Rotary Club of Conifer Meeting, March 22, 2022

 

Happy Dollars.  Returning to our fun traditions!

 

March 29th:  Next Tuesday we will not have a meeting because it will be the fifth Tuesday this month.  Come to the Area 8 Social on April 6^th, sign up with Yvonne and check out the poster in the middle of our homepage to pay.

 

Ukraine crisis.  In response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the Rotary Foundation has made available the Disaster Response Fund as the main avenue for contributions. You can go there directly by clicking this link: https://my.rotary.org/en/disaster-response-fund.  Be sure to sign in or create an account to receive Paul Harris credit for yourself and credit for the club.

 

Sergeant at Arms. We need one or two members to be our Tuesday meeting Sergeant Arms to set up room and tear down.  This is an excellent way to be connected and recognized for your active club service.  See President Amanda.

 

Blood Drive. As our Community Service Director, Lesley is organizing our next blood drive. It will be late in April, be looking for her email.

 

Evening Meetings:  Second and fourth Wednesday evenings each month.  The next evening meeting is, Wednesday Wednesday April 13^th, at 5:30 PM at Our Lady of the Pine Catholic Church.

 

285 Backpack Project:  Food truck this Thursday, thank you to the volunteers.  We need help shoveling snow from road to the pantry on snow days.  Please contact Bambi.  To sign up to volunteer, go to: ​​https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c48afa823aa8-back

 

RYLA.  We have eight slots, only two signed.  RYLA is available for current students in 7^th grade for Young RYLA, and 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th graders for RYLA.

 

Peace Builders.  Stan provided a brief review of their first meeting where ten people attended.  They brainstormed ideas for projects, settling on four to begin:  helping Ukrainians, supporting refugees in Colorado, pursuing peace communications across divides in our community, and establishing a Peace Park in our community.  There is a very active group supporting Ukrainians, check them out at https://www.facebook.com/UkrainiansofColorado/.

 

Evergreen Ice Melt Contest: A fundraiser done by the Mt. Foothills Rotary Club - guess when the barrel will fall through the ice this spring on Evergreen Lake. Participants will also need to guess the high temperature in Evergreen which will be used as a tiebreaker. For more info, please click here. 

 

District Conference: April 29 at the Hanger at Stanley Marketplace.  Click here for more information and to register: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50085/Event/district-conference-the-hangar

 

Next Meeting, April 5^th.  Don’t miss this one, our speaker is the Rotary exchange student from Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

Area 8 Social: Planned for April 6 2022 at El Rancho, a great opportunity to meet fellow Rotarians from other clubs! You can make payment by mailing a check to the Rotary PO Box, with cash, or by using the PayPal link rotaryconifer.org. Note there is a small additional fee when paying with the PayPal link.  

 

Foothills Home and Garden Show:  April 9^th and 10^th at Conifer HS, website foothillshomeshow.com. This is our BIG fundraiser for the year.  Janine is coordinating giving away tickets to the show.  Help get the word out, see Angela for posters to spread around town.  There still are volunteer positions available on signup genius,  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084cada82da3f85-foothills.  There still are vendor booths available, and they have $75 discounts.

 

ConiferFest: Saturday August 13th at our Lady of the Pine Catholic Church, on the fields behind the church. Wes will be hosting a planning meeting on Wednesday March 30th at 7 PM and will send out a link to join.  Next planning meeting Wednesday April 5^th.

 

 

 

Meeting Program:  How Rotarians get things done

presented by our own Charlotte Wytias and Suzanne Barkley.

 

Charlotte and Suzanne stand out in our club by their involvement with projects to help others.  As such, they provided a very informative presentation, full of ideas for ways to get involved with Rotary:

 

Note that each month Rotarian magazine has a particular focus that can inspire,

Also, a website clearinghouse for individuals who want to help someone needing handyman help.  Including people needing help to list their needs.