U Football dents our attendance severely, but we still get a lot done! Report on 3rd meeting:

With numbers diminished by tail gate parties for the University of Utah/Montana State football game, a small but diligent contingent of future members of the Rotary Club of Millcreek met Thursday, September 1 to discuss committee goals for the Five Avenues of Rotary Service. While our numbers precluded actual committee meetings and election of Chairs, we got a lot done.

Vocational Service: club members decided that business networking would be a healthy part of our fledgling club, much in keeping with the initial purposes of Rotary under Founder Paul Harris.

We’ll continue to introduce ourselves at the beginning of club meeting with name and profession, at least till we get to know each other better.

Laura Rogers (who by the way, is looking for a marketing position) took the notes and will present briefly about the Vocational Service discussion next Thursday, Sept. 8 at 5:15pm at Lugano’s Loggia. Here are some of the general points raised:

• A Member Spotlight could be a regular part of our meetings, with a member presenting a 1-2 minute talk about his or her profession.

• Member Spotlights should continue to be part of the Blog, so keep those bios coming!

• We can act as role models of our professions through Career Days at local high schools (especially at our own Interact Club), and through mentoring of college schools aligned with Salt Lake based Rotaract.

• We can serve to help young people practice for job and college interviews.

Youth Service: Former Park City Sunrise Rotarian Ladd Tanner volunteered to discuss Youth Service at our next meeting. He will be meeting with Rotary Club of Millcreek member and Principal Sonia Woodbury, teacher advisors, and students involved with the service club at City Academy, a Salt Lake charter school, to discuss the chartering of an Interact Club.

Ladd was instrumental in forming the Park City High School Interact Club many years ago, and he spoke briefly about the benefits of association with Rotary International for Interact Club members. The club would have access to the network of Rotary Club and Rotarians world-wide for service projects, fellowship with other Interact Clubs, and Rotary Youth Exchange programs.

Our group tabled discussion of Local, International, and Club Service till next Thursday when hopefully there will be our regular contingent of members to get into committee groups, get to know each other, brainstorm, and make plans.

Community Service Project: Come support the local refugee community and help harvest vegetables as well as build new garden beds that will be used for a micro-training farm. These farms allow for our newcomers to nourish their families and earn supplemental income.

We will be meeting on Saturday, September 24th at 9:00am at the New Roots Garden, which is on 3100 S. Redwood Rd. - behind the Redwood Road Recreation Center on the east side just north of the ball fields.

The exact address to the farm is 3060 S. Lester St, West Valley City. For questions, please call Millcreek Rotarian Miriam Kramer at 801.824.9855. Lunch will be provided, as part of the University of Utah’s Legacy of Lowell Event. See you there!