Lily Han from S. Korea – Inbound Exchange Student Jiyun (Lily) Han has been our Rotary Youth Exchange inbound student for the 25-26 school year. She is from Gyeonggi-do S. Korea and is 16 years old. She has lived with two host families during her stay here and has attended South Salem High School. She will […]

5/12 Committee Meeting – Time for committees to meet and plan Committees and Hands-on Service Meeting! If you are signed up to help with the hands-on, book cleaning project, please arrive at 11am to get started. We will be taught how to clean books, then off we go cleaning the hundreds of books that we collected over the last month. Excellent […]

12/10 McKay HS A cappella Choir – Salem/Keizer SD24J music program The McKay HS Acapella Choir, Directed by their teacher – Hannah Abercrombie, is the contemporary music vocal group at the school and consists of 14 students in 10th-12th grade. In the past few years, the Scots-Acapella competed and placed high in the International High […]

July 2nd – The Bridgeway Story—Birth and Growth of a Healthcare Non Profit, Tim Murphy  Dr. Carlos O. Texidor Maldonado, the new CEO of Bridgeway Health and Tim Murphy, retired CEO of Bridgeway will be presenting updates on the growth of the Bridgeway Recovery program. Bridgeway Recovery Services was started in 2008 by Tim Murphy and colleagues. It began with […]

  May 18: Meduri Farms Business Overview and Community Impact Dominic Meduri is the brother of our member, Vincenzo Meduri. Dominic grew up working in the family orchards and now serves as President of Meduri Farms, which provides quality dried fruits to the food processing industry and includes their online consumer line, Meduri World Delights. He […]

  April 27: South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra Performance Come enjoy the South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Damian Berdankin. This Orchestra is reputed to be the best HS Orchestra in the State and the entire Northwest.   You won’t believe that these are high school kids playing because they perform at […]

July 28: De Muniz Resource Center – Helping People Re-enter Life after Incarceration The De Muniz Resource Center, a program within Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, is a one-stop shop reentry resource center.    Using evidence-based practices, the De Muniz Resource Center connects clients with vital needs, including employment, education, housing, therapy, transportation, and more, all aimed at […]

October 7:  The El Camino Trail Experience  Who would want to walk 500 miles across Spain?  And then return for more? Next week we will hear from three of our members who have done just that. The Camino de Santiago is a 1,000-year-old pilgrimage that draws over 300,000 people-from all over the world-every year, for an adventure […]