About the Presentation:  Brittany Mora from the Pierce County Health Department. along with Professor Kathleen Hunzer from UWRF, presented an overview of what Pierce County Public Health Department and the Hunger Prevention Council know about and do about food insecurity issues among our population.  The slides provide a picture of the situation in Pierce County as well as some leads to what we Rotarians can do to help.  Click DOWNLOAD FILES at the bottom of this Tidings to see the slides Brittany used in the presentation.  And click READ MORE   to read about Brittay Mora.

--Holiday Backpack Program Presentation:  Scott Morrissette has been collecting our club members' contributions, and he will present them to Shelly Smith at this week's meeting.  Please make sure you have yours to Scott in time.

 

-Sharing Families is Underway:  Tony Pedriana has been  coordinating the signup list for gifts and gift cards to families in need as identified by the Sharing Families group.  He reports that the list is fully subscribed, including the grocery and gas cards.  As a reminder, the deadline for gifts to Sharing Families is December 6.  Click READ MORE for more details.

 

--Jim DiPeso is our latest Paul Harris Fellow and Randy Cudd reached the next level PHF!:  George presented Jim with his PHF certificate and pin at the October 28th meeting, and on 11/11 Randy received his PHF+3.  Congratulations and thanks, Jim and Randy!

 

--November Calendar:  Click READ MORE  to see the November calendar.  

 

--Diaper Drive is Wrapping Up!  It's all over except for some school collections and awards to competition winners.

If you missed hearing Samantha Bluhm's excellent presentation last Tuesday about our local Free Clinic, here's your chance to at least see it.  She shared her slides describing and summarizing both the need for the Free Clinic and the outstanding and inspiring response that our community provides and supports.  Click on DOWNLOAD FILES  line at the bottom to view a pdf of Samantha's slides. This time with slides available by clicking Download Files.  Click Read More to read about Samantha.