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Welcome to Port Townsend
Rotary Club
Those of us who
live and work in Port Townsend enjoy a community that’s blessed by natural
beauty and filled with dedicated and fascinating people. We are fortunate and
believe that our good fortune should be shared. Rotary provides us that
opportunity.
“Rotary Shares”
is our international theme this year – one we fully embrace here in Port
Townsend. We have 85 members who share their time, talent and financial
resources on projects that enhance our community and our world. Guiding all
our work is “Service Above Self” and the principles of
The Rotary Four-Way
Test.
To give just a
few examples of how we share -- we contribute to programs like the
Jumping Mouse
Children’s Center,
where amazing work is being done to give at-risk kids a chance for a healthy
life – and to the
JC MASH free clinic, which is providing
healthcare to people who need a helping hand. We value, too, the opportunity
to share our resources with our community’s youth – our future leaders –
through scholarships, foreign exchange programs and
Interact.
Community
Projects
Funding
Request -
Funding Guidelines
Our Club also
has reached out to aid people in Bay St. Louis
who were devastated by
Hurricane Katrina. Through a multi-year commitment of money and volunteer
labor, we helped rebuild a pre-school with a modern kitchen that provides a
safe, nurturing environment for young children. We are proud to be part of
making this community dream a reality – a dream we shared with Rotarians in
Bay St. Louis.
Reaching even
further, our Club is actively pursuing a humanitarian project in Guatemala.
We are coordinating with Rotarians in Guatemala City on
a construction project that will bring clean water to many families in the
community of Batzaja. The dollars that our club
contributes are multiplied by a grant from our Rotary District and further
multiplied by a grant from the Rotary International Foundation. In addition
to this financial support, Club members are traveling to Batzaja to lend their
hands in building the system.
When our work
is done, we enjoy fellowship, too. Our fundraisers bring us together to
celebrate Rotary, have fun and give others the opportunity to support the
community through their donations. We hold an annual charity Auction in the
spring, a Jamboree that focuses on young people in the fall, and a
wreath
sale
during the holiday season.
If you are a
Rotarian from another area, we welcome you to join us for lunch on Tuesdays at
the Fort Worden Commons. If you live here and are interested in becoming part
of this vibrant Club, call me at 385-9517. To find out more about Port
Townsend Rotary, please page through our web site. I believe you’ll be pretty
impressed with what a group of people can accomplish when the spirit of Rotary
unites them, and when they are guided by “Rotary Shares.”
Suzanne Lagoni
President, 2007-08 | 
