CLUB NEWS
"Welcome to Smoky Hill Rotary Club ...
the best place to be at noon on Monday!
Smoky Hill Rotary Club … serving the City of Aurora and the World!"
2018-19 President & PDG Talee Crowe
THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE … PP Betsy Jansen had a great team of volunteers at the RMH last Tuesday (Mar 12) who prepared and served dinner for about 25 residents. The volunteers were President Talee Crowe, Jacqui Gallo, PP Betsy Jansen, PP Darryl & Donita Harvey, PP Denny Passantino, Mark Rank and PP Terry & Linda Remigio! Betsy said the smell of freshly baked cookies filled the dining hall with a wonderful aroma!
ROTARY DISTRICT 5450 DISTRICT CONFERENCE … Saturday, April 27th at the Arvada Events Center. Register at Rotary5450.org - registration closes midnight Ap
ril 19. Full Conference fee is $125 per person (9:00 am - 9:00 pm) and there are reduced rates for first time attendees/Rotaract and if you attend the Saturday lunch/program or dinner/program instead of the full day of interactive events. Highlights: Connections Cafe - learn about Rotary from other Rotarians; Rotary Club Presentations - service in action; Tracey Carisch - Making Connections; Andrew Romanoff - Mental Health in Colorado; Hall of Service - show off your club; Up with People - Saturday night speaker & entertainment.
President Talee Crowe would like to see Smoky Hill Rotary highlight the club's fantastic $117,000 Beius Romania hospital project in the Hall of Service. The club has not had a display at a district conference in a number of years.
NEW MEMBER NOTICES … This is the first of two publicized notices for the proposed membership of the following individuals:
Jacqui Gallo - Jacqui's classification/occupation is Deputy Sheriff Arapahoe County - Retired
Tim Swenson - Tim's classification/occupation is Construction Sales
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the proposed new members, please contact President Talee Crowe or Membership Chair PP Jeff Kaes.
SMOKY HILL ROTARVARIETY OF NEWS …
President Talee Crowe acknowledged the presence of former SH member and proposed "new" member Tim Swenson at the meeting and said she is "looking forward to seeing Tim every Monday for the rest of his life!". Tim was stunned but said if he continues to wins the Lotto every week for the rest of his life it is a done deal. Tim did not win the Lotto this week but we all hope to see him every Monday for a long time! It was also great to see proposed new member Jacqui Gallo present again this week!
The Literacy Conference 2019 sponsored by Rotary District 5450 is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 from 8am-3:30pm at the University of Denver. Registration has been slow - it would be beneficial if at least one member of our club attended. Go to the District's website for more information and to register.
REMINDER: There is a club board meeting this Thursday, March 21 beginning at 5:30pm at Susan Aubin's office.
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This week's invocation presented by PP Dave Maxwell got us thinking about the season of Spring which begins this Wednesday, March 20 at precisely 3:58PM! Master Sergeant-at-Arms PP Jim Su.jpg)
ss said the true sign of Spring is when you see car salesmen break out the white belts and shoes! That vision gets you thinking about other early signs of Spring including the potholes I averted driving home from Rotary! Was the Bomb Cyclone last week an early sign of Spring? The neighbor down the street who is finally taking down their Christmas lights? Maybe … but sure signs of early Spring that pop up like a Tulip include piles of tax forms, the upcoming 9 Health Fair, The Masters golf tournament, Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, Easter, Girl Scout Cookies, the sound of motorcycles and seeing water toys in the seasonal section at Target! "Googled pictures" of early signs of Spring show a Robin, a BBQ, spring baseball and … not sure about that last picture but suppose it is necessary if you did not shave to keep you legs warm during Winter!?!
THIS WEEK'S THOUGHT … "One tree can start a forest. One smile can begin a friendship. One hand can lift a soul. One word can frame the goal. One candle can wipe out darkness. One laugh can conquer gloom. One hope can raise your spirits. One touch can show you care. One life can make the difference … be that one today."
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Our speaker this week was Dave Addor, a fellow Rotarian and an ambassador for ShelterBox USA. There are 85 million displaced people around the world and it would be impossible for ShelterBox, a global disaster relief Charity, to help everyone. ShelterBox provides immediate emergency shelter and other lifesaving aid to survivors of disasters or humanitarian crisis. The mission of ShelterBox is "No family without Shelter at Home." The goal is for families to rebuild their homes and in order to do that they need to have shelter at the site of their homes. ShelterBox was founded in 2000 by a small Rotary Club based in the United Kingdom.
ShelterBoxes and ShelterKIts (essential tools to repair or rebuild) contain the aids needed to transform lives and rebuild. Each ShelterBox weighs about 115 pounds and is tailored to the needs of each disaster. It typically contains a tented shelter, blankets, groundsheets, solar lights, cooking utensils, water purification equipment, a tool kit, mosquito nets and children's activity packs. Once the boxes are packed based upon the needs assessment, hightly trained civilian volunteer response teams get the boxes delivered to the front lines of disaster situations. Transportation is by any means possible including truck, car, boat, sled, camel, horse or hand. Response teams work with the local community to determine who receives the aid once it is delivered. ShelterBox now has about 17 distribution warehouses located around the world to make the logistics of moving ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits much easier than it was in the infancy of the program 19 years ago.
ShelterBox responses include the 2016 Fiji Typhoon, the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Katrina. One the keys to the continued success of ShelterBox has been to obtain constant feedback following each crisis situation on what was done right, what failed, what needs improvement, etc.
You can volunteer for ShelterBox as an ambassador, an advocate, a changemaker, a club champion or as a member of a response team. According to Dave, someone has nominated ShelterBox as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
