Fawnda Shahalami

Another successful Rotary Blood Drive was held last Tuesday, February 6th at the Eastwood Baptist Church. We had a total of 25 donors with six first-time donors. That’s awesome. Thank you to Eastwood Baptist Church for allowing us to use the facility, and thank you to the American Cross team for all that you do.…

Early Literacy Programs @ JCLS Our guest speaker on Wednesday, February 7th, was Kari May, Library Director for Jackson County Library Services (JCLS). Kari has 25 years of experience working in libraries in Colorado, Utah, and Oregon. Kari is a member of the Medford Rogue Rotary and serves on the steering committee for the Dolly…

A great family fellowship event was held last Sunday (2/4), sledding on Table Mountain. The good news – we were very fortunate to have a nice snowy day contributing to a great day of sledding for Rotarians and their families. The not as good news – we may have been a bit too fortunate with…

The Candyland project is upon us and we need you! Looking for Volunteers for Friday, Sat. and Sun – 11:30 – 4:30…and all hands on deck for Monday, 2/19 tear down – 9 AM – 4 PM. Please contact Joy Marshall joy.marshall@rvfnc.org if you can help

The Wine, Whiskey, and Water social was held on Saturday, February 3rd at Ethos Academy in Phoenix. This fun event was open to all Rotarians in Southern Oregon and provided a great multi-club fellowship opportunity while also celebrating all the projects the nine clubs in the Valley have supported together. The event included; delicious tapa…

Health New by:  Rita Sullivan  Studies show a strong relationship between optimism and positive physical and mental health outcomes compared to pessimism. Optimism is a tendency to expect good things in the future. Pessimism is correlated with excessive somatic complaints.   Experts have advanced various explanations as to why optimism impacts our physical and mental health. …

The Rogue Valley Times – 1 year later Our guest speaker on Wednesday, January 31st, was David Sommers, fellow club member and the Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer for the Rogue Valley Times (RVT). David was introduced by Doug Schmor. David delivered a passionate presentation covering the state of RVT and the state of local…

Last Friday we were able to round up 11 Rotarians representing four different local clubs (Ashland Lithia Springs, Bear Creek Valley, Medford, and Medford Rogue) for a photo after the packing was complete.  This crew was part of a larger team that packed 618 bags of food for distribution to local schools. Rotary volunteer packers…

Health News:  By Steve Miller Medicine 2.0: Increase Your Health Span Outlive, by Peter Attia, MD, changed my life. I want to share a few of the valuable insights I picked up. The history of medicine can be broken down into Medicine 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. Medicine 1.0 originated in Hippocrates’ time and was largely…

Health New by:  Rita Sullivan  Studies show a strong relationship between optimism and positive physical and mental health outcomes compared to pessimism. Optimism is a tendency to expect good things in the future. Pessimism is correlated with excessive somatic complaints.   Experts have advanced various explanations as to why optimism impacts our physical and mental health. …

We had a great turnout of club members on Wednesday, 1/24, for our featured speaker, Congressman Cliff Bentz. The Congressman was introduced by club member Bob Wise. Congressman Bentz’s presentation included; an overview of the size/geographical coverage of his district, a glimpse into his schedule and travel between Oregon and Washington D.C, a look at…

The Tiny House Service Project, led by Rick Clark, was completed on time to meet the January 10th due date for opening of The Crossings development. Thanks to Rotary club members and others, the last 5% of the work required to complete the 12 units was finished the weekend of January 5-7th The phrase “it…

Today we welcome Randy Sparacino and David Sommers as new club members. Randy is the current Medford City Mayor and was also the presenter at our club program on May 31, 2023. The program included Randy sharing his his journey to becoming mayor and updates on current events in Medford. David is the Publisher and…

The First Years of Rotary Within a year of its creation, the Chicago Rotary Club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place! The next four Rotary clubs were formed in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The National Association of Rotary Clubs in America was…

On Thursday, January 17th, our club had the opportunity to tour the recently opened Rogue Credit Union Community Complex (“Rogue X”). Just under 40 club members, plus a handful of significant others, took advantage of this opportunity to tour the facility and learn more about  the great programs that are already underway and being enjoyed…