IPads for Sunnyvale Refugee Center make a great literacy gift, District Grant items, and service project for our club!

Much thanks to the Rotary Club of Millcreek members who participated in our service project Thursday afternoon February 22 at Sunnyvale Refugee Center. Our District Grant bought iPads loaded with apps for the kids who use the Center for afterschool programming, reading and homework help. The iPads were one part of the kick off of our literacy focused gift:  

The kids used the iPads for a fun activity with the HeadsUp App, wrote and decorated thank you cards for a teacher, parent, or someone else. And we played creative and fun games that used up some energy and had some yummy treats provided by our members!

Photos from faraway: A Madagascar community celebrates the clean water & sanitation received through our RI Global Grant

Rotary Club of Millcreek is proud to have partnered with Youthlinc and Rotary Club Antananarivo Ambohitsorohitra last year to help with a Global Grant helping bring clean water and improved sanitation to the Mahereza Commune. 

Thanks to Sylvia Jessen of the Holladay Rotary of Utah for helping provide iPads to high school students at LMA Ampefiloha. They were thrilled to receive them. 

Scroll through the pictures to see a celebration including representatives from the Malagasy government, Rotary International, many students, and journalists.

Thank you to Park City Sunrise Rotary Club and Utah Rotary District 5420 for their support on that grant, as well!

Here's our awesome new club tee!

Contact Jayne Barnett jaynebarnett@hotmail.com with your size and order NOW! Thanks, Jayne, for pulling this together.

February 8 Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Jayne Barnett, Rose Defa, Marty Gelman, Julie Jones, Frank Lilly, Susan Marks, Anita Miner, Danny Schoenfeld, Laurie Summers-Pisani

1. Call to Order, Four Way Test, Visitor Introductions - Frank – No visitors. Recited the Four- Way Test as a group.
2. Business Items:
3. Presidential Citation/Frank – Frank passed out a handout with all of the areas we need to achieve goals in to be awarded the Presidential Citation. We are very close on several of the areas. (See attached) #1 Invoices paid on time. Service projects and volunteer hours need to be reported. Frank will double check the money spent and get the reporting done. Support and strengthen – Everyone needs to invite new members and work on adding new members. This needs to include younger members (under 40) and women. Expand - Club has sponsored an Interact Club. We will revisit at the second business meeting of March (March 8th) Polio – not done. Global Grant - done. Collaborate with another club – done. (Midvale) Environmental not done – Frank planning a service project that will achieve this goal in April. Public Image – not done. RYLA – done.
4. March Meeting with Rock Rotary/Shannon – Shannon was not here to give an update.
5. Committee Updates
a) Service Committee/Rose – Thursday, February 22nd 5-6:30 PM at the Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center work with the kids at the after-school program. (Chris) Rose passed around the updated sign-up sheet for members to sign up for different activities and bring snacks. March 22nd – Utah Food Bank 6:00-7:30 PM. Frank will work on a Service Project for April to coincide with Earth Day. May – Need something. June – Chris. Rose asked members who would be willing to work with her on the service committee for next year and Danny volunteered. Let Rose know if you are willing to work on this committee.
b) Social Committee/Danny – Thursday, February 15th at Wiseguys Comedy Club at the Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City. Doors open at 6:00 PM cost is $5.00, can get food and drinks there. Danny will follow-up with an email. Thursday, March 29th will be Snowshoeing and a Chili dinner at Shannon’s house with the Millcreek Mayor (more details to come)
c) Membership Committee – No update.
d) Wine Into Water 2018/Frank – Date is set for Friday, September 14, 2018 at Chase Mill/Tracy Aviary. Will start discussing plans for this event in April.

IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES
• Social – February 15th 6:00 PM - Wiseguys Comedy Club and dinner at The Gateway, Downtown
• Service Project – February 22nd 5:00 PM – Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center
• Business Meetings March 1st and 8th @ Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• Service Project – March 22nd 6:00 PM at the Utah Food Bank
• Social – March 29th Snowshoe and dinner at Shannon’s house w/Millcreek Mayor

February 1, 2018 Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Jayne Barnett, Dave Chasse, Denise Chasse, Marty Gelman, Julie Jones, Frank Lilly, Susan Marks, Anita Miner, Brian Rollo, Shannon Tilly, Dave Veenstra, Erica Wolff, Judy Zone

1. Call to Order, Four Way Test, Visitor Introductions - Frank – No visitors – Frank gave a special shout out to Rose for the service project at The Hope Lodge. It was a very special event and we had the most participants the club has ever had for a service project.
2. Business Items:
a) Cottonwood Club Update/Frank, Judy and Susan – Frank has been able to negotiate a $12.00 per person rate with the Cottonwood Country Club for another year. Members agreed this is a reasonable price and we will continue our business meetings here for this year and then revisit it.
b) Club T-Shirt Final Design/Jayne – shared the final design with the group. The price will be $15.00 per member. Each member will cover their own cost that Danny will figure out how to process as treasurer. Jayne will send out a sign-up sheet for sizes.
c) Rock Rotary Club Update/Shannon – Rock Rotary Club members will visit our club’s business meeting on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Shannon is working on a way to set up a mentorship with this club and figure out how our club can assist them to be a successful club.
d) Propose Bylaws Update/Frank and Susan – Club to add an additional $25.00 to the current $15.00 admission fee to new members going forward. This additional fee is to help cover costs of potential short falls in the budget or members leaving the club with their dues in a rear. It will be a slush fund that will help insure the club does not fall short on our foundation contribution etc. Frank wants to look at a new dues structure. He will discuss it with the board.
3. Committee Updates
a) Service Committee – Thursday, February 22nd 5-6:30 PM at the Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center work with the kids at the after-school program. Frank passed around a sign-up sheet for members to sign up for different activities and bring snacks. Brian will invite the Interact Club to attend. Rose will follow up by emailing the sign-up sheet to members for additional
help from members who weren’t at the meeting. Frank will work on a Service Project for April to coincide with Earth Day.
b) Social Committee/Danny – Putting together a social for Thursday, February 15th. It will be Wiseguys Comedy Club and dinner at The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake (more details to come) Thursday, March 29th will be Snowshoeing and a Chili dinner at Shannon’s house with the Millcreek Mayor (more details to come)
c) Membership Committee/Shannon – Shannon and Ronda are working on a new member orientation. Ronda would like to do some sort of membership drive event (like Friendsgiving) once a quarter. She would also like to work on utilizing social media more to recruit new members.
d) Wine Into Water 2018/Frank – Date is set for Friday, September 14, 2018 at Chase Mill/Tracy Aviary. Susan suggested that the club should work together on setting goals for the event and work together as a club to achieve these goals. i.e. fundraising, getting people there etc.

IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES
• January Service Project – Hope Lodge – January 25th 5:00 PM
• Business Meetings 8th @ Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• Social – February 15th Wiseguys Comedy Club and dinner at The Gateway, Downtown
• Service Project – February 22nd – Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center
• Business Meetings March 1st and 8th @ Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• Service Project – March 22nd at the Utah Food Bank
• Social – March 29th Snowshoe and dinner at Shannon’s house w/Millcreek Mayor