President Tammy rang the bell 11:59am, calling to order meeting #5491 of the Rotary Club of Everett, and meeting #39 of Tammy’s presidency. Tammy followed up with the Thought of the Day with some thoughts on dreamers, Walt Disney, John Q Adams & Calvin Coolidge. Walt Greenwood then sang a song by Don Williams.

 

Kari Petrasek introduced visiting Rotarian Emily Bakhitah, today’s speaker.

Rich Toyer introduced his wife, Karen.

 

President Tammy announced the district conference on May 5-7 in Surrey, BC.

 

Will McMahan announced the Dajabon Rotarians will be visiting in July and he is looking for home hosts, as well as people to help with activities for our guests.

 

Brian Hollingshead announced the fireside on April 19, 6pm at Steve Miller’s home. Email Brian if you would like to attend.

 

President Tammy announced RYLA on May 12-14, in Surrey, BC.

 

Krissy Davis led off with $25 for her anniversary, and $25 for a KOMO 4 News interview.

 

Janice Ellis had $20 for finding her missing name tag.

 

Neil Angst ran today’s raffle. Winners were:

Will McMahan won free lunch and coffee. Larry O’Donnell won red wine and candy. Krissy Davis won white wine and popcorn.

 

Liz Stenning gave her classification talk. Liz is with the Downtown Everett Association, whose mission is to revitalize downtown Everett. She started there in March 2020. Liz grew up in Everett and has a master’s degree in urban planning. She graduated from Everett High School in 1990 with Kari Quaas. 

 

Today’s speaker, Emily Bakhitah is fellow Rotarian from Kenya. She founded the Rise to Shine Education Foundation to provide high school scholarships in four counties in Kenya. She seeks to empower young, bright needy students. The poverty level in the four counties ranges from 40-60%. Secondary education in Kenya requires tuition. So far 193 students have transitioned into higher learning institutions.

 

Scholarships will cover:

 

Currently there are 3000 applicants for 50 scholarships. Emily played a video for the club and then took questions from the membership.

 

President Tammy thanked our speaker.

 

Next week’s program: Club Assembly

 

Meeting Adjoined

 

Respectfully Submitted,