Bell Ringing!
A big shout out to our Smoky Hill Salvation Army Bellringers, Betsy Jansen, Linda Forsythe, Mark Rank, Craig Essex, Joe Hughes, Gary Frisch and, especially, Clay Fell for organizing this and pulling a double shift. Smoky Hill volunteers raised $2,206!!
Holiday Fun!
Holiday fun was had by all at both our White Elephant meeting and Christmas Party at Linda’s house!!!!
Ronald McDonald House
Volunteers are needed for January 22nd from 4:00-8:00 to cook dinner for about 40 residents. Please let Linda know if you can help out.
CHARTER NIGHT!
Evites have gone out to celebrate our 42nd year as Smoky Hill Rotary on Sunday, January 26th at 5:30 at Nonna’s Italian Bistro. If you haven’t already done, please RVSP soon.
Offsite Visit
Our January 27th meeting will be an off-site meeting at the Cherry Creek Innovations campus which is a stand-alone college and career preparedness facility for high school students in the Cherry Creek school district. We will be meeting at the campus 11:45 for a tour and lunch. The campus is located at 8000 S Chambers Rd, Centennial.
Food Bank Drive
Start collecting food items as February will be our Food Drive for the Food Bank of the Rockies. To kick-start this, for the February 10th meeting, we will have Charlene Moser from the food bank join us. After lunch, we will work together to make sustainable food bags as the food bank moves away from single-use plastics. This will be a fun service project and meeting so make sure to be there.
ROTARY FOUNDATION DINNER
Several of us are planning on attending the Rotary Foundation Dinner with President Stephanie Urchick on February 1st at the Wings over the Rockies. You can register on the District 5450 website. Let Linda know if you are planning on attending so she can hold seating for you.
MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP! Remember that our focus this year needs to be on gaining new members. This is essential for the survival of Smoky Hill Rotary!
So beat the bushes for new members and reach out to family, friends, neighbors, co-workers. Might we suggest forwarding the newsletter along with an invite?
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