Category: Guest speakers

End of Year Dinner for Juanfe

Next week, we’re having an end-of-the-year dinner party on Tuesday June 4 both to honor Juanfe for being such an awesome exchange student – and – to recognize and thank the host families who have played such an instrumental role in his time here in Bend and the US.

This is a benefit dinner to raise money for Juanfe’s year-end trip later in June.

It will be held at the Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room (3rd floor of their Simpson Avenue facilities) and we anticipate starting around 6:00. Food will be catered by Hola. His parents will be there.

If you haven’t signed up for the dinner yet, there might still be room – contact Bruce Abernethy (abernethy9@aol.com) to see if there’s space left.

NOTE: there will be NO LUNCH MEETING at the Riverhouse this week.

 
Join us from 6PM onwards at the Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room, 901 SW Simpson Ave, Bend, OR 97702.
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend – Juanfe’s End-of-Year Party
On Tuesday, June 4th 2019, we will be having an end-of-year dinner party for Juanfe, our exchange student from Paraguay.
901 SW Simpson Ave, Bend, OR 97702
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Lunch Program – Ryan Stillwater – Report on GSE Trip to Israel

  On Tuesday, May 28th 2019, our lunch program will be a presentation on the Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip to Israel by our club member, Ryan Stillwater.
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse (the restaurant side, NOT the Convention Center), 3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703.
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5/28/2019 12:00 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
Tuesday, May 28th 2019, our lunch program will be a presentation on the Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip to Israel by our club member, Ryan Stillwater.
3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Program: High School Athletic Directors & Sports Program

  On Tuesday, May 21st 2019, our lunch program will consist of our annual update from the Bend high school Athletic Directors regarding their respective programs. Heather Vihstadt will also lead a discussion regarding the Club’s Sports Program fundraiser.
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse (the restaurant side, NOT the Convention Center), 3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703.
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5/21/2019 12:00 PM
5/21/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
Tuesday, May 21st 2019, our lunch program will consist of our annual update from the Bend high school Athletic Directors regarding their respective programs. Heather Vihstadt will also lead a discussion regarding the Club’s Sports Program fundraiser.
3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Program: J Bar J Boys Ranch

  On Tuesday, May 14th 2019, our lunch program will be a tour of the facilities at the J Bar J Boys Ranch.

Club member Stephanie Alvstad will lead a tour of the Club’s current signature project.

 
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the J Bar J Boys Ranch, 62895 Hamby Rd, Bend, OR 97701.
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5/14/2019 12:00 PM
5/14/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
On Tuesday, May 14th 2019, our lunch program will be a tour of the facilities at the J Bar J Boys Ranch. Club member Stephanie Alvstad will lead a tour of the Club’s current signature project.
62895 Hamby Rd, Bend, OR 97701
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Speaker: Paul Hannabach, Attorney

On Tuesday, May 7th 2019, our lunch speaker will be attorney Paul Hannabach. Paul worked on numerous high profile insurance cases while in southern California, including ones that involved James Comey and Robert Mueller (FBI). John Grisham wrote a book about one of his cases.
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse Convention Center, Room Cascade AJ, 2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703.
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5/7/2019 12:00 PM
5/7/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
On Tuesday, May 7th 2019, our lunch speaker will be attorney Paul Hannabach.
2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703
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Lunch Speaker: Mayor Sally Russell

  On Tuesday, April 30th 2019, our lunch speaker will be Mayor Sally Russell. She’ll join us for lunch to discuss City Council’s priorities and to discuss her initial experience as the City’s first elected mayor.

Ms. Russell has served on Council since November 2012. Russell’s career, her participation on the Bend Planning Commission and other community volunteer positions have lead her to know and understand the many and diverse sides of the Bend community. Her passions include skiing on Mt Bachelor, mountain biking, running an organic CSA garden and enjoying life with her two daughters whenever they come home from college.

Sally is Bend’s first elected Mayor since 1923.
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse Convention Center, Room Cascade D, 2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703.
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4/30/2019 12:00 PM
4/30/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
On Tuesday, April 30th 2019, our lunch speaker will be Mayor Sally Russell.
2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Rotary Lunch Program: Bend Chamber/Leadership Bend

  On Tuesday, April 23rd 2019, our lunch speakers will be Talena Barker and Vic Martinez from the Bend Chamber, talking about Leadership Bend and future directions for the Bend Chamber.

Leadership Bend (LB) is a community leadership development program designed to identify, educate, train and connect willing and committed citizens to leadership roles in our community. Leadership Bend is a separate 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, a program of the Bend Chamber, and fully supported from community resources.

 
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse (the restaurant side, NOT the Convention Center), 3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703.
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4/23/2019 12:00 PM
4/23/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019, our lunch program will consist of an update on the campaign to eradicate polio, presented by our own Cort Vaughn.
3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Program: Student Recognition

On Tuesday, April 9th 2019, our lunch program is our Student Recognition awards. The Rotary Student Recognition lunch is a unique opportunity to recognize and hear from five outstanding students (one from each of the five Bend-La Pine high schools) who best exemplify Rotary’s motto of “Service above self.” This special lunch is held twice a year and is always a high energy, feel-good program as we get a glimpse at the best and brightest of our future and a peek at the caliber of students going through our local schools.
Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse Convention Center, 2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703.
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4/9/2019 12:00 PM
4/9/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
On Tuesday, April 9th 2019, our lunch program is our annual Student Recognition Awards.
2850 NW Rippling River Ct, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Program: Polio Update – April 2019

On Tuesday, April 2nd 2019, our lunch program will consist of an update on the campaign to eradicate polio, presented by our own Cort Vaughn. Cort has just returned from an International meeting, where all Polio Plus Zone Directors gathered to learn about the final stage of the project.

Cort Vaughan is a Polio survivor. He and his wife Tonya sold their home in Bend, Oregon and are currently exploring North America by RV. They have two sons and two grandsons.

Cort joined the Rotary Club of Greater Bend to help eradicate Polio. He founded the Pints for Polio fundraiser in 2012 to raise money for global Polio eradication and to increase local awareness regarding the need to vaccinate all children. Pints for Polio has raised nearly $180,000 for the PolioPlus Fund including matching funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

Cort is Past District 5110 PolioPlus Chair and current Zone 25 End Polio Now Coordinator. On July 1st Cort will become the Zone 27 PolioPlus Coordinator covering 14 Districts and nearly 800 Rotary Clubs. Zone 27 includes most of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Northern California, and British Columbia.

Cort Vaughan contracted Polio in 1954 during an epidemic that crippled over 35,000 people in the United States, mostly children under the age of 5. Polio paralyzed Cort’s right leg.

Join us in hearing Cort’s inspiring story of growing up with Polio. Cort will also update us on the worldwide effort to eradicate Polio and what it will mean to live in a Polio free world.

Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse (the restaurant side, NOT the Convention Center), 3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703.
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4/2/2019 12:00 PM
4/2/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019, our lunch program will consist of an update on the campaign to eradicate polio, presented by our own Cort Vaughn.
3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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Lunch Program: Autobiographies – March 2019

On Tuesday, March 26th 2019, our lunch program will consist of autobiographies of three of our club members:

  • Chris Cooper
  • Ryan Stillwater
  • Amy Ward

Come and learn more about your fellow Rotarians!

Join us from noon till 1:15 at the Riverhouse (the restaurant side, NOT the Convention Center), 3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703.
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3/26/2019 12:00 PM
3/26/2019 1:15 PM
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Rotary Club of Greater Bend Lunch
Tuesday, March 26th 2019, our lunch program will be autobiographies of three of our club members. Come and learn more about 3 of your fellow Rotarians!
3075 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97703
Rotary Club of Greater Bend
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