Updates and Announcements
ConiferFest: Is happening this weekend! Be sure to try to keep getting the word out, and ask friends or neighbors if they would be interested in volunteering. The link to sign up to volunteer is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ea4af22abfa7-coniferfest
Sergeant-at-Arms Request: We need volunteers for a September Sergeant-at-Arms and beyond. Please contact Diana if you are interested and able.
Peace Club: The peace park has broken ground, drive by the Aspen Park Community Center to take a look. Stan, a big thank you for pulling this together!
Sasa Harambee: Many of our club members have worked with Carol Carper and Sasa Harambee in Kenya; a storm took out the roof and water tank of the Baby Home. Leonor has set up a fundraiser on FaceBook for Babies Home in Kenya. A lot of our members and some Interact students have been there. It is a home for abandoned little ones. Here is the link if you would like to be a part of this fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/3226543774260642/?fundraiser_source=external_url
285 Backpack Project: The 285 Backpack Project helps children who don't have enough food to eat at home by providing them with easy-to-prepare weekend meals and snacks throughout the school year. We are always looking for volunteers to help with this mission. To sign up to volunteer, go to: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c48afa823aa8-back
Peaches: The last day to order is August 15 and the pickup will be in Aspen Park on August 27. Contact Angela if you’re interested in helping.
Upcoming Social: Dean and Leonor will be hosting a Taco Tuesday on a Sunday 8/28 from 6-9PM. Yvonne sent an email to club members with more details.
Evening Meetings: Evening meetings happen every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, and the next one will take place on Wednesday August 24th at 5:30 PM at Angela's home (contact Angela for address details).
Upcoming Events:
ConiferFest: Saturday August 13th at Our Lady of the Pine Catholic Church.
Taco Tuesday: Sunday August 28th at Dean and Leonor’s home. See email from Yvonne for more details.
Rotary Day at the Rockies: Aug 21st from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM https://www.mlb.com/rockies/tickets/specials/rotary
2023 District Conference: April 29, 2023 at the Cable Center DU. The theme is “Celebrate Rotary”
Available Training:
Membership Engagement Summit: Red Rocks Community College – Aug 27, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Polio Plus:
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.
Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. It costs $3.00 to fully protect a child against polio, including the cost of the vaccine and activities required to deliver the vaccine. A donation of $25 will be made in your name to help eradicate polio.
Meeting Program: Lem Tingley - Growing Spaces Greenhouses
Guests:
Jackie and Kenzie from Growing Spaces. Welcome!