On Tuesday, August 15, our lunch speaker will be Carmen Madrid, Executive Director for Central Oregon Health Council. Carmen will be speaking about Central Oregon Health Council and emerging healthcare issues arising within our region.

Carmen is passionate about the health and well-being for humanity and believes that its citizens and the healthcare system has a responsibility to care for its neighbors. She has over 30 years of healthcare administrative experience in Risk & Reimbursement, Provider Contract Negotiations and Community Giving Roles across Oregon health systems including Kaiser Permanente and Providence Health Systems, and over 15 years of service as Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy in Non-Profit organizations.

Carmen has three sons and is now with her partner enjoying the Central Oregon region and tried snowshoeing and cross country skiing last winter.

Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side, Deschutes South), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, August 8, our lunch program will be a State of the City presentation from Bend City Manager, Eric King. Eric King began his career in local government working for the City of Portland. In his 10 years there, he worked on a variety of projects and programs focusing on economic development and program management. He began working for the City of Bend as Assistant City Manager in April, 2007 and accepted the position of City Manager in May, 2008.

Eric was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Development from Portland State University. Eric currently services on the KIDS Center Board and has served on the Visit Bend and Oregon City/County Managers’ Association Boards as well as volunteered with SMART – promoting early childhood literacy.

Eric loves Bend for its scenic beauty, the multitude of outdoor activities it offers, and most importantly, he and his wife Martha believe Bend is an ideal place to raise their two children.

Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side, Deschutes South), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, August 1, our lunch program will be autobiography presentations from three of our members: Tammy Gerber, Loren Irving, and Roger Ager. Come get to know a whole bunch more about 3 of our amazing members!

Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side, Deschutes South), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, July 11, our lunch program will be our new club president Brian Stallcop, sharing a little bit about himself, his Rotary journey, and his goals for the club in the 2023-24 Rotary Year. Bring your questions about the club! Please note: we’ll be at the Riverhouse Convention Center, Room Cascade B. Signup for lunch here.

On Tuesday, June 20, our lunch program will be autobiography presentations from three of our newer members: Darrion Cotroneo, Brian Hauer, and Sonya Hutchinson.

Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side, Deschutes South), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, June 13, our lunch speaker will be Todd Dunkelberg – Deschutes Public Library Director. Todd will present on the building projects the library has embarked on due to the passing of the Library Bond in November 2020. Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Bend Public Library (601 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 97703), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, June 6, our lunch speaker will be our own club member Cort Vaughn, giving us an update on Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio. In 1988, Polio paralyzed over 350,000 people per year in 125 countries, mostly children under the age of 5. Rotary stepped in to lead the effort to vaccinate every child and create a Polio free world. There have only been 3 cases of Polio this year in just 2 countries. That is the good news. The bad news is that we had case of Polio in New York last year, so Polio is only a plane flight away! Signup for lunch here.

About Cort
Cort Vaughan is a Polio survivor. He and his wife Tonya 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 according to CDC guidelines. Pints for Polio has raised nearly $210,000 for the PolioPlus Fund including matching funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Cort is Past District 5110 PolioPlus Chair and past Zone 27 End Polio Now Coordinator covering 10 Districts and nearly 800 Rotary Clubs. Zone 27 includes most of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Northern California, and British Columbia.

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

Cort and Tonya spent 3 weeks in India in January 2020 on a NID to vaccinate children against polio. They also met with WHO and UNICEF, visited a polio rehabilitation clinic and toured several Rotary projects. Join us in hearing Cort’s inspiring story of growing up with Polio, learning about polio eradication in India, and Rotary’s efforts to wipe out Polio.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side, Deschutes North), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, May 23, our lunch program will be our local high schools’ Athletic Directors, giving us an update from the 2022/23 school year. Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, May 16, our speaker will be Daniel Seddiqui–the real-life version of Where’s Waldo.

He’s widely known for his journey of working 50 Jobs in 50 States — an expedition he created through struggles to land a job after college. Inspired by curiosity and the will to discover, Daniel’s ambitious endeavors garnered worldwide media attention, earning titles like World’s Most Ambitious Job Seeker and named by USA Today as the Most Rejected Person in the World.

Featured on many national and international media outlets, such as CNN, Fox News, NPR, Today Show, AP, MSN, Yahoo!, C-SPAN, World News Tonight, WSJ, and MSNBC, Daniel has earned his spot as a job seeking expert and cultural analyst contributor. He has been invited to keynote national career conferences, like National Career Development Association and Cooperative Education and Internships Association. He’s keynoted on many college campuses; Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Columbia, Virginia, USC, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Missouri. Other organizations include TEDx, Department of Ed, Rotary International, and MENSA.

Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

On Tuesday, May 9, please join us for what promises to be one of the most fun and inspiring programs of the year! Dr. Steve Cook, Superintendent of Bend-La Pine School District, will lead us in our annual High School student recognition lunch. The Rotary Student Recognition Lunch honors seven outstanding students who have been selected by their high school as best exemplifying the Rotary ideal of “service above self.” Signup for lunch here.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (restaurant side), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at (669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID: 692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.