Guests: Melissa Abaltos, Megan Dole, Ronda Eiting, Lynn Jennings, Lisa Norton, Dina Plaia, Lilliana White
1. Call to Order, Four-Way Test, and Guest
Introductions – Chris Casper
2. Operation Santa Read-Out – Jose
Velasco, Midvale Rotary: Jose reported on the success of the
Operation Santa project. He presented an award to Chris for the Rotary of
Millcreek’s contribution to the event.
3. Interact Update – Sonia reported on
behalf of Mustafa: Many City Academy students attended the business meeting. Mustafa talked
about the opportunities offered by Rotary; students asked questions and some
stayed for the pizza party to meet members and learn more about Rotary. Mustafa
emailed Emmery offering Millcreek Club support to help re-energize the
Interactor Club at City Academy.
Lynn Jennings, a former Interactor at
City Academy, is the USA delegate for the Miss United Nations Pageant. She
hopes to start some big projects and wants to highlight Rotary to elementary,
junior high, and high school students. Shannon asked how we could be best involved
with the Interactors. Chris suggested we introduce Lynn to the District for
ways to help with re-energizing other Interactor clubs.
Anna, president-elect for the Midvale
Rotaractors spoke to the Millcreek club about a fundraiser for Kearns High
School students whose only meal during the day may be school lunch. The
Rotaractors are selling chocolate-dipped strawberries to raise funds; the
service includes delivery; she left a flyer and order form
Local
Service Update – Jennie: Many have participated in the refugee computer assistance
project. The Center has asked us to help up to the March 4 graduation. They
also asked us help with the graduation ceremony. Members discussed the wide
variety of help we can provide at the classes – mostly to make sure they can
move along with the class and don’t get lost. The members discussed the
possibility of helping with the purchase of badly needed new computers. These are the proposed projects through the
rest of this fiscal year:
March: Reading to the students who receive the
Kindles at Woodrow Wilson Community Center.
April:
Painting planter boxes for Veterans
May:
Cesar’s Mothers Day Project
June:
Yard work at the Aviary
4. Kindle
Project/PETS and Assembly – Margareta: Kindles will be delivered soon to Woodrow Wilson Community
Center. They will be programmed when we do our service project there in March.
Margareta says we will continue to apply for District grants. A grant to help
fund buying computers for the refugee computer classes is one possibility. Frank
Lilly will be going to PETS; Assembly is especially for club leaders and
members. The link to learn more about registering for Assembly will be included
with the minutes.
5. Social
Update: Laurie Summers and Danny Schoenfeld: The social will be organized to help members with Auto
Pay and is tentatively scheduled for February 24.
6. Youthlinc Sponsorship – Lilliana White and Megan Dole: Lilliana is the
recipient of the Youthlinc Sponsorship. The Youthlinc trip is to Cambodia. Justin
explained that Youthlinc provides opportunities for high school students to
devote 80 hours of service with a capstone of an international trip. Youthlinc
partners with Rotary on some projects like this. Margareta noted that adults could
go as mentors as well. Lilliana currently does service at Shriners hospital
every Thursday.
7. Polio
Pig: members and guests donated $83.75
Upcoming Key Events
1.
February 2 – Business Meeting, Cottonwood
Club
2.
Saturdays in February: Refugee computer
assistance at SLCC Meadowbrook
3.
February 6 – Board Meeting at Laurie’s home
4.
February 9 – Business Meeting, Cottonwood
Club. Speaker, Gerald
Brown, Director of Refugee Services, Dept of Workforce Services
5.
February
24 (tentative) – Social: “Rotary – Get
Connected.” Members will work on their profiles on RI and the online payment
system.
6.
March
10 – 11 PETS and Assembly Training for Extended Board
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