We met at the club house at Legion Golf Course, and although it wasn’t the warmest of days it was very clear and sunny which brought out the golfers.  From our vantage point in the comfortable dining room it looked as though it was a welcoming spring day and not the middle of December.  Students of the month along with their parents, guardians, and counselors helped fill the room with the us Rotarians.  We even had a buffet lunch which was ready as we showed up for the meeting.

 

President Neil led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and into our 23rd meeting of the year and the 5,525th meeting of the Rotary Club of Everett. We didn’t have a ZOOMING option for this meeting and possibly because of that the room was full of Rotarians along with the students of the month and their entourages mentioned above.

 

President Neil’s Thought of The Day was to conserve time for the program and not have the Thought of the Day, today.

 

District Governor David Lukov was in attendance, and he introduced his guest, Tracy Van Scoy.

 

Brian Hollingshead encouraged us to come to the “Rotary After Hours” get together on Thursday December 14th at the Courtyard by Marriott on Colby between 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm.

 

Heather Barnhart reminded us about the December blood drive on the 15^th between 10:00 and 3:00 pm at the Everett Elks Club, help is needed.

 

At our December 19^th meeting the Everett High School choir will entertain us.  Please wear an ugly sweater that day and also help restock the raffle closet by bringing a bottle of wine. Those who do not partake in the sweater wearing or the wine donation be prepared to be fined.

 

President Neil had us circle December 21^st on our calendars to come to the Food Bank and help sort food between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.

 

Past President Steve Miller had a successful Rotary Foundation Month collecting close to $27,000.00, with that announcement Past President Greg Tisdale immediately pledged $1,000.00 to help get that number up to $30,000.00.  Are there any others who want to donate to get that last $2,000.00?

 

President Neil announced that there will not be meetings on Tuesday December 26^th or Tuesday January 2^nd.

 

Ralph Quaas got his hair cut and his toenails cut (I think) in a manner that only his stylist can appreciate.

 

Past President Will McMahan wanted to recognize that Janice Ellis is now part of the Red Cross volunteer team, and she will soon be “deployed”.

 

Bruce Timm was happy to be here in person today and we were all happy to see Bruce.

 

Janice Ellis was happy to be volunteering with the Red Cross. She was also $100.00 happy for the Service Above Self support she has received from Dick and Dave Schlosser who have helped her and our Rotary Club digitize dozens of boxes of Rotary documents accumulated over the last 20 years.

 

Past President Dick Schlosser was $50.00 happy for Janice Ellis and her dedication to our club and to our and the District’s Rotary youth.

 

District Governor David was happy for his 60 visits to District Clubs so far this year and how impressed he is with the work the clubs are accomplishing.

 

Past President Mark Valentine won a bottle of Red wine and

some candy.

 

Ashley Bolden won a bottle of white wine and some candy.

 

Cathy Woods won a set of Christmas Mugs.

 

President Neil introduced Trish Roberts, career counselor at Cascade High School, who gave us and our guests in attendance an overview of how meaningful the Everett Rotary scholarships have been to two of her own children and to countless other students from the schools the Everett Rotary Club serves.

 

Trish introduced her Student of the Month from Cascade High School, ViVi McCoy.  ViVi is a 3-year member of the Interact Club and has been the treasurer for two years.  She started in leadership as a freshman and has committed the last three years to the Advanced Leadership Class, contributing to the Bruin community.  She has been a core member of Cascade’s Black Student Union throughout high school.  ViVi is also a 3-year member of the Varsity Cheer Team, serving as co-captain this year.  When she commits, she does so with the absolute understanding of her commitment to any activity or team she is a part of.  She is the ultimate team player.

 

Alejandra Hernandez is the Student of the Month from Sequoia High School.  Alejandra knows how to set and work towards goals and follow through on her commitments.  She is proud to say she will be the first in her family to attend college.  Along with attending Sequoia she also attends classes two nights a week at a dental assistant school.  She plans on becoming a dental hygienist or lab technician with an endorsement in English/Spanish translation.  Alejandra brings with her a confident, calm, and determined attitude each and every day.

 

Melissa Rosales-Alfaro is the Student of the Month from Everett High School. A teacher described Melissa as “one of the most Impressive young women I’ve ever worked with”.  With a 3.7 GPA, Melissa has challenged herself with AP classes.  She has served as an ASB officer and continued as a leader of the Latinos Unidos Club.  She has overseen Everett High’s popular Homecoming Tailgate, where all of the school’s clubs come together.  Under her direction, the “Human’s of EHS” Instagram account became a place for students to truly connect based on their shared humanity and emotional experiences.

 

Everett High School Choir

 

President Neil adjourned the meeting at 1:03 pm

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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