February 24, 2025 Spokesman (Feb. 24, 2025)

February 24, 2025 Spokesman

The Rotary Club of Kirkland held an in-person meeting February 24, 2025, at the Kirkland Eagles Club.

Acting President Kate Koslosky presided at this meeting and called the meeting to order at 6:17 p.m.

Rick Ostrander led us in the Pledge of Allegiance; Jocelyn Ellison led us in the 4-Way Test recitation. Jim Meniketti provided us with raffle tickets.
Attending: David Aubry, Don Dicks*, Jocelyn Ellison, Monica Fratita*, Rashmi Garimella, Chris Kelly-Storbeck, Kate Koslosky, Jim Meniketti, Rick Ostrander, Rémy Pairault, Angela Pritchett, Daniel Sada Caraveo, John Storbeck, and Rick Walter. *Attended via Zoom.

February 10, 2025 Spokesman

The Rotary Club of Kirkland held a Valentine’s Day Gala at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kirkland on February 10, 2025, with food provided by The Catering Company of Kirkland.

Many thanks to Doug Evanson for organizing the event and to Alice Volpe for her great table centerpiece creations. Peggy Ostrander also supplied us with homemade cookies to supplement our meal.

Meet March's Student of the Month

Rotary Club of Kirkland's Student of the Month for March, Madeleine Garrison, will visit with membership the evening of the March 3 meeting. Madeleine is a junior from Lake Washington High School who says she has a heart to serve and a love of helping others. Madeleine says that though the transition from homeschool to public school was socially challenging, she is now thriving as a Running Start student at Bellevue College. Her hard-working character has brought her success as an athlete and competitor; she helped lead her school's varsity gymnastics team to the state championship, and she has competed on the national level in speech and debate. Madeleine is also a successful competitive jump roper, having won multiple national titles and competed in the Junior World Championships. This summer, she hopes to qualify to the World Championships in Japan!

Rotary's Four-Way Test

Hearts & Wine Event Invitation

Harvest Against Hunger invites club members to join other Rotarians at dinner on Friday, March 14, 2025 to support the Hearts & Wine 2025 event, promising an evening of fun, fellowship, fundraising, and wine tasting (beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages, too). Rotarians will learn how hunger is affecting our community from different voices and the many ways Harvest Against Hunger is making connections to get healthy food to people in need.

Rotary's 2025 Scholarships Posted

Rotarians, our club's 2025 scholarship program has launched. The Rotary Club of Kirkland Youth Service Committee will meet on Friday, May 2, at 1:00 p.m. at Lake Washington High School to select the club’s college scholarship recipients. The youth service committee will gratefully accept further donations of scholarship funds! For 2025, the board of directors approved two scholarships of $3,000 for this year in addition to a $6,000 grant from the Kirkland Rotary Foundation to fund two scholarships. The club received gifts and commitments for several "specialty" scholarships this year, bringing our program total to $20,000. This year scholarship applications are open to Lake Washington High School seniors.

Still Need Volunteers for Meeting Duties

During the year past presidents are stepping up to preside at meetings while our president is away from club activities. Thank you to those all of the past presidents who've volunteered to lead meetings during the year. There are still a few meetings that need a presiding officer, especially January 27 and February 3, which are just around the corner.

There are several other roles that are necessary for smooth conduct of our meetings, whether in-person or virtual. Please sign up for several "open" meeting duties for this year. Our club needs your contribution to make the meetings effective and enjoyable for all of our membership. The meeting responsibilities matrix is available to you in the "Members" drop-down menu on the home page of the club's website. Like the committee table, the responsibilities table is updated regularly as club members add their names to the duties throughout the year. You may click HERE to jump to the table from this article. You may click HERE to send an email volunteering for meeting leadership and other duties.

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