This week, we have lots of interesting updates coming from our Rotary District and Rotary International in the bulletin this week.
Since we had the District Governor speak last week and have the announcement about nominations for District Governor in this week's bulletin, I thought I'd share some information on that position. The District Governor is the single officer of Rotary International in the district. They are extensively trained to mentor and provide guidance to the 27,000 Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about Rotary and is a person of recognized high standing in their profession, community and Rotary Club. The governor performs a host of specific duties to assure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district and promotes the programs and activities of Rotary International.
As we continue Rotary membership month, next week's meeting, on August 26th, is another great opportunity to invite someone to join you at the meeting. Our guest speaker will be Congressman Doug Lamborn who will give us a report on what is happening in Congress. It should be very informative.
Reminder - we will have a special lunch meeting on MONDAY, August 29th in conjunction with the Whitney Golf Tournament. Since that will be our meeting for the week and you will already be at the golf tournament, why not consider volunteering before lunch or checking if there is still room for you to participate? Make it a fun morning!
Please take time to read the bulletin each week and check out our website that has more information about all our events, activities and upcoming speakers.
Yours in service,
Kay
Topic: Weekly Rotary Meeting
Time: August 5, 2022, 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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It is Butterfly Raffle time! This year's raffle butterfly is called Blue Morpho Grande by Al B Johnson. We are asking each member to either buy or sell 10 tickets at $10 each to support our major fundraiser. Caryn and Cody will be distributing the tickets for each club member at our meeting on Friday. I know that they will need help passing out tickets and collecting money over the next few weeks. Consider volunteering to help. You can sign up on the weekly duty roster.
The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs needs your help with some fun volunteer opportunities coming up at the end of August, with the 15th anniversary of Flight and the 3rd annual Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament! If interested in joining us for either of these yearly events, please respond back with an email or check out our volunteer sign-up lists here: https://admin.clubrunner.ca/3250/Volunteer/List?SelectedId=34cd51b0-efe5-4de5-8dab-65895968429a where you can find all of our currently available and upcoming service projects and sign up for roles directly! Looking forward to some great events with fellow Rotarians this month, and don’t forget, for anyone interested in assisting the community service committee, we will be meeting by Zoom again tomorrow at noon.
Whitney Memorial Golf Tournament; Aug. 29th, 7am – 2pm
Minimum of 10 volunteers needed for various positions from player check-in, prize/ goodie bag distribution, course direction volunteers, etc. We will have shift times available or if you are available for the full day 8am – 2pm, please let me know your availability when you respond back, thanks!
If you have volunteered for this event in the past 2 years and want to stay with the same position you have held in the past, please let me know that as well; otherwise, I’ll discuss with you individually about the available positions and where you would like to help serve.
Flight 2022
Butterfly Installation; Aug 31st, 8am – 12pm
The Flight committee will need some help with transporting butterflies and dragonflies from Status Symbol to the Pioneer’s Museum, volunteers will preferably have a truck or trailer available to assist in moving the individual items. 2-3 volunteers with trucks available would be ideal.
2-3 more volunteers would be welcome to help stage butterflies and hammer stakes into the ground at Pioneer’s.
Reveal Day; Sept 2nd, 4pm – 8pm
The Flight committee needs about 6 total volunteers; Volunteers will help with event setup/ moving petite butterflies into Pioneer’s, then during the event 3 people will be needed to monitor the petite’s inside and the other 3 will be helping with other event needs.
Petite butterflies will be moved to the Lawrence Dryhurst Gallery after the event, please let me know if you will be able to help with the final move as well, thanks!
Thank you all for your continuing commitment to putting Service Above Self!
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been informed of a case of paralytic polio in an unvaccinated individual in Rockland County, New York, United States.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are coordinating with New York State health authorities on their investigation. Initial sequencing confirmed by CDC indicates that the case is type 2 VDPV.
Any form of poliovirus anywhere is a threat to children everywhere. It is critical that the GPEI Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026 is fully resourced and fully implemented everywhere, to ensure a world free of all forms of poliovirus can be achieved.
We are calling on every single Rotary member to take action and be a part of the fight to end polio, helping to raise $50 million per year for polio eradication.
Mike McGovern Chair, International PolioPlus Committee
As one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, Rotary has made peace the cornerstone of our global mission. We are deeply concerned about the Ukraine crisis and need your help.
Rotary is made up of people of action, especially in difficult times. In response to the deepening refugee crisis, The Rotary Foundation Trustees have decided to prioritize contributions made to the Disaster Response Fund until 30 April 2022 to support disaster response grants for districts affected by these events. These expedited disaster response grants can be used to supply water, food, medicine, shelter, and clothing.
Half a million people have fled Ukraine and are in dire need of emergency aid. The United Nations estimates that the number of refugees could grow to as many as 5 million people displaced. Rotary clubs in Europe and around the world have stepped up their relief work, some working on the ground to help displaced families.
With your donation to our Disaster Response Fund, we can support communities and help rebuild lives during this tragic time. Click HERE to donate now.
Sincerely,
John Germ Trustee Chair, 2021-22 The Rotary Foundation
If you have bulletin announcements, please email the EXACT WORDING of your announcement to kay.rendleman@comcast.net by Wednesday at 5 pm. I don't write your announcements, but I do make them nice 'n' fancy!
As you're doing your shopping online, did you know that you can support our Rotary Club with every Amazon purchase? Here’s how:
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
Sign into your Amazon account as you normally would
On the very top left of the page, next to the AmazonSmile logo, are three horizontal bars. Click there for the drop-down menu.
Scroll ALL the way down to “Your AmazonSmile”; it should be the last option right before “Sign Out”; Click on “Your AmazonSmile”
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.)
Type in Community Service Fund of the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs; click Select
That’s it. You’re all set. Just remember to go to Smile.Amazon.com when you shop from now on.
