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From the President:
Rodney Gullatte
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April 2, 2021

 

                              

Tune in tomorrow for another outstanding meeting @ 12:15 pm

Our speakers for Friday will be Alexis Knox-Miller and Danielle Summerville presenting "A Journey Towards Equity: Creating and Sustaining Ecosystems of Equity"

Topic: Rotary Club of Colorado Springs Weekly Meeting

Time: April 2, 2021 12:15 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

        Every week on Fri, until June 25, 2021 

      

     

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This Week's Program 
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April is Maternal and Child Health Month

Rotary makes high-quality health care available to vulnerable mothers and children so they can live longer and grow stronger.

We expand access to quality care, so mothers and children everywhere can have the same opportunities for a healthy future. An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation — all of which can be prevented.

HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN 

Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.

OUR IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

The Rotary Foundation reaches mothers and children in need by giving communities the help and training they need to take control of their own maternal and infant health care.

 

Rotary makes amazing things happen, like:

Mobile prenatal clinics

Haiti has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate of any country in the western hemisphere. Rotary provided a fully equipped medical Jeep to volunteers and midwives to reach mothers and children in remote areas.

Cancer screening

Rotarians provided a mobile cancer screening unit and awareness trainings around Chennai, India, where there is a high mortality rate of women with breast and cervical cancer due to late diagnosis.

Preventing injuries and deaths

Rotary members launched a $3 million, five-year pilot to save lives of mothers and children during home deliveries in Nigeria. Since 2005, they’ve also repaired 1,500 obstetric fistulas — 500 more than their initial goal — restoring dignity and hope to vulnerable mothers.

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It's RALLY TIME!!
Rotary Rally—April 7th at US Olympic and Paralympic Museum 
 
Holly Flores, Membership Director, has organized a Rotary event for new & existing Rotarians and family & friends, at the FLAME CAFE inside the new US Olympic and Paralympic Museum.    Come learn more about Rotary, meet some members and check out Colorado Springs' newest hot spot!  They are offering extended hours just for us.  Stop by between 4:00 and 5:30.  ADMISSION IS FREE!
 
The Flame Café
USOPM
200 South Sierra Madre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
 
 
 
 
Community Service Committee Updates:
 

Recent Updates/Upcoming Projects/Events:

Recycle Beyond the Bag!

Throughout the month of April, we are encouraging Rotarians to recycle plastic sheeting in support of Earth Day celebrated in April. This project is in support of Trex’s earth-friendly composite decking and railing.

Trex will accept Produce Bags, Store Bags, Ice Bags, Ziploc & other reclosable bags, Cereal box liners, Case overwrap, Bread Bags, Bubble Wrap and other types of plastic sheeting.

Weigh your plastic sheeting donation then drop it off at a local King Soopers or with Samantha Chapman.

Learn more at our Event Page: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3250/Event/trex---plastic-sheeting-drive

 

Since our previous Saturday Habitat for Humanity volunteer opportunity was cancelled due to weather we have a new sign-up opportunity for May 21-22!

Volunteer with your fellow Rotarians and other local Rotary clubs with the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity. All Rotarians and friends are welcome to volunteer and there are options between a morning/afternoon or all day shift. Encourage a spouse, significant other, or friend to join you as we assist with a local build project in our Colorado Springs area.

Learn more and Sign-Up now at our Event page: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3250/Event/pikes-peak-habitat-for-humanity

 

Kindest Regards,

 

Samantha Chapman

 

 

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International Committee News!
International Committee is working on some great projects! 
- Joint Project with Denver Mile High Club Uganda mental health is approved and in motion!
 
- CSF approved $500 for Ashesi University project in Ghana. Distract Grant request submitted. Looking to get other local clubs to partner with us.
 
- Colorado Haiti Project is continuing on their agriculture project and has changed their name to Locally Haiti. 
 
- We are drafting a request for the Practical Education Network (PEN) in Ghana for funding to help with transition to online learning because of covid. We get to hear from PEN's CEO & Founder, Heather Beem in April as one of our speakers!
 
- Next International committee meeting will be April 9th via Zoom at 1:30/1:45 immediately following our weekly meetig (or in-person if you are joining us inside Sportivos for BYOL).
 
Onward and upward,
Jordan Davis - International Committee Director
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Feeling isolated?  BYOL! (Bring your own laptop!)
Are you missing seeing your other Rotarians in person? Feel free to join Jordan Davis and Kay Rendleman with some of your other fellow Rotarians on Fridays over at Sportivos inside the Antlers hotel. Arrive starting at 11:30 for socially distanced socializing and bring your laptops and headphones to participate in the meeting on Zoom at 12:15! Questions? Contact Jordan or Kay."
 
Get to know your club members!
       
 
 
RETURNING NEXT WEEK! 
 
 
 
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Kathleen's Korner

Returning next week!            

 

Makeups!
If you have makeups you would like to turn in to be counted for your attendance, please email me with the date and purpose of the meetings! KSaltmarshVoss@yahoo.com  
Bulletin Annoucements~!
                                                                              
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you have bulletin announcements, please email the EXACT WORDING of your announcement to KSaltmarshVoss@yahoo.com by Wednesday at 5 pm. I don't write your announcements but I do make them nice 'n' fancy!
Amazon Smile in 6 steps!
As you're doing your shopping online, did you know that you can support our Rotary Club with every Amazon purchase? Here’s how:
  1. Go to smile.amazon.com (not amazon.com). Amazon Smile is the same company, same account, same password, but the Amazon Smile program gives one half of one percent of every purchase to charity. No, it’s not a lot, but it’s also not nuthin’ (to be exact: about $150 for the Club so far). So again, go to smile.amazon.com
  2. Sign into your Amazon account as you normally would
  3. On the very top left of the page, next to the AmazonSmile logo, are three horizontal bars. Click there for the drop-down menu.
  4. Scroll ALL the way down to “Your AmazonSmile”; it should be the last option right before “Sign Out”; Click on “Your AmazonSmile”
  5. On the right side of the page, click on the “change charity” box under Your current charity (Note: If you are currently supporting another charity, that’s awesome! These instructions are for those who are not doing so. Also, if you have not previously selected a charity, your default option will be St. Judge Children’s Research Hospital.)
  6. Type in Community Service Fund of the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs; click Select
  7. That’s it. You’re all set. Just remember to go to Smile.Amazon.com when you shop from now on.
*Originally written by Past President Caryn Adams
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bill Kettles
April 9
 
Andy Vick
April 12
 
Liz Vanatta
April 14
 
Rodney Gullatte
April 17
 
Paul Clarkin
April 23
 
Brad Butler
April 24
 
Buz Rieger
April 24
 
Join Date
David Supperstein
April 2, 1970
51 years
 
John Cunning
April 2, 1965
56 years
 
Katie Lenger
April 2, 2018
3 years
 
Jeff Ahrendsen
April 11, 1986
35 years
 
Carmen Matei
April 18, 2014
7 years
 
Tom Nelson
April 18, 2014
7 years
 
Jane Hammoud
April 26, 1996
25 years
 
Annie Valades
April 28, 1996
25 years
 
Maile Foster
April 28, 2007
14 years
 
Vance Valades
April 28, 2016
5 years
 
Donna Dell'Olio
April 30, 2004
17 years
 
Wayne Bland
April 30, 1999
22 years
 
Upcoming Events
TREX - Plastic Sheeting Drive
Apr 01, 2021 – Apr 30, 2021
 
It's Rally Time!
The Flame Cafe
Apr 07, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 
Flight 2021 Meeting
ZOOM Call
Apr 09, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
 
April Community Service Committee Meeting
Zoom
Apr 15, 2021
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity
Sand Creek PPHFH Build Site
May 21, 2021 8:30 AM –
May 22, 2021 4:30 PM
 
VFW 4051 Memorial Day Weekend Poppy Drive
Big R
May 29, 2021 9:00 AM –
May 30, 2021 3:00 PM
 
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