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Walt Schloer
 

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Walt became a Rotarian in 1977 when he was inducted into the Rotary Club of Ojai (CA) and has had 100% attendance since that time.  After moving to Bend, he became a member of the Rotary Club of Bend.  He helped organize and became a charter member of the RC of Bend High Desert.  In 2005-2006 He served as District Governor of District 5110.  Since joining Rotarh, he has served Rotary in many capacities:

His club service includes several years as a member of the Youth Exchange, Tree of Joy, KIDS Center, and World Community Service Committees.  He served two years as a Board member and in 1998-99 served as Club President, earning the Presidential Citation. 

Walt’s District Service includes 15years as a member of the World Community Service Committee, serving as chair from 1998-2000.  He has also served on the District GSE and Ambassadorial Scholarship Committees, as a Governor’s Representative for two years and served as Assistant Governor for Area 8 from 2001-2004. He has been a District Leadership Academy Instructor for four years.  In 1999, he was named the District 5110 “Rotarian of the Year”.   In 2003 the Rotary International Board of Directors awarded Walt with the "Service Above Self" award, Rotary's highest honor. 

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Item of Interest
In April of 2002, Walt was port of a Rotary team that went to Vietnam to dedicate a school which had been built by clubs in Pennsylvania.  They were also part of a group that is actively seeking to bring Rotary to Vietnam.

In 1992, Walt was part of a group of Rotarians who went to Oaxaca, Mexico where they installed a clean water system in the remote mountain village of Barranca Honda. 

In 1993 word reached the Rotary Club of Bend that a cholera epidemic had raced through the mountains above Oaxaca, ravaging many of the villages and killing many of the inhabitants. Of particular gratification to the Bend Rotarians was the fact that not a single death from the epidemic occurred in any of the villages that had potable water systems installed by  Rotary . . . including Barranca Honda.

Walt has been an Academy instructor since the first year and was also a member of the first graduating class.