Our next social is set for May 18th at Red Leg Brewing Company located at 4630 Forge Rd. We will be working with the same time frame as before (5:30 – 8 ish). This one will be going towards helping out Cougars Care! I spoke with Brent Urban, and he said that they have noticed that a few students are struggling with hunger issues for several reasons, so the group has been trying to provide healthy snacks for them. This usually costs them about $50 - $100/month. Brent has asked us to raise some healthy snacks for them.
Here are some ideas:
-Fruit leathers
-Fruit/Vegetable squeezes
-Healthy granola bars
-Healthy fruit snacks
-Other individually wrapped health snacks
It may be easier to have people donate cash (I would say minimum of $15) or King Soopers gift cards, and then we can go shop for the specific items and give them to Cougars Care. When we are promoting the event, we can give people the choice of what they want to do for their “entry fee.”
Michelle Blessing has competed as a professional triathlete, runner and cyclist since the age of 13. Some of her accomplishments include running three Ironman triathlons (twice at the IM World Championships in Hawaii), bicycle racing for Team Saturn, competing on the first Team USA at the World Mountain Running Championships in Scotland, and winning the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York City in 1996. By 1998, she had transitioned into coaching. Initially, she worked as the Junior National Teams coach for USA triathlon while also personally coaching over a dozen professional athletes, including the US men’s national champion, the Australian men’s national champion, and the Chilean women’s national champion. 10 of these athletes qualified for the Olympic Trials in 2000 and two of them made the Olympic team. In 2000 she was selected as the inaugural USA Olympic Triathlon Coach for the men's and women's team for the Olympic Games in Sydney. She was also named the US Olympic Committee National Triathlon Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001. She then ran the USA Triathlon National teams out of the Olympic Training Center until 2003.
Since 2003 she has been working in real estate, where she has established herself as one of the top agents both locally and nationally, consistently qualifying for national production awards. She was inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame in 2015
Michelle enjoys virtually all sports, being outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.
The club leadership for 2017-18 met with The Antlers Wyndham catering staff to renew our annual contract for meal costs for July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018. As a result of the new contract, costs for meals for those billed on a quarterly basis will change to $21.50 per meal. Members who pay at the door on an individual meal basis will not see an increase in price for the coming year -- remains at $22.00 per meal. Hopefully, you've been pleased with the quality of meals and the outstanding service we receive each week.
Forgot your checkbook or not enough cash at the door? Just ask the registrar to have Claudine bill you for your meal. You will receive an invoice within the following week for the $22.00 meal cost. You may then send a check for the payment or pay online via the link on the invoice with a credit/debit card. If you choose the convenience of paying online with a credit/debit card, please be sure to add the 3% credit card fee that our club pays to the credit card company. For example,$22.66 total-- $22 x 1.03.
Here's a no-cost way for you to donate to our Service Fund with every purchase you make online at Amazon.com with your existing account. Sign up for Amazon Smile at https://smile.amazon.com/ and select Community Service Fund of the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs as your designated charity. .5% of your purchase amount will be donated to the Service Fund. It's easy and costs you nothing. Give it a try!
