FUN Stories
Fidalgo Island Rotary has two fundraisers a year, one of which is the Shipwreck Festival.  The event technically starts at 8 am, but there are usually some businesses and booths that get started right at first light, just like the old time fishermen used to.  This year was no different.  We were setting up at 4 a.m. and the first shoppers showed up at 4:45 a.m. even though it officially starts at 8.
 
Although everyone in the club helps makes this event happen, leading the effort is Val Tibbetts.  She works tirelessly to ensure a successful event.  She works with the vendors to get them signed up and ready to participate. She organizes the participation and duties of FIR club members to set the event up, support it and take it down.
 
The event started forty years ago when our commercial fishermen sold their used gear as yard art on Commercial Ave. "Shipwreck" has evolved into a massive community garage sale including flea market and antique vendors.
 
 
 
 
 
This event features over 200 vendors set up in booths along Commercial Ave.; each booth brings something new and usually very eclectic, and you are sure to find something that you can’t live without. 
 
 
 
 
Lots more pictures here:  2023 Shipwreck Festival

The Fidalgo Island Rotary Club of Anacortes is excited to announce seven recipients of its Connie Kelley Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to residents who are pursuing further education in vocational or technical career fields. Thanks to a very generous donor this year we had a total of $8,000 dollars to award.  

Scholarship recipients enrolled in Skagit Valley college:

  • Colby Patrice Carr, Radiologist

  • Jacob Lampe, Marine Maintenance Technologist

  • Ashley E. Wick, Substance Abuse & Disorder Counselor

  • Megan McClellan, Nurse

  • Jaeden Irene Rose Barber, Nurse

Scholarship recipient enrolled at Bellingham Technical College

  • Landen D. Frost, Instrumentation Control Monitor

Scholarship recipient enrolled at Wenatchee Valley College

  • Braden M. Thomas, Physical Therapist Technician

Please join us in congratulating these students and wishing them lots of success in their chosen fields!

June 25th FIR members gathered at Storvik Park to welcome our 2023-2024 President, Brianna Hackler, and the new board members.
 
A big THANK YOU to Kandy Dubuque and the 2022-2023 Board.  Kandy was presented a Paul Harris recognizing her service as President.
 
 
At the Installation celebration Jan Vigre, FIR Foundation Director, also presented several members with a Paul Harris recognition.  Pictured above from top left, to right and then bottom left:  Barbara Hoenselaar,  Angie Lehr, Peter Martin,  Charlie Barbour and Cameron Bigge.  Not pictured but also receiving a Paul Harris:  Steve Rutz, Walt Guterbock and Mary Willner.
 
The Installation was another fun event for FIR members.  More pictures available here:  2023 Installation 
June is a favorite month for the Fidalgo Island Rotary members because we have a boat building booth at the Waterfront Festival.  It's an all hands on deck effort to make this happen.  Members spend lots of time prior to the event preparing the hulls by cutting and sanding the wood, creating sails and then setting up the pool and the booth on the big day. 
 
What brings the FUN Club members so much joy, is the happy faces of the kids that build and float their boats.  Here's our very first boat builder seeing his boat float on Saturday morning.
 
 
We had lots more happy faces.  
 
 
Heath Treichel leads this effort for the club.  Working tirelessly to make sure we are ready.  THANK YOU HEATH!
 
 
It's a fun event and we have more pictures.  Click here to see more:  2023 Waterfront Festival Boat Booth
 
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Oct 24, 2023
Curse of the Mummyberry
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Gene Kiver PhD
Nov 14, 2023
The geology of this area
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