Weekly Bulletin for the week of March 20, 2025
 

Noon Meeting Notes & Announcements:

Our greeter last week was Terre Cone.

Our Inspiration was given by Kim DeCoste. She shared a poem called "Bits & Pieces" by an unknown Author. It was found in an obscure Christian Church Book years ago and has a special place in Kim's heart.

• A brand new walk-in from Minnesota. We had a gentleman named John join us and he is evaluating Rotary.
• Filippo was with us, and he and Marion announced they will host a Friendship Meal at her home on the 12th of April when we do the Club Friendship Dinners that weekend.
• We welcomed Nancy Barton back from Australia and Kristy Hayzlett also returned from a sprint of home sales in Maryland in the past several weeks.

• Shrin and Connie announced that we did get the District Direct Funding (DDF) to support our water project in Cambodia. Thanks to their hard work and the matching of the District, we will have $3K for 15 pumps in Cambodia!
   

• We are still looking for Rotary Readers for Arrowood Elementary. 
   
• Robin told us that project Angel Heart will be doing a Restaurant night on 4/24/25 called "Dining Out for Life". You can find details on their website but locally you can eat that night at 4 area restaurants and the funds will go to project Angel Heart. Here in our neighborhood Beau Jo's and Cranelli's are participating. In Littleton, they have The Cherry Cricket and LuBo's NY Pizza helping them out with proceeds from that night's sales.
   
• Sue and Alan will be heading a Blood Drive on 4/19. We will need volunteers to help and we need donors. It will be at the Lone Tree Golf Club.
   
• We are still seeking hosts for the Friendship Dinners on 4/11 and 4/12. Please reach out to Terre or Arthur if you are able to help out, as Nancy is out of town and Kristy has been working out of town the past few weeks. There will be sign up sheets at the meeting. We would like to see 8-10 per home. It is a hosted BYOB potluck. The host offers the main dish.
   
• Please remember that dues are due. Please read the invoice for credit card billing information and please do not delay.
   
• President Arthur announced that we will have a table in the House of Friendship in Calgary. We hope our members in attendance will offer a few hours to work at the table representing our club and our contributions. Please speak with Arthur if you have any questions. We will be presenting the "Solar Panels for Humanity" program; it is an expansion of Solar Panels for Ukraine. There will be 35,000 Rotarians there, so it is a great time to see Rotary International at work in North America!

 COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS

FROM THE PAST WEEK & THE MEETINGS

Sunrise Meetings Group Update

Thank you to Collette and Cindy for updates. Sunrise Club has been BUSY:

1. Budget was approved to fund the following:
   1. Brent's Place
   2. California Fires
   3. Colorado Freedom Museum
   4. RYLA+
   5. Friends of Roxborough
   6. Santa Clothes
   7. Shimmering Wings
   8. Tall Tales
   9. Thunder Ridge High School
2. St. Andrew's Parking Lot is secured for the 5/2 Recycling Event; cones have been ordered. Flyers are coming. Sponsors are welcome to support this which will be visible in the Community!​​​​​​​
3. Kamesha Jones spoke to the club about Project Angel Heart and our continued Meal Support.
4. ​​​​​​​On 4/2 the group will be touring Brent's Placer and hope to confirm a service project in conjunction with the Epic Day of Service.

Flyin' B Meeting Highlights: 

• Stuff & Stitch is usually monthly at CC#1422. It is the last Thursday of the Month anytime from 9:30-3:00.The next one is on 3/8 from 3-4 on the 2nd Floor.

• The following events have been approved by Wind Crest for the year to date:

  • Electronic Recycling 5/2/25

  • Shoe Collection 5/17/25

  • Blood Drives 5/31 and 11/1/25

  • Trees/Pollinator Planting in April/May

The next meeting will be on 3/27 in the Windows Dining Room.

Additional Committee News and Other Announcements

   The Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch

A reminder that we will need a replacement Editor for The Wheel Spinner by April 15, 2025 at the latest. If you are interested, please contact Kim DeCoste or President Arthur. 

Final note, I am able to help the club order new t-shirts or logo gear that we can choose, and each person can order what they like and have it sent to them.

I have done this before for personal and public events and groups using something called CustomInk.com . Details will be presented to the club at a future meeting. There is still flexibility in the design. We will use official brand logos from Rotary Central. Feel free to contact Kim after the presentation if you have any input. We will do this soon if there is an interest so that the shirts (or whatever we decide to order) arrive before I leave the club at the end of May.

Yours in Rotary,

~Kim DeCoste, Editor
kimdecoste09@gmail.com 
+303.588.2733 (call/text)