Debbie Graunke

Thank you Pacific Power Foundation for your Candy Land Donation! This is a community event where families will create “sweet” memories while walking through a life-sized Candyland village! We couldn’t make this happen without our community donations! Thank you!

Marta Tarantsey works with businesses and agencies in Southern Oregon to promote economic and community development. We heard her personal take on our area’s economic drivers and on our potential. Migration in and out of valley data shows how interconnected Josephine and Jackson County are. We heard art and culture are major economic drivers, what…

Nathalya Dobrowolski, our inbound Youth Exchange student, will be holding a raffle at the Nov. 20th meeting for the district sponsored YE trips. She has already earned over $400 and needs a total of $2,900 to go skiing in February, and Disneyland and a Houseboat excursion in June. She will be raffling several baskets of…

Bruce Kelling with SCORE presented on what philanthropic work he is doing for the local SCORE chapter.  SCORE mentoring is a free service offered to U.S. Based businesses.  Partnering with small businesses to help them overcome hurdles that often come up when either starting or maintaining a small business.  SCORE does this by giving one-on-one…

OUR BEST FRIENDS, By: Rita Sullivan Have you ever wondered why we have service and therapy dogs?   Well, owning a dog provides a large array of health benefits.  Research has shown that simply petting a dog lowers the stress hormone cortisol.  Social interaction with dogs increases the level of the feel good hormone oxytocin.   One…

The Medford Rogue Rotary has begun construction on the next Candyland Village for February’s 2025 event! This is a free community event with the Family Nurturing Center where families will create “sweet” memories while walking through a life-sized Candyland village. The Rotarians are hard at work here! Thank you Gold Rush Brewery for providing this…

Club members were treated to an update on the Heimann Cancer Center and regional cancer services by the Asante Cancer Services team last Wednesday. Presenters included Dr Rizvi, Heimann Medical Chair of Oncology and Medical Director, Brian Murphy, Director, Asante Cancer Services and Christian Gold Stagg, Sr. Director, Asante Foundation. The presentation included a description…

OUR BEST FRIENDS, By Rita Sullivan     Have you ever wondered why we have service and therapy dogs?   Well, owning a dog provides a large array of health benefits.  Research has shown that simply petting a dog lowers the stress hormone cortisol.  Social interaction with dogs increases the level of the feel good hormone…

Over 50 Rotarians and guests showed up to support World Polio Day on a beautiful fall evening last Thursday, October 24th. The event was hosted by the Medford Rotary Club at Rogue Ales’ outdoor patio in Jacksonville. In addition to any donations made at the event, one dollar is also donated to our polio fund…

Quick, what is Dumbledore’s real name?  Yes, that was a real question at the Harry Potter Trivia fund raiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library on Saturday, October 12th. There was a great turnout for this family friendly trivia event sponsored by United Rotary Clubs of Southern Oregon. Those proudly representing the Medford Rogue Rotary Club…

Rotarian Randy Sporacino introduced Lieutenant Don Lane of the Medford PD to speak to the club about the special SWAT force and what their purpose is. The current SWAT Team began in 1990 as the Special Emergency Response Team, to meet the demand for a response to the ever-increasing nationwide problem of violent barricaded suspect/hostage…

For more than 40 years, Rotary and it’s partners have delivered vaccines globally. In your neighborhood and around the world, Rotary is ensuring children grow up safe from preventable diseases. Oct 24th is World Polio Day, come to our event Vines and Pints, and support the eradication of polio! Rogue Ales Patio at the Schoolhouse…

🕸️🎃 Spooky Rotary Fact! 🎃🕸️ Did you know that Rotary International has a chilling connection to the poles? 🌍❄️ In 1922, Admiral Richard Byrd, a brave Rotarian, carried a Rotary flag over the South Pole. Four years later, he took another flag to the North Pole! 🧭✨ As we celebrate the spooky season, let’s remember…

More on Immunizations by Dr. Bud Bergstrom. I hope you all saw, or will see, Dr. Gary Newland’s excellen Heath article last week, & follow his recommendations. The currently recommended Covid vaccine is not “just another Covid booster shot”, but rather a new vaccine developed to be active against the new “variants”, which the antibodies…

ACCESS Rogue Powerpack is back and in full swing. Last Friday, Oct. 11th, was the third pack of the ’24-25 school year. About 20 volunteers packed 691 bags for distribution at 24 local schools last week. Once the food is packed, additional volunteers then distribute the bags throughout the county. The ACCESS Rogue Powerpack Program…