Soundings (10/16/18)

Last week we heard an inspiring presentation by Wyatt Shipp, a Sehome High School student collecting books for Zimbabwe Students. , Wyatt's goal is to send books for the next 4 years to start a library. To date he has secured donations of about $2,000 to cover shipping costs  and taken in over 2000 books. Bill Geyer & Andy Clay will be working with Wyatt to submit a district 505 International matching grant, but if you would like to contribute to Wyatt’s project individually, here’s a link to his website:   https://sites.google.com/site/books4zimbabwe/how-you-can-help.

Mark your calendars and register online (Click Here to Register!) for the club’s November fellowship event at Uptown Art. You don’t have to be an artist; they will teach us how to paint a picture while we “meet, drink and paint happy!” Cost is $30.00, and our event will run from 5:30-8:30. Beer, wine, ciders and soft drinks can be purchased (our Rotary will provide some food). Space is limited to make sure to register ASAP!

The Board recently approved moving Jeffry Hill’s application forward to the full membership. Jeff is currently the Whatcom County Territory Account manager for OASYS Inc., a local technology company that specializes in imaging solutions (copiers). Jeffry went to WWU, and is looking forward to participating on the community service committee. If you have any feedback about Jeffry, please contact Tresha (tdutton@whatcom.edu) by October 22^nd, 2018.

Our Charitable Giving committee is responsible for awarding small grants to non-profit community programs in the range of $500 - $2,500.  If you know of an organization that might be interested in applying to receive one of several small grants our club offers, send them the attached application.  Our club reviews grant requests only once each year, and will respond to applicants’ requests by mid February 2019. We ask that all applicants submit a completed form and any additional pages in electronic PDF form to aaron@lemperesdentistry.com by December 31, 2018.   If you have an additional questions, please contact Aaron Lemperes (aaron@lemperesdentistry.com), our club’s Charitable Giving Committee Chair!