Stories

• In January we started encouraging members to be at our meetings for a 12:00 start time to enjoy some fellowship and to start the business/meeting part on time at 12:15. The Club Business/Announcements will start promptly at 12:15 so please make sure you are already checked in and in your seat at 12:15 or you may find yourself being called upon by our Little Genius.

Last Week we discussed Rotary Business and welcomed Christine a perspective member

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe held its annual Great Car Raffle this past Wednesday, May 7th at Lakeland Village.  Thanks to all the wonderful community members and out-of-area folk who purchased a $50 ticket.  We raised over $40,000 to donate back to the community.  In the past few years, we have donated these fundraised monies to local STHS high school scholarships ($20,000 a year), upgrades at Sawmill Pond (including stocking the fish), Tahoe Arts Project, Bijou Community School's Two Way Immersion Program and Field of Dreams, STHS Grad Night, B.A.T.S., field trips for all FOUR elementary schools, and many more great projects here in town!  We couldn't do it without all of our wonderful community's support!

This year, the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe’s 2014 Great Car Raffle Winner is

Karen Goldberg

Married to Martin, and mother of two beautiful girls, Corinne and Sarah Joelle, Karen is a Tahoe local.  Co-Founder of The Bridge Language Academy, adjunct Spanish teacher at LTCC, and amazing parent volunteer at her children's school, Karen is an active and amazing member of the community.  She has already proclaimed her winnings will be used for children's college fund :)!  Congratulations Goldberg Family...a more deserving family we could not have found!

The Rotary Club would like to thank everyone who purchased a ticket which allows our club to support vital programs in our community, provide scholarships, and contribute to hands-on Rotarian’s at work projects throughout the year.

Cardinale Way – Shelli Mohr; Lakeland Village – Meghann Barkley and Deanna Welch; Lake Tahoe Tribune – Natasha Schue; Food So Good It’s A Crime – Jeanette Shippee; and sponsors of our ticket coupons, including MS Dixie II/Tahoe Queen (Aramark), BioSpirit, Lake Tahoe Golf Course, Edgewood Golf Course, Passaretti’s, Nephele’s, The Beacon, Primo’s Italian Bistro, and Tahoe Keys Deli.

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From: Maria Mircheva 

Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:13 PM

Subject: Grant report and pictures for SLT Rotary

To: Kathy Haven <Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe>

Hi Kathy,

Here are some pictures, student assignments and a short report for the SLT Rotary grant of $950 we received last September. We hope to do similar field trips this year to plant near Cold Creek. Is Sept still a good time to apply?

On October 16 and 17, 2012, the SPF held 2 forest field days with 170 6th graders from South Tahoe Middle School. The students planted 600 sugar pine seedlings and participated in a watershed education activity and an orienteering exercise. Attached are some photos and student reflections from the field trips. Thank you SLT Rotary!

Best,

Maria

Maria Mircheva

Executive Director

Sugar Pine Foundation

From: Kathy Haven 

Subject: Fwd: Keith & Beauregard- our Rotary dollars at work :)

Date: August 3, 2013 8:08:27 PM PDT

To: Jason Collin, Rob Quadri

Hi Jason, Hi Rob

I ran into Keith Cooney, the guy who won our raffle this past May.  Here is a picture of his car (Honda CRV) that he  bought with his winnings (his old car lost a tire (like the whole thing came off)) the day after our raffle drawing.  He was very appreciative of his gift from us :)

Thought you might want this for a meeting and our webpage?

Kathy

Short and sweet! Not much else to say! Our second contestant, Keith Cooney, tried his key, gave us a headshake of  "no" and then the car door opened!!!! 23 people in line...all very disappointed, but Keith Cooney was overjoyed with his increase in wealth by $25,000!!!

To: Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe:

Thank you all for making the portable toilet(s) possible for the Kiva Parking area.  I have completed and posted the Thank You sign on the current portable toilet.  When the second portable toilet arrives on July 1st, I will attach the same sign to it as well.

Thank you again for giving so much to our site!
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Jean D. Norman
Supervisory Visitor Services Information Specialist
Taylor Creek Visitor Center Director
Winter Trek Program Manager

Rotary and its partners are on the brink of making history by eradicating the crippling disease polio.

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe is gearing up for its annual major fundraiser, The Great Car Sweepstakes.  Each year, the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe offers a chance to win $25,000 cash or $25,000 towards the purchase of any car sold by CardinaleWay Toyota.

05/02/2012 - At Cardinale Motors showroom, the club hosted the 25 semi-finalists to a wine and appetizers event, and the semi-finalists (or proxies) tried keys in the car door in the order in which their names were drawn on April 25 until one worked.

As we implement our new web site, we will be changing our weekly newsletter, The Tahotarian. Our new Tahotarian newsletter will include information directly from our web site - it will consolidate information from our weekly programs, include stories submitted by other club members, list upcoming programs and other up-to-date club information. Look for it soon...

 We hope you enjoy our new club web site.  We're changing our site to provide more information to our club members and prospective new members. Please check back frequently as new functions, options and information will be posted here.