George Prokop

Our inbound exchange student  arrives Saturday Aug 12 on the Delta Flight from Seattle at approx. 5:30 PM.  Please consider coming to the airport to welcome him. The 23 Aug club meeting will be the first  regular club meeting he will attend.  If you would like more information about our student please contact Sally Buck  @sbuckemail@gmail.com

Phil Meyer introduced our guest speaker, Peggy Carlaw, ShelterBox ambassador.  Peggy joined us via Zoom from New Zealand at 7:30 am her time. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity established in 2000 in Helston, Cornwall, UK, that provides emergency shelter and other aid items to families around the world who have lost their homes to…

Speakers David Wright and Al Densmore delivered a presentation on their grass roots and deep dive efforts to better understand the local homeless situation, the sea of agencies working to make a difference, and how we as citizens might be able to assist.  Measure 110, which decriminalized personal possession of hard drugs in Oregon, was…

Guest speaker Nathan Seable presented our club with all sorts of fun facts and history of our state parks here in Southern Oregon.  Did you know Valley of the Rogue State Park had over 95,000 visitors in 2022?  Did you know Wolf Creek Lodge is a State Park and was built in1883 as a rest…

Our guest speaker at the club meeting on 7/5/23 Alan White.  Mr. White was introduced by Jan Hildebrandt and educated the club on the situation in Sierra Leone. He presented the club with the opportunity to learn more about justice for the Blood Diamond victims.

Another great turnout to assist the Children’s Festival with set-up on Saturday and tear down on Monday. This volunteer opportunity has been a long-standing tradition for the Medford Rogue Rotary Club and is always a great fellowship opportunity. Thank you to everyone who showed up to help.

“The Passing of the Gavel” – Club meeting on 6/29 focused on the transition of the club presidency from Ian Foster to Kellie Hill. Kingsley Kelly and Claudette Moore did a great job emceeing the event celebrating the contributions of Ian Foster during his year as president, while also looking forward to this upcoming year…

A nice turnout for the baseball game last Thursday, June 16th. Fellowship, baseball, hot dogs, beverages and great weather, plus a Medford Rogues win over the San Francisco Sea Gulls 6-2., resulted in a perfect night.

“How sweet it is” – Good crew showed up at Cheryl and Bruce’s a week ago to continue making props for Candyland. Strangely enough, the team swore they made 20 huge gumdrops, but final count turned out to be 19. Coincidentally, Eric seemed to have the strangest bluish sugar particles sprinkled in his beard and…

Our guest speaker our club meeting on May 10th was Abby McKee, CEO of the Britt Music and Arts Festival. Abby’s presentation covered her experiences from her first year as CEO, some changes she and her team are considering moving forward, and she highlighted a few performances to look forward to this summer including including…

Welcome Amber Myre! Amber became the newest member of the Medford Rogue Rotary at our last club meeting on Wednesday, May 10th. Amber is the CEO at Living Opportunities Inc. and is sponsored by Debbie Graunke. Please make sure and introduce yourself to Amber and welcome her to the club when you get a chance.…

REMINDER – There is no regular club meeting on Wednesday, 5/17. Instead, please consider bringing your sweet tooth to Cheryl and Bruce’s house to help build props for our Candy Land project. There will be a work party at Cheryl’s house from 4-6pm, at 3825 Larue Dr Medford. We could use 6-8 volunteers. Please RSVP…

  “More fun than humans should be allowed to have” – quote from one of last year’s Pint Rider participants. Just a reminder, our next fellowship event is the Pint Rider on Saturday May 20th at 3:15pm meeting at the Gypsy Blues Bar (111 S Grape St, Medford, OR 97501). Cost is only $25, which…

Woohoo! Great news delivered at today’s meeting, our club won the district award for Best Large Club, and President Ian Foster won the district award for Outstanding President of the Year! Congratulations to Ian and everyone in the club for working together to make a difference in our community and enjoying our fellowship along the…