As our President Don Hutchins said, “Inspiration is 90 percent perspiration!” That comment came after a busy weekend for Kingston Rotarians. Here’s how Don summed up Rotary’s community involvement:
The crowd who turned out to help put up the tent at the Port of Kingston was inspiring. There were plenty of Rotarians, and also a flock and other giving Kingstonites who just wanted to lend the town a hand. Or maybe a hand, an arm, and a leg. You can believe that they invested plenty of perspiration in that project, but they made the tent fly up in record time.
And it just gets better: The Village Green Foundation put on a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Rea Mowery Kingston Rotary Picnic Pavilion at Village Green Park. This Village Green fundraising activity was a huge success, with more than $8,000 in sales that day, plus dozens of order forms distributed to folks needing to decide exactly what to say on a brick that the public would be reading for years to come. Again, there was another group of dedicated Kingstonites, many Rotarians, who decorated and entertained for several hours that afternoon.
For me, the bottom line is this: you folks who did all that in just ONE day in this little town absolutely inspire me! And you clearly inspire others too. The best evidence of that is the $20,000 donated anonymously to the VGF matching paver fund and $30,000 to Kingston Rotary for the Village Green Park expansion. I can’t come up with the words to describe this level of dedication and energy this little town inspires. But that inspiration comes with one heck of a lot of perspiration. We need to keep that in mind and add our own sweat equity at every opportunity.
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Rotarians are still soliciting business sponsorships for the Rotary Golf Tournament and Dinner, June 21 at the White Horse Golf Course. Port Madison Enterprises, the economic arm of the Suquamish Tribe, is a major sponsor of the tournament at the $5,000 level.
New this year will be the auction and dinner in the White Horse Golf Club house. The public is invited to attend and check out this striking new facility.
Tickets to the dinner auction are only $25 and are available from any Kingston Rotary member or at the Kingston Chamber office. This is Rotary’s single biggest fundraiser, so plan to attend the dinner, even if you don’t play in the tournament. Registration information can be found at www.knkrotarygolf.com.
Information, course maps and online registration are available for the 4th of July Fun Run at www.kingstonrunning.org. Kingston Rotary, along with the Kingston Running Club is sponsoring the event. This is a family friendly event for runners of all ages. The run attracts not only local runners, but also those who visit Kingston for the Fourth of July Parade and festivities. The run is divided into 1-mile, 5K, and 10K courses with chip timing used to determine race times.
Join the Kingston Rotary Club for lunch on Wednesdays at noon to learn more about Rotary and its many opportunities for service. Rotarians gather at 11:45 a.m. at the North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station 81 (Paul T. Nichol Headquarters), 26642 Miller Bay Road in Kingston for their weekly meeting. We are actively looking for new members to join our group.
For directions or more information, contact Clint Boxman, membership chairman, (360) 297-3046.
— Rotary News is written by Nancy Martin, a club member. Contact her at nanjmartin@mac.com.
Editor’s note: The authorship of the Rotary News was misattributed in the May Kingston Community News, page 17. The Community News apologizes for the error.
