presidential Citation (Gold Award) for 2015-2016 (one of six out of 90 Clubs in our District) as well as the Rotary International Presidential Citation 2015-2016 awarded to the Chimacum High School Interact Club, which is sponsored by the EJC Rotary Club. The awards recognize club excellence. All Rotarians and Interact Club Members should be very proud of their role in earning these prestigious awards!

The Interact students just bought their 6th ShelterBox and now have money towards their 7th for next year.

• Sale starts March 3!

• Roses are $20/dozen and are available in red, pink, yellow and white.  Our cost is $9/dozen=$11 profit per dozen (before expenses such as printing receipts, etc.).

• Our goal is to sell 425 dozen.

• We need to give QFC the color selection by Thursday, March 31.  After that, there is no guarantee that the color you chose is what you'll get.  Last day to sell roses and turn in money is Thursday, April 14

• Delivery day is April 21.

• An article will appear soon in the  Leader and the PDN about the Rose Sales

• Everyone is getting a receipt book.  More receipt books are available when you need them.  You are also being given your list of rose sales from last year. These people are the best place to start with your sales this year!  

• Karen will be at back table every week starting next week to collect your receipts and money. 

• Two expectations of members:

  • You will deliver your own roses. "Heavy Hitter" sellers will be able to get help with delivery.

  • You are expected to sell at least 10 dozen or pay the equivalent profit from each dozen to the club = $11 x 10 = $110.

• We will again be asking for help in delivering roses for our Heavy Hitter Rose Sellers and those unable to get around.  So we will pass around a sign-up sheet in a couple of weeks for Delivery Helpers

• Call Karen with any questions:  360-865-0466.

Click http://bit.ly/jc-ham-class to view the latest information on and sign up for the next Ham class. (As of 6/18/2018, there is no scheduled class. However, click the link to get on a list.)

Pete Hubbard KG7EKM Chair, EJCRCEmergency Preparedness committee

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Henry Charles Rogers, Jr.

December 31, 1919 - December 19, 2015

The Expert has left the building.  Born in Detroit, MI, to Laura Amelia (Hogue) Rogers and Henry Charles Rogers, Sr, on Dec. 31, 1919. Died December 19, 2015 in Port Hadlock, WA.   Henry’s almost century of life and uncanny ability to always be where the action was, made him a witness to history throughout his life.

Henry was raised in Dearborn, MI. in one of the first houses built by his contractor father for the burgeoning Ford Motor industry. His mother became widowed when Henry was 5 yrs. old and his mother scrambled to find employment and maintain the home.  Henry’s fascinating stories, and he had many, included those from Prohibition when Henry used to be paid a nickel for buying cigarettes for the prostitutes down at the local Speakeasy - until his mother caught him!  The little bird drawing that Henry often used in signing his name was originally a symbol hobos would draw in front of his house to let other hobos know that a good person lived there - someone with food and small job to do.  

Henry graduated from Fordson High School, Dearborn, MI in 1938 as Class President and Eagle Scout, and entered Wayne State University as a Drama Major.  His love of that era’s Big Band music led him to create the Henry Rogers Orchestra until the World War II draft depleted members to the military.  When Henry’s own draft notice arrived, he recalled his days as a Sea Scout to direct his own involvement. He heard about officer’s training to serve on the new Liberty Ships and was accepted into the newly formed United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY. His cadet training was largely “on-the-job”, as the war required numerous deployments on merchant ships. He graduated in 1943 and served with distinction until 1946, leaving the Merchant Marines with a rank of  LT. Commander, USMM.  It was his Academy training and command of ships that taught Henry the leadership skills he would use the rest of his life.  His patriotic service meant so much to him, and he loved the honor he received at the American Legion Post #26 in Pt. Townsend, of which he was a member.  

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING to the Chimacum Arts & Crafts Fair DECEMBER 12TH & 13TH, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

by Linda Kostenbader

Have your photo (family, friends & pets, too) taken with Santa for only $7.00 by the Chimacum High School's Interact Club, sponsored by the Rotary Club of East Jefferson County.  Your high quality photo will be available in minutes and comes with a complimentary card frame and envelope.   All your contributions will be sent to international projects: a rural school in Thailand for computers and to provide assistance in maintaining a water-purification system; the Heifer Project, which helps families in poor countries to improve their nutrition and generate income; and the Shelter Box Project, which provides shelter and supplies to sustain families in disaster areas around the world.

Thank you for your support.

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Overview

The project is fueled by a $530,000 grant consisting of equal funding from the TRF (The Rotary Foundation) grant and a one for one match by World Vision.  The scope of the project includes drilling deepwater wells in 23 communities in Eastern Honduras, providing health and sanitation trainings for the populations, VIP latrine installation – one in each community near schools or community centers – electrified pumps for the wells and water distribution for the inhabitants.  Approximately 11,700 people will be helped with this project and the populations of the communities are growing so the beneficiaries should increase with time.

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Each year one of the prime fund raising events for the club is the Pot o’ Gold Raffle. Typically the top prize is $10,000 with several other prizes sometimes available. This year, 2015, there are a total of 13 prizes. Each of our club members has an obligation to sell, or sometimes buy, at least 5 of the tickets priced at $100 each. The drawing will be held at the regular weekly lunch meeting of the club on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at about 12:45 PM. This year’s prizes are:

From left to right (1-8):

1. Nicola Pieper (Historian, 2015-16)

2. Feam Meesanam (Membership/ASB Rep, 2015-16)

3. Amy Plastow (Treasurer, 2015-16)

4. Melanie Pieper (Secretary, 2015-16)  

5. Anda Yoshina (Vice-President, 2015-16)

6. Rian Plastow (President, 2014-15)

7. Taylor VanNess (Secretary, 2014-15)

8. Olivia Ejde (President, 2015-16)

Increasing our knowledge and experience in the use of these digital tools will help each of us to connect, collaborate and communicate with each other, our community and future Rotarians more efficiently and more effectively.

Click this link to review the demo and what you should do to prepare for it.

The Interact Club of Chimacum High School invites you to a school-wide 

assembly on the Shelter Box Project, April 22nd.

UPDATE: Flickr album:  2015-4-22 Interact & ShelterBox at CHS

NOTE: the program starts at 9:30...ALL VISITORS MUST SIGN IN AT THE OFFICE before they go to the auditorium.

Scott Robinson & Tom Schaafsma from Sequim Sunrise Rotary will be showing a video about the Shelter Box Project and talking about their experiences with the Shelter Box Project in disaster areas. The Interactors will be setting up a Shelter Box tent on stage and displaying the items included in the Box. This "kicks off" the Interact Club's fund raising campaign.
 
Interact will be having a "Shelter Box" Car Wash on Sunday, April 26th at the Olympic Equipment Rental, 972 Ness Corner Rd in Port Hadlock, from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. to collect additional donations to purchase a Shelter Box. There will be a Shelter Box 'kit" on display.  They will be looking for you and your car.​

At some point in time, you were a new member in our club and I’m sure that you - like I and others - wanted to learn more about your fellow Rotarians.

We enjoyed an excellent update on Habitat for Humanity activities in our communities from Executive Director Jamie Maciejewski and new home owner Keidren Devas during today's meeting. Check out the video made of Habitat's work in Quilcine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2CYrNLH7hY

Click here to view some photos by Pete Leenhouts 

The following officers were unanimously elected to the East Jefferson Rotary Club.

• Terry Umbreit, President Elect Nominee (2017-2018)
• Meredith Wagner, Director at Large (2015-2018)
• Julia Price, Director at Large (2015-2018)

WANTED!!

A group of 12 Rotarians and spouses (or single Rotarians) for a 18 day Rotary Friendship

Exchange with District 9685 Australia.

This RFE will see the District 9685 RFE Team visit District 5020 from June 1 to 18, 2015.  Our outbound team will be in District 9685 November 2 to 20, 2015.

Bringing you Wreaths and Swags from the Olympic Peninsula

      Orders are due by Wednesday, December 3rd, with delivery that week.

     To Order call Steve Rafoth at 301-2213 or email at steve@enclume.com

                               Prices have been the same for eight years

$25.00 each for your choice:  

Traditional Wreath

   22” diameter

                 Holiday Swag      

                        28”length     

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I was born in Central OR in 1926. I graduated from Hillsboro Union High School and the University of Washington with a major in accounting. I married Edith and she provided me with two daughters, Sharon and Pam. We have four grandsons and three granddaughters.

I worked for: the Doctors Hospital, Seattle; Harborview Medical Center; and retired from the Boeing Co. We moved to Port Ludlow after retirement.

This EJRC Story will describe how we will choose www.ejrotary.club as our new, shorter, more meaningful name for the domain link to our EJ Rotary Club website.   

Currently, we can access our EJ Rotary Club website using the following domain (link) names:

1. http://portal.clubrunner.ca/705/

2. http://www.bit.ly/ejrotary

3. and the Rotary Club of East Jefferson County link at the bottom of all CR emails.

(In the near future, I’d like to change the  http://eastjeffersonrotary.org/ link so it goes to our CR website and get a new domain name for the Mutt Strut website.)

But each of the above names are either too long or not easy to remember.

So, we would like to have a new, short, easier to remember domain name in ADDITION to the above names. Here are a few possibilities. There are many different combinations. (NOTE: These are not active links.)

1. www.ejrotary.club

2. www.ejr.club

3. www.ejrc.club  

4. www.ejrc.us

5. www.ejrc.info

6. or many other combinations using .com, .org., .info, etc..

Readers completed a one question survey to either select one of four suggested domain names or to suggest one that is not listed. The results are located at this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-W5QQR3R8/​ .

I closed the poll on Saturday night at 5 pm. The results were.

1. www.ejrotary.club​ got 5 votes
2. www.ejr.club​ got 3 votes

    

I want to thank you for helping us to select www.ejrotary.club as the new domain name for our EJRC website.

On Wednesday, 7/23/2014, the Board authorized me to purchase www.ejrotary.club as our new domain name. It is now active. So now you can type either www.ejrotary.club or ejrotary.club or portal.clubrunner.ca/705/​ or www.bit.ly/ejrotary to get to our website.

The Chimacum High School Band has been invited to march in the Pearl Harbor Parade in Hawaii, Dec 7, 2014. SUCH AN HONOR! There are 60 kids in the band who would like to EARN their way! They are ready to work hard! Do you have any yard work, cleaning, pet sitting, window washing, etc. that you'd like off your chore list? Suggested donation is $10/hour per student. Donations to be made to the CBBA (Chimacum Band Booster Association). Let's keep these kids busy!

The following is copied from the 6/30/2104 PDN article by Charlie Bermant at http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140630/news/306309986/:

“To line up band labor for miscellaneous tasks, call the team leaders: In Chimacum, Jamie Jensen, 360-732-4745 or Frank Trafton, 360-301-2402; Nordland, Karen Brennan, 360-774-0242; Quilcene/Brinnon, Nikki Brakeman, 360-223-6550; Port Hadlock, Trisha Miller, 360-385-2373, Dawn Crocker, 360-344-2421 or Jacqueline Montgomery 360-301-6896; Port Ludlow, Jeannine Jonsson, 206-250-3463, Tamara Richey, 360-301-9718 or Whitney Meissner 360-316-1088; Port Townsend, Consuelo Brennan, 360-379-2602.

“For more information, email Karen Brennan at karenlpbrennan@yahoo.com.

East Jefferson Rotary Club

Installation of Officers

June 26, 2014

6:00 p.m. - Inn at Port Ludlow Resort