And the winners are…..
Assistant Governor Carol Lynn Ockfen and Past President David George with the Peninsula Club's 600+ pounds of food donations. George was quoted as exclaiming "No Top Ramen, Men!"
It was a challenge we couldn’t resist: recognizing that supplies are low in local food banks this time of year, the coastal Rotary clubs decided to see who could collect the most food in the month of February. When our Peninsula Rotary club joined the challenge, we upped the ante within the club by having a “Men vs. Women” competition – and the food banks are the winners.
This contest was started in December 2009 by the Rotary Club of Tillamook and the Rotary Club of SW Pacific County Peninsula eagerly joined in. This year, the friendly competition between the men and women added to the fun and much to the delight of the female members, they bested the men by 59 pounds! Over 600 pounds of food was donated and will be distributed to our local food banks and the “backpack” program.
Last year, the Rotary Club of North Tillamook County was the big winner (while our club women ousted our club’s men) and enjoyed bragging rights throughout the year. We expect the Tillamook Club will enjoy winning back the competition they began. We know the women in our club will enjoy reminding the men of our 2-year winning streak! Best of all, a few families will be fed.
Ready, Aim, Splat!
It’s a FEBRUARY FOOD FIGHT benefiting our local food banks.
It’s club vs club! Rotary clubs from the Long Beach Peninsula to Tillamook have been challenged to collect as much food as possible during the month of February. The club with the most pounds of food donated wins the esteem of their fellows (and the right to gloat). Last year’s winner was the youngest club of the lot, the Rotary Club of North Tillamook County, who brought in half a ton of goods.
It’s the battle of the sexes! Our Peninsula club has taken the challenge a step farther and made it a challenge of the sexes, plotting men against women to raise the most pounds of staples. Last year, the women took the honor and enjoyed the opportunity to remind the men of their win. Rumors are buzzing that the men are hatching a plan to make this year their comeback.
Let the games begin! Please help by bringing canned and other pre-packaged foods to:
- New Life Church – Ilwaco
- Discovery Coast Real Estate – Long Beach
- Northwest Insurance & Financial Services – Long Beach
- beachdog.com – Long Beach
Mark your cans, packages or bags, so we know if you want them to be weighed with the gals or the guys!
All the food will go to our Long Beach Peninsula food banks the first week of March.
What A Good Looking Road Cleanup Crew!
Thanks to (L-R) Craig, Gene, Karen, Keith, Bill, Bob, Peggy & Sharon (who took the photo) for their hard work on the road cleanup this morning!
Radar Ridge Wind Project
PUD Commissioner Diana Thompson’s handout on her Radar Ridge Wind Project this morning:
Click to download: RadarRidgeWindProject.pdf
Parading For Polio
At Ocean Park’s Old Fashioned Independence Day Parade, July 4, 2010
Thanks to Missy Bageant for the photos!
Ascend in 2010: District Conference
President Dick Fisher and PE Lynn Raymer, along with members Keith & Keleigh Schwartz, Shirley Pryor-Pyne and Ruth Carpenter, traveled to Welches, Oregon for this year’s District Conference. A grand time was had by all!
Here’s a photo of PE Lynn, telling Rotarians about our cooperative project with the Rotary Clubs of Tillamook, Seaside and North Tillamook County, “FOOD FIGHT”, a lighthearted competition designed to collect food for each community’s food bank(s). North Tillamook County kicked the rest of our back ends!!
Our club participated in the demonstration of club projects, shown on the displays behind Lynn. Below are Ruth and Shirley, showing our project Board, beautifully put together, don’t you think? It describes our Thai project that Shirley visited earlier this year, along with ADG Sharon Starr from the Rotary Club of Lake Oswego.
Ruth’s face says it all; Conference showed her what Rotary was all about and how she could make a difference!
Save the date! District Conference 2011 in SEASIDE, OREGON!