I hope that everyone enjoyed our first meeting at our new location at The Pinery on the Hill and that you are excited about all the different activities that will be going on this year. 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.
The amazing, fun, and important service we do as Rotarians is something that most Colorado Springs residents know nothing about. They haven't heard about a group where members help provide school supplies to kids in need, assemble boxes for children in hospitals, sort letters of support for Ukrainian refugees, plan a trip to install water filtration systems in Kenya, support women in Ethiopia through Trampled Rose, watch comedic jugglers, hear an update on what is happening in Ukraine, and attend a fun wine-tasting social - and that's just this month!
So many of our friends, neighbors and associates are looking for an opportunity to make a difference locally and internationally. Let's not keep the awesomeness of Rotary a secret. I'm sure each of us knows at least one person who would love to learn about Rotary. Take a minute to invite them to one of our meetings, a service project or a social. I am sure there is something our club is doing that will interest them. Just scroll through this bulletin for some great ideas!
Yours in service,
Kay
Topic: Weekly Rotary Meeting
Time: July 15, 2022 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Join us for our July social on July 23rd at 4:30 pm at President Kay's house in Rockrimmon. It will be a blind wine (and ice tea) tasting with hors d'oeuvres. The cost is $20 per person. RSVP to Ron at fundman13@gmail.com or 719-337-7017.
These monthly socials are an opportunity for fellowship among Rotarians and also a great way to introduce potential members to Rotary, so bring a friend!
Come have a beer with your friends and help raise money for Flight 2022!
$1 from every pint purchased goes to The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs's Community Service Fund
August 2, 2022, 5-9:30 pm
2727 N Cascade Ave #123
Proceeds go to The Rotary of Colorado Springs' Community Service Fund which in turn benefits local schools and other service fund projects throughout Colorado Springs!
We have 2 projects starting this month and running into Aug; the 3rd annual Backpack Bash from COSILoveYou and the Ukrainian Letter Writing project, called Colorado Cares/ Letters of Love to Ukraine. Below is a quick overview of information on them.
COSILoveYou Backpack Bash –
Donations (backpacks, school supplies, Kleenex/ sanitizer) are taken throughout the month, latest date being July 19th, various drop-off locations around town can be found here: https://backpackbash.com/donation-locations/ or they can ship the items directly to COSILoveYou by purchasing them from the Walmart wish list here: https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/f0c51a1c-f4f2-4b61-8262-33bbfcbedb73?fbclid=IwAR1zwy7K4yb9O0U1exEVsNSUjPyyF8ox0GsZzuOnqIYWfH4AUYnHytVVD5A
Multiple volunteer opportunities to be found here: https://volunteer.cosiloveyou.com/communityservice, including upcoming flyer handouts for the event, materials sorting and general volunteers for the 2 pick-up events on July 30th and Aug. 6th.
Direct Donations for the program can be made here: https://backpackbash.com/donations/donation-form/
Colorado Cares/ Letters of Love to Ukraine –
Volunteers needed for pick-up and letter sorting, we will be vetting the written materials for anything not approved by the program details outlining inappropriate content, the goal is to send positive messages to women and children refugees during these hard times.
Pick-up/ sorting dates are as follows (Possible to change based on sorting location, will have an official day from him tomorrow or later tonight hopefully): o July 16th or July 17th, 9am – 12pm o July 30th or July 31st, 9am – 12pm o Aug 13th or Aug 14th, 9am – 12pm o Aug 27th or Aug 28th, 9am – 12pm
More info on the program can be found here: https://www.lettersofloveglobal.com/letters-of-love-to-ukraine
Currently, we are working on the following projects:
Practical Education Network (PEN) in Ghana
Hunger project in Niger
Trampled Rose In Ethiopia
Locally Haiti
Vision project in Bisceglie, Italy
Water project in Kenya
New updates for the International Committee:
Steve Popovich letter writing campaign to Ukrainian refugee mothers and children overseas is now active and coordinating with Community Service
The Tbilisi Rotarian Club in Republic of Georgia is helping to raise funds for the School of Tomorrow. They have taken in about 30 Ukrainian children and with the costs of additional children with families who are not paying and the issues of COVID, the school is low on funds and materials. The Director of the School is a member of the local Rotary Club there.
Water project trip in September to Kenya
If you are interested in participating in our International Committee, please email Jon Kaufman jk595@aol.com to be added to the notification list!
Rotary District 2241 in Romania (This information came from the DG in Southern California. She is a Romanian immigrant).
You can wire funds directly to the Rotary District 2241 of Romania. They have established a Disaster Relief Fund.
Here is the bank info for a wire transfer.
Bank:
Transilvania
Address:
str. Gheorghe Barițiu, nr.8, Cluj Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj 400000 Roman ia
Account in USD:
RO22BTRL01302205M6501800
Swift: BTRLRO22
Beneficiary:
Asociația Rotary District 2241 Romania & Republica Moldova
Address:
Hotel Ibis.
Calea Grivitei nr.143, sector 1,
București 010741 Romania
Rotary International Disaster Relief Fund
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
The first quarter polio reports from the two remaining countries not considered polio-free continue to be cautiously optimistic. With just six cases of the wild poliovirus reported in 2021, the trend was positive. Today that trend continues as we have had just one case of the wild poliovirus in Afghanistan this year and 441 days since the last reported case of the wild poliovirus in Pakistan.
The most encouraging information in the report is that there have been no Positive Environmental Samples since early December. Additionally, the cases of Circulating Vaccine - Derived Polio have dropped to just 34 compared with 195 at this time last year.
The eradication of only the second disease from the planet remains the primary goal of Rotary International. The continued support of Rotarians will see this goal achieved. Please help Rotary International with your donation to The Rotary Foundation Polio Plus Fund. With your help, we will have a polio-free world.
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.
