Milton-Freewater Rotary Club

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History of the Milton-Freewater Rotary Club

The club was chartered as #3030 on 11 January 1929 with 27 members.

The first President was Dick Monahan

We were sponsored by the Walla Walla, WA Rotary Club

We are located in Rotary District 5100 as Club #294

Meeting Date Mailing Address
Tuesday at 11:45 P.O. Box 346
Community Building Milton-Freewater, OR 97862
N.E. 5th Ave. and Ward Streets  
Milton-Freewater, OR 97862  

2011-2012 President: Jesse Maxwell
President Elect: Colleen Brady
Secretary: Chris Wallace-Burlingame
Treasurer: Chris Wallace-Burlingame
Past President: David Marshall

Statistics
34 Active Members on 01 July 2011
6 Honorary Members and Rotary Youth Exchange Students
48 Paul Harris Fellows
35 Ross Lee Fellows
750 Club Banners

Club News

21 April 2012: District Assembly in Clackamas, OR
06-09 May 2012: Rotary International Convention, Bangkok, Thailand
Tentative: xx-xx 2013: Rotary International Convention, Lisbon, Portugal
Tentative: xx-xx 2014: Rotary International Convention, Sydney, Australia
18-20 May 2012: Rotary District 5100 Conference, Newberg, OR
 
 31 January 2012
The Ladies and Gentlemen from the Jr. Show, prepared the lunch for the members at weeks lunchtime meeting. There were no the visiting Rotarians or guests this week.

Honorary Rotarian, Orlin Hansen joined us for lunch.

Jim Reger introduced: Jose Mendonca, our Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Jose told us he did well on his exams last week. On 04 February, all of the Rotary Youth Exchange Students from our District will have a weekend outing at Anthony Lakes for some skiing. He’s looking forward to the event.

Program Chairman, Nora Kramer, introduced Pastor Kessle Hodgson who presented a program on Hispanic Ministries under the activities of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla and College Place. Nora introduced Alejandra Davis who assisted in the presentation. Pastor Hodgson was born in Bluefields, Nicaragua, and graduated from UNADECA, Costa Rica with a BA in Theology. He has his MA from La Sierra University in California. He has served the Seventh Day Adventist Ministry for 28 years as minister, educator, and missionary administrator. He and his family have lived in Washington State for 15 years, and came to Walla Walla in 2007.

He is working with the organization in Walla Walla, College Place, and Milton-Freewater to develop sports complexes for the youth of the communities. While not specifically for the hispanic community, many members of the the community do not have ready access to enough playground area for the children. Ten local soccer teams are playing in the Walla Walla Valley Academy indoor gym area. He is developing plans to add an indoor soccer pitch, possibly a swimming pool, and meeting rooms to facilities adjacent to the existing churches. The budget for the program is around $500,000.00 and nearly 1/5th of that has already been collected.

He is planning a community event with the Team Pathfinder for 16-25 March 2012, all day, in Walla Walla and College Place to outline the program for families and potential sponsors.     

The existing facilities are already being used to offer information on a variety of subjects to members of the Hispanic community who need assistance in completing various forms in English. Some clinic facilities have also been scheduled in these facilities as the need arrives.

For further information, contact Pastor Hodgson at 509-540-4507
Program Assignments:
07 February 2012 - Mike Swinnerton
14 February 2012 - Manford Anliker
21 February 2012 - Debbie Lee
28 February 2012 - Sam Tucker

Editor: Robby Robbins.
E-Mail to: robby@valint.net
Last modified: 03 February 2012

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