Salida Sunrise Rotary                                          PO Box 1044    Salida, CO 81201                                          SunriseRotaryofSalida@gmail.com
 
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We are excited to announce that it's that time of year and Holiday Park is now in full swing.  This wonderful Community tradition for Salida is the annual event that lets anyone adopt a Christmas tree at Riverside Park to decorate for their business or non-profit or to remember loved ones. Proceeds from the park are used to fund scholarships.
 
The Salida Sunrise Rotary Club gives a special thank you to Altamont Landscaping, The Mountain Mail, and the Scouts from Troop 60 for helping with Holiday Park this year.  

Holiday Park also gives special thanks to Kate Ernst, Cecil Rhodes and Deb Payton for endless hours of planning, assembly and painting.  Also Collin Lucas for his engineering expertise, loan of tools and team leading capabilities.  Allie Payton for her artistic talent and assistance throughout the project.  Jody Post for bringing tools, help and a positive presence.  Bill Lehman, Jerry Garcia, Mike Harris and Craig Ernst for expert carpentry cuts.

Our community partners who provided supplies at greatly reduced prices include first and foremost Hylton Lumber with patient expert advice included. Ace Hardware and Winsupply also stepped up with discounted supplies.

 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

2023 Year in Review!

 
 
 
In March of 2024, the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program in Chaffee County will celebrate 9 years supporting our local young children.  This outstanding program mails a free age-appropriate book to every registered child each month.  All children in Chaffee County are eligible from birth until they turn 5 years old.  The program began with a partnership between the Salida Sunrise Rotary and Buena Vista Rotary Clubs, and it is now sponsored by Salida Sunrise Rotary.
 
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library promotes and encourages a love of reading among children and helps ensure that children enter kindergarten with a strong ability to read and an eagerness to learn.  It also promotes parent-child interaction and bonding.  If a child is registered at birth and remains in the program until he or she turns five, the child will accumulate 60 high quality books.
 
This program has been very successful in our community.  Since our launch in March of 2015, and as of December 31, 2023, over 52,225 books have been mailed to over 1,820 children.  In addition, over 960 children have turned five and graduated from the program.
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Chaffee County Celebrates Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

200 Millionth Book Milestone

 
"Dolly’s gifting a special bookmark to seven children in her Imagination Library program as part of “200 Million Reasons to Celebrate”
 
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is turning over a new chapter in The Imagination Library legacy - celebrating 200 million books gifted globally since inception in 1995.  The early childhood book-gifting program mails a high-quality, free book each month to children from birth to age five. Salida Sunrise Rotary’s program in Chaffee County is excited to celebrate with every child/family enrolled locally. The Chaffee County program launched in March of 2015, and there are currently 566 children enrolled.
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If you are interested in joining the Salida Sunrise Rotary Club, please feel free to contact any one of the members of the board of directors.  These individuals will gladly answer any questions you may have.  A complete list may be found on the home page of this website in the left-hand column.  You may also like to download our Member Information form and the Application form found under the New Member Documents tab on this website.
 
 
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Mike Harris
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Steve O'Neill
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Cecil Rhodes
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