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Thank you to everyone who joined us to Celebrate our club's 100th Anniversary. We gathered to honor those who came before us, particularly Pat Grenfell, our dedicated club member who passed away as we were planning this event.
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We invite you to celebrate 100 years of service to our community.
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The members of the 2021 Club are so proud to be continuing the legacy of service established by these community members who committed to 'Service Above Self' 100 Years ago. Founded in October of 1921 and the Mount Vernon Rotary Club is one of the oldest clubs in the state of Washington.
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Spread the Word to Deserving MV 2021 Graduates
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The Mount Vernon Rotary Club will be awarding scholarships in the spring of 2021. The purpose of the scholarship program is to honor students for their high school achievements and assist selected student applicants in the continuation of their education. A PDF Form of the entire application can be downloaded by clicking on this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WYYla9VDuLOoCafK5buWLafIugckwTTg/view?usp=sharing Students planning to attend 2- or 4-year colleges or universities or trade/vocational schools are encouraged to apply. |
Because we take Rotary's motto 'Service Above Self' seriously Mount Vernon Rotary is seeking out opportunities to serve our Community. If you have a project or know of someone who would benefit from the helping hands of 5-10 Rotarians, we encourage you to download and fill out our service request form and return it to Mount Vernon Rotary.
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Mount Vernon Rotary Club Completes a 5-Year Commitment of $100,000 to Skagit YMCA
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Goals are good. Very Good. When our club made the commitment to help fund the local YMCA in 2016, it was a stretch. We had not made a commitment of that size in more than ten years. Our 2016 Auction had been successful, but the commitment to the YMCA meant we had to be all in on our auctions for the coming years. We originally committed $50,000, but 2016 Club President Dave Courtney thought we could do better and brought it back to the club to reconsider.
We're excited to present Celebrating Skagit: Beauty~Bounty~Blessings. Our 2020 Auction and Event will be presented online this year with a Silent Auction starting on November 7, culminating with a Live Auction and Event at 6 pm on Friday, November 13. Click here to register for free>
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Mount Vernon Rotary is now taking applications for continuing education scholarships. The club annually gives $30,000 in scholarships to students graduating from Mount Vernon area high schools.
Over fifty-five (55) Mount Vernon Rotary Club members, family and friends got together at Camp Korey on Saturday, April 27 for a Rotary Day of Caring
Mount Vernon Rotary supports local schools with a free dictionary for every 3rd grade student in Mount Vernon School District.Thank you to everyone who helped make the Mount Vernon Rotary Club Auction a success.
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Club members enjoyed a great evening at The Grand Willow Inn celebrating Pres. Isaac's year and installing Pres. Dave's new board for 2016 - 17. Outgoing board members Stacey Salyer (Sec.) and Tiffany Urland (Past Pres.) were recognized. Outgoing President Isaac Williams recognized Ian Crawford with the 'Rising Star' Award and Stacey Salyer with the John Bustad award for dedicated service and commitment to the Rotary ideals. In the photo (rt) Pat Grenfell was honored with her 8th Paul Harris Fellow Award.
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Mount Vernon Rotary Club's 17th Annual Benefit Auction was a wonderful success. Thank you to all who helped us make a difference both here in our community and internationally.
President Tiffany Urland recently awarded Mount Vernon club member Pat Grenfell her seventh Paul Harris Award. Pat is a second generation Rotarian, her father was a member of the Bellingham club. Since joining the Mount Vernon club in 1999, Pat has served in many roles of leadership including Club President in 2007-2008. She is now District 5050 Area I Assistant Governor. Along with her leadership capabilities, Pat is a caterer and can pull together the food for a club function in barely a blink of an eye. You won't find a more committed Rotarian, truly a shining example of Service Above Self.
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Senior Awards and Scholarship Night is always a special evening for the students and it was no different in 2014. Mount Vernon Rotary is happy to honor the hard work of 13 students who will receive scholarships for continuing education. Pictured here are 9 of the 13 recipients of the Lyle Poolman Scholarship. Back Row (L-R): Kevin Hunter, Adan Hernandez, Amy Feeney and Cristian Rocha. Front Row (L-R): MV Rotary member Anne Clark, Cristal Aguilar, Janet Solano-Cruz and Leslie Rojas.
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Pat Grenfell and Tiffany Urland had a great time at Pacific Northwest PETS training and were honored to meet Rotary International Incoming President Gary C.K. Huang and his lovely wife Corinna.
Mount Vernon, WA, July 2, 2013 – 2012-2013 Club President Mark Hagen (right) recognized Art Palmer for outstanding service with the John Bustad Award. A club member with more than 45 years of perfect attendance, Art inspires club members through his high standards of service and his commitment to Rotary. The award was established to recognize outstanding service and ideals emulated by John Bustad who was a member of the club from 1952 – 1999, served as club president 1972-1973, and district governor from 1977-1978.
Mount Vernon Rotary Club has been a long-time supporter of Youthnet, a local non-profit which coaches youth in the foster care system in independant living skills.
On Saturday, April 27 three Mount Vernon Rotarians-- Armin Mohr, Clarence Holden and Jim VanderMey completed a project at Mount Vernon Manor, placing two garden boxes and fill them with topsoil at Mount Vernon Manor. Along with physical muscle, our club purchased and donated the topsoil.
Join the First Annual MV Rotary Oscars Challenge! See Tiffany for a ballot, fill it out, and turn it in with your donation of $20.00 to help fund Leadership Skagit Team ETS project with Channel Cove in LaConner. Checks should be made payable to Home Trust of Skagit, our
project partner. http://www.hometrustofskagit.org/index.htm
Mount Vernon Rotary was established in 1921 and is one of the oldest ongoing Rotary Clubs in the area. The club, with a membership of nearly 50, is actively involved in meeting needs in the Skagit Valley and Rotary Service projects around the world. Please join us for a meeting, or contact us via email for more information.
Saturday was a perfect day for a Rotary service project. Five hardy Rotarians showed up and, along with Tom Theisen, the project architect, they went to work building the four raised beds and filling them with soil.
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