Hello Rotarians!
We were lucky enough to have lots of exciting news, two presentations, and a great crowd today.
We started off the meeting with an announcement from Brett that the Cody Rotary Club is donating $40,000 to the City of Cody to be used for the new Trailhead Park! This will be a great opportunity to show the good service Rotary provides the community and to help us sell raffle tickets and raise money for the Rotary Show.
Heather passed out a dictionary handout schedule and announced that Black Hills Energy made a donation to cover the cost of the dictionaries, which were ordered locally from Legends Bookstore.
Wine & Whiskey Raffle tickets are in and can be collected from Vi. Kelly brought in a gorgeous Wyoming Whiskey barrel end table that will be included in the whiskey raffle. Lisa P. is taking sign ups to sell raffle tickets at the 11/22 craft show.
Mark Mathis and Lindsey Shaw joined the group to discuss the Wyoming Christmas Carol movie written by Hannah Barefoot. Hannah was raised in Cody and her father was Joe Kellerby, a fellow Rotarian. After UW, Hannah made her way to Los Angeles to begin her acting career. She has now written a movie she call a "love letter to Cody" and would like to film it in the winter in Cody but is in need of investors and donations to make this dream come true. Mark is her producer and Lindsey is her local project manager. The whole team will be hosting an information session at Age of Aquarius on Saturday 11/24 from 10-11:30am. If you're interested in donating, the Cody Community Foundation is a fiscal sponsor and donations can be made at the Chamber. They hope you can join Hannah Saturday to learn more!
Cameron Carlson, our newest Cody Rotary member, shared about his Madcap Comedy & Improv program. Cam is a teacher, actor, and director who specifically works with a "Yes, and..." philosophy for collaborations. He is passionate about helping people find was to work together in a mutually beneficial way and teaches improv with the yes, and philosophy to teach collaboration skills. He is teaching improv classes at the Colonel with the next session beginning in February. He will also be bringing the Godspell production to Cody in March and hopefully Murder Mystery Dinner Theaters in the Spring with local partners.
We will see you next Thursday 10/30 for our regular lunch AND our Halloween Party at 6pm at Zapata's...come dressed in your Halloween costume or your Rotary Show costume. Have a great week everyone!