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May 21, 2026 |
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Welcome to this week’s meeting of the eClub of the State of Jefferson.
Hello, eClub Members! Welcome to our weekly meeting.
My apologies for not keeping up with all that has been going on these past six months. I have been traveling a lot from late September until the end of November 2025.
It all started when my son moved to Texas, and since I didn’t have any close relatives near me, I decided to box up all my belongings and put them in storage. I then hired a rental agency to rent and manage my house while I was gone.
I then flew to (my hometown) Bend, OR to visit all my friends there, and while there looked around at houses for sale. YIKES, not at those prices! After almost three weeks, I then flew down to San Antonio, TX to visit family for two weeks, and then flew to Las Vegas to visit my sister Lea and her husband (PDG) John for a visit. My friend Alan joined me there and we all celebrated my birthday down at the strip. Lea and I decided to ride that old rickety roller coaster, something I will never do again! I then flew to Santa Barbara, CA to visit my other sister, and after three weeks, I flew down to Mazatlán, Mexico. Alan joined me there, and we spent a wonderful four months, and I’m now back in the Santa Barbara area. It’s been so nice to belong to an e-club, where it doesn’t matter where you live if you have Internet.
A lot has been going on with our eClub these past six months, especially with our ongoing projects: Uganda Literacy Project, Flood Relief in Pakistan, and the Chinle Planting Hope Bookmobile. With your help, our eClub Foundation was able to give a substantial amount of donations to each of these projects. Thank you club members for your support!
We are now in the process of writing a new District Grant application in hopes that they will help provide new sewing machines in Pakistan and solar lights to our ongoing Navajo Solar Lights Project.
I'm currently in Southern California, and planning to stay here for the next couple of months to work on my 2025 taxes (after placing an extension) and scheduling annual medical appointments.
In the meantime, enjoy today’s program and tech support, and don’t forget about attending our Coffee Chats every Tuesday at noon (Pacific Time).
Yours in Rotary,
Jackie
Jackie Oakley
2025-2026 Club President
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
email president@StateOfJeffersonRotary.org
Weekly eClub "Coffee Chat" Zoom meetings
Tuesday at 12:00 PM PDT
These “fellowship” meetings are informal opportunities to get acquainted with each other. If it fits your schedule, we look forward to “seeing” you at the meetings. Enjoy talking about "stuff" like water witching/dowsing, green flashes at sunset, Christmas in Pakistan, and much much more.
May is Youth Service MonthRotary believes in developing the next generation of leaders. Our programs help younger leaders build leadership skills, expand education and learn the value of service.
Interact clubs
Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills and learn about the world through service projects and activities.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
RYLA is a leadership development program for young people who want to learn new skills, build their confidence, and have fun. Events range from one-day seminars to weeklong camps.
Rotary Youth Exchange
Rotary Youth Exchange builds peace one young person at a time. Students learn a new language, discover another culture, and truly become global citizens. Exchanges for students ages 15-19 are sponsored by Rotary clubs in more than 100 countries.
How can you get involved?
All of our youth programs are connected to a Rotary club. To get involved, contact the Rotary club in your area.
PDG Bill Grile highlighting our eClub projects at DisCon 2026 in Eugene
D5110 Conference 2026 was a great success with informative breakouts and a pair of Rotary’s most-honored keynote speakers: Past RI President Jennifer Jones and Sylvia Whitlock. Jennifer was the first woman selected to serve as our International President and Sylvia was the first woman to serve as President of a Rotary Club after the Supreme Court’s l1987 landmark ruling that opened women to Rotary.
D5110’s annual conference next May will be held in Coos Bay with our 2026-2027 eClub President Obaid ur Rehman coming all the way from Pakistan to attend. Wouldn’t it be great to get an in-person eClub meeting at DisCon 2027 in Coos Bay?
PHOTO CAPTION: PDG Bill Grile highlighting our eClub projects at DisCon 2026 in Eugene last weekend.
Chance encounter inspires new commitment to End Polio
Strategic placement of End Polio Now stickers can help promote Rotary’s polio eradication effort
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Habiba Bennani
By Habiba Bennani, assistant Rotary public image coordinator and a member of the Rotary Club of Tunis La Paix, Tunisia
We often wear our Rotary pins or display our logos out of habit, or a quiet pride. But sometimes, a simple sticker becomes a bridge between two lives.
A few weeks ago, I was in a lounge waiting for my flight when I opened my laptop to get some work done. On the cover is my End Polio Now sticker. A gentleman approached me, intrigued by the logo. What could have been a brief moment of curiosity turned into one of the most moving testimonies I have ever heard.
He told me the story of his father — who contracted polio at the age of three in Brooklyn, New York. Driven by an iron will as an adult, his father wanted to join the army to serve his country, but was turned down for active combat duty because of the physical after-effects of the disease.
Nevertheless, he accepted a position as a mechanic with the army. It was a life of hard, physical labor. He had a permanent limp, but served with resilience and dignity. He would not let a virus define his limits. And he passed down to his son both the will to overcome adversity and the importance of showing compassion to all people, whoever they are and whatever their life situation may be.
Listening to this son speak about his father with such raw emotion, I suddenly saw faces, struggles, and destinies behind the word “eradication.”I have been a member of Rotary for four years. I’ve seen the charts, read the brochures, and attended the meetings. But it took this chance encounter — this human “spark” — to truly feel the absolute urgency of our mission.
When I got home, I made my first personal donation to the Polio Plus fund (I’m far from the Major Donor level, but this first step was a personal milestone).It was no longer just a figure in an annual report. It was for that father, the mechanic. It was so that no other child would ever have their dreams limited by a preventable disease.
Sometimes, the biggest inspiration and motivation for ending polio isn’t found in our meetings, but in the people we meet and their heart-felt stories.
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