At our May 19, 2025 Rotary Meeting,
Danya Wolf provided the inspiration for the evening. Danya shared that she had attended a memorial service this week and wanted to share with all of us a story – a true story. It is a story of Mrs. Barbara Moore, who is her favorite teacher in all the world. In her first year of teaching, she was asked by the Principal if she would take on a very challenging student, and that he would understand if she said no. He went on to explain that he was very disruptive in class, would climb out of windows, and was always getting into trouble. She explained that she was very sorry, but no, she didn’t want to take on that student in her very first year. This student’s name was Johnny, and for the remainder of his years in the school, she watched him do horrible things that extended later in life when terrible things happened to him. She vowed that she would never ever say no to another “Johnny” and for 34 years, she took under her wing every Johnny she could find. She saved so many lives, including Danya’s son. Mrs. Moore had a severe disability but she was always joyous and never complained. Once a month, she would give all her students a button that said, “Have A Super Duper Day” and wear it all day long until they went to bed. Every month she would hold a musical program, 9 months out of the year, and all her students were stars. Danya took videos of all her musicals over the 34 years, until she was forced to retire early due to her medical condition. Mrs. R.B. Moore was very inspirational.
What Danya shared with us and her learning is that if in your life, there is something you didn’t do or didn’t help someone sometime that you now regret, hey, you can turn that around and be your own “Mrs. Moore”. Danielle also shared her thoughts about Mrs. Moore and made herself as active as she possibly could. She was an amazing woman. Audrey agreed she was an amazing woman and teacher and made a huge difference in a lot of lives!
Patsy – shared that on June 21st, her Leadership Skagit group is hosting an event serving meals to under-privileged kids as a part of Waterfront Alliance Food Project. They will be preparing and serving Hamburgers and Hotdogs and if you would like to volunteer, she could use 2-3 Rotarians. In addition, Leadership Skagit will be our Program June 9th to share a little more about their project (s).
John – shared a big thank you to the eight members that worked at the Skagit Historical Museum for the EPIC day of service. Our Club was the only club in Area H that participated in the EPIC day of service. Audrey shared how much fun we had and how the museum appreciated what we did.