President's Message

Thank you to all who attended the baby shower for Levi and Miyui

Herrara Lopez last Friday and welcomed these future Rotarians.

You probably received a Palm Sunday Brunch roster from Raeann at Willamette Lutheran Homes. Please disregard and use the roster handed out by Catherine Carlson.

The Salem Rotaractor group has a couple activities coming up -- please consider attending! This Wednesday, they are holding a career fair on the Western Oregon University campus. Following that, they will host a pizza party (which we are invited to attend) starting at 6:30 p.m. at The Cottage on the Monmouth campus. The group is also taking over the local Burgerville for a fundraiser on March 2 between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. The club will get a percentage of the proceeds, so come out to show support and get a great burger and milkshake!

Darlene Taylor, Karin Holton and I attended an informative workshop this past Saturday on membership, sponsored by Rotary Zone 25/26. We came away with some ideas on member retention, club culture, and attracting new members. You'll be hearing more about these subjects in the coming weeks. Thank you, Darlene and Karin, for giving up a Saturday for the betterment of our club!

We have some great speakers coming to visit us this month. Check out the list to the right and think about which of your friends might be interested in hearing about one of those topics. Also check to see if you are one of our greeters this month. If you are, please be sure to arrive early to make any guests feel welcome. First impressions are so important, and we want to be known for our hospitality!

Hope you have a great week -- see you at lunch on Friday!

Club News

Who was that?

We have made it through all of the club members getting to know you surveys that we received, so now it is time to see how well we remember what we learned about each other. Be the first to reply with the correct answer (and it can't be you) and you will be entered into a drawing for a really cool Rotary related prize.

Who in our club was once a tramp clown?

Salem Chamber Organizes Mock Interviews

It is that time of year again! On Thursday, March 3rd, we will be helping over 1000 Salem-Keizer high school students practice their mock interview skills at Career Connections. If you would like to meet a couple of these amazing students and help them gain confidence in themselves and the interview process, let us know!

You can sign-up by following the Smartsheet link below and filling out the form or emailing me directly at grace@salemchamber.org

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=d3ee3ab854144b3b8f956f76755108be

Hope to see you there and thanks for the consideration!

Join us at Gilgamesh on Thursday, March 3 anytime between 5pm and 7pm for a no-host happy hour.

Youth Exchange

Kiara Ballard is one of the short term students we are sponsoring this year. She is in need of some help with funding for her trip and has set up a gofundme account. If you would be interested in helping her out, please visit the link below to make a contribution.
https://www.gofundme.com/f9jqaqe4

Garage Sale Update

Thank you to Dave Leonard for offering us his barn for storage of items for the garage sale. We are now in need of someone who is willing to gather items at our Friday meetings and transport them out to the barn. If you have a truck and would be willing to help get items out to Dave's please let Karin or Pat know.

Palm Sunday Brunch

Below are the assignments for the Palm Sunday Brunch. Please review and let Catherine know if you need to request a schedule change. These are the official assignments, any previously received versions should be recycled. Don't forget to be selling tickets to your friends and family. Tickets may be purchased online or for those who prefer more old school, physical tickets are available from Catherine at the club meetings.

Team 1 8:00 a.m.-11:30p.m. Pat Mack Ted Mack* Pat Davis* John King Levi Herrera-Lopez Vic Baker Will Posegate	Team 2 8:00 a.m.-11:30p.m. Joe Burns Erik Larson Darlene Taylor Iven Findley Phil Sperl Maureen Casey Andrew Booth
Team 3 11:30 a.m.-3:00p.m. Emil Graziani Kevin Mannix Mary Hollinger Ron Hanna Russ Lipetzky Tricia Nelson Mike Bredimus Raeann McDonald	Team 4 11:30 a.m.-3:00p.m. Duane Vaubel Steve Poland Lavinia Goto Todd McKinney Karen Bryan Tom Marks* Sara LeRoy

Team Captains are bolded.

All group ticket sales of 5 or more must RSVP for seating at Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community with the receptionist: 503-393-1491. (Please remember this is important to ensure that we prepare enough food and have seating.)

Each club member has been assigned to a team and time. For this to work, and in any fundraiser, each club member must participate (or provide a replacement).

The afternoon shift should plan to stay until 3:00 to finish clean-up duties.

* Has a food handlers permit

Please park at the Old Fire station building at the north end of our campus. That would be the 4th entrance by the second Willamette Lutheran Homes sign. Car-pooling is encouraged.

Please wear comfortable shoes and Sunday Brunch attire.

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This Week's Program

February 19

February 19-Althea Rizzo, Geologic Hazards Program Coordinator for the State of Oregon will talk about earthquakes and tsunamis
Greeters: Russ Lipetzky and Pat Mack
Raffle: John King

RSVP for lunch

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Congratulations to Cassidi and Zair, our February Students of the Month from Waldo Middle School.

Mark your calendar

February 18-ESR Board Meeting at La Margarita Express 6pm

February 26- Join us for lunch at the Red Lion where we will be joined by Roger Stevenson who will teach us how to be prepared for a disaster
Greeters: Ted Mack & Kevin Mannix
Raffle: Tricia Nelson

February 26-28 PETS, Doubletree SeaTac

March 2-Rotaract Fundraiser at Burgerville in Monmouth 5pm-8pm

March 3-First Thursday at Gilgamesh

March 20-Palm Sunday Brunch at Willamette Lutheran Retirement Center

April 23-District Training Assembly @ West Linn High School

April 30-Rotary at Work Day

April 30-Salem Sunset Community Baby Shower

May 20-22-District Conference @ Vancouver Hilton

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East Salem Rotary meets Fridays at noon at the Red Lion Hotel, 3301 Market St NE, Salem, Oregon 97301