Doll of Hope Service Project

Doll of Hope Service Project
Making Dolls for Refugees Worldwide

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Business Meeting Minutes - March 21, 2019


Members in attendance:  Joe Ballstaedt, Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Dave Chassé, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Marty Gelman, John Haglund, Ann Hart, Julie Jones, Tim Jones, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Danny Schoenfeld, Laurie Summers-Pisani
Visitors in attendance:  Sergazi Nurburliyev (sp?), Tarik Guney, Amelia Clawson
Business items:
1.       Call to order, Four-Way Test
2.       Visitor Introductions
3.       Recap of last meeting’s discussion of service project opportunities with Millcreek Elementary – Justin.  Possibly conduct April 18th Business Meeting at Millcreek Elementary, then participate in their Art Festival that night.
4.       Committee Updates:
a.       Service – Rose - House of Hope – Thursday, April 25th, Burrito Project – Thursday, May 23rd , Hope Lodge – June
b.       Social – Shannon/Erica – April - Dinner at Cucina’s 1026 E. 2nd Avenue (7:00 p.m.)
c.       Membership – No update
d.       Treasurer – Tim provided a report – finances are up-to-date.
e.       Youth – No update
5.       Rotary Citation – Jayne outlined the goals we’re lined-up to satisfy to get the citation.
6.       Additional Opportunities at Volunteers of America – Tim indicated VoA has a need for help with breakfast in particular.  Tim will organize a breakfast service soon.
7.       Jayne polled the (present) members who unanimously approved giving $500 to the organization Opportunities for Developing Countries (OFDC).
8.       District 5420 Conference – Jayne reminded us of the conference, which is May 9-11th in Salt Lake City, UT – Gail Miller will be Keynote speaker - for more info or to register go to www.utahrotary.com 

Upcoming Events
April 4th – Business Meeting 5:30 p.m., Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. – Youthlinc Office 1166 E. Brickyard Road
April 18th – Business Meeting 5:30 p.m. – Location to be announced (may be at Millcreek Elementary School, but that needs to be firmed-up)
April 25 – Service and Social – Service - House of Hope, 857 E. 200 So. SLC UT 84102 (Mother’s Day bags) – Social – Dinner at Cucina 1026 E. 2nd Ave, Salt Lake City UT  84103, 7:00 p.m. 

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Senior Stories from The Ridge

In March, we visited The Ridge senior living center and interviewed several residents about their lives. The residents enjoyed participating and the Rotarians had the utmost pleasure of engaging in one-to-one, hour long conversations.  We heard some fascinating stories!  We then wrote down the stories and sent them to the Director of The Ridge, who has forwarded the stories to the individual residents.  Some Rotarians also recorded their senior friends in audio files.  We look forward to sharing in this type of activity again.

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Business Meeting Minutes March 7, 2019


Members in attendance:  Jayne Barnett, Dave Chassé, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Ronda Eiting, Frank Lilly, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Erica Wolff, Pearl Wright
Guests in attendance:  Ari Waite
Business items:
1.      Call to order, Four-Way Test
2.      Guest Speaker –Ann Kane, Principal of Millcreek Elementary.  Ann told us about her school and her students and staff, and offered ideas on how we could, as a club, get involved in helping on an ongoing basis.  Ann suggested working with the 3rd grade on reading and math, helping with food insecurity over long school breaks, setting-up a food pantry, and possibly supporting Art night on April 18th.
3.      Service Update – Dave C. reminded everyone about the March 14th project with seniors at The Ridge Cottonwood, where we’ll listen to (and write down or record) residents’ life stories.
Rose reported that the planned service project for April is House of Hope (Mother’s Day gift prep), May is the Burrito Project (feed the homeless) and June will be at Hope Lodge (prepare dinner).
4.      Social Update – The April social will follow the gift prep at House of Hope on April 25th.
5.      Membership Update – No update.
6.      Treasurer Update – No update.
7.      Wine Into Water 2019 – Jayne booked Tracy Aviary for the evening of Thursday September 19th (all the Fridays in Sept were already booked).
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 14th – Service – “What is your Story?”, The Ridge Cottonwood (5600 S. Highland Dr.), please arrive at 5:45 p.m.  Don’t forget to wear your RCMC T-Shirt!
March 21st – Business Meeting 5:30 p.m. – Youthlinc Office 1166 E. Brickyard Road
April 4th – Business Meeting 5:30 p.m., Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. – Youthlinc Office 1166 E. Brickyard Road
April 18th – Business Meeting 5:30 p.m. – Youthlinc Office 1166 E. Brickyard Road
April 25 – Service and Social – House of Hope, prep Mother’s Day bags, dinner out afterwards