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TOREE:No humidity and no bugs!
No mosquitoes! In the Midwest you can
track them on radar.

Q: YOU LIVE ON THE APPLEGATE
RIVER IN THIS GORGEOUS SETTING.
WHY IS THIS A GOOD HOME BASE
FROM WHICH YOU CAN TRAVEL
AND SERVE THE WORLD?

KURT: Living here gives us a per-
spective on the rest of our life. Having a
separation between our professional life in
Medford and coming home to a completely
different environment is relaxing and thera-
peutic. That’s healthy for us. It has given us a
realization that our life isn’t just defined by
what we do from 8-to-5.

TOREE: Still, to this day, driving
home from Medford is like driving through
a national park. We love it. And flying back
to Southern Oregon after a month-long trip
is the best feeling. We’re home!

Kurt Wilkening co-founded Eye Care
Associates of Southern Oregon, a flourish-
ing four-doctor clinic. He and his wife,
Toree, developed AmigoVision to pro-
vide eye care for people in developing
countries. In collaboration with Rotary,
AmigoVision has provided free eye
examinations, medical eye treatment and
glasses for more than 35,000 patients in
10 countries since 2000.

Toree has been President of Jacksonville’s
Wine Festival, Bear Creek Valley Rotary
and Treasurer of Rogue Powerpack. She
loves working in the yard, decorating,
rafting, hiking and skiing. Kurt’s hobbies
include skiing, white water rafting, wind
surfing and mountain climbing. They enjoy
spending time with their daughters, Brienz
and Cedar.

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