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Established in 1910, we're the 8th oldest Rotary club in the world. We believe in the power of in-person connections over online networking, enhancing our beautiful local community, and contributing to the well-being of the world we live in. We'd be delighted if you'd join us at our next club meeting, every Thursday at noon, except for the 2nd Thursdays of the month, when we celebrate Thursdays at 5 at the business place of one of our members.

Office Hours

Monday - Friday

8-5

We are meeting at Bellarmine Preparatory School until the end of August. At our first live meeting in 19 months we labeled books for Little Free Libraries!

This Week at Rotary

Thursday, July 29, 2021

VOL. NINETY EIGHT, Issue 5

Stacey Ogle - Fight Malaria? Why Rotary?

Learn how Rotarians from Tacoma, and across the globe, are collaborating to save lives today!

Stacey Ogle is a 30-year member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8, in Washington State. She is the owner-operator of Cole Graphic Solutions, a commercial screen and digital printing business. Her years in Rotary have developed her interest in international service and she has traveled with teams of Rotarians to Africa and India. Stacey serves on the board of Malaria Partners International (formerly known as Rotarian Malaria Partners), a non-profit organization working to build awareness, and support, amongst Rotary clubs for malaria prevention, control, and elimination projects.

Auction 2021

WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

Diversity Statement of the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8

The Rotary Club of Tacoma #8 is open to all people who want to make positive changes in our community and world. We welcome all members and guests, regardless of race, nationality, religion, faith, gender, sexual orientation, cultural background, and ability.

We do not tolerate racism.

We strive to become an anti-racist organization. We are committed to learning more about how systemic racism has led to inequality and inequity in all systems – including education, housing, health, employment, wealth accumulation, policing, prosecution, sentencing, and incarceration – and working to eradicate inequality and inequity wherever we encounter it.

We will take these actions:

We will review and update our Club’s procedures, policies, meetings, events, communications, grants, projects, scholarships, and traditions.

We will broaden our recruiting practices to align our membership more closely with the demographics of Tacoma.

We will use our grants, projects, and scholarships to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice in our community.

Rotary In Action

Rotary is an international organization whose purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services, to encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. Rotary is open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are more than 1.2 million Rotarians in over 35,000 Rotary clubs worldwide. The Rotary motto is "service above self.”

Within Tacoma, the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8 invests in non-profit organizations throughout the community, recommended by the Community Grants Committee, that serve low-income children and seniors. Rotary #8 also has many “hands-on” projects where Rotarians offer their service. Some of these "hands on" projects that have been supported are:

. Food Drives and Repacks - for the Emergency Food Network. Regularly club members volunteer to participate in repacking food for distribution into the community; and

. Little Free Libraries - Rotarians build and install these libraries, filled with good children's books, near low-income elementary schools.

Rotary #8 has international projects such as clean water projects in Ethiopia and India, has brought firefighting equipment to Mexico, and has delivered school materials to Malawi. Tacoma Rotarians have given Polio immunizations to children in India and Africa.

Throughout the world, Rotary Clubs, including Rotary #8, have contributed nearly $900 million to eradicate polio in the world. More than one half billion children in developing countries have been immunized against polio, through Rotary’s PolioPlus campaign.

Rotary’s Youth Exchange sends 7,000 high-school age students abroad each year, to study in another country and to learn about its society and culture. The goal is to promote world peace. Rotary # 8 has always welcomed inbound students and have identified local students to travel to other countries to participate in this life-changing experience.

Our Projects Committee: Rotarians at Work

Helping Local Non-Profits

Food Projects for Our Community

Winter Projects

Santa for Seniors

Ballot Box Volunteers

Raingarden

Tacoma Rescue Mission Sandwiches

Paint Tacoma Beautiful July 2020

Our Literacy Committee in Action...

Libraries Ready for Installation

Stocking Our Libraries

Books for the Lincoln Lit Abes

Repaired and replaced in June!

Installing our libraries

Our Interact Club in Action

Life Christian Interact Club Caroling and Ringing the Bell for Salvation Army

Proud to be a Rotarian

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Stacey Ogle

Jul 29, 2021

Fight Malaria? Why Rotary?

Derek Kilmer

Aug 05, 2021

Report from the Other Washington

Steve O'Brien

Aug 19, 2021

First Tee - Teaching Kids to Golf

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July 29 Meeting
Bellarmine Preparatory School

Jul 29, 2021
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Social
The Beach Tavern

Jul 29, 2021 5:00 PM
Mother Earth Farm
Mother Earth Farm

Jul 31, 2021
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Red Cross Blood Drive
Aug 02, 2021
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Literacy Committee
Zoom

Aug 05, 2021
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

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Upcoming Relationship Building Socials

Social at McDuffs

Let's Get Together!

Thanks to our great Fellowship Committee we are having some fun at our Thursday evening socials. For our new members, this a great way to get acquainted with members in a social setting. Someone from the committee will be at the location at 5 and there will be time to share some food and drink. If you have an idea for a location for the social, please contact Michelle Roberts.

Upcoming Socials

August 5^th

The Social

1715 Dock Street

Tacoma

August 19^th

Stanley & Seaforts

115 E 34^th Street

Tacoma

August 26

McDuffs

1400 N Highland Pkwy