July 17.2022

 

Greetings fellow Rotarians ! Boy, we are off to a busy summer.

Snowbirds – we miss you ! How about staying connected by joining us on zoom? Wanda and her Club Services committee have done a great job of arranging programs for every meeting. 

Committees – lots of work is being done between meetings and we still need some positions filled. For example, our new Club Services committee needs to fill several spots to help us organize our meetings. These jobs are not onerous, a few hours a month will do it! You  can contribute from wherever you are. Please reach out to Wanda to see how you can help. I am sure you joined our club to help us get things done!

Youth Services – John and Linda Howard have already started the process of raising awareness in the schools for our academic scholarships. How about vocational grants / scholarships? Well, I feel we need to do work to get our arms around this. I simply don’t accept the notion that none of the students in the Copper Corridor are not interested in pursuing a vocation. I’ve asked Kristi Halverson, chair of Youth Services to have her committee dig into this. So, more need for good volunteers to get involved with her committee. Also, this committee oversees RYLA and the 4-way Speech contest. Typically we send one or two students to the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy. Why not sponsor five ?? I feel this Rotary event provides real impact to the future of young people. Also the 4-way Speech contest – we need to work with the high school students to prepare them for this contest, so they are bettered prepared. Thanks Fred Lowy for stepping up to mentor these students. With his background, they couldn’t have a better mentor!

Community Services – this committee just keeps adding important work. This year we will be active with National Night Out in San Manuel. We are donating money to both Oracle and San Manuel to help with food, prizes, and in San Manuel we will need about 4 volunteers to help. Another opportunity to get involved! The National Night Out event is designed to bring police and other first responders together with kids to spend an evening having fun. Lets get involved.

Fore For Kids – our major fundraiser is right on-track thanks to the leadership of Dan Watson. This golf tournament will be held November 21^st . Dan’s committee has sold all of the major sponsorships and already has 78 golfers committed (only 100 golfer spots available). If you would like to golf sign up now !

July 28^th – our District Governor (Anita McDonald) will be here for her annual visit. Please make every effort to attend this meeting and consider bringing a guest.

Wherever you are, please have a safe, healthy summer and remember to have FUN!

 

Yours in Rotary,

 

Gordon