Save the Date & here's some background on Wine into Water!

Some of our new members have asked about our annual fundraiser Wine into Water, Friday September 8th this year. With Judy Zone as Chair for the event this year we have already received our assignments, but I will just give some additional information about our event for those who are new to our Club.

Key bullets and a brief history on Wine Into Water:

• Clean water is the biggest need in our modern world
• Millcreek Club decided to partner with other Rotary Clubs in Utah, apply for International grants, and provide clean water in impoverished villages – Justin Powell is our club’s international service chair. We have held five fundraisers and supported International Projects in a new country each year. This year, the country is Cambodia.
• We provide the clean water station, check on the projects, AND provide education which is essential for success
• Our Club came up with the idea several years ago as a play on words – drink some wine, and your donation goes to water, thus the name Wine Into Water
• There are also non-alcoholic beverages available, and really great food (light music is playing – just a lovely evening)
• The event is at Tracy Aviary again this year.

• I speak for a few minutes, followed by Justin. He gives an update on the projects- we keep it short and sweet – planning on 7:00
• Attending guests will receive a free ‘come back to the Aviary voucher’ when they check in, so they can come another time and enjoy the Aviary
• We have a bird trainer that will walk the event from 6-630 with some sort of bird.
• The Aviary is open for our guests to roam during the party; however, W2W is set up just east of the front gates – the check in workers will guide your guests.

Below is a photo that explains the whole reason we do this fundraiser. Please also refer to the Save the Date flyer when you invite your friends to this great event. Invites coming soon!

Happy Fundraising!

Margareta

President 2017-2018

Rotary Club of Millcreek 

Millcreek Rotary submits a Rotary District Grant to help Sunnyvale Center

·         District Grant focus for 2017/18 year will again be on woman, children and refugees.

·        We have the opportunity to submit a district grant to secure funds for a laptop (to be used by the leaders at the Sunnyvale Center to facilitate after-school programs).  The current facilitators are working from very old desktops that cannot access school programs, websites, etc. plus a desktop provides limited ability to move around and help the children in the program.   This investment would be for the Center for now and the future. 

       If we can secure enough funds, we will also request a color printer for the Center.  Per the leader, the children have a lot of homework and reports that need color printing and they do not have one at the center (we would secure a donation from a local print shop to service and donate color cartridges)

·        The District Grants require a monetary donation as noted above, and a roll up your sleeves and help project.  For the ‘do some good’ part of the project, we will support a new program called "Venture to Sunnyvale Park."  During the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market, Saturdays, June 10 to October 14th, 12 - 3 p.m.,  the Sunnyvale Park is packed with children (30 to 60), most from a refugee background.  Two years ago, Sunnyvale and Salt Lake County began to provide organized activities for the children. We would volunteer during a Saturday to provide activities for the children.  On the same day, we would make our donation to the Center.

Tracy Aviary service project, Thursday June 22

For our last service project of the Rotary year, we are helping the Tracy Aviary maintain their "Teaching Stream" where kids interact with nature.  We will work with the Aviary horticulture staff to help clean and restructure the stream bed.

Please come to the entrance gate on Thursday June 22 at 5 p.m. if possible.  Someone will be there to let us in through 5:30, and call me on my cell 801-244-3664 if you arrive after 5:30.  The address is 589 East 1300 South, SLC 84105.  The volunteer coordinator said they will provide tools and water; I suggest we bring our own gloves.  We are so appreciative that the Aviary is again hosting our Wine into Water event that we wanted to "give back."

Hope to see you all there.  We will be finished by 8 p.m. at the latest, and will plan to go out for pizza afterward if anyone is interested!  

Thanks for a great year of supporting our Service projects.

Jennie Ferguson

Local Service Chair

June 1 & 8 Business Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting

June 1, 2017

Attendees: Linda Book, Dianne Cochrane, Rose Defa, Jennie Ferguson, Danny Schoenfeld, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Judy Zone, John Zone

Guests: Gene Cochrane, Erica Wolff

1.      Call to Order, Four-Way Test/Rotary Moment, and Introduction of Guests: Margareta

2.      Business Items:

W2W: Judy reminded people to mark their calendars for Friday September 8, 5:30 – 8 pm at Tracy Aviary. Judy reviewed the expectation for club member participation. She asked for reports from W2W Committee members:

Dianne: Save the date has gone out via email to part participants. Theme: Great Wines at a Great Price will be added to invitation.

Judy: (for Laurie): Locating good quality wines and other liquors.

Rose: Will start looking for donations for task items and then locate others. She will talk to Laure about popup tents. Margareta has our two tents in her garage.

Shannon and Anita:  Have secured entertainment.

Jennie:  Will send information to Margareta for sign for opportunity drawing.

3.      Social Update:

June – Danny has arranged for Top Golf on June 29, time TBD, 920 Rivergate Drive 84047.

July – Frank arranging a hike.

4.      Local Service Update:

June – Jennie arranged for activity at Tracy Aviary, June 22. We can enter between 5 and 5:30 pm.  Bring gloves, they will provide tools. Jennie will send details.

July – Cook at the Ronald McDonald House.

Upcoming Key Events

Ø  June 8 – Business Meeting

Ø  June 22– garden work at Tracy Aviary

Ø  June 29 – Business Meeting

Action Items
All: Mark your calendar for W2W; start talking to friends and family!
Rose will talk to Laure about popup tents.
Jennie will send information to Margareta for signs for opportunity drawing.

Jennie will send details about Tracy Aviary service project.

Business Meeting

June 8, 2017

Attendees:  Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Dianne Cochrane, Rose Defa, Ronda Eiting, Jennie Ferguson, Laurie Summers-Pisani,  Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Michelle Wright

Guests: Gene Cochrane, Erica Wolff

1.      Call to Order, Four-Way Test/Rotary Moment, and Introduction of Guests: Chris asked Erica, who plans to join later this month to tell a little about herself. Erica talked about coming to the U.S. and starting a school for Swedish students. She said she is joining Rotary because of her love of service.

Chris asked the club to be thinking of Cesar – his son has been diagnosed with a serious illness. She mentioned Shannon is at International Conference, attending with her father.

2.      Business Items:

Local Service Update:

Chris gave a shout out to Jennie for her excellent work over the last year as Service Chair, especially arranging a variety of activities that appealed to members.

June – Jennie arranged for activity at Tracy Aviary, June 22. We can enter between 5 and 5:30 pm.  Bring gloves, they will provide tools. Jennie will send details.

July – Cooking a noon meal at the Ronald McDonald House. Members each volunteered to be responsible for parts of the meal. (Items prepared at home cannot be brought in – must be commercially packaged or cooked onsite.)

Social Update:

June – Danny has arranged for Top Golf on June 29, 5:30 pm, 920 Rivergate Drive 84047. Rotary will pay for the bays; members can purchase food and beverages at the venue.

July – Frank arranging a hike.

District Grant: Chris and Margareta are working on the application for the 2017-18 District grant. The application is due July 1^st. Chris and Margareta presented some ideas and asked for input:

1. Margareta has contacted Caren Frost at University of Utah, Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration.The project we would like to be involved in would preferably support education but also continue on the path to support refugees. Caren Frost suggested that we contact Alexx Goeller, who works with refugee youth.
2. Margareta has also been in contact with Shelly Burningham at Youthlinc (Shelly is the Real Life Program Director) regarding contacts and ideas for Community Centers working with the refugee population and in need of support. Shelly responded and verified that many of the centers they work with need computers and kindle fires for homework. Some community centers are well equipped, but others have no computers at all. Shelly can direct us to the right people.
3. Chris has been in contact with Salt Lake County for ideas on projects in need of support. One idea is to assist with a proposed Farmers Market at Sunnyvale Park, adjacent to Sunnyvale Community Center where we have assisted with after-school activities in the past. The suggestion was that we could assist with children’s activities during the Farmer’s Market and use our grant for supplies. 
4. Michelle suggested the Women’s Center in Midvale and she will look into that.

W2W: Chris reminded people to mark their calendars for Friday September 8, 5:30 – 8 pm at Tracy Aviary. She will send more detail that members can use to interest people in attending. Discussed the baskets; members liked the idea of four baskets to include a Wine basket.

Chris turned the meeting over to Margareta to make comments as the incoming president. Margareta discussed the meeting schedule and possible changes to when and where to hold board meetings. One Board meeting per month could be more extensive and held at a Board member's house. The other meetings could be more informal and be held at a coffee shop alternatively before or after a regular business meeting. Margareta will present her idea at the next board meeting.


Chris talked about how close we are to receiving the Presidential Citation and that she is working on finalizing members and accomplishments. She said the District Conference in Park City was outstanding with many key motivational speakers such as Martin Frey and Shannon Bahrke.

Upcoming Key Events

Ø  June 22– garden work at Tracy Aviary

Ø  June 29 – Social Event at Top Golf, 5:30 pm

Ø  July 6 and 13 – Business Meetings

Ø  July 15 – Service at Ronald McDonald House, making lunch for 40 people, 11 am – 1:30 pm

Ø  August 17 – Installation Dinner, Café Niche, 5:30 pm, detail coming

Action Items
All: Mark your calendar for W2W; start talking to friends and family!

Michelle to look into Women’s Center needs.

July Social: Brighton Lakes Trail Hike and BBQ at the Spruces on Sunday, July 23, 2017

Greetings, all:

Happy Summer! One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to do a hike and a picnic in the mountains! 

I'd like to host a hike and a BBQ picnic in Big Cottonwood Canyon this year - I have a picnic area (Group Area 8) at the Spruces Campgrond reserved for us on Sunday, July 23, 2017. Please gather at 5:30, and we will start cooking. Our campground is available all day, under my name, so if you want to come early, please do. 

I will bring bratwurst and some Italian sausages, as well as the charcoal to get us started. I will need volunteers for the following:

1) Burgers

2) Buns for the sausages and the burgers

3) Water and other non-alcoholic beverages to share

4) Ice

5) Condiments - mustard, ketchup, relish, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese

6) Salads - green, potato, pasta, etc.

7) Sweets!

8) Wine and beer, if you like, and if you want to share. 

One of my favorite hikes ever is the Brighton Lakes hike, which culminates at Lake Catherine. It's about 4.5 miles round trip, and is easy to moderate. If you want to join me on this hike, meet me at 1:00 at the Brighton Ski Resort parking lot. Here's information on this iconic Utah hike:

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/lake-catherine-via-brighton-lakes-trail

This is a great opportunity to bring a guest who might be interested in Rotary, and also to bring family and kids. Please let me know if you are coming no later than  Monday, July 17, so that I and the other food volunteers know how much to bring. 

I love this event and I look forward to seeing you all! 

Best, 

Frank 

francis.lilly@gmail.com

Millcreek Rotarian receives 2017 Rotarian of the Year Award

Each year, Utah Rotary honors a Rotarian who has contributed much to the District. Millcreek Rotarian Judy has been a Rotarian since 2001. She has served as District Public Relations Chair and as an Assistant District Governor. She founded and chartered the Millcreek Rotary Club in 2011, and helped form the Rotary Club of Meru, Kenya in 2007. 

She has advised many Utah Rotary clubs on the formation of high school Rotary clubs, known as Interact clubs. Through her work with Youthlinc, a Utah based nonprofit dedicated to creating lifetime humanitarians, she has not only provided opportunities for thousands of Utah youth to become dedicated local & international humanitarians, she has afforded people of all ages a chance to learn more about the good Rotary International does in this state and in this world.

District Governor Shaun Michel (to the right in the photo below) and incoming District Governor Beverly Christy (to the left in the photo below) gave Judy the award at our District Conference on Saturday May 20. 

Great service project for Mother's Day

What an amazing turn out and feel good project on Thursday May 4 – a big SHOUT OUT to Laurie for hosting us at her home.  We made over 60 gift bags for underprivileged moms and the end product was a gift bag every mom would enjoy.  Thanks for the generous donations of time and supplies. 

Many of you mentioned you hadn’t received the memo with the details for volunteering at the event or donating cash.  Please see the information below.  In addition to the gift bags, we will be donating $500 from our Club to help fund the lunches.  Please let Jennie know if you plan to volunteer next week.  I plan to volunteer as well as Shannon.  Kudos to Cesar Diaz for his efforts every year for this event.  

Christine Casper, Club President

Service Project:

There are many wonderful Mothers in our community who are going through hard times; facing big challenges. Many of them are away from their home or country and many which are single parents and/or unemployed. We would like to help these beautiful women celebrate Mother’s Day by bringing them together for a small retreat to honor them. This event will include a delicious lunch, a musical program, and a gift bag filled with items to pamper themselves.

Selection of the Mothers:

Every single Family we served lives below the poverty level, the organizations we help each year are:

La Casa del Pueblo, South Valley Domestic Violence Shelter, Liberian Women & Refugees, International Rescue Committee, Family Support Center/Life Start Village, Holy Cross Ministries, Utah Health & Human Rights Refugees, The Road Home, House of Hope, Utah Family Center, Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, YWCA, Pregnancy Resource Center, Asian Association of Utah Refugees, Odyssey House, Families in need from the Wasatch, Bryant & Lincoln Schools and Comunidades Unidas

2017 Service Project:  Our goal is to serve 500 women in need.

PROJECT:        Mother’s Day Service Project

DATE:                     Saturday May 13^th, 2017

TIME:                11:45AM – 2PM

PLACE:              BRYANT Middle School

                             40 South 800 East, Salt Lake UT

Photos from our service project: