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February Rotary Theme: Peace and Conflict Prevention Month Happy Anniversary to Joanie and Carle Bumpus on Feb 23!!  Welcome a second time to our visitor - Susan Hurd...Susan and Lindy met as team members at the elections office for the primary and the general election...we are glad Susan could join us and hope to see her again soon... LAST MEETING FEATURED SHELTER BOX...a diaster relief agency that provides temporary housing...thanks Bill Tobin for sharing your passion with us...this is also a primary project of our NU Interact club... . FUTURE MEETINGS: *MARCH 9 (CHANGE FROM THE REGULAR SCHEDULE), 5pm... JOHN PAUL, 49er Breakfast Rotarian, on his trip to the 2019 International Peace Conference in Ontario, CA. *MARCH 23, noon, Club Speech contest....if we have enough contestants... otherwise a surprise speaker... *April 20, noon, Dr. Louise Johnson shares tales of her trip to the Galapagos Islands as a part of her OLLI class on travel....so what is OLLI??? *May 18, noon, Dr. Brett McFadden and staff discussing the Career Technical and Ag programs at the High Schools GET INVOLVED...THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF TO DO AROUND TOWN... ***Sign up for the 20th annual Joanie Bumpus Daffodil Run....the run will take place between April 1-11 ... ...$25 registration, 16 years and older, $15 for 15 and younger... registration and more information on the website at www.daffodilrunpv.com ...funds from the run support our work with schools and scholarships...we'll need helpers to hand out flyers around town next week, and to stuff swag bags and hand them out the days before the run starts, March 31...stay tuned for sign up ... *** We're still looking for speech contestants ... high school students ...deadline to sign up - March 8...information on the pennvalleyrotary.org website... ***March 2 is Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' Birthday Day....researching ways we can reach out to our schools on this fun day... stay tuned for more info... ****Registration now open for the 2021 virtual District conference... https://web.cvent.com/event/ed51199c-730f-4b4b-9a58-b1587bdf172e/summary PROGRESS ON THE READY SPRINGS GARDEN...The Tool Shed is up !! all we need is a stable floor before we receiving tools... Many thanks to Mark Fleming and Gordon B for construction...Mark Bailey will be connecting with the Tool donors for delivery date...stay tuned... Next Up: If the weather is ok, next Monday, starting at 9 am, March 1...need folks to help with stabilizing the containers in the garden, and to work on the irrigation system...connect with Mark Fleming (mark@goweisslandscaping.com or 530-913-9122) if you can help... NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO INVITE A FRIEND TO JOIN OUR ROTARY CLUB...Dues for the second half of the year are only $75 for January 2021- June 2021....Invite them to a zoom meeting (it only takes attending two meetings to begin the membership process)...we've got some great projects going and welcome new ideas and fresh faces... Stay safe, healthy and PURPLE!!
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