Flag Salute & Invocation by John Purdie
Visiting Rotarians: Lynn Murphy (from PSE, and member Skagit RC), Graham Harris (from New Zealand)
Guests: Emilio V (from NWYS), Brett & Debbie Van Steenwyk (Paso Robles, CA)
Announcements
The Sunrise Rotary Club is sponsoring a volunteer work party on 9/28 in the morning at the NW Soccer fields baseball diamonds if anyone is interested.
Rotarian VIP tickets available now for our Wines by the Water fundraising event, October 19th at the Hotel Bellwether. These tickets are made available to our Rotarian membership for early entrance at 4 pm. General admission to the public at 5:30. The event runs until 8 pm. Your ticket includes entry into a door prize drawing which will be held at 5:30 before GA admission. We really are looking forward to this event. Each Rotarian is being asked by the board to purchase 2 tickets at $95 each to support our mission of service above self through charitable contributions in the community. Winery representatives from international and local cellars offer tastings and wine for purchase at special event pricing. Gourmet appetizers will be prepared by the Lighthouse Grill’s culinary Team.Proceeds from past events have benefited the Hospice House, Bellingham Food Bank, Northwest Youth Services, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS), Lydia Place, and Blue Skies for Children, among others. See Christine Palmerton (cpalmerton@msn.com) for tickets, or via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grape-and-gourmet-presents-wines-by-the-water-tickets-66490381521?aff=eac2).
Bellingham’s three Rotary clubs will be putting on a joint fellowship gathering on Thursday October 3rd, 4:30 - 6:30pm, at Twin Sisters Brewery, with catered food.
Wine tasting on Wednesday September 22nd at 5pm at Bryant Engebretson’s new house.
John Purdie read a letter from one of our Bellingham Technical College scholarship recipients (Ahavah Goldman) who gave their thanks and gratitude for the financial assistance.
Last Friday, several of our Rotarians attended the WWU Viking Night.
Business minute for BTC Foundation
- Michael Tilley is proud about the 5th anniversary of his owning “Minuteman Press”. He put in a plug for the business, and offered its many services to our member's printing needs https://www.bellingham.minutemanpress.com.
- John Purdie with Mount Baker Theatre, is excited to report that MBT has received an important WA state arts grant to mark the start of the theatre’s new capital campaign, “Continuing the Legacy: Save History - Fund the Future”. It is a $3.3M capital project, partly funded by grants and partly by private donations. Over the past decades, millions of dollars have been spent to modernize this important Bellingham landmark, but now the final upgrades need to be made to bring the building up to standard: Replacing the roof and gutters, and installing a state-of-the-art sound system. See here for details: https://www.mountbakertheatre.com/Online/default.asp
