The Rotary Club of Kirkland held a meeting online on May 3, 2021.

Attending were James Nevers, Dave Aubry, Dave DeBois, Joanne Primavera, Rick Ostrander, Dan Bartel, Bill Taylor, Bob & Gail Auslander, Jim Meniketti, Brandon Honcoop, Monica Fratita, Steve Shinstrom, Rich Bergdahl, Margie Glenn, Kristin Olson, Rick Walter, George Anderson, Bella Chaffey, Don Dicks, Gary Cohn, Dwight Olson, and Ken Hollingsworth.

President James Nevers rang the bell at 6:18 p.m.

 

During May, the Rotary Club of Kirkland hosts two students of the month from Lake Washington School District high schools. On May 3, club members met Robin Ying, a senior at Lake Washington High School. This coming Monday, May 10, the club's final student of the month for this year will be Jack Tidd, a senior at Juanita High School. Please plan on joining Jack's host, Mike Hunter, to welcome him to the club.

Rotarians, it’s almost time to announce the 2020-21 scholarship awards! Our vocational service committee has completed scholarship applicants' application reviews and the interviews.

Last year, individual Rotarians more than matched the club’s $10,000 scholarship allocation, boosting the scholarship program over $20,000. This year, the club’s allocation is $7,000. plus the scholarships carried over from last year, plus new donations raised the club's program up to $24,000.

 

Thank you to Bob and Gail Auslander, Russ and Tricia Stromberg, Hutchison & Walter and Rick Walter, Margie Glenn, Darcia and Gary Tudor, and Gary and Sue Cohn for contributing again this year to expand the scholarship program.

 

Of the 36 students who started applications, 18 submitted them.  The interview teams selected 16 students to receive awards totaling $20,000. Two scholarship did not find eligible applicants and will be carried over to the 2021-22 scholarship program.

 

Rotarians will have the pleasure of meeting this year's scholarship awardees at the May 23, 2021 club meeting.

 

Thank you to the members of the interview teams who carry out the scholarship applicant evaluations: Mike Hunter (Lead), Kristin Olson, Patti Smith for Juanita High School; Brandon Honcoop (Lead), Scott Becker, Rich Bergdahl, James Nevers, and Tricia Stromberg for Lake Washington High School and Emerson High School; and Darcia Tudor (Lead) and Brian Tucker for Lake Washington Institute of Technology. And another thank you to everyone who participated in the last Duck Dash project to raise funds for the club's general scholarships!