Doll of Hope Service Project

Doll of Hope Service Project
Making Dolls for Refugees Worldwide

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Attendees: Miriam Barth, Chas Boynton, Bill Kille, Jennie Ferguson, Susan Marks (and her daughter!), Shannon Tilly, Judy Zone, Frank Lilly, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Sonia Woodbury, Dayna Revetti, Stephanie Chard, Danny Schoenfeld (13 members).  We were also joined by members of the Hispano-Latino Club: Azucena, Jesse, Rocio, Alfredo, Oscar, Alicia and Francisco. It was so great to have you!

Service Project 
Driving for Diabetes - 14 June 2014 - This is a fun day for a great cause. Email Danny with questions.

We need a service chair! Please let Frank know if you would like to head this amazing committee, and to help organize service opportunities for July and August. 
We also need a representative from our club to sit on the District’s Polio Committee. They are planning a big promotion around Rotary Week (ending 25 October 2014) and they need our help!

Socials
Saturday, June 21: Stephanie is hosting a BBQ at her home, starting at 6:30pm.  Please BYOB and email her with what appetizer/side/dessert you'll be bringing.

Saturday, July 12: Installation Late Brunch/Brinner will be held at the Dodo at 2:00.

Saturday, August 9: Lawn and Swim Party at Linda's!  Party will start at 6pm. Please let Linda know if you have any lawn games to bring. More details to come.

RYLA
We are sponsoring two kids this year, giving them the option of contributing $50 or participating in two service projects. 

Wine into Water Update
We briefly discussed alternative dates and locations, due to numerous members unavailability for our original date.  We will continue to discuss next week at Stephanie's.
Judy is looking for someone to chair the Silent Auction.  Also, everyone should start thinking about what item you can donate for the silent auction (we are going to keep it small at 20 quality items). 

Presentation by Francisco Soto – Hispano-Latino Rotary Club
Francisco gave a wonderful presentation on their ongoing project "Casa Hogar La Paz," a home for elderly residents of Guanajuato, Mexico.  Our club is interested in helping by collecting monetary or in-kind donations (bedding, canes, adult diapers, dishes, hygiene kits, etc).  A proposal to our club was made to join the Hispano-Latino Club in a trip to this area of Mexico to visit Casa Hogar La Paz!  Sounds like a great opportunity!

Member Updates / Happy Bucks
Chas presented updates on The Draw, the Parley's Trail and Tunnel.  Contact him to make donations to help complete the artwork elements of this project.  

Miriam showed pictures and updated us on the water project in Cambodia that we helped sponsor with our Wine into Water fundraiser!  
She is proposing that this year's funds help us partner with the Rotary Club of Logan to fund a well in Peru.  She also discussed the possibility of a trip to Peru, in December 2015 (roughly $2500)!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Meeting Minutes- June 5, 2014

Attendees: Frank Lily, Stephanie Chard, Marlin Clark, Rose Defa, Danny Schoenfeld, Dayna Revetti, Chris Casper, Shannon Tilly, Ladd Tanner, Andrea White, Linda Book, Bill Kille, Jennie Ferguson, Patrick Casaday (visitor), Susan Marks, Sonia Woodbury, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic (16 members)

Shannon brought 2 guests, long-time friends from Los Angeles, Patricia and Elisa Lansdowne, who helped her with her Rotary Moment, an amazing song to help us remember the 4-Way Test!

Socials
We had a great response from those who went to see Memphis last week.
Saturday, June 21: Stephanie is hosting our June social at her home, starting at 6:30pm.  Please BYOB and email her with what appetizer/side/dessert you'll be bringing.
Saturday, July 12: Installation Late Brunch/Brinner will be held at the Dodo at 2:00.
Saturday, August 9: Lawn and Swim Party at Linda's!  Party will start at 6pm. Please let Linda know if you have any lawn games to bring. More details to come.

Service
Friday, June 14: Drive for Diabetes golf outing.  Email Danny if you are interested: dnnschoenf@aol.com

RYLA
Sonia discussed the two candidates from City Academy, who we will help sponsor for RYLA this year. They sound like amazing students, and we discussed various ways that we can help support them participating in RYLA.

Membership
We discussed the possibility of extending membership invitations with reduced fees to current Rotaractors.  A formal proposal will be discussed next meeting.

There will NOT be a meeting on July 3.


Friday, June 6, 2014

June service project: Purge the Spurge

Hi Millcreek Rotarians:
 
For those of you that expressed interest in some habitat restoration in the Dry Creek area this Sunday, June 8, here are the details:

We will meet between 8 and 8:30 am just above the JCC parking lot (N Medical Drive). Frank is bringing coffee to get us jump-started!

Please be sure to bring gloves and wear long sleeves to protect yourself. You should also bring a digging implement (successful plant removal requires getting 4 inches of root). I will bring bags for plant disposal. 

At 8:30, we will hike up Dry Creek (not to the top) and work our way back down. We plan to finish by 10:30 am. If you have questions or have trouble finding us, please give me a call at 801 573-5387. Look forward to seeing you!

Best,


Andrea White

For more information go to http://www.purgeyourspurge.org/html/aboutUs.html