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09/29/2006: "Pete Rose Continues His Rotary Membership"

County Administrator Pete Rose is inducted into the San Juan Island Rotary Club by Rotary International District 5050 Governor Rod Thomson, Abbotsford, B. C., on Wednesday morning at Downrigger's Restaurant.

Rose is a former member of the Rotary Club of Woodinville. He welcomes the opportunity to participate in some of the on-going service projects in our community.

The San Juan Island Rotary Club will mark its third anniversary on October 11th. Local projects include but are not limited to "Rock the Dock", Knowledge Bowl, Children's Festival, Rotary Room at Skagit Valley College, San Juan Center, Spelling Bee, and the upcoming Rotary Roadside Rest Stop on Roche Harbor Road.

Rotary club members are part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs. In its 101st year of existence, Rotary is the oldest service club in the world. Founded in 1905 by Paul Harris, an attorney in Chicago Illinois, it has 1.2 million members worldwide. In 1945, 49 Rotary members served in 29 delegations to the United Nations Charter Conference. In 1985, Rotary committed to immunize all of the world's children against polio. More than one billion children have been immunized, and Rotary has contributed half a billion dollars to the cause.

Local Rotarians have donated $18,000 to the Rotary International Foundation since the inception of the club. Club members have participated in wheel chair deliveries to Trinidad, a Habitat for Humanity build in New Zealand, literacy projects in Guatemala as well as the eradication of polio worldwide. Additionally, the club participates in projects that combat disease and provide education and resources to communities around the globe.