George Prokop

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…

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…

If you are wondering who some of the newest members of the Medford Chamber of Commerce are, you should click on the link below  https://web.medfordchamber.com/directory/results.aspx?NewMemberSearch=true&adkeyword=NewMember  which will take you to the list of new members in the last 45 days.  And, one new member you might recognize is…  us! the Medford Rogue Rotary.  We officially…

Welcome Akinora! Our new exchange student, Akinora Oka, arrived on August 12th. He was greeted at the airport by Kevin and Fawnda Shalami, Kellie Hill, Sally Buck, Samantha and Abbey Hageman “Aki” attended last week’s club meeting and was introduced by Beth Zerkel, along with his Host Mom, Janel Yergen, from the Rogue Valley After…

Dennis Mihocko, facilities manager, of St. Vincent de Paul Society in Medford, joined our club on Wednesday, August, 23rd to recognize Andy Batzer for his tremendous leadership and service coordinating the installation of a playground structure at the Family Homeless Shelter. Dennis Mihocko expressed his sincere gratitude on behalf of the entire organization for the…

Linda Brown, co-chair of the World Community Services Committee, provided an update on the success of the club in receiving matching funds for two grants for 2023-2024, the educational program in Guatemala and the Water Filtration Project in Puerto Rico. Two other clubs have also donated $2000 each, plus matching district funds, for the project…

We had a great turnout Wednesday, 8/16, at HRL Brewery and Pubbery for the Candy Land social. Twenty-one Rotarians and guests showed up to make giant lollipops and hard candy bigger than your head. A super productive and fun event thanks to Joy Marshall’s organization and “herding of the cats”. Surprisingly enough, no serious injuries…

On Friday, August 4th, club members visited TouVelle State Park and enjoyed the Happier Hour at Rogue Discovery Park fellowship event. This family friendly event began with a jet boat ride to the park where they enjoyed live music by Seth Hansson (acoustic rock) as well as food, beverages, and many fun activities on land…

Doug Schmor introduced our guest speaker, Mike Doil, the Business Development Manager at the Jackson County Airport. Mike began this new position in April moving from Los Angeles and resides in Jacksonville. Mike’s excitement about the current state and the future of the airport was evident as he provided us with several several interesting facts:…