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Vines & Pints for Polio at Valley View Winery, drew Rotarians from Medford Rogue, Central Point Rotary, Rotary Club of Grants Pass, Bear Creek Club & Ashland Rotary. What a wonderful turn out to #EndPolioNow #PolioPlus

“‘ 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 to the vaccine ) 6…

The second week of Rogue Power Pack and nearly 550 bags of food were filled and distributed by volunteers, including six volunteers from our club. The program can always use volunteers and if you are interested in helping, please contact Danette Moss and she can assist you with the sign-up and scheduling process. Hope to…

Speaker: Charles Karanja, Kenyan Manager of Makena Children’s Foundation, and Anne Batzer, current Foundation President. Makena Foundation was started in 1996 to support the community and children of Naivasha Maraigushu Kenya. Charles says “This noble course is important to Kenya because children of very poor families get a chance to rise against all odds and…

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend our annual Medford Rogue Rotary holiday party this year at the Centennial Golf Pavilion. This is guaranteed to be another great fellowship event with a delicious menu, fantastic entertainment at a wonderful venue.  Looking forward to see everyone there. 5:30 Arrival and drinks 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Entertainment/ Music…

Over the weekend of Sept 23-24th three of our club Rotarians participated in our District Leadership Institute. What did you learn or enjoy most about RLI? Emma Nelson shares “RLI was a great opportunity to meet other Rotarians from around our district who are working hard in their communities. We learned about how Rotary was…

There was Much A Do about Oregon Shakespeare Festival today at our club meeting as Executive Director Tyler Hokama and Artistic Director Tim Bond had a conversation about what is to come. There are many new faces, many long-term familiar ones, and many returning that intertwine, as the industry in general and OSF rebound from…

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…