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CLUB INFORMATION
Smoky Hill (Aurora)
Service Above Self & Slightly Irreverent
Mondays at 11:45 a.m.
Meadow Hills Banquet Room
3609 Dawson St
Aurora, CO 80014
United States of America
Meeting the 2nd and 4th Mondays with hybrid Zoom meeting concurrent.
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Save The Date!
Our 23rd annual SPECIAL THINGS FOR SPECIAL KIDS Adopt-a-Class shopping trip has now been scheduled for Saturday September 7. We will be taking 32 students from Jewell Elementary out to shop for school clothes they otherwise could not afford. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend to show them what Rotary is all about. Please put this date in your calendars and invite family members and friends to help as well. The details are:
 
1.)Where-
We will be holding this year’s event at the Southlands Walmart at 6101 S. Aurora Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80016.
2)When-
September 7, 2024. The families will be asked to arrive at 9:00 am. Rotarians are asked to arrive at 8:45. We are usually done by 11:00 or so.
3)What We Will Be Doing-
You will be paired with a Jewel Elementary student and family to help with staying within budget and share a special day for all. Our goal in this program is to outfit each of your kids with basic school clothes for the coming year
 
Thank you for your help in making this an enjoyable day for all.
 
Darryl Harvey
303-799-6842
HDARRYLHARVEY@AOL.COM
 
September 9th speaker is Cale Gould with CDPS.  He will speak with us on prevention of Auto Theft which is such a prevalent crime at this time.
 
AURORA CLUB INVITE:
The Aurora Rotary Club is inviting us to join them on September 11th to hear their speaker, Regina Lewis.  Regina spoke at the PETS conference this past March and is a dynamic speaker who had the audience laughing and in tears. Don’t miss this emotional and engaging speaker.  Lunch is at 12:00 and is $20.  Please RSVP to Linda Forsythe.
 
DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISIT:
Our District Governor, Tamara Fennell will be attending and speaking at our September 23rd meeting so let’s show her how great Smoky Hill is!  Her presentation will be “Rotary, An Expression of Who We Are.” An opportunity for Rotarians to share their personal and club passions.
 
 
DISTRICT CONFERENCE:
The District Conference is Saturday, September 28th from 9:00-4:00 at the CSU Spur Hydro Building.  Sign up now at the rotary5450.org website.  Several of us are already planning to go.
 
 
 
NEXT MEETING
 
11:45 AM Meadow Hills Golf Course        ZOOM Link:
Here are the current International projects that are being worked on:
 
A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO BEV EDWARDS FOR HER TIRELESS WORK ON THESE!!!
1) Ukranian refugee school in Budapest.  Host Club for the Global Grant is  RC Budapest City.  The project will expand the Ukranian refugee school to 700 students. 
 
2)Cameroon WASH #3.  This is the third Global Grant we have participated in.  The International Sponsor is RC Denver Southeast.  The project will add additional villages to the already-successful WASH program.
 
3) Stei, Romania municipal hospital.  This is a Global Grant anticipated to be submitted to RI end of September 2024.  International Sponsor is RC Reno, and Host Club is RC Oradea, Romania (we have a 24 + year relationship with the Oradea Club).  The project involves medical equipment for a rural Romanian hospital.
 
4)WAKAM District Malaria project in Kenya.  Bob Kemp is spearheading this project for District 5450 and participating 5450 Clubs
 
5)Kenya Water Kiosk (WASH)  Project.  This is a District Grant sponsored by the RC Centennial.  The project was originally proposed in the 2023-2024 Rotary Year and has been shifted to the 2024-2025 Rotary Year.
 
FROM THE PREZ:
The current Smoky Hill Board members have various roles and responsibilities.  Whether you attend meetings on a regular basis or not, we want everyone to feel that we are only a phone call or email away.  We are open to all feedback and suggestions at any time. This is YOUR Club!!!!!
 
Linda Forsythe
President Smoky Hill Rotary Club
 
 
 
 
 
NEXT MEETING
 
11:45 AM Meadow Hills Golf Course        ZOOM Link:
Here are the current International projects that are being worked on:
 
Meeting ID: 720 317 1607 
Passcode: 327001
 
 
 
Duty Roster
Invocation:
Sept. 9th      Craig Essex
Sept 23rd     Betsy Jansen
Oct 14th       Clay Fell
Oct. 28th      Paul Urtz
Nov. 11th      Mike Peterson
Nov. 25th      Gary Frisch
Dec. 9th        Susam Michalakes
 
Birthdays and Anniversaries  🎂 September
Michael Peterson  🥳 1st!
Darryl Harvey   🥳 Sept 18th, Ann. 29th  💑
Nancy Jones  Ann Sept 13th 💑
James Fletcher Bday Sept 20th  🍰
Craig & Bev Essex  Ann.  24th  💑
 

 

 

 

 
 
 

CLUB CALENDAR

 

 

 

 

Sept 7th Shopping Excursion! Special Needs for Special Kids

Sept 11th- Aurora Rotary Club invite

 
Sept 23th- District Governors Visit!
Sept  28th- District Conference
 
October 14th- Speaker Marcia Donziger on the “Art Garage” program
December 15th- Christmas Party at Linda Forsythe’s House
 
 
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Service Above Self - Aurora, Colorado