Normally, we meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. Meetings feature member updates, club news, and speakers. Join us Wednesday, September 2, 5:30 pm at the Mountain Lodge in Mountain Village. Join us Wednesday, September 16, 6pm at our Telluride meeting place, MountainFilm's office at 122 S Oak Street. Email: telluriderotary@gmail.com for info or to rsvp.
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During four weeks in June, Telluride Rotary held the second-annual Hikeathon to raise funds for Telluride Rotary as well as for other nonprofits. We also aimed to motivate people to hike!
We handed out several prizes. The top prize-getter for Most Miles Hiked and Best Spirit was Rona Seams, who hiked 420 miles (!) during the four weeks of June. She also raised funds for the team Hiking for Hope for Glioblastoma, which won the top Team Fundraising prize of $500 in gift certificates from Stronghouse Brew Pub.
Special thanks to Rotary’s Hikeathon co-organizers Sarah Lavender Smith and Steven Nordstrom. Many thanks to main sponsors Alpine Bank and Jagged Edge Mountain Gear.
The participating nonprofits that raised money include: True North Youth Program, Colorado Displaced Veterans Coalition, EcoAction Partners, Telluride Jewish Community, Telluride Education Foundation, San Miguel Resource Center, Pinhead Institute, Telluride Ski & Snowboard Club, and Friends of the WPL Library.
The Telluride Rotary Club is proud to award $23,000 in scholarships this year plus an additional $500 for our Service Above Self awards. Many thanks to our Scholarship Committee chair Lauren Bloemsma and these Rotary members who served on the committee: Jim Austin, Marilyn Branch, Sarah Holbrooke, and Nancy Pietri.
Pictured here with club president Kate Wadley at center are THS seniors Caitlyn McKillop and Adam Szigeti who earned our club’s 2026 Service Above Self Award. These $250 prizes go directly to the two deserving students recognized for their volunteerism.
This year our scholarships include two new John Hopkins Fine Arts Scholarships per a bequest of the late Telluride Rotary Club member and artist John Hopkins. The two $4000 John Hopkins Fine Arts Scholarships went to Winter Jacobson who will attend the University of Oregon pursuing a degree in fine arts, and Hannah Jurecki who will explore multiple interests through the Exploratory Studies program at Colorado State University this fall.
The $500 John Micetic Athletic Scholarship named after former mayor and longtime Rotarian John Micetic is awarded to Madeline McNamara pursuing a pre-law degree at Colgate University.
The $1000 Endeavor scholarship funded by longtime Rotarians Roger and Sandy Wickham provides tuition assistance to a student entering a vocational or trade program. It goes to Tatiana Gaviota Ramos who will pursue a certified nursing assistant certificate at Santa Barbara City College.
Nine Telluride Rotary Club Academic Scholarships were awarded based on merit and need to those students exemplifying Rotarian values. The largest $5,000 scholarship is awarded to Caitlyn McKillop who graduated Summa Cum Laude with Latin Honors. She will pursue a psychology degree at the University of Oregon.
Scholarships for $2,000 each go to Zephyr Basham pursuing a business management degree at Montana State University, and Abigail Vidal who will study kinesiology at Colorado Mesa University. Scholarships for $1,000 go to Hugh Hatcher studying engineering at Harvard University, Lucia Young studying biology at UCLA, and Jacob Sharp who will study chemical engineering at CU Boulder. Scholarships for $500 go to Alison Gutierrez Sanchez, CJ Horning and Langston Silbergeld.
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