November 21 – Salem Convention Center Program – Fellowship/Crafts for Kids Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the bounty of Oregon agriculture after harvest. Join Jessica Jansen from Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom as she shares a bit of Thanksgiving-related fun facts and agricultural connections as well as some fun “make and take” crafts […]
Weekly Newsletter | November 14, 2018
November 14 – Willamette Heritage Center Program – NuScale Power At a time when the threatening effects of global warming are becoming a harsh reality, a Corvallis company is doing something about it. NuScale Power, LLC is creating new technology to produce nuclear power that is safe and carbon-free in a scalable form unlike the […]
Weekly Newsletter | November 7, 2018
November 7 – Salem Convention Center Program – Program – The Rotary Foundation Rotary International is known for the life-changing work it does around promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies. They do this through support given to The Rotary Foundation. Ninety-one percent […]
Weekly Newsletter | October 31, 2018
October 31 – Salem Convention Center Program – Salem’s Dependence on Upstream Water Salem provides drinking water to almost 200,000 people. Most people don’t know where the water comes from or how it gets to their tap. Until this past summer, virtually everyone took the purity of the water for granted. Peter Fernandez, Salem Public […]
Weekly Newsletter | October 23, 2018
October 24 – Salem Convention Center Program – Exchange Student Presentation Program – World Polio Update with Joan Toone What happens when you take a 16 year old girl from McMinnville and send her to western Belgium? Find out when Salma Galvan recounts her year as our club’s Rotary exchange student. Salma will not only […]
Weekly Newsletter | October 16, 2018
October 17 – Salem Convention Center Program – Salem Symphony Consolidation with Portland Oregon Symphony Program – World Polio Update with Joan Toone Joan will speak as a Polio survivor and provide an update of Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio. Joan is a frequent keynote speaker at Pacific Northwest presidents-elect training seminars and is sought after […]
Weekly Newsletter | October 9, 2018
October 10 – Salem Convention Center Program – Salem Symphony Consolidation with Portland Oregon Symphony The October 10th Rotary program will be on the upcoming consolidation of the Salem and Portland Oregon Symphony Associations. The featured speakers will be Scott Schowalter, President of the Oregon Symphony in association with Laura Aguero, Executive Director of the […]
Weekly Newsletter | October 2, 2018
October 3 – Willamette Heritage Center Program – Song Birds of the Willamette Valley Program – Salem Rotary Foundation Song birds are all around us but most never stop to think about “their stories.” Dr. Joan Hargar, a wildlife research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, will talk about the kinds of song birds found […]
