Meet Hayley Thompson (left) How long has he been a member? 6 Years Why did he join Rotary? Service What company or organization does he work at right now? If retired, where did he last work? Skagit County Coroner Office How have you benefitted from being a member? Networking, understanding our community better, serving our community through various service projects What does he like most about being a member? weekly connections with other members Who/what inspires him? The internal wish to grow beyond what you are. What has been his biggest achievement? Ascertaining accreditation of my office What career advice does he live by? Who gave it to him? Say yes to opportunities to that scare you. Former co-worker Future goals and aspirations for his life? Continue to be involved in my field, potentially be a participant in creating laws that positively impact those in my field How do you define success? Success, for me, will always be about making a difference in other people’s lives.
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 Meet Tony Cook How long has he been a member? 12 years Why did he join Rotary? My wife had been (and still is) a member of the Skagit club. It was amazing to see all the good they did in the community and the fun they had. I believe strongly that it's important to give back and support one's community and this was a good opportunity to connect with and meet more like-minded people. What company or organization does he work at right now? If retired, where did he last work? My own accounting firm How have you benefitted from being a member? Learning more about what goes on in our community through programs. Building and maintaining relationships with wonderful people. Any tips or advice for new members? This advice applies to new and old/existing members...Connect with your fellow club members What does he like most about being a member? That I have something consistent in my life that ensures I'm thinking about opportunities to give back in my community. I think it can be very easy to have these opportunities slip by if we aren't intentional about doing so. Who/what inspires him? My Wife What has been his biggest achievement? Opening my own business. What career advice does he live by? Who gave it to him? Make others better and you will succeed. It's something of an amalgam of lots of different people I've worked with and for through the years, including playing on sports teams as I was growing up. Future goals and aspirations for his life? I want to stay healthy and fit. How do you define success? That I feel like I've left everything in which I've been involved better than I found it.
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Meet Jake Dey How long has he been a member? Officially since 2010 Why did he join Rotary? My parents told me to. What company or organization does he work at right now? If retired, where did he last work? The Dey Company How have you benefitted from being a member? Community connection, fellowship / friendship, education and entertainment from speakers, and learning from members. Any tips or advice for new members? Stay with it and it's ok to say no. What does he like most about being a member? An outlet to give back to the community in a fun, diversified, and impactful way. Who/what inspires him? Mark Hagen What has been his biggest achievement? My year as president. What career advice does he live by? Who gave it to him? Take care of your clients. Future goals and aspirations for his life? To do my best to help my children and myself have a happy and comfortable life, along with helping others to do the same.
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Meet our Member Dave Courtney How long has he been a member? 12/1/2014 so 9 years Why did he join Rotary? I was assisting Greg Anders develop a business plan for a convention space at the Heritage Flight Museum. Greg was invited to Rotary by Ambr. Della Newman to meet business people in Mount Vernon and Skagit County. Greg needed to learn who potential users of the convention space might be. Greg needed a "wing man" and I was selected to accompany him to the meetings. I became a member. What company or organization does he work at right now? If retired, where did he last work? Currently I am retired. I worked for IBM from 1967 to 1992 in support of the distribution industry marketing. From 1992 to 2012, I was president of EDJ Enterprises, Inc., a software development company specializing is POS applications for the IBM POS systems. How has he benefited from being a member? I have gained insight into the Mount Vernon community and the pride that the residents exhibit in their support of education within Mount Vernon. I have also met some really neat people and made new friends which is hard when you get more "mature". Any tips or advice for new members? Don't be shy. If you wait for someone to come over to speak with you, then they control the interaction. Step up and out. Get involved. Meet a new member at every meeting until you have met them all. Repeat as often as necessary. What does he like most about being a member? The people I meet. Some of the meetings have very interesting topics. Who/what inspires him? Trying to make a difference and doing good. What has been his biggest achievement? Starting a business that has lasted over 30 years and provided financial support to the families that grew up with us. We started with college graduates who got married, had children and put them through college because of the business. What career advice does he live by? Who gave it to him? My word is my bond. If I say I will do something, I will do it. My father showed me the way. He was a shop teacher in the Chicago Public School system. He started with his skills and spent 17 years going to night school to get his bachelor's degree. He spent another 6 years getting his masters degree. He ended up as a vice principal in the largest high school in Chicago. Future goals and aspirations for his life? Make the most of the time I have left and see as much of the world as I can. How does he define success? Being able to look back and see that I have made some small difference in my life.
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Meet our Member Mark Hagen Works at Express Employment Professionals I joined Rotary without being invited to a meeting. A mentor of mine, suggested that I join a service club like Rotary to not only "give back" but to network with other like minded professionals. I have made great friends. Learned a ton at the meetings. Learned (and continuing to learn) how to lead a group of volunteers. I do business with a good number of our members and think that Rotary is a good way to solidify those types of relationships. I recommend new members get involved early. I had no clue when I joined. Also, partner up with another Rotarian who can help you learn what is expected of you and how you can help and make the most out of your membership. I enjoy the relationships with other members in our club. 5th Tuesdays are also a hit.
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March Program Schedule: 3/5/24 Youth Net with Rebecca Carrol 3/12/24 Students of the Month 3/19/24 Helping Hands Food Bank With Rebecca Skrinde 3/26/24 Boeing with Cory Ertel
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December Meeting Schedule 12-5 Club Assembly 12-12 Student of the month 12-19 Alona Otrloff with the Female Football Team 12-26 No Meeting- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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December Meeting Schedules
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Happy October We are meeting in a new location!  Skagit Valley College Cardinal Center, International Office
2405 E College Way, Room CA-180
Mount Vernon, WA 98273 October Meetings 10/3-Dean Snyder with Skagit Valley YMCA 10/10- Student of the month 10/17- Triumph Life Teen Center 10/24- Auction Discussion 10/31- Happy Halloween- Regular meeting/ Costume
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September Presentation Schedule: 9/5/23 All about Whiskey presented by John Combell 9/12/23 Sinead Plagge presented by Career Connect WA 9/19/23 Ramon Rivera (TBC) presented by MV Music Mariachi 9/26/23 Haley Sebens with Skagit County Prosecutors office presented by Haley Sebens IMPORTANT AUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT: The auction committee will be meeting 2x per month until the Big Day. 3rd Wednesday at Max Dale's @ 6 PM Contact Nicole Hagen if you have questions.
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September Schedule 2023
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August Meeting Schedule 8/1/23 No Meeting 8/8/23 Cal Mann 8/15/23 Matrix Beyond Poverty: Jeff McCaffery 8/22/23 David and Rachelle Austrailia 8/29/23 White Branches
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January marks the halfway point in the Rotary year. Turning the calendar provides an excellent milestone for reviewing the successes of the first half of Mount Vernon Rotary Club's Centennial year.
Notable achievements include: the club's Roaring 20's style Anniversary Celebration in November; continuing weekly in-person meetings; and introducing Last Tuesday social gatherings. Along with the Centennial Celebration, highlighting the list of accomplishments is that we are on track to complete 100 Acts of Service commemorating our centennial year.
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On Target to Complete 100 Acts of Service
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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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Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who Came Before Us
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Rotarians Pitch in at Camp Korey in early June!
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Camp Korey Work Day for a Worthy Cause
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Spread the Word to Deserving MV 2021 Graduates __ -- 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. |
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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.
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Scholarship Application Deadline Extended Through May 1, 2020
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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
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Mount Vernon Rotary Meets at Camp Korey on Day of Caring 2019
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Teacher of the Year and June Students of the Month
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Mount Vernon Rotarians participate in Membership Seminar
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Mount Vernon Rotarians Serve Dinner at Friendship House on December 4, 2017
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Mount Vernon Rotary Club makes a difference in record setting Auction
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2017-2018 Club Leadership
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A BIG Thank you to your 2015 Auction Sponsors:
B-24 "Liberator" Sponsors:
P-51 "Mustang" Sponsors:
B-17 "Flying Fortress" Sponsors:
David Lukov - Mutual of Omaha
P-38 "Lightning" Sponsors:
Blade Chevrolet
Cafe Burlington
Country Meadow Village
Farmhouse Inn
Pat Rimmer Les Schwab Tire Center
Savi Bank
Clarence Holden
Guardian Northwest Title & Escrow
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17th Annual Benefit Auction was a great success!
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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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Posted by Ginny Bode on Jul 02, 2013
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.
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Club Recognizes Art Palmer with the John Bustad Award
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Posted by Ginny Bode on Feb 05, 2013
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Area I Rotary Bowling Challenge
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Posted by Ginny Bode on Apr 25, 2010
Check out the photos of the sign installation crew at Hillcrest Park. See 'photo journals' in the right nav bar.
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Hillcrest Park Sign Installation
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Posted by Ginny Bode on Feb 25, 2010
For the second year our club has underwritten and delivered picture dictionaries to 3rd graders in Mount Vernon schools.
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Dictionary Delivery
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Posted by Ginny Bode
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.
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Welcome to Mount Vernon Rotary Club
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2014 Holiday Gala Tickets Go On Sale
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Posted by Ginny Bode
On November 23th, the Mount Vernon Rotary Club held its annual Holiday Gala and Benefit Auction at beautifully decorated Skagit Valley Gardens. Over 150 people attended and enjoyed a delightful evening of music, great food and fun, raising over $60,000 to support local programs and service projects that make a positive difference in our community.
Thanks to all of those who generously donated auction items, volunteered their time, talent and resources to make this event a great success. Special thanks to our auction committee, Max Dales Restaurant for the scrumptious feast, and Skagit Valley Gardens for hosting us. We would also like to thank our wonderful auctioneer Tom Pasma, Colleen Smiley and Creative Celebrations, and everyone who attended; we hope to see you again next year!
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2013 Gala a Success
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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.
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Pat and Tiffany Attend 2014 PETs Conference
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Tuesday Social Hour
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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.
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Club Members Spruce Up Landscape at Youthnet
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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.
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MV Club Celebrates Rotary Day of Service with Two Service Projects
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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
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Club Raises Funds with Oscar Ballots
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Making A Difference in Our Community
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The MV Rotary Noon Club has donated over $150,000 back to community programs in just the last 5 years. Here are some of the programs we’ve helped in the past 12 months:
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Top 10 Ways Rotary Berries Make a Difference
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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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MV Rotarians Build Garden Beds for Mount Vernon Manor
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3rd Grade Dictionaries!
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Posted by Jim Vandermey
MountVernon Rotary Club member Richard Sentner is pictured here with 4 of the 8 Lyle Poolman Memoral Scholarship award winners at the MVHS Awards Assembly. At our club meeting on Tuesday, May 24, our 2011 the recipients were introduced to the club by Jim VanderMey, chair of the scholarship committee. This year’s recipients are:
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MV Club Awards Eight Scholarships in 2011
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