by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
5110’s Fire Relief Fund Gaining Traction, Providing Aid to Victims In response to the catastrophic loss of homes, businesses, and livelihoods for many Oregonians, Rotary has established a Fire Relief Fund to help victims of the fires rebuild their lives. Oregon...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Friday evening was the (Virtual) Awards Ceremony for District 5110 year 2019-20. The Pandemic took it’s toll early on and included canceling the annual convention. Over 130 attended this gala virtual evening with many awards made. Like the regular meetings done...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
This letter is all about gratitude and appreciation. I am VERY happy that our political programs are behind us and that I (and many of you who sent me emails) thought that we stuck to the issues, and met the 4-way test in the way we treated each candidate. I am very...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was very happy to see our recent rains that cleared up our skies and provided much needed help to our very brave and hard working firefighters. It made me so happy I kind of wanted to do a little dance!! I thought about that for awhile and thought perhaps our...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
With everything that is going on and continued smokey skies outside, it is really hard to be positive, but then we receive messages of concern and action by our District Governor Cindi O’Neil. First she put out a need for Red Cross volunteers and told everyone...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have included an email received from the President of Rotary International last week, that tells us the African region is certified Polio free (the only known cases left are in Afghanistan and Pakistan). Many of you saw this in the national news last week. This is a...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
This weeks program will be with one of the candidates in the upcoming election for the 4th congressional district and feature Congressman Peter DeFazio. His challenger Alex Skarlatos will speak to us in 2 weeks. I want both programs to meet the 4-way test and most of...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
My last few days have been spent picking, culling, and preparing apples from the prolific tree in our back yard! So what are the possibilities after they are peeled and sliced. There are many and only your imagination and creativity limit them. Besides just nibbling...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
FROM CLUB PRESIDENT TOM GILMOUR (Retired Admiral USCG) On September 11, 2001 at the direction of the Coast Guard, a group of everyday citizens worked together to accomplish the largest sea evacuation in history. Half a million people were transported in a stretch of...
by Rotary Club of Eugene | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
We all got a nice message from last weeks (Aug 11) speaker on how much he enjoyed speaking to our club. I have invited all of our speakers to join us early (1200-1215) and to stay late after the “Parting Shot (post 1:15) to be part of our open session, to get...
