Use Facebook to Support Your Club, Attract New Members and Save the World!* Sponsored by Verve Northwest Communications and presented by the Rotary Club of Eugene Airport Friday, August 19 9 am – 11 am Lane Community College Center for Meeting and Learning (click for directions) Cost: $50 per person. Includes refreshments. $25 of each registration fee will be donated to the Rotary Foundation. Click here to register. Who’s it for: Anyone who uses Facebook, but feels like they could get more out it. The workshop will be presented at a basic level, with no prior experience required. What will...

The Eugene Airport Rotary Club held its annual breakfast on May 19 to award $26,500 in scholarships to twenty-three local high school and college students. These scholarship monies were raised at this year’s auction thanks to the generous support of our club members and friends. “The 23 scholarship recipients were chosen from a group of 31 applicants,” said John Alvord. The Rotary Club chose the students based upon a variety of categories including dedication to school service, leadership potential, community service outside of school, financial need, and grade point average. While grade...

On Friday, February 25, the Eugene Airport Rotary hosted its annual auction to raise funds for deserving high school seniors to attend college. Thanks to your generous support this year, our club will distribute more than $25,000 in scholarships. This brings our total scholarship distribution to $222,600, helping about 213 students over 15 years. Scholarship recipients are able to renew their funds up to three times during their college career. Thus, for some students, Airport Rotary has provided scholarship monies for all four years of their college career. Since the application procedure lacks...

Fellow Rotarians, Join us for an evening to benefit Eugene Airport Rotary at Osterio Sfizios Restaurant on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 as a club social/mini-fundraiser starting at 6:30 p.m. This is a wonderful way for those who are interested in a festive evening and socializing with our club members to come and join in the fun. Sfizios Restaurant will give 10-15% of each dinner and beverage bought that evening to our club for the club’s general account as a mini-fundraiser. This may be a mini-fund raiser, but it will be a maxi-fun time! Seating for this event is limited to 40 people. Bring...

Applications for Rotary Peace Fellowships for those applying in 2011 are now available on the District Peace Fellowship website. We can change lives by identifying outstanding non Rotarians with at least 3-5 years of experience in fields related to peace and conflict resolution. Think big! Returned Peace Corps volunteers? Someone in the local police force? Public administrators? Environmental engineers? Immigration experts? Educators? Someone you met while working on a project in a developing nation? Rotarians should reach out to candidates who demonstrate a commitment to peace and conflict resolution...

In honor of Rotary’s birthday on 23 February, online contributions of US$100 or more to the Annual Programs Fund will receive double recognition credit. To be eligible for the credit, Rotarians must be registered in the secure Member Access section of www.rotary.org . The registration process can take 24 hours, so register before 23 February. Making a secure online gift is the most cost-effective and efficient way to support The Rotary Foundation’s life-changing programs. For more information, e-mail RI’s Contact Center at contact.center@rotary.org or call 866-976-8279. ...

February is World Understanding Month! This month includes the anniversary of the first meeting of Rotary, which was held on February 23, 1905, and is now designated World Understanding and Peace Day. This month’s newsletter also includes information about the 2011 District 5110 Conference at The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park in North Bend from April 28 to May 1. Peace is the theme for this year’s conference, something of most importance with what is happening in Egypt the last few weeks. Read the newsletter to learn more.

At our meeting this Thursday, we will be honoring the students receiving scholarships from the funds raised at our February auction. Thirteen high school seniors from eight area schools will each receive $1500. In addition to the high school awards, the club offers past awardees the opportunity to renew their scholarship. This year, nine students will be awarded $500 grants to continue their education at Oregon universities. 2010 high school award recipients: Crow: Dakota Rich Elmira: Matthew Lay Harrisburg: Ellen Haxby and Natalie Mathers Junction City: Katia Ames and Lianne Steinmetz Monroe:...

LEAD—Leadership Education Adventure Direction—was established in 1998 as a component of the City of Eugene Outdoor Program. In July 2001, LEAD became an independent nonprofit agency offering a comprehensive leadership development program serving low-income teens ages 12 – 17 in Lane County. A lot of work goes into organizing this program with Heather Brule as the LEADership group program director, the program is like butter. Heather has facilitated groups of teens and adults in rock climbing, rafting and other outdoor adventure activities for various organizations during the last five years. She...

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