Doll of Hope Service Project

Doll of Hope Service Project
Making Dolls for Refugees Worldwide

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Save the Date - June 7, 2012

The votes are in and our Rotary Club of Millcreek Retreat will be on Thursday, June 7, from 5:15 - 10:00pm.  Please join us as we set the vision for our Club.  More information and details to come.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Report on the Doings of our Interact Club


1. Our City Academy Interactors hosted a Roteract project by Dana Kirkpatrick in our school kitchen to make dog treats for a huge fundraiser she was working on for a dog adoption event.

2. The students are promoting working at the New Roots refugee garden on Saturdays. They plan to be involved with that.

3. We have 2 students registered to go to Mexico with the Utah Rotary District trip of Interactors and Rotaracters and Rotarians statewide.

4. One of the Interact projects is to be part of World Book Night. They are going to be giving away books on April 23.

Some of our City Academy Interactors with Principal (and Millcreek Rotarian) Sonia Woodbury to the left and their advisor to the right.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

April 12, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

We had another great meeting at our new location, Cafe Madrid. Meeting notes follow:

PLEASE THINK GOOD THOUGHTS FOR OUR PRESIDENT, MEGAN DUNN, WHO HAS BEEN VERY ILL. WE WISH HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

Welcome and Introduction of guests - we had 22 attendees this week with two guests that may join our Club. We welcomed two new members - Bill Kille and Shannon Tilley and are pleased to see our club growing.
April Social - Annie announced that our social will be on Thursday, April 26 at 6:15pm at Cafe Madrid. Watch for an eVite.

Upcoming Community Projects - Miriam gave a great update. Please add these dates/events to your calendar:

  • April 21 - 4-6pm - tutoring Bhutanese refugees

  • May 19 Refugee community gardening - this is a date change due to Memorial Day Weekend

  • June 16 - World Refugee Day

  • Hosting Rotarian from Peru's daughter- The RCMC agreed to host Carlos' daughter, Carlita (16 years old) from January to March, 2013. She will stay with Pablo Fiesta's family and RCMC members will help entertain throughout her stay.

    Rotary Learning - Susan Marks - Susan encouraged each of us to buy the book, "A Century of Service" to learn the history of Rotary. You can find it through the Rotary website or on Amazon for $15. Read on.
    Register for Rotary District Conference on June 1-2 at Zermatt Resort. You can go both days, or one day. Visit the website to register and for details - www.urdc2012.com. Megan Dunn is a featured speaker on Saturday morning. Let's support her.

    Be sure to complete the survey sent yesterday by Judy on the Parks project. Survey due Monday.

    Sergeant at Arms - John Zone. John put a positive spin on the night by wrapping up with RCMC members sharing good things that had happened to them and adding to the kitty by sharing good karma. The group earned over $100 by sharing what a lucky group of people we are and how many good things are going on in our lives!

    See you tutoring next Saturday!

    Friday, April 6, 2012

    April 5 Meeting Minutes - Cafe Madrid (our new location)

    Our new location for business meetings is Cafe Madrid - the food and service were impeccable.

    We started the meeting by welcoming two guests. 17 members attended.

    Meeting agenda:

    Agenda Item 1: Parks Grant discussion - Laurie Pisani brought up the Parks Grant and a good discussion started on whether to work with other rotaries to place a bench on the Jordan River Parkway. A financial contribution is the focus for this project, plus a day of service.

    RCMC asked for other options. Laurie shared an idea to create a small biking area for children – an area where they can ride and learn traffic signals.

    Other options include creating a park for handicapped children.

    Judy thought we should ask members to vote via e-mail. Our first decision is whether we want to do a project on our own or whether we want to join other rotaries like option 1 above. The second decision is deciding on the project. All in attendance agreed to ensure we get everyone to vote so we represent our club and what the majority wants to do for a Park Grant project.

    Action required by you: Megan will send an e-mail and blog vote – watch for this. This is your club, please participate.
    Agenda Item 2: Community service projects – Miriam updated on last weeks’ meeting. We will be sending out a doodle for you to vote when you can attend a vision and strategy retreat session for Rotary Club of Millcreek.