The plans for our August 6 Golf Fundraiser continue to advance. Golf Chair Gary Frisch is working with Givsum to set up the registration website for the tournament. If you have donors from previous year’s tournaments, please contact them to invite their participation. Even if they are not able to contribute this, there is value in keeping our name in front of them for the future.
Upcoming Programs -
Our schedule for programs is as follows:
May 31: Dark (Memorial Day)
June 7: Ron Green with Peaceful Schools
June 14th: Dr. Tanyss Munro "Teaching Mothers to Teach the World"
June 20th: In-person Picnic & Board Installation - Utah Park 4-7pm
Thanks to Susan Michalakes for her tireless efforts as Program Chair!
Club Picnic - June 20th - 4:00-7:00pm
Utah Park, 1800 S Peoria St, Aurora, CO 80012
Plans continue for the Installation of Officers and membership picnic. The Smoky Hill Rotary Club will provide beverages. Members with last names of A-L will bring an appetizer while members with last names of M-Z will bring a dessert. Evites will be sent soon.
Did you know?
You can find your 8 digit Rotary membership number above your name on your Rotary magazine.
Checks for the Club
Checks for dues, etc. to the club can be mailed to:
Smoky Hill Rotary Club
PO Box 440778
Aurora, CO 80044
Youth Service Award-
The 2021 Youth Service Award sponsored by Smoky Hill Rotary Club was awarded to the Rotary Club of Summit County’s 2020 Adopt an Angel program. Adopt an Angel used to be managed by the local Family and Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC). Given the demands that COVID was putting on their food drive, FIRC realized they wouldn’t have the capacity to take on Adopt an Angel. They asked Summit County Rotary in October if to take it over. That is, raise money and collect/purchase winter coats and gifts for hundreds of the lowest-income children in Summit County, then arrange for their distribution in time for Christmas. All during a pandemic year.
Intake has always been handled by FIRC in tandem with governmental agencies such as Family Youth and Services, Advocates for Victims of Youth and Assault, local schools, Early Intervention, and others. Each referring agency is asked to target their neediest families. In 2019, FIRC served 380 children. The Rotary Club of Summit County targeted 500 children for 2020 and ended up serving 569 children from 259 families—a 50% increase from the year before.
The whole community came together for this. In fact, they came together so wholeheartedly that Summit County Rotary raised $73,000 in two months while only spending $32,000. The rest of the money was donated to the FIRC and Smart Bellies, two agencies who work to feed low-income children in the county. Many businesses and organizations donated toys and clothes.
Volunteers sorted two moving trucks full of clothes and toys by age. The next day and a half were spent labeling bags by family and filling them with the appropriate size/age/gender gifts and clothes. Meanwhile, volunteer shoppers filled coat gaps and bought toys for bigger kids. In the meantime, another volunteer inflated balls while yet another volunteer counted how many batteries were needed and secured twice that number to each battery-operated gift.
The final day, volunteers made over 60 deliveries (as far away as Fairplay and Kremling) and had about 200 families drive (or walk) up, staying in their cars so we could deliver their pre-packaged Santa sacks to the back of their cars. Much of the communication on this day was in Spanish, so Summit County Rotary brought in some bilingual ringers from FIRC and the banks and other agencies.
Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Summit County on a truly inspiring project.
Darryl Harvey
Woohoomanity - SEPTEMBER 25, 2021... Save the Date
Clubs can join the Woohoo Board now
Clubs... get a Board seat when you decide to use the Woohoo to
fundraise. Email Pat.McGuckin@woohoomanity.org for more info.
Members... sign up to participate when registration opens in May.
Celebration of the Week: Tuesday, June 1st -
National Say Something Nice Day
On National Say Something Nice Day we have an opportunity to make June 1st extra pleasant for everyone.
The purpose of this holiday is to counteract bullying and the lack of civility and common courtesy that is growing among people in today’s world. Hopefully, the practice of saying something nice today will continue into all tomorrows.
When we were young, many of us often heard, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” One of the many reasons our parents taught us that is because once we say those words, we can’t take them back, no matter how true we think they might be. We all know someone whose true nature is kinder than most. Perhaps we even wish we could emulate them more than we do.
Do they pay compliments or do they follow this old saying? Perhaps a little of both. But there are a few other lessons we can learn from generally nice people. It’s more than saying nice things to others. They genuinely listen to others and tend to put others first. When they pay a compliment, it isn’t usually practiced. Their sincerity is felt by the receiver.
How to Celebrate?
Think about the nicest person you know. Take a cue from them and put one of their better qualities into practice. Say something nice to or about someone. Bring a smile to someone’s face for the sheer joy of seeing them smile. Seek no reward other than knowing that someone’s day is better because a nice word was said.
Use #SaySomethingNiceDay to post on social media.
Next meeting- June 7th, 12:00 noon
Use this link to join our Zoom meeting via computer or join by phone.
