Speakers

Please join us Tuesday, February 7th at our regular club meeting when we welcome Nicole LaRose, Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships with the United Way (www.unitedway-pdx.org). The United Way's mission is ambitious, yet simple: Improve lives, strengthen communities and advance equity by mobilizing the caring power of people across our region.

Please join us Tuesday, February 14th at our regular club meeting when we welcome Nathan Christ, ASPIRE Coordinator with the North Clackamas School District. ASPIRE can help students explore education options, assist with college applications and essays, help meet deadlines, and provide resources for scholarships and financial aid. Nathan will also provide information opportunities for our members & guests can volunteer to help "mentor" students using the ASPIRE resources.

Please join us Tuesday, February 21st at our regular club meeting when we welcome Zach Skiles, a former marine & Iraq veteran, who completed his doctorate in clinical psychology & has been working with veterans for over a decade at VAs & private clinics Zach's remarkable story, featured recently in the November 2022 Rotary magazine (www.rotary.org/en/home-war-hard-won-struggle-find-peace) will be highlighted for our members & guests.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 28 at our regular club meeting when we welcome fellow Milwaukie Rotarian, Colleen Rockwell as our featured speaker. Colleen will be presenting to our club on "Supporting the environment & how our club can participate", as well as updating us on her developing local community service project that involves our club's adoption of a Main St. landscaping parklet!

Operation Pollination is an inclusive framework developed by Rotarians to restore Pollinators habitats and to educate people about the importance of pollinators.

https://operationpollination.net/

Please join us Tuesday, March 14th when we welcome City of Milwaukie Mayor, Lisa Batey to present to our club. Lisa will update our members & guests on current issues and what goals the city is looking ahead to.

John Wentworth is the Clackamas County District Attorney (DA), and joined the office in 1999 after a four-year tenure as a deputy district attorney in Coos County. A Clackamas High School graduate, John is proud to call Clackamas County home again.  John will discuss what the DA's office is doing to address current criminal justice issues & homelessness in our county.

No meeting this week

Happy Independence Day!