On Tuesday, August 3 2021, our lunch speaker will be Adam Krynicki – Executive Director, Oregon State University Cascades – Innovation Co-Lab.

Adam Krynicki is the Executive Director of the OSU-Cascades Co-Lab. The Co-Lab works with community-based inventors, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit founders, and helps them turn their idea into a reality. While in his role at OSU-Cascades, he has created an incubator space for the community and coached over 40 founders/year. His work has led to early-stage companies raising over $7.5M.

Prior to coming to Bend, Adam developed a research foundation and managed the intellectual property office for the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and ran a statewide energy technology initiative by the Alaska SBDC. Additionally, he co-founded the startup accelerator Launch Alaska and earned his law degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

This meeting will both in-person at the Riverhouse (Convention Center side, Cascade AJ), and virtual.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: RCGB Zoom Link

You can also call in to the meeting at

(669) 900-9128 and enter meeting ID:

692 491 9146. If you’re asked, the passcode is 5110.

We will record the presentation for others who aren’t able to attend at noon.

Don't forget to sign up for our lunch meetings each week.

You can also sign up for our service projects and to staff the Duck ticket sales on our website:

http://www.greaterbendrotary.org/blog/signup-for-events/

Each Friday leading up to the Duck Race on September 12th, we're giving away a gift card to a local restaurant (paid for by your local Rotary clubs). On Friday, Aug. 6th someone is going to win $100 for Pine Tavern!

Every Duck Race ticket you purchase gives you another chance to win a gift card in each of the restaurant drawings. Buy your Duck Race tickets here: www.theduckrace.com/shop

And congratulations to Eva Gill who won last week's $100 gift card to Lemon Tree! Thank you Eva for your support of the Duck Race and congrats to you.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this year's efforts with purchases of your Duck Race Tickets. 6 more weekly drawings to go. This week is Pine Tavern!!

Buy your Ducks now!!

Buy a Duck Change a Life! www.theduckrace.com/shop

The Duck Race proceeds are supporting 4 local charities this year, J Bar J is one of our 2021 beneficiaries!

Many students today are not prepared to take on the challenges of adulthood. Getting the life and work-ready skills to take into the workforce is what the Vocational Training Program at J Bar J does for our area youth. This training gives them the confidence they need to live a productive and healthy lifestyle in the future.

As you have been seeing and hearing, District 5110 will be holding it's district celebration August 26 to 28 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. This celebration honors "The Year that Changed Rotary! and is the culmination of Bend Rotary Club's now PDG Cindi O'Neil's year (and wife of RCGB's Bill O'Neil) .

The celebration, particularly the high caliber speakers, comes at a cost. We need sponsors willing to help offset those costs. Sponsors will be recognized in promotional materials and during program events. So far, we have SolAire Homebuilders, Jim Lussier and Mid Oregon Credit Union signed on to help sponsor. Please join us!

Contact Bill Anderson at 541.480.5799 or will@midoregon to sign on to be a sponsor and help honor DG Cindi's year.

The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.

Let's make our club a "Sustaining Member Club" by each member donating $100 or more this year.

Please make a donation to The Rotary Foundation today:

https://my.rotary.org/en/donate