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Aberdeen Rotary Club Bulletin

                                        August 25, 2009 
 
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Meetings: Wednesdays, 12:00 PM, at the  Rotary Log Pavilion,

1399 Sargent Blvd.,Aberdeen, WA.
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Club No. 56, Organized April 11, 1920
District 5020 

Sheri Nelson, President
Alex Kluh, President Elect 
Jennifer Sturm, Vice President
Gloria Brown, Secretary
Fred Thurman, Treasurer
Liz Anderson, Director 
Ed Brewster, Director
Gary Morean, Director
Josh Steele, Director
 
Board Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 am at Duffy's Restaurant. Any member who wishes to attend is welcome.   

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

Patrick Quigg - 1st
Wes Peterson - 5th
Dale McQueen - 5th
Bob Glenn - 7th
Liz Anderson - 7th
Jim Mason - 8th
Ernie Ingram - 8th
Joan Huisinga - 9th
Frank Larner - 10th
Jim Stamateou - 11th
Rich Hartman - 13th
Karen Rowe - 17th
Gary Morean - 23rd
Patrick Farwell - 26th

CELEBRATE!!!

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The Aberdeen Rotary Club is collecting donations to support a Rotary Int'l project. You can participate by saving your spare change in a Rotary Club Foundation Coin Box. When your coin box is full, bring it back and feel good about donating to Polio Plus, ShelterBox or other worthy Rotary project.


 COME TO THE ANNUAL PICNIC
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Food and beverages will be provided. Just bring your family and be prepared to have great food and a lot of fun.
 
 WHEN:  September 9th,  5-8PM
WHERE: Gloria and Jerry Brown's home
718 Bigelow Drive, Aberdeen
 
RSVP  by 9/4/09 with number of guests and your preference of hamburger or chicken to [email protected]
or call 360-590-2800.
 

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August 26th
Comcast
The Switch to Digital
Find out from your local Comcast office what this digital TV thing is all about, who did it, why it happened, what's in it for us, and what it means to cable customers.  

September 2nd
Melanie Forster
Car Care & Clean Air
Melanie Forster from the Washington State Department of Ecology will present a program about air quality. Her presentation has been enjoyed by Seattle Rotary Clubs. 
 
September 9th
No Noon Meeting
 
Bring your family to the annual Club barbeque picnic 
5 - 8 pm 
 

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Be an Active Member - Serve on a Committee
If you have not yet signed up to serve on a 2009-2010 Aberdeen Rotary Club Committee, you can do so by clicking on the link below.  The committees and projects are all listed along with the corresponding committee chairs. 
 
Extreme Makeover - Rotary Edition
Rotarians volunteer for Extreme Makeover
 Sam Clifton, a member of the Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast, Missouri, isn't letting his 15 minutes of fame go to his head. In fact, if he had his way, no one would know his company led the build on the TV reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which provides new homes for families in need. "I asked the producers if I could do this without being known. I didn't want the media attention. But then I thought about how great it would be to get other people in front of the camera, especially guys in the construction business who've been going through a rough time," says Clifton.
 
The rest is showbiz history. More than 600 skilled laborers -- some unemployed and many from competing firms -- volunteered to help build a 3,300-square-foot home in just six days starting 14 July. 

Among the key players were two members of Clifton's Rotary club, Judy Bilyeu and Michael Wehrenberg. The corporate marketing director of Metro Builders Supply, Bilyeu helped with fundraising and recruiting volunteers.  Wehrenberg, who is president of Wehrenberg Design Company, developed the project's Web site and was responsible for volunteer recruitment, donor recognition, and scheduling updates, as well as supplying a visual timeline through photos. 

The episode is scheduled to air during the show's seventh season on the ABC Television Network.