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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
HOEDOWN: Event raised
funds for multiple
nonprofits
Continued from page 3
little cowgirls made their
way to the dance floor. Two-
year-old Mai and her sister,
5-year-old Aila, did their own
version of the two-step with
mom Kari, while dad Sam
Monte cheered them on from
the table.
Sam Monte is the flight
instructor for Outlaw Aviation
at the Sisters Airport, and
is a graduate of the COCC
Aviation Department.
“The students from the
SHS Flight Science class
that are really interested in
flying come directly to us at
the Sisters Eagle Airport for
instruction,” Monte told The
Nugget.
Sheryl Yeager, a certified
flight instructor who teaches
the Flight Science class at
SHS was helping some of her
students at the desert table.
The 10 students shared the
responsibility of manning the
Flight Science program table
and selling desserts made by
Sisters Bakery.
“I am doing everything
I can to get these kids their
private pilot’s license before
they graduate high school,”
Yeager said. “It’s expensive
for the students to get flight
time and we’re so grateful to
have been invited here. We
do as much fundraising as
we can, and I like to see them
work for it.”
Hungry guests lined up
for burgers, hot dogs, salads
made by Seed to Table, and
desserts, while others bid on
auction items and entered the
beer and wine raffle.
Harmony Farm Sanctuary
brought along the entire fam-
ily, including a few of the
furry and feathered kind.
“We are very grateful that
Rotary asked us to be part of
the Hoedown this year. The
animals that we have brought
with us are representatives
from our farm,” said 12-year-
old Marieke Jeffrey, daughter
of Robine Bots, founder of
the nonprofit.
Just after 7 p.m. Rotarian
Hal Darcy took the stage and
introduced the four nonprof-
its that partnered with Sisters
Rotary. Each organization
had one live auction item up
for purchase by any of the
guests who wanted to bid.
Circle of Friends
Executive Director Nicky
Merritt introduced herself and
educated the guests about the
organization.
“We work with great men-
tors and we match them up
with kids in our community
that need exposure to new
opportunities that can help
them spark a passion in their
life.”
The acting auctioneer for
Circle of Friends was Jack
McGowan, a longtime sup-
porter of the nonprofit.
“We’ve got amazing non-
profits here tonight that need
your help. I’m represent-
ing Circle of Friends. Circle
of Friends is not a regular
nonprofit, we have men-
tors that dedicate up to 12
years of their life to mentor
young people to get them
on the right path to citizen-
ship, responsibility to their
community, respect for one
another which is needed in
today’s world.”
McGowan also quoted
Tom McCall, a former
Oregon Governor.
“Heroes are not giant stat-
ues framed against a red sky.
They are people who say this
is my community and it’s
my responsibility to make it
better.”
Robine Bots represented
Harmony Farm Sanctuary as
the founder and director.
“HFS started in 2014,
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
Robine Bots’ daughter, Marieke Jeffrey, showing off some Harmony Farm
Sanctuary baby turkeys.
and our mission is twofold,”
she said. “We are a rescue
and rehabilitation center for
abused and neglected and
unwanted farm animals,
and secondly we strive to
build community by inviting
people of all ages, especially
those with special needs or
difficult life circumstances, to
come visit the animals, vol-
unteer their efforts or partici-
pate in our mindfulness-based
programs.”
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