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  On Tuesday, March 21st 2023, our lunch program is our annual Invention Convention. Every year, Rotary Club of Greater Bend hosts the “Invention Convention” where students from Miller Elementary School are encouraged to think up (and present to the club and their family members) their inventions to “save the world” or just make life … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Invention Convention 2023

  On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, our lunch speaker will be Dana Whitelaw, Executive Director of the High Desert Museum. Dana will be speaking to use about the High Desert Museum’s 40th Anniversary and masterplan. Dana has been at the High Desert Museum for 14 years. In her previous life, she studied lemurs in Madagascar … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Speaker: Dana Whitelaw, High Desert Museum

Here’s this year’s J.D. Davis Memorial Wine Raffle winners: Grand prize of over 100 bottles of fine wine: Jon Keller. 2nd prize winners who each won a case of wine: Fiona Hellwarth Brad Bailey Roger Ager Pat Devol Michelle Youngstrom Bill Senner & Tamara Booth Ric & Connie Tiplady Jennifer Fetrow And our bonus case … Continue reading 2023 Wine Raffle Winners

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, our lunch speakers will be Fire Adapted Communities Coordinator Corinne Heiner and Deschutes County Forester Kevin Moriarty. They’ll be speaking on wildfires and Central Oregon communities.     Moriarty, who started in his new role in November, has served as a natural resources manager for Bend Parks and Recreation District … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Wildfire and Central Oregon Communities

  Join us Tuesday, February 28th from 4:30 to 6:30PM for an in-person Happy Hour at Backside Kegs with your fellow Greater Bend Rotarians! Bring your spouse, significant other, or a friend interested in Rotary. Address: 740 NE 3rd St., Bend, Oregon 97701 Note that there will be no lunch meeting that day.

  On Tuesday, March 21st 2023, our lunch program is our annual Invention Convention. Every year, Rotary Club of Greater Bend hosts the “Invention Convention” where students from Miller Elementary School are encouraged to think up (and present to the club and their family members) their inventions to “save the world” or just make life a little easier for all of us. It’s absolutely amazing what ideas these young entrepreneurs … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Invention Convention 2023

  On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, our lunch speaker will be Dana Whitelaw, Executive Director of the High Desert Museum. Dana will be speaking to use about the High Desert Museum’s 40th Anniversary and masterplan. Dana has been at the High Desert Museum for 14 years. In her previous life, she studied lemurs in Madagascar and studied non-human primates in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and China. Through this work, she … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Speaker: Dana Whitelaw, High Desert Museum

Here’s this year’s J.D. Davis Memorial Wine Raffle winners: Grand prize of over 100 bottles of fine wine: Jon Keller. 2nd prize winners who each won a case of wine: Fiona Hellwarth Brad Bailey Roger Ager Pat Devol Michelle Youngstrom Bill Senner & Tamara Booth Ric & Connie Tiplady Jennifer Fetrow And our bonus case winner was Sharon Gueck!

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, our lunch speakers will be Fire Adapted Communities Coordinator Corinne Heiner and Deschutes County Forester Kevin Moriarty. They’ll be speaking on wildfires and Central Oregon communities.     Moriarty, who started in his new role in November, has served as a natural resources manager for Bend Parks and Recreation District since 2021. He previously worked for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Wildfire and Central Oregon Communities

  Join us Tuesday, February 28th from 4:30 to 6:30PM for an in-person Happy Hour at Backside Kegs with your fellow Greater Bend Rotarians! Bring your spouse, significant other, or a friend interested in Rotary. Address: 740 NE 3rd St., Bend, Oregon 97701 Note that there will be no lunch meeting that day.