January 8 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: RYLA Participant – Janessa Smith    Janessa Smith was our Rotary Club of Salem’s RYLA participant summer of 2019. She will share her inspiring experience with our Club as well as the takeaways she has incorporated into her work and personal life.    Janessa has a degree in […]

December 18 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Human Trafficking     Antonia Decker is the Human Trafficking Advocate/Youth Advocate at the Center for Hope & Safety (CHS) in Marion County, Oregon. Antonia will be providing an overview of Human Trafficking – the definitions, prevalence, locations and venues, power and control tactics, risk factors and […]

December 11 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Whiteaker Middle School Concert Choir     The Whiteaker Choir has a long history of excellence. Their current Master Teacher, Rebecca Hollan, has further developed the choir to what many music teachers and professors consider to be the largest and best Middle School Choir in the State and […]

December 4 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Gold Star Report   Join us this Wednesday at the Salem Convention Center for the Gold Star Report prepared and presented by Club Secretary, Holly Berry, and for the elections of the new Rotary and Salem Rotary Foundation Board of Directors for the 2020-2021 Program Year beginning […]

November 27 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Fellowship   Join the camaraderie of our great club! This week we will spend our meeting time engaging in a fellowship activity. Wear your ugly Thanksgiving sweater and bring your unwrapped gifts for the annual Christmas gift collection.    Program Chair:  Theresa Lulay  Message from President Tammy Greetings […]

November 20 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Outward Mindset   Chris Pinea of Mountain West Philanthropy will present on the topic of Outward Mindset. Many of our world’s problems stem from people not being “seen.” We make the choice whether we want to see others as people that matter like we matter or if […]

November 13 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: The Rotary Foundation   This week’s Rotary Foundation moment will share what The Rotary Foundation is doing within the six areas of focus: Fighting Disease; Sanitation, Clean Water and Hygiene; Saving Mothers and Children; Supporting Education; Growing Local Economies, and Promoting Peace.  We will also give thanks […]

November 6 –  Salem Convention Center     Program: Episodes in Town & Gown Relations: Willamette University and Salem, 1842-2019    Bill Wilingham, PhD. is a 1966 graduate of Willamette University and has become the Univeristy’s unoffical historian. Who better to share insight into Willamette University’s longstanding relationship with Salem.   Program Chair: Tom Glass Message […]