September 13th: Scammers and Scoundrels: Current Fraud Trends from a Local Pro, Rachel Pross, MAPS Credit Union In 2022 credit card fraud cost U.S. consumers $8.8 billion. It is the second most common type of identity theft resulting in 390,000 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission in 2021. Rachel Pross, the Chief Operations Officer at […]

August 23rd: Marilyn Schuster’s Rotary Trip To Ghana Marilyn Schuster, a founder of Yakote Women Farmers Project, has been traveling to Ghana since 2009. She and her husband were joined by a core group of dedicated volunteers who return to this area of Ghana every year during January to complete a number of different projects. The Nabdam […]

August 30th: Kevin Cameron, Marion County Board of Commissioners   Kevin Cameron was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2014, elected to his first term in November 2014, and re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Commissioner Cameron represents Marion County on the Marion County Budget Committee, the Marion County Extension & 4-H Service District, […]

August 16th: Tokyo International University and the American Studies Program at Willamette University   The American Studies Program (ASP) offers a customized one-year study abroad program for sophomores and juniors from Tokyo International University (TIU) located in Kawagoe City, Japan, an international sister city with the City of Salem.   Pre-COVID, a large part of […]

August 9th: Salem’s Riverfront Carousel – 22 Years of Fun!   Our speaker will be Marie Bradford. Executive Director, Salem’s Riverfront Carousel. In June, the Carousel celebrated its 22nd birthday. The carousel opened in 2021 and Marie assumed the role of Executive Director in 2023.   The Carousel was a dream of Salem citizens led by Hazel […]

August 2nd: Empowering Afghan Women and Girls under Taliban Rule   Securing funding and implementing programs in Afghanistan has been very challenging since the Taliban took over the government in August 2021.    Speaker Pam Wasson will share how Nutrition and Education International, a Pasadena, CA-based NGO that works exclusively in Afghanistan, is adapting to this […]

July 25: Salem Fire Dept update with Fire Chief Mike Niblock   Salem Fire Department has been serving our community for more than 16 decades and is still making house calls!   Rotarian and Salem Fire Chief Mike Niblock will provide an update of programs and service delivery as well as a recap of current […]

July 19: Marina Statsenko   Since 1985, District 5100 has led one of the premier RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) programs in the country. RYLA is one of the three programs that reside under the “Youth Services” Avenue of Service in Rotary. It is a great intensive entry for many young professionals into Rotary.   Our […]