Upcoming Club Meetings

Regular meetings of the Rotary Club of Three Creeks are held first and third Thursdays at 5:30 p.m., in the Bud Van Cleve Community Room at Luke Jensen Sports Park (4000 NE 78th St, Vancouver, WA 98665) unless otherwise noted below. Occasional "offsite" meetings will be held at businesses in the area. Those will be announced as they are confirmed.

Thursday, July 19, 2018
5:30 p.m.
North County Community Food Bank
@ Luke Jensen Sports Park

FEATURED PROGRAM: Liz Cerveny of the North County Community Food Bank will be our featured guest on July 19 at Luke Jensen Sports Park.

Since 1980, NCCFB has been uniting community members to build stronger families in the greater Battle Ground area. Children impacted by hunger and family struggle make up 40 percent of the Food Bank's client base, and another 22 percent are seniors effected by the limitations of social security and impacted by major medical concerns.

North County Food Bank serves an average of 650-700 families monthly, nearly 11,000 clients in total. The Food Bank is an affiliate of the Clark County Food Bank and one of the only local distributors of USDA commodities, including shelf stable milk, cheese, canned beans and meat, and rice.

In addition to subsidized commodities, North County Community Food Bank is the largest purchaser of food in Clark County. They regularly buy eggs, produce, toiletries and household goods, pet foods, and much more.

And the Food Bank does more than feed people. North County Food Bank offers a number of services and resources to clients across the county. The focus is to solve problems and support a healthy, thriving community.

Liz Cerveny is the executive director of the Food Bank. She's familiar with our club, having hosted us for our May 2018 service project at Beacon Farm in Brush Prairie. At that service project, we prepared garden beds for the Seeds To Supper program that the Food Bank puts together every year.

INTRODUCTION: Jessie Harris

Presiding: President Nelson Holmberg
Pledge: Kerrie Cloyd
Moment of Inspiration: Gary Bock
Greeter: Daniel Spanski-Dreffin

Thursday, August 2, 2018
5:30 p.m.
"Fake News" - Digital Literacy in the Era of Information Warfare
@ Luke Jensen Sports Park

FEATURED PROGRAM: Mike Caulfield will be our featured guest to discuss "Fake News", what it is and how professionals are dealing with it.

Mike is the Director of Blended and Networked Learning at WSU Vancouver. Caulfield’s passion is to help people become web literate and able to separate fact from fiction.

The huge amount of information on social media platforms, email, instant messages and more may be authentic or “fake news”. Figuring out what to believe takes work in a time where anyone can click to spread information rapidly.

Caulfield’s expertise has evolved over time and he has spent part of his working life helping faculty at MIT, Keene State College and now WSU Vancouver integrate web tools into the classroom.

INTRODUCTION: Lisa Abrahamsson

Presiding: President Nelson Holmberg
Pledge: Dan Sockle
Moment of Inspiration: Kristi Straight
Greeter: Scot Brantley

Thursday, August 16, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Planting Our LJSP Peace Pole
@ Luke Jensen Sports Park

FEATURED PROGRAM: Final steps will be taken to complete the planting of our club's second Peace Pole, this one at Luke Jensen Sports Park, during tonight's meeting.

Please be sure to attend, so that you can not only witness this part of our club's history, but also to be included in a group photo with the Peace Pole at our club's home location.

The photo above is of our club's first Peace Pole, which was dedicated at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital's Healing Garden in September 2017.

The club's Peace Builder committee continues to work toward identification of new sites for future Peace Pole installations.

INTRODUCTION: Susanne Holmberg

Presiding: President Nelson Holmberg
Pledge: Jolene Nelson
Moment of Inspiration: TBA
Greeter: Eric Lucescu

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Thursday, August 30, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Bring Your Pet to Rotary
@ 3PEAKS Public House & Taproom

FEATURED PROGRAM: It's another of our famous #3CreeksAt3Peaks Fifth Thursday Friendship Socials! Join us at 3Peaks Public House and Taproom for friendship and conversation.

We will be bringing back one of last year's more popular socials - Bring Your Pet to Rotary. Stay tuned for more details, but keep in mind that last year's event was a lot of fun, and we got to meet each others pets!

Thursday, September 6, 2018
5:30 p.m.
TBA
@ Luke Jensen Sports Park

FEATURED PROGRAM: Our program for this meeting will be announced very soon. Stay tuned!

INTRODUCTION: Nayla Kassab

Presiding: President Nelson Holmberg
Pledge: TBA
Moment of Inspiration: TBA
Greeter: TBA

Thursday, September 20, 2018
5:30 p.m.
TBA
@ TBA

FEATURED PROGRAM: Our program for this meeting will be announced very soon. Stay tuned!

INTRODUCTION: Garry Lucas

Presiding: President Nelson Holmberg
Pledge: TBA
Moment of Inspiration: TBA
Greeter: TBA

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Upcoming Hands On Service Project Opportunities

July Service Project: Planting Sod at Humane Society
Saturday, July 21, 2018, 8 a.m.-noon
Humane Society for Southwest Washington
1100 NE 192nd Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98684

We'll be helping out the Humane Society of Southwest Washington by planting sod and doing other tasks in the outdoor dog run area. More detailed information is yet to come, so please stay tuned.


Service Projects Completed by the Rotary Club of Three Creeks
November 2016 - "Pass the Hat" which raised nearly $250 at one meeting for Water Buffalo Project (International Service)
December 2016 - Santa's Posse Toy Drive for Clark County Sheriff
March 2017 - Smoke Detector Installation with Clark County Fire & Rescue at Ridgefield Marina
May 2017 - Rotarians at Work Day at Silver Buckle Ranch
June 2017 - Healing Garden Plantings at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
September 2017 - Whipple Creek Hollow Trail Rehabilitation in Ridgefield
September 21, 2017 - Raised $2,100 for Rotary Disaster Relief (including a $1,000 match from Steve Pash) at club meeting
October 26, 2017 - Members served The Frassati Dinner at St. James Catholic Church to more than 150 needy people
November 14, 2017 - Members repacked food at the Clark County Food Bank
December 7, 2017 - Members donated a barrel full of toys to the Clark County Sheriff's Office Santa's Posse during a Toy Drive at our meeting
December 14, 2017 - Members volunteered to wrap gifts and handle logistics for Clark County Sheriff's Office Santa's Posse program
December 17, 2017 - Members volunteered time to deliver gifts and food boxes for Clark County Sheriff's Office Santa's Posse program
January 25, 2018 - Members volunteered time to paint two rooms at Share's Hazel Dell shelter
February 28, 2018 - Members volunteered time, and donated items, to Every28Days providing feminine hygiene items to homeless women
March 10, 2018 - Members planted 26 trees (one for each club member) at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center
April 28, 2018 - Members assembled numerous pieces of IKEA furniture for the Clark County YWCA
May 12, 2018 - Members prepared garden plots and spread wood chips on paths at Beacon Farm, for North County Community Food Bank

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Rotary Club of Three Creeks Board Meetings

Our club board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m., typically in the same location as the club's meeting that night, but check the website for specific location. Board meetings are open to all members and attendance at a board meeting can be used as a makeup meeting to support attendance requirements. These dates and locations are subject to change. Please contact a board member directly to confirm the day, time and place of our next board meeting.

2018 Board Meetings:
January 18, 2018 at Luke Jensen Sports Park
February 15, 2018 at Luke Jensen Sports Park
March 15, 2018 at Vancouver Fire Station #7 (12603 NE 72nd Avenue, Vancouver)
April 19, 2018 at 3Peaks Public House & Taproom (24415 NE 10th Ave., Ridgefield)
May 17, 2018 at Starbucks Crossroads Center (14300 NE 20th Ave., Vancouver), 4:30 p.m.
June 21, 2018 - no meeting
July 13, 2018 at Applebee's Salmon Creek (13006 NE Highway 99, Vancouver), noon. Meeting minutes here
August 10, 2018, location TBA, noon
September 14, 2018, location TBA, noon
October 12, 2018, location TBA, noon
November 9, 2018, location TBA, noon
December 14, 2018, location TBA, noon

2019 Board Meetings:
January 11, 2019, location TBA, noon
February 8, 2019, location TBA, noon
March 8, 2019, location TBA, noon
April 12, 2019, location TBA, noon
May 10, 2019, location TBA, noon
June 14, 2019, location TBA, noon

2017 Board Meetings:
January 9, 2017 at Applebee's Salmon Creek
February 13, 2017 at Applebee's Salmon Creek
March 13, 2017 at Applebee's Salmon Creek
April 20, 2017, 4 p.m. at Northwest Smile Designs
May 18, 2017, 4 p.m. at Northwest Smile Designs
June 15, 2017 - canceled
July 20, 2017 - 4:30 p.m., Starbucks - Hazel Dell
August 17, 2017, 4:30 p.m., Starbucks - Hazel Dell
September 21, 2017, 4:30 p.m., Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center - sixth floor meeting room
October 19, 2017, 4 p.m. - canceled
November 16, 2017, 4 p.m. at Corwin Beverage Company
December 21, 2017, 4 p.m. - no meeting due to holidays