You are a business owner. A key objective is to establish your brand in the market you serve. You do this through advertising and word-of-mouth….and connecting your brand to established, respected community events. One such event, arguably Kingston-North Kitsap’s most prestigious, is the upcoming Kingston-North Kitsap Swing for Rotary Golf Tournament, June 22 at White Horse Golf Club. Sponsorship opportunities exist to further the establishment of your brand in the market. For example, for only $450 you can sponsor a hole. This investment in the community includes your booth and your representatives at the tee box of your hole, greeting a full field of golfers with logo’d giveaways and information about your business. There is no better marketing than one-on-one relationship-building. Following the golf action, your representatives - as many as two - are invited to enjoy a first-rate awards and auction dinner at White Horse. What a way to get involved in your community, to connect with customers, and to have fun. To review all sponsorship opportunities, go to knkrotarygolf.net.
Sponsors already signed up for the 2018 Swing for Rotary Tournament include Port Madison Enterprises (Main Sponsor) and Kingston Dental (Dinner Sponsor), as well as Text2Bid sponsor The Point Casino and Hotel, Ameriprise-The Latitude 48 Group (19th hole sponsor), LYNX Enterprises, Windermere Real Estate West Sound, Kingston CPA, IAFF 2819, West Hills Auto Plex, Liberty Bay Bank, Columbia Bank, Stanley Steamer, Land Title. Others include Apple Tree Cove Dental Center, Chinook Contractors, EHL Insurance, Kingston Mini Storage, Kitsap Credit Union, Martha and Mary, David Connolly Insurance, James Stagg, and Kingston Lumber. Add your company’s brand to that list at knkrotarygolf.net.
Only 124 players get into the tournament. Each year players rave about the fun they have. Many say it is the best charity event they play in each year. For $160, here’s what you get: 18 holes of golf at White Horse, one of the northwest’s premier golf destinations, cart rental, range balls, one set of mulligans per team, lunch, tee gifts, and dinner and beverages at the post-tournament awards dinner. The date again is June 22, with first activities beginning late morning. To register yourself, or your team, go to knkrotarygolf.net.
Why does the Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club - all fifty strong - dedicate so much time and energy to this event? To benefit the Kids of North Kitsap. Proceeds will support Kingston High School Interact Service Club, scholarships for Kingston High graduates, Food4Kids (a feeding program during school vacations), ShareNet backpacks and school supplies, equipment and uniforms, arts programs, and career days at several local schools, internships for UW and WWU students at Stillwaters Environmental Center, and opening of Coffee Oasis in Kingston, an outreach center for at-risk teens.
Join in the fun. Do something good in your community, so that you may do well. Become a sponsor, a golfer, or both. Go to knkrotarygolf.net.
Our Rotary Classic Golf Tournament this year will feature an incredible HOME IMPROVEMENT RAFFLE item, thanks to the generosity of local contractor Mike Lambro. The winner will choose either a new roof or a new deck for their home. Either option is valued at upwards of $7500 and both can be expanded through negotiation. Tickets for this incredible prize are $50 each or 5 tickets for $200. Cash or check accepted. Tickets may be purchased at Kingston Financial Center or Columbia Bank in Kingston, or at the Rotary Golf Tournament on June 22, 2018. Drawing will be at the dinner that evening, but you do not need to be present at the event to win. Added details available at the ticket sale sites. Get yours NOW!
Hear ye, Hear ye! The Kingston Rotary Golf Classic will once again feature a raffle to win an INSTANT WINE CELLAR - consisting of a 28-bottle Wine cooler and enough wine to fill that cooler (and then some). Tickets to win this great prize will be available at the Golf Classic at White Horse Golf Course on the day of the event, Friday June 22nd.
Meanwhile, Wine-loving Kingston Rotarians (you know who you are!) and KNK Rotarians who want to help the club out anyway are encouraged to bring a couple of bottles to any Rotary Club meeting between now and June 13th inclusive. Our Wino-in-Chief Don Hutchins will collect them and organize the inventory.
UPDATE: as of the end of May we have 30 bottles donated by generous KNK Rotarians. We really need a dozen more to make the grade. So PLEASE - BRING YOUR WINE TO ROTARY - the earlier the better for the Chief Wino...
Are you in favor of helping Homeless Youth in and around Kingston? Well - so are we. The Kingston-NK Rotary Board has decided that the proceeds from this year's Raise the Paddle at our Rotary Classic Golf Tournament Dinner will be dedicated to helping Coffee Oasis finish their new Kingston location. This organization does SO much for Homeless Youth in this County, we firmly believe we need them here in the North End, and the sooner the better.
So - Sign up to play in the Tournament here at knkrotarygolf.net, or get your Dinner tickets from any Kingston-NK Rotarian, and come out to help finish Kingston Coffee Oasis!
At their June 13 weekly meeting Kingston Rotarians discussed the balance between fundraising and community service. Most agreed a balance was necessary such that services can be provided the North Kitsap community.
As furtherance of a “visioning” workshop in May, the question was asked, “Looking back at the Club’s accomplishments from the perspective of five years out - 2023 - what will have been accomplished?” It was decided that service accomplishments will have happened in the following areas: Kids of North Kitsap, the Kingston Coffee Oasis launch, and North Kitsap Emergency Preparedness programs. The next step for incoming President Breane Martinez and her Board is to organize the Club’s efforts around these service opportunities, while continuing the Club’s highly successful fundraising events and activities.
At the meeting, it was reported that yesterday’s Kingston Blood Drive, supported by the Club’s volunteers, collected 50 pints of whole blood and platelets from six donors. Both results exceed normal collections.
Kingston North Kitsap Rotarians learned the identity of the recipients of the Club’s 2018 scholarships at their June 6 meeting at Village Green Community Center. The three Kingston High School students were chosen from many worthy and impressive applications. Elizabeth Ramirez received a $1,000 scholarship; she will attend University of Washington. Earning a $1,500 scholarship, and attending Boise State University, was Adin Bowens. Our final scholarship, $2500, was awarded to Lily Beaulieu, who will attend Gonzaga University in the fall. Congratulations to all our 2018 Scholarship winners!
Don't forget that a key part of our Great Little City July 4th program is the annual FUN RUN, put on by the Kingston Athletic Boosters and your own KNK Rotary.
It's bigger and better every year - this year's addition is a Doggy Dash! Come on out and get your 4th started on the right foot!
The little town of La Estancita, Guatemala, suffered an educational tragedy. They had a school for their children, with government paid teachers, but they really needed a better school building. The students were crowded into a borrowed building that was not only much too small, it was located where many of the town's children could not reach it. What to do?
Then, along came the Hug It Forward team. A larger better located school house is now under construction. Who is building it? Most of the villagers are involved. The children collected the trash from around the town - empty plastic bottles and other plastic trash. The mothers stuffed the trash into the bottles. The team sent experts to teach the men (and the children) how to mix cement and taught the men how to produce reinforced concrete for the floor and the pillars. Everybody worked to use those trash filled bottles as wall insulation and then coated the bottles with layers of concrete. Probably right now they are plastering and painting. Everybody worked together under expert guidance, everybody will care for that building and know how to maintain and repair it. Fringe benefits? The men have learned a valuable skill, the countryside has been cleared of trash, none of which will add to the plastic now clogging our oceans!
You may ask who is paying for it? In part, YOU are! You worked on the golf tournament, the fun run, the beer garden, the poker tournament, and soon will be involved in new fund raising efforts. A small part of those funds allowed us to contribute to the costs of the new school house. I, and those villagers, thank you!
Photos show the walls after the first and second coats of concrete over carefully placed trash filled bottles. It won't be too many years before that little boy will be attending that school, thanks to the Hug It Forward team, and to you for the funds our Club provided. Now, as we head for the Golf tournament and the fun run you can think of those pictures and the contributions we will be able to make for yet another school, to stand with over 100 others that the Hug It Forward team has helped build.
Board meeting minutes are sent to all members in a bulk mailing. Should you wish to review a set of minutes you may not have saved, follow these steps to find them online.
Go to our website: Kingston-nkrotary.org
Login.
Next select “Member Area” from the top bar.
Scroll down under “My Clubrunner” and select “View Club Documents”.
Scroll down to the Board Minutes you wish to read.
You may recall the item submitted last year by Treasurer Gale Kirsopp, about Amazon Smile - where you can do your Amazon shopping AND make a contribution to our Rotary Foundation in the process! In case you haven't signed up yet - PLEASE do. Here is the link to set up your "Amazon Smile" account. After that it's just a matter of going to "smile.amazon.com" to do your Amazon shopping and your contribution will be automatic. There is NO extra cost to do this. Amazon is sharing their profit with us!
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