Announcements
April 30, 12 PM, No host social lunch, details to follow
April 30 (soft deadline) RYLA applications due
May 16, EPIC Day of Service
May 27: 4:30 PM, Sip ‘N Frolic Fundraiser
May 29-30, District Conference, Idaho Falls
Guests & Visiting Rotarians
Brennain van der Hoeven introduced himself. He will apply for the Young Professional Member Program
Brent Hastey, Past District Governor at Rotary Greater Sacramento Area District 5180
Red Badger
Bill Agler introduced Carly Kyle, formerly a St. Lukes nurse, now having her own private company. She will be part of the Young Professional Member Program.
Paul Harris Awards Only one of three potential awardees was present: Dick Smith received the Paul Smith (+5) award. He has retired from the U.S. Forest Service.
Kaffeeklatsch
The meeting at Bill & Diane Shepherds’ was a smashing success. The next one will be in May.
RYLA 2026
RYLA is a premiere youth leadership development program for high school juniors & seniors. This year’s camp will be held July 31 -August 3.
Cascade & Donnelly
Applications are open until July 15. Please notify Jenny Hemly or Beth Markley if you know of anyone who may be interested in attending.
Wetland Peace Preserve Rotarian Kevin Learned spoke about action on April 25, 9:30am. He gave as example work on populations of bees or native plants.
It was announced that the Republic Services Charitable Foundation will donate $250,000 for the Peace Preserve. Boise Cascade will donate $3,000. A volunteer Wetland work date will be scheduled in late April or early May. Go to Wetland Peace Preserve for more information. Nestled along the Boise River, the Wetland Peace Preserve is a natural sanctuary dedicated to conservation, educ...
EPIC Day of Service
This year’s EPIC Day of Service will be May 16. Our Rotary Club will be working with the Sleep in Heavenly Peace non-profit to help build beds for children who need them.
Sip‘n Frolic
Sip ‘n Frolic will be held May 27 at the Lost Grove Brewery on Lusk Street. See Rotarian Andrea Pettit to buy tickets for the May 27 event.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Meet May 16, 9am – 12pm, in Meridian. Donate twin size “bed in a bag”. Contact Rotarian Stephanie Bailey-White for info stephanie.baileywhite@gmail.com
District Raffle Need more ticket booklets sold. It is time for the Rotary District Raffle. The grand prize is a $8,000 gift card with $2,000 paid to the IRS. The seller of the winning ticket and the club of the seller receive $5,000 gift cards. Second prize is $2,000 and third is $1,000. Booklets of 5 tickets are $100. Booklets of 12 tickets are $200. Do not remove the staple from the booklets. Each ticket stub must show the buyer’s name and phone number and seller's name and club. Keep the staples in for credit.
Happy Dollars Jeff Leedy was inordinately happy after teaching his 2nd drawing class at Whitney Elementary School. And he is also happy because he is taking his final trip to Italy visit old friends and new sites. Vern Gentry for Diane Shepherd’s Kaffeeklatsch
Don Lojek for granddaughter that was after his return from Buenos Aires
Dave Bennion for breakfast 21 yrs ago, having visits with Rotarians
Jim Steele, for Marcia Wing and meeting about College of Idaho
Fred Reed for thanking Jeff for his teaching at Whitney School
Marcia Wing for Jim Steele’s lovely home
Singing
Bill Agler led us in "I've Been Working on The Railroad" as Jerry Schroeder played piano flawlessly. 
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