The Rotary Club of Kirkland held a meeting at The Woodmark Hotel on August 9, 2021. Rotarians attended in person; online attendance has been paused for the summer.

President Dave DeBois rang the bell at 6:30 p.m., calling the club meeting to order.

Bella Chaffey led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott Becker served as greeter, and sold Joker Pool tickets.

Attending were George Anderson, Bob Auslander, Scott Becker, Bella Chaffey, Gary Cohn, Dave DeBois, Margie Glenn, Alan Hoviland, Mike Hunter, James Meniketti, Joanne Primavera, Patti Smith, Alice Volpe, Rick Walter, and John Woodbery.

Guests:

President Dave introduced Pete Anderson, who has applied for membership in the club.

The Duck Dash still needs volunteers! Rotarians can find all of the ticket sales dates in the club's online Calendar, and the new ClubRunner Volunteer Module allows Rotarians to sign up online. Just click on the calendar item and then click on the sign up button. Tickets and supplies are still available at Prevail Wealth, the one-stop shop for tickets and supplies.

 

 

Kirkland Wednesday Market, 3-7 p.m.

Kirkland Urban QFC, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

 

If the online volunteer sign-up doesn't work for you, contact Head Duck Amy Mutal to sign up for any Duck Dash events!  

Once again, September brings the traditional start of the school year, and Rotarians can turn to local experts to find out what's new in education. On September 13, Lake Washington High School's Principal Christine Bell, who leads the oldest of the seven high schools in Lake Washington School District, serving approximately 1,800 full-time students, will introduce Rotarians to some highlights of the new school year, note several of the students’ and staff’s recent accomplishments, highlight the new facilities opening this fall, and describe how the Kangaroo team has designed instructional and support operations after more than a year of remote learning. On September 27, Dr. Matthew Colpitts, head of school and president of Ventures Academy, will describe for Rotarians how the school was established, how it helps students to envision and build products, market and sell them, serve their customers, and exercise corporate citizenship. The Academy is a high school for startups, where the students build and run real companies under the tutelage of senior Fortune 500 business and technology leaders, not as a game, not as a simulation, and not for a class. The students' ventures are real businesses that they own and manage for the duration of their studies and beyond. Thank you to Amy Mutal for initiating this program series.