From Bob Kemp: We need a minimum of 30 more in-person registrations by this Friday, April 23, at 8 am or we will have to switch the District Conference to an entirely virtual format. (See his email, 4/19, to register if not connected by following link.
Please let Tim know if you are interested giving during the next quarter, 303-898-1214 or timsparks@q.com
LAST WEEK
Club Business including committee updates:
International Service - Patricia Sznip
Costa Rica - continuing to partner with the Belen Rotary Club, providing wheelchairs, the Sue Fox library, and the IB (International Baccalaureate) program. Anticipate "boots on the ground in 2022". Exploring new opportunities such as playgrounds in elementary schools to include toilets and water facilities (76 schools with no sanitation).
World Affairs Challenge expanding to Middle Eastern and North African teams. Our donation resulted as a "community partner" giving us more visibility.
Monetary donations to Global Dental Relief which has shifted to addressing food insecurity in Nepal; partnering with Denver Mile High Club in Nepal to address food insecurity; and, partnering with Joshua Knight and their water project in Cameroon.
Community Service - Elizabeth Scofield
"There is no community service without you!"
Elizabeth thanked all the volunteers; "we need all of you".
Ronald McDonald House every 3 - 4 months; thanks to Connie Golas for setting up delivered meals until we can resume in-person meals
IFCS - Pop-the-trunk ongoing
YESS Program - on hold
Boys Hope Girls Hope - Jun 28th golf tournament and financial support
Rotary Readers - suspended; currently constructing pergola at Sedalia Elementary
Metro Caring - ongoing
Help & Hope - primarily painting projects
Project Cure ongoing
Project Angel Heart - has delivered 8 million meals; our wonderfully decorated bags often become wall art for the recipients
Joshua Station - Spruce-A-Room suspended as they construct tiny homes for transitional housing
Habitat for Humanity ReStore - ongoing with an upcoming summer program for Interact students volunteering one day a week
Dickson Literary book donation
Free the Girls - over 700 bras donated
9News Health Clinic - upcoming Apr 30th
Blanket making - ongoing
Sunrise Recycling event - upcoming May 8th
Elephant Rock - upcoming Jun 6th
iCan Bike Camp canceled for 2021
Reaching out to HR Metro District to continue tree planting projects
Santa Clothes - at Kohl's, hoping to return this year
We have donated over $18,000 to our non-profit partners
Military Service - David Blackwood
Ft. Carson Golf Tournament Sep 10th
Warrior Bonfire - continued support as well as quarterly wellness calls to Purple Hearts, warriorbonfireprogram.org/our-mission
CVRC (Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition) and the Crawford House - safe housing for homeless Vets, cvrcforvets.org
Purple and Gold Mountain Express - planning initiated for 2022
Membership - Elaine Calderbank
Currently 91 members including 15 Sunrise, 3 Honorary, and 6 LOA (leave of absence)
Per District numbers, we have had a 7% growth (6 new with 1 resignation); Elaine thanked the Club and Tamie's leadership for encouraging visitors and ultimately new members allowing the committee to meet their goal of 5 new members
Committee discussing alternate meeting venues to attract younger and diverse members as well as different types of membership
Phil planning future training sessions on RI, ClubRunner app, and My Rotary
Elaine received the Rotary caps (92 blue and 15 pink) and 25 blue visors; these are gifts from our Club and will be distributed at May 6th meeting to continue creating our commercial awareness
Jim Kelley's suggestion to honor Mary Kay and her inspiration to many resulted in the Mary Kay Hasz Membership Annual Award and has 2 applicants (May 1st is the last day to apply)
May 6th at 1100 is the next Membership Committee meeting
Foundation Board Trustees
Week 3: Steve announced the 3 new Trustees who will join Debby Doig, Shrin Murthy, Steve Miller, and President Elect, Bill Simmermon July 1st: Betsy Alexander, Paul Campbell, and Connie Golas. CONGRATULATIONS Betsy, Paul, and Connie!
Announcements
Programming announcement from Sue Bramley and Claudia Caves
Both appreciate speaker suggestions to fill approximately 45 speakers per year
Since the Club is getting ready for the annual fundraising campaign, we're going to start a series of speakers who's nonprofits receive Club funds; it's a great way to remind of us of their good works and just why they have been selected
Website Update - Kari Brown
Our Club has a new website, RotaryClubHR.org that will be managed through ClubRunner where we have control and new capabilities
HRRotary.org, the old website, is currently still active (timing unsure for how long)
Tamie has submitted Kari’s name to the eClub 1 “Gary Fletcher Website Award” for her
tireless and outstanding work on reinventing our website, THANK YOU KARI!!
Tamie shared the Paul Harris video, doing good and making a difference in the world encouraging the Club to make contributions to The Rotary Foundation at a level most comfortable to you (14 members have never contributed to TRF), www.rotary.org/en/donate. She shared the 3 bucket slide (see her email sent following the meeting) describing how our Club works together with TRF. Please direct any questions to Jerry Wilford, our Foundation Chair.
Registration open until midnight May 5 for the May 6-8th District Conference
Community Service
April meeting canceled; next meeting in May.
Contact Elizabeth, 970-799-4321, if interested in volunteering at ReStore (Habitat for Humanity).
Project Angel Heart continues to collect decorated bags for food distribution. Elizabeth will bring bags on May 6.
Remember to send your volunteer hours to Elizabeth including your name, what activity you participated in, the date of the activity, and the number of hours, 970-799-4321.
International Service- Patricia Sznip
The International Service Committee voted to support a WASH project hosted by Denver Southeast in Nepal. The goal is to replace the damaged water systems for both fresh and sanitation purposes for Judigaun, a village about 3 hours southeast of Kathmandu. As it is a Global Grant, district funds will match our donation which will make it grow to $3000.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11th 8am via Zoom. Please let me know if you want to be added to the list to receive the meeting invite, 347-365-0202.
May 2 - Hide In Plain Sight "Derby For Diplomas" Gala, 2-5pm. Contact Joe Roos, joeroos54@gmail.com, to register for virtual participation. In-person registration closed.
May 6 - 12 noon, Hybrid, in-person Rotary meeting at Lone Tree Hotel & Golf.
Reservations required to attend in- person. Minimum required to attend 25, RSVP to Shrin a week in advance, and cost for lunch $20 to be billed quarterly. Instructions closer to the date. It will be Tamie's first day to be an in-person President!
May 6-7 - 2021District Conference, see Mar 26th email from Bev Mendel to register for in-person or virtual participation.
The virtual May 6 session will focus on Member Engagement and Rotary Service; May 7 will include an in-person reception, dinner and program for 150 people at the Arvada Center, and live-streamed for those that attend virtually. Club covering $25 of your fees; send confirmation of receipt to Guy, GPCaves@gmail.com
May 8 – Community Paint and Electronics Recycling at UC Health (Lucent Blvd) 9 to 2:00. Donations encouraged
Paint; free, unlimited amounts, acrylic, latex, stains and more
Electronics; TVs ($25 ea)
Last day to volunteer Apr 24th; call Marty, 303-798-9036. Volunteers still needed.
Jun 12 - 16 - Rotary International Virtual Conference
Jun 26 - Changing of the Guard picnic, noon, Lone Tree Hotel & Golf Pavilion. Invitations sent; please RSVP to Jane by June 12th. Guests will be charged $20.
Please join theHighlands Ranch Rotary Sunrise Clubfor our regular meetings. We are currently meeting virtually and hope to return to Children’s Hospital in Highlands Ranch soon. We are still a very active club, have regular speakers, participate in “safe” service volunteer opportunities, and strive to make a difference in the community. And we have fun at the same time!
Zoom call meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 7:15 – 8:30 am. Please contact either Gary Smith (303-522-3355) or Elena Cumberbatch-Lynch (303-875-3418) for the Zoom meeting link. This is a great opportunity for a make-up meeting or for potential members that cannot easily attend noon meetings. We look forward to seeing you and welcome any guests that would like to join us!
