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Days for Girls
Days For Girls International is an award-winning NGO that works to shatter stigma and limitations associated with menstruation for improved health, education and livelihoods. Since 2008, we have reached 2.5 million women and girls in 144 countries with menstrual health solutions and education, trained 200 enterprise leaders, and mobilized over 1,000 volunteer chapters, teams, and clubs.
 
Our program this week will be held in person, but a Zoom link will be provided. Click on the link below to be admitted.
Rotary Weekly Luncheon
Place: American Legion
 Time:  Lunch served from 11:30 - 12:00
 Cost:  $20
 Parking:  American Legion and the church only.
 
 
Kate Norton
Days for Girls Volunteer
 
Kate has been volunteering for Days for Girls International for five years in Fort Collins, CO.  She and her DfG co-leader, Liz Ortolano, have recently started their own team that makes Days for Girls kits and donates to DfG businesses in Kenya so they can distribute even more kits!  She discovered DfG during her first trip to Kenya, where she and a group of volunteers work with Kenyans to provide clean water to rural schools.  The goal of the water project is to keep kids in schools.  There, Kate learned that another major factor of girls dropping out of school is not having period products.  This launched her support of the DfG program.  She has a PhD in molecular biology and works in Regulatory Affairs in the Pharmaceutical Industry.  
Update by President Dennis Gellhaus
 
Just a quick update for this week as we move into October. The Elk Fest will be over by the time you read this!  Thanks for all the volunteers helping out working.
 
The pumpkin give away is scheduled for Oct. 20th.  If you can help distribute, please step up and sign up!
 
The past month has been very busy with much good work accomplished by our Club.  I am grateful for your presence and continued service.  All the best!
 
Thanks for listening!
 
Dennis
 Stanley Home Museum Rotary Social September 29, 2022
 
        
 
Thank you Bill Smith and Jim Whiteneck for organizing this great event!
 
Director Janet Dorr and a group of 10 knowledgeable volunteers at the Stanley Home led a tour for 35 members of our Club last Thursday night. The beauty and history of the home F.O. Stanley and his wife Flora had built in 1903 was brought to life through touring each of the rooms and hearing the stories of their pioneering efforts in the Estes Valley.
 
Did you know F.O. Stanley had a twin brother F. E. Stanley? The two of them were entrepreneurs from the age of four. Volunteers related many interesting stories of Stanley’s innovations, including designing and developing the home and its outbuildings, the Stanley Hotel, and their many other contributions to the Estes Valley. Examples of their generosity include a water system they devised and then they shared with neighbors and the power plant they had built that brought electricity to the valley.
 
The Stanley Home nonprofit has exciting plans for further development of this historic attraction. Visiting the home is an exciting educational opportunity for your visitors.  To take advantage of the warm hospitality of this historic venue, sign up for a tour at https://www.stanleyhome.org.
 
We thank the Executive Director Janet Dorr, her docents and volunteers for an invaluable insight into the history of the Estes Valley.
 
 
 
 
Last Chance!
Double Your Donation to Your Favorite Local Charity!
2022 Matching Charitable Donation Program
Due Date: November 17, 2022
 
 
The Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation is conducting a matching charitable donation program this fall to supplement donations to local non-profits. 
 
The maximum matching donation amount is $150 per member and the minimum donation amount is $50.   Rotary Club of Estes Park members will be able to apply for matching donations from the Foundation between October 13 and November 17, 2022. 
 
The 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 application form which provides detailed instructions is available on the club website and will be available at the weekly club meetings.  You will also be receiving an email with the application form attached.
 
If you have any questions, please contact or email Jack Boatman (email:  jack.boatman7@gmail.com / Telephone:  832-623-5647) 
2023 Duck Race Kick Off Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2023 at the Library Wasson Room
THIS THURSDAY! 
 
 
The first organizational meeting of the Duck Race Committee is Thursday, October 20th,at the Library in the Wasson Room
 
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 pm.  
 
 
Topics included will be: 
  • Theme for ‘23, 
  • Status report from Bob Fulton on software 
  • Status of Named Major Sponsors
  • Assignments for DR Day responsibilities
  • Input from the Committee as time permits.
  • Discuss the price of 2023 adoptions: suggest $25.00 and $125.00 per quackpack
All Rotary members and volunteers should attend to help make this next DR the success and benefit to Estes Valley it has been in the past….
Bill Solms.
Big Duck 2023.
 
John Denver Concert News
 
 
The John Denver Concert yielded $8404.05 for our club..
 
The auditorium has been reserved for September 2, 2023. The next step is for the Board to approve the event for next year.  Our club will be the sole organizer next year so all proceeds will come to us: half will go to the Scholarship Fund and half will be available for other Club projects.
Saturday and Sunday's Elf Fest
 
Thank you Karen Thompson for spearheading this effort and your attention to all the details (pop-up tents, cashbox, ID check stamp, and coordination with the Estes Park Brewery) to make this event a success!
 
 
 Popular Destination             Keeping Us Legal
 
  
 
To all the many volunteers, Karen sends a big thank you! We'll hear soon how much money was raised from this unique, and sometimes rainy event.
Member Donations to the Ukrainian Resettlement Fund
 
 
Member donations to this fund at Crossroads Ministry through our Foundation are due by October 10. We are up to $1250 at this point. Tom Maher will make a matching donation for up to $1,500 of member donations. Contact Chuck Bonza at cbonza1@aol.com if you want to contribute by Monday. Presentation of the check will follow soon afterwards.
 
 
Give to our Foundation while you shop!
 
Do you find that you are placing Amazon orders more frequently these days? Don't forget to help your Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation with every order. As a recipient of funds in the smile.amazon.com, our foundation will receive a portion of the sale. All you need to do its sign up to get the funds flowing. And SHOP!
  • Go to:  smile.amazon.com
  • Choose the charitable organization by typing in Estes Park Rotary Foundation. Our club and the Longs Peak club will come up in the search. Click on Estes Park Rotary Foundation.
  • Create a bookmark so every time you shop Amazon, you will participating in the smile.amazon.com program.
 
 
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2021-22 R.I. Theme
 
February 16 Duty Roster
 
Invocation: Karol Rinehart
 
Song & Pledge: Gellhaus/Casey
 
Guest Intro: Member to Introduce
 
Scribe: Barry Hannigan 
 
Greeter: Jim Jonell
 
Program Intro: Dennis Gellhaus
 
Meeting Set-Up: Lee Lasson
 
February 23 Duty Roster
 
Invocation: Scott Robbins
 
Song & Pledge: Gellhaus/Casey
 
Guest Intro: Member to Introduce
 
Scribe: Pete Sumey
 
Greeter: Brad Rosenbaum
 
Program Intro: Dennis Gellhaus
 
Meeting Set-up: Mike Connolly
 
 
Speakers
Feb 16, 2023
Upper Thompson Sanitation District
Feb 23, 2023
Committee Meetings
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Birthdays, Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bill Smith
February 1
 
Sarah Walsh
February 3
 
Mike Connolly
February 5
 
Pete Sumey
February 7
 
Longley Parker
February 18
 
Dave Evans
March 25
 
Anne Slack
March 28
 
Anniversaries
Wayne Andersen
Judy
February 6
 
Carl Robicheaux
Aime
February 14
 
Gregg Jurgens
Suzanne
February 14
 
Larry Williams
Linda
February 14
 
Jay Harroff
Jane
February 17
 
Join Date
Sarah Walsh
February 2, 2012
11 years
 
Barry Hannigan
February 17, 2022
1 year
 
Dennis Gellhaus
February 22, 2018
5 years
 
Karol Rinehart
March 5, 2015
8 years
 
Lee Lasson
March 13, 2003
20 years
 
Beth Weisberg
March 16, 2020
3 years
 
Madison Casey
March 16, 2006
17 years
 
Mark Lee
March 16, 2020
3 years
 
Dave Evans
March 22, 2007
16 years
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Past President
 
Club Administration Director
 
Community Service Director
 
Fund Development Director
 
Fund Development Director
 
International Service Director
 
Membership Director
 
Big Duck
 
Youth/New Generation Services Director
 
Foundation Officers/Directors

President

Carl Robicheaux

Vice President

Barry Hannigan

Secretary

Tara Moenning

Treasurer

Gregg Jurgens

Grants

Jack Boatman, Carl Robicheaux

Scholarships

Tara Moenning

Ernie Altick Program

Kathy Groesbeck, Dave Evans

Investments

Madison Casey

Trustees

Tom Gardner

Brad Rosenbaum

Jim Whiteneck

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