June 15: 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 […]

    June 8: Making a Difference in East Africa Halfway around the world, in the East African nation of Kenya, Jon Steiner is working to improve two critical elements of peoples’ lives: safe drinking water and education. A Willamette University graduate and former McNary High School teacher, Steiner founded WE Care International in 2016 and […]

  June 1: Willamette Valley Grass Seed Industry Troy Kuenzi, President of Pratum Co-op, an agricultural cooperative based in the Willamette Valley, will discuss the grass seed industry and its impact nationally and internationally.     Program Chair: David Deckelmann       Meeting Location: Willamette Heritage Center’s Spinning Room Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 897 8043 […]

  May 25: An Update from Salem’s Police Chief Rotary Club of Salem welcomes Chief Trevor Womack as this week’s speaker. Chief Womack will be speaking on the course the Salem Police Department has charted for the next three years through a newly launched strategic plan, and the necessary work to be done to reimagine police […]

  May 11: Escaping the Taliban – Afghanistan to Salem Afghan Air Force Lt. Colonel Safia Ferozi served as the first female commander of combined airlift C-130 and C-208 squadrons in Kabul. She flew more than 1,000 hours in multiple missions, working alongside the U.S. military. Safia also completed her higher education in law and political science.   […]

  May 4: The Future of Electric Vehicles Jeanette Shaw, Senior Director, Policy with Forth Mobility will discuss electric vehicles. Jeanette has over 25 years of policy and regulatory experience and has worked in manufacturing, technology, energy, transportation, light, and heavy-duty rail, micro-mobility, and transportation electrification.   We hope to have a mini electric car show after the […]

  April 20: HUD’s Youth Homeless Demonstration Program is coming to Salem! The Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance was awarded nearly $4 million to address homelessness for youth and young adults via HUD’s Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP), a limited opportunity only awarded to 33 communities across the nation over the years.   After months of planning […]