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Celebrating 26 Years of Service

At the beginning of each year, Fidalgo Island Rotary celebrates its founding in 1997. In 2023, we celebrated our 26th year as a club. Our fabulous emcee for the night, Kim Kimmy, provided a great summary of the club and accomplishments so far.

2022-23 Accomplishments Thus Far

COMMUNITY Accomplishments
- Provided Connie Kelley Vocational Scholarship to 3 local students:
   - Oswaldo Bonilla-Martinez: $2,500, Studying to be a diesel mechanic
   - Wendy Smith: $4,000, Studying to be a drug counselor
   - Kelsie Spurgeon: $4,000, Studying to be a nurse
- STEM Camp August 2022
   We had 20 students with 8 different activities over 4 days
- Youth Engaged in Service (YES)
   10 Students with Club sponsoring Tania Corona Lemus
   International Service Project in Honduras June 2023
- Helped Sponsor a Student conducting a service project in Ecuador
- Helped Sponsor a local Girls Traveling Softball Team
- Supported Troop 911 Scouts composed of 10 boy members
   Earned 72 Merit Badges
   190 Coummunity Service Hours
   151 Days Camping
   224 Miles Hiked
- Supported Troop 4060 Scouts composed of 5 girl members
   Earned 28 Merit Badges
   182 Community Service Hours
   139 Days Camping
   195 Miles Hiked
- Gift cards to IRIS (Immigrant Resources & Immediate Support)
- Clothing for Rachels Closet for the holidays
- Sponsored the Gingerbread Contest at Celebrate the Season
- Participated in the Anacortes Christmas Parade with the John Deere Rotarians
- Sponsored Dinner at the Brick
- Hands on cleanup at Tommy Thompson Trail and the Anacortes Cemetery

INTERNATIONAL Accomplishments
- Supported our El Chilar school in Honduras: $1,528
- Supported IPA (International Project Alliance) projects in Honduras: $6,000
- Supported our adopted Village La Laguna in Honduras: $3,657
- Contributed $4,000 to the Miller Medical Missions
- Contributed $7,000 towards the purchase of a van for the Heart of Hope Orphanage in Romania

A fun event with a total of 40 in attendance (26 members/honorary members).

Thank you to our emcee for the evening, Kim Kimmy, Steve Rutz for the fun Toast and the Family of Rotary Committee for putting on such a great event!

Lots more pictures. Take a look, click HERE.

FIR Holiday Party 2022

The FIR holiday party was scheduled for 12/22/2022 but thanks to the heavy snow that week, it was postponed until the next week on 12/27/2022. Luckily it was held just before the flooding started due to the King tides. There were lots of smiles, reindeers games and shades of red.

Reindeer games required a special headdress.

Lots more great pictures of all the fun here: FIR Holiday Party 2022

Happy Holidays!

Anacortes Christmas Parade 2022

The 2022 version of the Anacortes Christmas Parade was held on Saturday, December 3rd with temperatures just above freezing. The parade was lead by the Anacortes Police

Department car following closing by the Scouting units in Anacortes to include the Troops from the Rotary Club 4911 and 4060. They both showed off their Troop Flag.

In the middle of the parade was the annual FUN Club John Deere Riding Lawn Reindeer formation team. All the Reindeer were in formation, can you name all of Santa's Reindeer?

You should also be able to spot the Grinch on the big John Deer Tractor.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time for friends and family to gather, enjoy a meal and spend time together. To support families in need in our community the Fidalgo Island Rotary Club put together Thanksgiving meals for the families currently at the Anacortes Family Center.

In addition the FUN CLUB is supporting Giving Tuesday, which takes place on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, and aims to offset the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday by encouraging people to donate to their favorite non-profits. OUR GOAL this year is to raise $2,000 for the club. Not one, but TWO of our members have generously offered to match any amount we raise (up to our $2,000 goal.) Meaning we have an opportunity to raise $6,000 for our club! What does the FUN Club do with these donations? Shipwreck Festival, STEM Camp for middle school students, the FREE Kids Boat Building booth at Waterfront Festival, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, international medical missions, education in developing countries, polio eradication, Thanksgiving meals to AFC families and that's not even all we do. Donate to Fidalgo Island Rotary online HERE.

Imagination Library

Do you know a child ages birth to five years old living in the 98221 zip code? If yes, they are eligible to receive a free book every month through the the Imagination Library! Families residing in Anacortes can register their children for the Imagination Library by visting www.imaginationlibrarywashington.org/check_availability.This is paid for by the Fidalgo Island Rotary Club and the Anacortes Rotary Club.