Fawnda Shahalami

Last weekend, Sept 30 and 10/1, work continued on 11 tiny houses. On Saturday, there were 9 total volunteers working on the project including six of our club’s members. Eight total club members worked on the project over the course of both days.  Club volunteers worked to adhere walls to the structure (inside and outside)…

Two club members were recognized at the meeting on Wednesday, September 27th, for reaching Paul Harris milestones.  Rick Clark was recognized for reaching the Paul Harris +4 level and Andy Batzer for reaching the Paul Harris +5 level.  Wow!  Thank you both for all for your contributions to the Foundation and everything else you do…

A shout-out to the four vendors who came out to our Pickleball Tournament this year to offer their products and services to our players, families and interested Rotarians. Cooking 4 Wellness (also a Gold sponsor this year), BioSkin, One More Game, and Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy were all in attendance at the tournament for two…

Approximately twenty volunteers showed up Friday morning, September 29, to kick off the ACCESS Rogue Powerpack program and filled about 500 packs for students. An efficient assembly line including six Medford Rogue Rotarians did a great job launching the program for this new school year. The ACCESS Rogue Powerpack Program provides bags of nutritious, child-friendly…

“‘ Flu Shot ” recommendations for the 2023-2024 Flu Season – by Dr. Bud Bergstrom Yes, it’s ” F-season ” again – football, fall colors, frost soon, & flu shots ! The CDC has already predicted a  worse flu season than usual. Flu vaccine is again recommended for all persons ( who are not allergic…

A grape time was had by all on the Jacksonville Wine Trolley Tour on Saturday, September 23rd. Several Rotarians, along with family and friends, boarded the Jacksonville Wine Trolley and headed off to the first stop at Rellik Winery. After some delicious wine tasting and fellowship, our merry band of wine connoisseurs next visited Hummingbird…

Thank you to all the Gold Sponsors of the 2023 Medford Rogue Rotary Pickleball Fest donating between $1000 – $2499.   A great time raising money for a great cause, local youth programs. Thank you Northwestern Mutual, Cooking for Wellness, Cutler Investment Group, Cindy Williams Realtor, Bruce Garetto and Cheryl Dyer,  JB Steel, Cow Creek Foundation…

Four club members were recognized at the meeting on Wednesday, September 13th, for reaching Paul Harris milestones. Club members hitting milestones included; Joey Minear, Debbie Graunke, Nancy Walden and Jon Gell. Thank you all for your contributions to the Foundation and everything else you do for our club and community. Please check our club’s facebook…

Thank you Rogue Credit Union for being a Platinum Sponsor of the 2023 Medford Rogue Rotary Pickleball Fest, our third annual and largest tournament to-date with 175 registered players.  A great time raising money for a great cause, local youth programs. The success of this event is due to the generosity of our sponsors and…

This year not only did 39 of our club members volunteer to help prepare and run the event, but several Rotarians also played in the event, including six members 0f our own club and three from the Jacksonville-Applegate Club. On Friday, both President Kellie Hill with partner Barbara Tompkins and Cheryl Dyer with partner Martha…

Health Notes Organ Donation Hey Rotarians, are you about to renew your Oregon driver’s license at the DMV?   Do your part and become an organ donor.  Just add it to your application.  Or you can add it to your existing Oregon license by visiting organdonor.gov . The need for organ donation is great.  Currently, 103,412…

On behalf of Lithia & Driveway, Lithia 4 Kids was the Title Sponsor for the third consecutive year of our Medford Rogue Rotary Pickleball Fest. All money raised via our sponsor program for the event goes to local youth programs. Thank you Lithia & Driveway for your continued support.

Twelve club members were recognized at the meeting last Wednesday, September 6th, for reaching Paul Harris milestones. Bruce Garetto and Greg Jones did an excellent job emceeing the presentation of the awards which included three members receiving their first Paul Harris award; Amber Myre, Ryan Robertson and Danette Moss. Other club members hitting milestones included;…

The 2023 Medford Rogue Rotary Pickleball Fest finished up on Sunday (9/10) and it was a smashing success thanks to all of you who volunteered your time. Thirty-nine of our club members volunteered for one or more shifts for our Thursday “court preparation” day and/or Friday-Sunday shifts staffing either the registration booth, the rotary tent…

Eighteen members of the club stopped by to train and/or be trained on how to better use DACdb and MyRotary. A great opportunity for those with more experience with these tools to share with the rest of us. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Carpenter Room at the Medford Public Library to learn…