There will be no program, as this is the fourth Thursday. Join the meeting for Invocation, Greetings from President Bill, Announcements and Happy Money.
Posted by Pete Sumey
March 18, 2021 Meeting Notes
President Bill Solms rang the bell at 12:00. Pete Sumey gave the Invocation. Bill Solms led the Pledge of Allegiance. Guest Introductions: Visiting Rotarians - None; Guests - Vivian Gordon.
Announcements
President Bill announced that the trial run for the Duck Race in the Lazy River will be held on April 5.
Duck sorting will occur at the Quality Inn, weather permitting, on March 25 right after the club meeting closes on Zoom.
There is a Duck Race Committee tonight on Zoom at 5:00.
President Bill announced that club member David Tavel passed away recently. Nobody knew the name of the column David wrote for EP News for many years. They had to look it up. It was “On the Other Hand”.
Elizabeth announced that there would not be a Community Services Committee meeting in March.
Anne reported that she had learned in an email from the Red Cross that club members Chuck and Dale Bonza had manned a relief station during the past weekend's weather at the Ridgeline Hotel.
Happy Money
Scott Thompson is happy to announce that the Duck Race had received $16,000 in sponsor money.
Karen Thompson announced that her 91-year old father, Wayne Newsom, had received an excellent medical checkup.
Anne and Gordon Slack were supposed to travel to Las Vegas the past weekend, and were not able to leave Denver. They were happy to return home safely.
Program
Rick Taylor introduced speakers Vanessa Solesbee and Matt Eisenberg to present the new pay for parking system coming to Estes Park this summer.
Adjournment
President Bill closed the club meeting with the 4-Way Test.
Respectfully submitted by Pete Sumey.
Pete Sumey, scribe
Posted by Rita DuChateau
Club grant will help feed the community
The Rotary Club of Estes Park has a longstanding commitment to address areas of need in the local community and has recently awarded a grant to help with a shortfall of holiday collections by The Salvation Army.
Due to the COVID pandemic, the bell-ringing campaign sponsored by The Salvation Army came up short this year. The Community Service Committee of the Rotary Club of Estes Park, which vets and recommends grants funded by the club, recently delivered $1,000 to the Community Corner Café to help provide weekly free dinners for all Estes Valley residents. Half of the amount came from the club’s Friendship Card proceeds, and $500 was donated by a generous club member.
Roxy Hause (left) and Rev. Bruce Brackman (right) happily accept the $1,000 grant from the Rotary Club of Estes Park representative Beth Weisberg to help with the Community Corner Café.
The Community Corner Café is based at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church on Dry Gulch Road, near Good Samaritan Village. Free meals are provided every Friday between the first Friday in October and the last Friday in April, between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Due to COVID, meals are “to go” during this CCC season.
“Community Corner Café is about Community, celebrating our ‘common unity.’ We provide good nourishing meals at no cost to anyone in Estes Park and surrounding areas,” said Bruce Brackman, pastor of Shepherd of the Mountains. “So far this year we are averaging over 225 meals every Friday night. We are so thankful for the Noon Rotary’s grant of $500 and a $500 match by an anonymous donor. We absolutely would not be able to serve without the generosity of the Noon Rotary and other organizations that consider Community Corner Café an important ministry to Estes Park and surrounding areas. CCC is funded purely by grants and donations.”
Founded in 1926, The Rotary Club of Estes Park is a service organization open to all. The club currently meets on Zoom on first four Thursdays of every month. Meetings begin at noon, with an optional lunch served at 11:30 a.m. Interested in joining? Contact Anne Slack, membership chairperson at anneslack@aol.com. To help the club’s philanthropic efforts, consider buying a $10 Friendship Card for local discounts at any of the following locations: Cabintique, Country Market, Macdonald Book Shop, Mad Moose, Nicky’s Steak and Seafood House, Quality Inn, Safeway Guest Services, Rocky Mountain Gateway, Wynbrier Home and Wynbrier Ltd.
Is Zoom a challenge?
Anne Slack has the answers!
For anyone new to the workings of Zoom, it can be a confusing experience. Our Membership Chair Anne Slack took on the challenge of creating a step-by-step tutorial on navigating Zoom.
The document is posted on our club website's home page, under Home Page Download Files (left hand side of the page) for your future reference. Click on this link to be taken to our club's home page to read all about the world of Zoom, and think about printing it out for a friend. https://portal.clubrunner.ca/5241
Thanks, Anne for your efforts to keep all of our members engaged until we can meet again!
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