PROGRAM: Our Visioning Action Plan
President Finn will send the document under a separate mailing to all members
Guests: Dee Profitt
Announcements/Business:
- Today is World Polio Day!
- We will be dark (no meeting) next week. The Club social will be at Twin Forks Restaurant, 285 and S. Turkey Creek Rd, next Wednesday, November 1 at 5:30.
- Finn attended the Rotary Leadership Institute. He recommended that all in the Club attend the Institute. It provides the opportunity to learn all about this amazing organization!
- Robert Smith, President of Clear Creek Rotary, shared the importance of wearing our Rotary pins wherever we go.
- The Area 8 Presidents met last night. They spoke about promoting Peaceful Schools program and information about the Global Grant that Clubs in our District 5450 will make together.
- The State of the State Luncheon, featuring the Colorado Governor, will be December 7; there is a link on our club calendar and more information on the District website.
- Next summer the RI Convention will be held in Toronto, it is on our club calendar.
- The RI President’s visit will be January 6 at the Denver Marriott South, Lone Tree. It is a major fund-raiser for Polio Plus. There are links to more information available on our club calendar.
- The District Conference will be held May 19-20 at the Hyatt Denver Tech Center.
- The Conifer Rotary Foundation will be planning an event for next summer. The big planning meeting will be at Wes’s home at 6pm, Wednesday October 25. The date and venue will be determined at that time.
- The District 5450 Interact Conference will be held Saturday, November 4 at 7200 Quebec Pkwy, Commerce City from 9am to 3:30pm.
- Students from Conifer HS will be collecting items for The Soldier Box at King Soopers tomorrow evening.
- November 4 is the Conifer Neighbors and Newcomers Christmas Bazaar at Conifer High School. Conifer Rotary will have a booth to begin the sales of the new 2017-18 285 Corridor Coupon Book. Please sign up to man our booth at the Twin Forks social Wednesday Nov. 1.
- The Conifer HS Rotary Interact Club will be doing an International Project in Kenya next summer with 14 students signed up. The group will be led by Wes Paxton and Joey Wilson. Their projects include:
- Build a play ground for disabled children (the 3 Interact Clubs sponsored by Conifer Rotary have raised the money for this project!)
- Provide corrective shoes for kids with foot and leg disabilities
- Provide school supplies
Each Conifer student must raise $3000!! They have a fun-d raising event planned for January---it will be a community dinner. More information to come.