Weekly Newsletter from December 5, 2024
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Special Photos from the Holiday Party
Kari presented ClubRunner 101 last week.
Our Club's stunning new holiday cards, with artwork by Ansley, 13, patient at Children's Hospital's Pediatric Mental Health Clinic.
Debby sharing a cake with the image from the cards!
Just a few of our "elves" working at Kohl's for the Santa Clothes program.
Meeting Notes from the (Noon Meeting) & Announcements
MEETING NOTES FROM LUNCH AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The noon meeting on the 5th and it has been a festive week so far. We will share more highlights after we summarize Thursday.
Our greeter was Zig Berzins and Jennie Grondorf shared family wisdom from the late, great Erma Bombeck. It is easy for us to get so wound up in holiday craziness that we forget the blessings all around us with family, friends, and our other connections.
Guests and visiting Rotarians this week included: Kevin Miser, Win from Flyin' B, Lindsay Geoffrey from MVHS, and the mom of our student of the week. Also, we were joined by Filippo Molinari.
We were joined by our student of the week, Trevia Realing. She is a student at Mountain Vista and her mom and the assistant principal joined her. She is class president this year, active in her church, and plans to study cosmetology and teaching. She was influenced by her travel to Africa when she helped with orphan children. Trevia lost her dad when she was a small child, so that experience in Africa helped her see the joy the children felt at the simplest things.
The Rock kept rolling along from Jim Bramley to the well-deserving hands of Jeannie Taylor. Jeannie is an angel in many ways, including her recent "angel funding" for Solar Panels for Ukraine. She serves in many capacities for our club and does so with quiet kindness and humility. Thank you, Jeannie.
Our program last week was an excellent presentation from Kari Brown. Kari is a naturally talented trainer and made us all laugh while teaching us ClubRunner 101. Everyone learned at least one new thing. For some, it was a first-time exploration of the platform and the ways in which we can use it. Please take some time when you can to visit our club website, login, update your profile information (including a recent photo, please). We all benefit from the connectivity ClubRunner can offer, and although it is not "perfect" it is very useful.
Further, we will see an update in January, so if you can at least login and start working a bit on things, when the next training happens, we can help all members get up to speed.
Kari is our club's webmaster and she alone has the "keys" to the magic world of ClubRunner. If you have trouble, you may reach out to her. She can reset a password and generally can help you get going.
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Meeting Announcements:
The membership survey is complete. President Arthur informed us, with a note of disappointment, that only 68% of our noon club replied. Twenty three of us did not respond to the survey. It is too bad, he thought, that we did not have more participation. We will see the feedback once it is collated and reviewed by the Board.
The See's Candy Fundraiser is now complete. Thanks to those who ordered.
We will have a Solar Panel event at Mountain Vista High School in January. Details follow. President Arthur thanked Zig, Terre, Kim, and Jeannie Taylor, for their support and their effort on behalf of this project.
A special thanks in advance was offered to Kristy Hayzlett and Nancy Barton for their effort on the holiday party. (Photos to follow!)
President Arthur's final announcement was a thank you to Bill Simmermon, Debby Doig, Nancy Barton, and First Lady Terre for the lovely Christmas card effort on the club's behalf.
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The 50/50 last Thursday went to Sue Bramley! She really was an all-around winner that afternoon. Congrats, Sue.
Family of Rotary:
Once again, we were saddened by the short "eulogy" offered by Win Pendleton for his dear friend, Mike Oldham. There will be more on Mike's life and a tree planted in his honor is planned at WindCrest. Futhermore, the Assistant Principal from MVHS offered that the school will donate the plaque honoring Mike as a thanks to our club for our contributions i the community.
Bob Larson is home now and we hope to see him soon. We heard that Tim Sparks is home from Skyridge. Jerry is doing better out in Palm Springs and and Ann Lester has begun a round of chemo; they are optimistic that it will help.
Please keep these people in your thoughts and check on them or their spouse/partner during these holiday weeks. Every thought matters and no good dead is too small, friends.
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Additional Announcements & Updates:
Please mark your calendars and REGISTER ASAP to save some money. THE PRESIDENT OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL will be be in Denver for a dinner on February 1, 2024 at The Wings Over the Rockies Museum. Please visit the District Website for our District (5450) or find the email from Bev Mendel that went out with the headline "EXTRA EXTRA". The final deadline will be January 3, 2025. Do not delay and let's enjoy a great evening with her and in support of our District Governor, Tamie Fennel.
We were also reminded the "Early Bird" rate for THE RI CONVENTION in Calgary in JUNE of 2025 also has less expensive EARLY registration now. Many of us will be there! Let's make it a group adventure and show up in force, RCHR!
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UPDATES & COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM THE PAST WEEK & THE MEETINGS
Sunrise Meetings Group Update
The Sunrise Group also did a Santa Clothes day at Kohl's and photos have been posted on Facebook and archived here for future use. Please see the schedule for their meetings at Eastrigdge.
Flyin' B Meeting Update
Flyin' B is ahead of the game this week and sent us notes of the agenda for their meeting later tomorrow, if you are free. On the Agenda:
They meet at 4-5 in the Longs Ridge Classroom (next to the Mile High Cafe) and then have dinner at Windows at Crest Hill in the private dining room around 5pm. You are invited to dinner (Dutch, of course) even if you cannot make the meeting.
They will be discussing how to appropriately memorialize Mike Oldham.
They will be doing the selection of club officers.
Rotary Youth Protection will do a powerpoint presentation.
They will offer project reports and outcomes from last year.
They will pass the Apple Award along
There will be no meeting on 12/26.
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Additional Committee News and Other Announcements
The Social Committee blew our holiday stockings off with a sparkling evening of joy and cheer last Saturday. Thank you to Kristy and Nancy for all their efforts and thank you to President Arthur and "First Lady" Terre for their gracious "hosting" of the event.
Their were Victorian Carolers, Special drinks, passed appetizers, grazing charcuterie boards, bubbles for a toast, fantastic food and top-notch service. Below the announcements, we are sharing a sampling of the photos Kristy forwarded from the 600 images that were taken! Brava, Kristy and Nancy!
RCHR Board - 2nd Wednesday each month 7:30-9 am
The next meeting is 12/10 at 7:30am at Eastridge Recreation Center. All are welcome.
Highlands Ranch Rotary Foundation - 3rd Thursday 9-11:30am
Community Service - 3rd Thursday 11am
International Service Committee (ISC) - 2nd Thursday 11am
Military Support - 4th Wednesday 8am via Zoom
Membership Committee
Youth / RYLA
PR Committee
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The Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch
Yours in Rotary,
~Kim DeCoste, Editor
Always elegant, Cheers!
The Social Maven and Mr. President.
Karla & May Kay with a holiday mind meld? Ho, ho, ho.
Love, love, love.
Arthur & Terre
Maria have found the mistletoe!
Holly jolly
Lovely and mighty these three
Christmas crew complete with a Griswold impersonator, Paul.
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