If you plan to attend the Thursday, April 4 meeting, please contact Club Administrator Karol Rinehart by 10a.m. Friday, March 29to let her know the following:
You plan to attend and have lunch.
You plan to attend and have beverage service only.
You will be bringing a guest(s).
kj.rinehart@centurylink.net
Fourth Thursday Committee Meetings
Check the bottom of your newsletter to see which committees you've chosen for this Rotary year. Was it Financial Development? Community Service? International Service? Youth/New Generations/Vocational Service? Membership? Programs? Club Administration? Meet in a small group of your choice after lunch this week. You are welcome to join any committee at any time!
Directors/Committees
Fund Development - Karen Thompson
International Service - Ron Gordon
Membership - Bill Solms
Community Service - Roger Thorp
Youth/New Generations - Sue Fereday
Programs - Rick Taylor
Club Administration - Karol Rinehart
March 21 meeting highlights
President Dave Evans called the meeting to order at 12:05, and he celebrated our growing minutes of daylight and the arrival of spring.
Bill Smith made an announcement about the death of Ken Cole on March 17. He was a member of our club for 14 years and had previously been a member of a Rotary club in McPherson, Kansas for three. Rich Hause was his RCEP sponsor. Services will be held in June at the Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies. Bill also announced the death on March 20 of Gary Trunnell, a former club member from 2005-12. Gladys Van Drie was his sponsor.
Ken Cole and Gary Trunnell
Madison Casey provided our Invocation, Pete Sumey guided us in song and Pledge, and he and also introduced guests, including Audri Smith, Marcia Tavel and Carl Robicheaux. Karen McClure happily served as Greeter. Our Jokester, Scott Thompson, was absent, so we were (alas) humorless.
Peter Sinnott and Chip Sproul coordinated their Rotary attire Thursday, wearing matching green shirts. A discussion ensued at the table on the merits of owning an iron.
Happy Money
Bill Solms said we should all be happy that he wasn’t telling today’s joke.
Dave Evans was happy for his neighbor, Bill Solms, who came to his aid and that of his snow-embedded car.
Gladys Van Drie was happy to have seen her first bluebird and excited to begin feeding her growing brood freeze-dried mealworms.
Trudy Collar was glad to have been in one place all winter and in attendance at club meetings.
Madison Casey was happy about the program because his granddaughter Maggie was an intern at the EP Museum last summer.
Bill Solms was happy (yet again) for the informative program on our Foundation presented on March 7.
Bob Brunson was happy to have his motorized scooter with him.
Karol Rinehart was happy to see that Bob Brunson was back!
Announcements
Jack Boatman reminded club members that the deadline for the Foundation’s matching grants program is fast approaching. Write a check before March 31 to have it doubled. Details below.
Tara announced that this year’s scholarship applications are available for review at the EVPL. She welcomed new reviewers and offered to help them with the process. She reminded us of the need for volunteers for two community service events – the April 27 town clean up prior to the Duck Race and the June 8 Recycle Day.
Gregg Jurgens invited all Duck Sorters to the first round of tossing/laughing/sorting at the storage shed on Woodstock after the 3/31 meeting.
Program
Gladys Van Drie introduced two knowledgable speakers and a great program on what’s new at the EP Museum and how best to protect our valuable home collections.
Mikaela Fundaun encouraged us to mark our calendars to May 31 at 10 a.m., the Grand Re-Opening of the museum. We were treated to a sneak preview of remodeled spaces, which promise a more welcoming visitor experience, an interactive space for children and families, a new welcome film, improved staff and volunteer space and a reoriented program space. Collections are being moved from storage at EP Power/Light to the Museum Annex, formerly known as the Senior Center. The museum will be open, beginning May 31, from Wednesday to Saturday year-round.
Jessica Michak then told us that garages, attics and basements are not ideal spaces for our treasured family heirlooms, whether made of paper, metal, textiles, wood or mixed composition. A desired location would be temperature-, light- and humidity-controlled. Choose an extra room in your house or designate a closet for storage, buy archival boxes and acid free paper to protect items from mold, mildew, general wear and tear, over-handling, and a host of colorful and creepy pests. Make copies of old newsprint to avoid degradation, wear white cotton gloves to handle items, store keepsakes at least 6” off the floor, and don’t use metal or scented hangers for clothing you wish to preserve. Remove metal buttons from old uniforms. For more information, contact the EP Museum.
Submitted by Rita DuChateau, scribe and photographer
Posted by Jack Boatman
The deadline for club members to apply for matching donations is March 31!
The maximum matching donation amount for 2019 is $100 per member. The Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation will be providing matching donations to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations serving Estes Valley residents and in good standing with the Colorado Secretary of State. The Foundation has designated approximately $6,000 for the matching charitable donation program for 2019.
The application form which provides detailed instructions is available on the club website and is available at the weekly club meetings. If you have any questions, please contact or email Jack Boatman (email: jack.boatman7@gmail.com / Telephone: 832-623-5647) - Grants Manager
Friendship Card invites merchant partners
Help others while helping yourself: that’s the purpose of the new Friendship Card. Based on a simplified concept of the former Rocky Card, the new Friendship Card will be sold by the Rotary Club of Estes Park for $10. It will open the door to discounts at local restaurants and stores for a calendar year.Net proceeds from the sale of the Friendship Card will be used to support our club's many charitable projects,
Karen Thompson is launching the project with her committee members. They are currently asking business owners to become a part of the Friendship Card initiative. In exchange for discounts, merchants will be listed in promotional materials and display a decal advertising their membership in the program.
The Friendship Card will be available for sale at 8-10 area locations, which will be announced when the card launches in May.
For more information, send an email tot epfriendshipcard@gmail.com. A committee member will promptly follow up.
2020 Rotary Peace Fellowship seeking applicants
The spike in regional and local conflicts around the globe has boosted the need for peace and development leaders skilled in building positive social change. The fully funded Rotary Peace Fellowship, which covers tuition and living expenses, increases the capacity of existing leaders to prevent and resolve conflict through academic training, field experience and professional networking.
Up to 100 fellows are selected every year in a globally competitive process based on personal, academic and professional achievements. Fellows earn either a master’s degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at one of the Rotary Peace Centers, located within seven leading universities around the world. More than 1,200 program alumni are working in over 100 countries as leaders in national governments, NGOs, social enterprises, the military, law enforcement and international organizations such as the United Nations.
The 2020-21 academic term deadline is May 31, 2019. Additional information on Rotary Peace Scholarships, including an application checklist video and a timeline for the application process is available at: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships Interested? Contact Ron Gordon, International Service Director, at rgordon@frii.com.
Honor a Rotarian with a memorial gift
The R.I. Foundation makes it easy
It's easy, if you use the R.I. donation form. Click on the link below to access the form. You can designate Polio Plus or the annual fund, and a notice will be sent to the recipient's family. This link takes you to the online donation page where you can donate with a credit card OR download a form to mail in with your check.
The sales campaign for Duck Adoptions for the 2019 Estes Park Duck Race Festival is officially underway. Sales began March 1 in person and online at https://www.epduckrace.org. Beat the rush - adopt your ducks today!
Posted by Rita DuChateau
Membership Applications - F.Y.I.
At the Tuesday, April 2 Board Meeting, the board will review and vote on three applications that have been submitted for club membership by Membership Director Bill Solms since our last Board Meeting on March 5. Once the Board vote has occurred, a notice of application and a short biography of each proposed member and the name of the sponsor will appear in The Spoke. According to club bylaws, if there are no objections within seven days of publication, the applicants shall be considered elected to membership.
Rotary Quote of the Week
Q: What’s (Priority) No. 4?
A: In June 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the UN charter. Rotary has been involved with the UN since before the UN began. Because of that, I want to focus on Rotary’s relationship with the United Nations. The annual Rotary-UN Day will be returning to the UN headquarters in New York after having been in Geneva and Nairobi. We also hope to have three presidential conferences focusing on Rotary’s relationship with specific UN agencies at different locations around the world and a final celebration of Rotary’s UN relationship before the convention opens in Honolulu, Hawaii.
-Mark Daniel Maloney, Rotary International President-Elect for 2019-20, outlining his top priorities in the March Rotarian
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