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  On Tuesday, May 19, our lunch program will be our president elect, Neal Bordenave, who’ll be speaking to us about the California Wildfire insurance crisis. Is Oregon next? Signup for lunch here. This meeting will both in-person and virtual. We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon. Join … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Wildfire Insurance Crisis – Neal Bordenave

  On Tuesday, May 12, our lunch program will be our local high schools’ Athletic Directors, giving us an update from the 2025/26 school year. Glen Rojas will be introducing the Athletic Directors. Signup for lunch here. This meeting will both in-person and virtual. We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Sports Program/Athletic Directors

  On Tuesday, May 5, our lunch speaker will be Peter Franc, Executive Director of Ballet Bend. For the past 20 years, Peter danced around the world as a Soloist and Principal Dancer for several renowned classical and contemporary ballet companies including Houston Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Upon retiring from … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Modern Day Ballet in Bend – Peter Franc

  Join us Tuesday, April 28th from 4:30 to 6:30PM for Happy Hour at The Commonwealth Pub with your fellow Greater Bend Rotarians! Bring your spouse, significant other, or a friend interested in Rotary. Address: 30 SW Century Dr #100, Bend. Note that there will be no lunch meeting that day.

  On Tuesday, April 21, our lunch program will be a talk entitled “Cascadia Subduction Zone – Earthquakes and Volcanoes” from Dr. Danielle McKay, Associate Teaching Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon. Dr. McKay is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon. She lives here … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Dr. Danielle McKay

On Tuesday, April 14, our lunch program will be autobiographies from Diana (Dee) Teem, Bob Spaet, Michael Baker, and Stephanie Wascha. Come learn more about our very interesting new club members!       Dee Teem is the Development Director at J Bar J Youth Services. In previous leadership positions—including Executive Director at the Olalla … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: New Member Autobiographies

On Tuesday, April 7, our lunch program will be presentations from our top 3 candidates who applied to be our beneficiary for this year’s Duck Race: Friends of the Children Family Resource Center Saving Grace   Friends of the Children Central Oregon is part of a national network of Friends of the Children chapters across … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Duck Race Beneficiary Candidates – 2026

  Join us Tuesday, March 31st from 4:30 to 6:30PM for Happy Hour at The Emerald Loop with your fellow Greater Bend Rotarians! Bring your spouse, significant other, or a friend interested in Rotary. Address: 1012 SE Cleveland Ave #2, Bend, OR 97702. Note that there will be no lunch meeting that day.

On Tuesday, March 24, our lunch speaker will be Frank Patka, speaking on changing patterns for the incarcerated. In 2010, Frank C. Patka IV faced a pivotal moment in his life when he, at the age of 26, was convicted of Robbery II. He was sentenced to 70 months in prison under Oregon’s Measure 11 … Continue reading Rotary Lunch Program: Changing Patterns for the Incarcerated – Frank Patka

Winners of the Wine Raffle last Friday were: Grand prize of 100+ bottles of wine: Andrea Angell 2nd prize winners of a case of fine wine each: Andrew Ward John Schontz Jamie Sinclair Greg Bryant Aaron Huffman Lauren Thompson Raul Ainardi