Business Meeting Minutes, February 6, 2020

Members in attendance:  Joe Balstaedt, Jayne Barnett, Chris Casper, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Dave DeMarco, Daniel Diaz, John Haglund, Julie Jones, Tim Jones, Safia Keller, Frank Lily, Susan Marks, Terry Palmer, Justin Powell, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Shannon Tilly, Jordan Taylor, Dave Veenstra, John Zone, Judy Zone,

Guests in attendance:  Kaileen Balzano & Jim Rudin

Business items:

1.       Call to order, Four-Way Test

2.       New member inductions – Daniel Diaz, Dave DeMarco, Safia Keller

3.       Club Goals – Justin reviewed the goals we have selected to pursue in support of our strategic priorities.

4.       Next Meeting: February 20^th with a guest speaker TBA

5.       Winter Social: Satutday Feb 22 ski at Solitude/snowshoe at the Solitude Nordic Center (located between Brighton and Solitude).  Meet for lunch at 1:30pm at Honeycomb Grill.

6.       Service:

                                       i.            Volunteers of America (VoA) Service – Thursday February 27^th at 5 p.m. (dinner to be served at 6 p.m.)  We’ll be cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for homeless and troubled youth.  Tim Jones & Julie Jones are organizing.

                                       i.            Our club contributed $1,000 to Hay Soe, a refugee now student at the U of U (our guest speaker on 1/16/2020), for the purchase of supplies in Burma.

                                     ii.            There is a blood drive at City Academy on Feb 10 from 2:00-7:00 pm in the multipurpose room.  You can sign-up ahead of time using the Red Cross Blood Donor app.

7.       District Conference: May 14-16 at Empire Lodge in Park City.  Everyone is welcome - especially new members.

Upcoming Events

Feb 20^th – 5:30 p.m. – Business Meeting with guest speaker to be announced – Youthlinc Office at Brickyard Plaza

Feb 22^nd – Snowshoe and Social at Solitude Mountain Resort and Nordic Center

Volunteers of America (VoA) Service – Thursday February 27^th at 5 p.m. (dinner to be served at 6 p.m.).  Downtown location

Social and Service Night January 16, 2020

We enjoyed food ordered from Wann Jale, a new Burmese restaurant in Sandy (and Spice Kitchen graduate), while listening to the inspiring journey of Hay Soe, a positive and hard-working former student of our club member Dave Veenstra.  Hay Soe is of Karen descent and was born in Burma (Myanmar).  He moved to a refugee camp with his family as a very young child and then to Utah when he was 7 years old.  He overcame many challenges in school, graduated high school as valedictorian of his class and is now a student of the College of Business at the U of U. He volunteers to assist others in our community and is currently organizing a Bridging Borders trip in March to deliver dental supplies and other much needed items to refugee camps in Africa.

After a short slide presentation (and wiping away some tears), we quickly transformed into a seemingly well-oiled production team tracing, sewing, embroidering and stuffing dolls and bears for Dolls of Hope, another inspiring organization that supplies the materials, trains volunteers and delivers the toys to children in refugee camps.

Our 25 attendees stuffing and sewed 27 dolls and prepped 30 additional dolls for the next step in the creation process.  We discovered unknown skills in each other and enjoyed much laughter in the process!

Business Meeting Minutes – January 9, 2020

Members in attendance:  Joe Balstaedt, Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Chris Casper, Dave Chassé, Denise Chassé, Ronda Eiting, John Haglund, Julie Jones, Tim Jones, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Erica Wolff, Pearl Wright, Terry Palmer

Guests in attendance:  N/A

Business items:

1.       Call to order, Four-Way Test

2.       Announcements

a.       Guest Speaker & Service & Social– Thursday January 16^th, Hay Soe, refugee student will speak.  Dolls of Hope service project for refugees in camps worldwide.  We’ve invited the Sugar House Rotary Club to participate.

b.      Service

                                                         i.            Volunteers of America (VoA) Service – Thursday February 27^th at 5 p.m. (dinner to be served at 6 p.m.)  We’ll be cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for the youth.  Tim Jones is the organizer.

                                                        i.            Madagascar Clean Water Project – Took 3 years, but is now completed.

                                                       ii.            Wine into Water – We’re going to look into possibly changing the venue to the Baldwin Radio Factory.

                                                     iii.            Socials – February 22^nd we’ll be doing a snowshoe hike and after party.

                                                     iv.            Club Survey - Results of the survey were discussed.  A lot of good input was received.  If you want to see the survey results, please contact Justin.

                                                       v.            Rotary Club Clothing – John Haglund mentioned that all forms of Rotary Club clothing articles are available RTPClubClothes.com, use code NY10 for 10% off your order.

Upcoming Events

Jan 16^th 5:30 p.m.– Guest Speaker Hay Soe, Dolls of Hope service project and Sugar House Rotary Club combined service and social - Youthlinc Office at Brickyard Plaza

Feb 6^th – 5:30 p.m. – Business Meeting – Youthlinc Office at Brickyard Plaza

Feb 22^nd – Snowshoe and Social – details to be announced.

Volunteers of America (VoA) Service – Thursday February 27^th at 5 p.m. (dinner to be served at 6 p.m.).  Downtown location (Tim Jones, help!)

December 6, 2019 - Holiday Social

Milo the Greeter 

Sam the Elf!

Our lovely Hostess, Erica and her Guest

Host Roger and Miss Susan

Tim the Terrific Treasurer 

The Delightful Desserts!

Mothers Day Celebration at the House of Hope

We celebrated our friends at the House of Hope for Mother's Day and received this beautiful note:

Mother’s Day at House of Hope

May 28th, 2019

Mother’s Day can be a challenging day for many of our women. Some are learning to parent a newborn, some are working hard to repair broken trust, and some do not have custody of their children. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be a special day to celebrate.

We were so fortunate to have Rotary Club of Millcreek provided gifts for every woman at House of Hope for the second year in a row! The gifts included items like shampoo and loofahs to help our women feeling beautiful and encourage them to take time for self-care.

As an extra special treat, Jennie Lloyd and friends brought a lovely Mother’s Day breakfast to all our women in residential facilities. This will be five years that Mrs. Lloyd and her friends have been providing Mother’s Day breakfast for our women. This wonderful treat gives our moms a break from having to prepare breakfast and allows them to enjoy a wonderful morning.

Thank you to everyone who made Mother’s Day special this year

Business Meeting Minutes – November 7, 2019, Revised

Members in attendance:  Joe Balstaedt, Jayne Barnett, Dave Chassé, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Ronda Eiting, Marty Gelman, John Haglund, Tim Jones, Frank Lilly, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Colby Rider, Dave Veenstra, Judy Zone

Guests in attendance:  Jordan Taylor, Daniel Diaz

Business items:

1.       Call to order, Four-Way Test

2.       Announcements

a.       RYLA – thank you, Jayne, for driving and coordinating drivers to/from Aspen Grove (retreat).

b.       Socials –

                                                               i.      Nov 14^th Friendsgiving at Judy’s and John Zone’s home.  Please bring along friends you would like to introduce to our club. 

                                                             ii.      Dec 6^th Holiday party at Erica Wolff’s home.

b.       Service –

                                                               i.      Nov 14th – bring food items for Cottonwood High School’s food pantry to Friendsgiving.  See Cottonwood HS Food Pantry for a list of needed foods. 

                                                             ii.      Dec 7^th, 7:00 a.m. Operation Santa at the Fort Union Target.  Come help kids from poor families as they find each other gifts for the holiday season!  Each child is provided with vouchers to pay for the gifts.  The kids are escorted by local Police and Fire Fighters, making it an exciting arrival scene!  Note:  our club donated $1000 to help sponsor this event.

3.       Wine into Water – This year’s event grossed a little over $14,000 and netted ~$8,500 (significantly less than last year).  Having the event on a weekday was a contributor to reduced attendance.   We discussed going back to a Friday evening for next year’s event.  But we learned that Tracy Aviary now charges significantly more for weekends than weekdays.  This raised the suggestion that we should at least consider finding an alternative venue.  One possibility: the Baldwin Radio Factory.  We also talked about having other beverages available because not everyone drinks wine.  Perhaps we should serve craft beers and have a soda bar.  Let’s plan to talk some more about these ideas in future business meetings.

4.       Reports on International Service Trips – Dave Veenstra presented slides on the Nepal trip, and Frank presented slides on the Cambodia trip.  Both Dave and Frank expressed their appreciation for Rotary’s help in making those trips successful.  They and the Youthlinc participants will be forever changed by their experiences!

Upcoming Events

Nov 14^th 6:00-8:00 p.m. - Friendsgiving at Judy’s and John Zone’s home, 4517 S. Abinadi Rd (4160 E). 

Dec 6^th 6:00 p.m. - Holiday Party at Erica Wolff’s home, 3222 E. Regan Court, Cottonwood Heights.

Dec 7^th 7:00 a.m. - Operation Santa at the Fort Union Target

Business Meeting Minutes – October 17, 2019

Members in attendance:  Joe Balstaedt, Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Ronda Eiting, John Haglund, Julie Jones, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Erica Wolff, Pearl Wright, John Zone, Judy Zone

Guests in attendance:  District Governor Dr. John Hanrahan, Andy Dominic, Dustin Jones, Patricio Panuncio, Jordan Taylor

Business items:

1.       Call to order, Four-Way Test

2.       Thank you to all who drove and hosted the Rotary Club visitors from Argentina!!!

3.       Announcements

a.       Congratulations to Justin, who earned/received the Paul Harris Fellow Award!!!

b.       RYLA – please contact Jayne if you’re interested in driving or picking-up (Nov 6 and Nov 9, respectively) the students to/from Aspen Grove (retreat).

c.       Socials – Nov & Dec socials have not yet been identified.

d.       Service – Local service project for Nov to be announced.

e.       Club Calendar – Up and running in Google Docs.

f.        Club Survey – Justin will be sending it out soon.

g.       President Elect – Need to identify someone.

4.       Guest Speaker - District Governor Dr. John Hanrahan spoke about his work helping others with Rotary.  He co-founded the People’s Health Clinic, a Park City non-profit providing care to local residents who lack health insurance.  He also co-founded The Hope Alliance, an international humanitarian organization.  Dr. Hanrahan has led many medical, public health and other projects in other countries.  He is a member of the Rotary Cadre of Technical Advisors which evaluates large Rotary grants worldwide.

Upcoming Events

Oct 24^th – Rotary Foundation Dinner – Oct 24 @ 6:30 p.m., downtown Marriott.

Nov 7^th – Business Meeting – 5:30 p.m., Youthlinc Office at Brickyard Plaza.  Frank and Dave will report on their Summer service trips with Youthlinc (Cambodia and Nepal).