Happy First Birthday, Rotary Club of Millcreek!

In just one year, the Rotary Club of Millcreek has accomplished a lot! Check it out! 

·        Members began meeting July 2011.

·        Chartered November 16, 2011

·        Chartering Dinner: January 19, 2011

·        Low cost club: $90 per quarter fulfills all Rotary International & District dues & fees requirements

·        We meet the first two Thursdays of each month at 5:30pm at Café Madrid to plan service and socials which occur on the other two Thursdays of each month.

·        We focus our service on international water projects and locally with the refugee community in Salt Lake.

Club accomplishments in our first year:

 

·        Maintain an active Facebook page and club blog

·        Established Interact Club (high school Rotary club) at City Academy.

·        Established partnerships and mentoring with Salt Lake and Westminster Rotaract Clubs.

·        Worked with Bhutanese refugee community at New Roots Garden and to teach citizenship lessons.

·        2011 Holiday Party with Bhutanese community featured Bhutanese food, American entertainment, and a clothing & coats donation supported by our Interact Club and RC Millcreek members.

·        Speed mentoring event with Rotaracters

·        1/3 of our members have attended District trainings

·        Held club retreat to determine mission and goals

·        Members have traveled to Thailand and Guatemala to serve with youth during the summer.

·        Partnered with Rotary Clubs of Centerville/Farmington, Kaysville, Heber, and Rotary Club of Iquitos, Peru for a successful Rotary District Grant to fund two water filtration systems along the Amazon River.

·        Held first annual Wine into Water fundraiser on September 13, 2012, raising $6,000 for Peru water projects. Over 100 people in attendance.

·        Worked to furnish and outfit the new Sunnyvale Refugee Welcome Center.

·        Held Halloween ‘trunk or treat’ party at Sunnyvale for refugee kids. Aided hugely by Rotaracters and Interactors in this effort.

·        Participated in the Dash for Donations Fun Run and Walk to support organ donation

 

Board Meeting Minutes - October 18, 2012

Our meeting was held at Tin Angel.  We enjoyed the refugee option off the menu - a wagyu beef stew. Proceeds went to the refugee community in Utah.

Attendees: Julie Bateman, Miriam Kramer, Judy Zone, Chris Casper, Peter Ingle, Annie Nelson, Laurie Summers-Pisane.

Agenda items:

1. Member outreach - Gina Coleman, our membership chair, will begin to call members that do not attend.    Our club averages 50% attendance which is normal for rotary clubs.  Our social on November 15 will be an "Invite a Friend" night.  Judy will have a summary sheet for prospective members.  They will be able to speak with us in a social setting as we celebrate our Club's one-year anniversary.
2. Financial statement - Julie Bateman presented our financial statement.  We recently paid our RI district dues  All officers agreed we will order 20 new member kits to help new members when they join our club.  The financials look good with a balance of $8400.  Please remember to pay your 4th quarter dues if you haven't already.  Chris will call RI about our most recent e-mail abut tax filing status for rotary clubs.
3. Location of meetings - The board discussed whether to continue with Cafe Madrid.  All agreed it is a great spot and location, and there are few other places that caN accommodate our budget. Laurie noted that gratuity is included and will remind members of this at our next meeting on November 8.  Laurie will also ask Gabby if she can offer some variety on the appetizers.  We will plan to give the wait staff a gift card for the holidays.  Laurie will bring this up at our next meeting to ask for ideas and suggestions.
4. Holiday party and upcoming meetings - Annie will bring dates and ideas to our next meeting.  Board agreed not to have a meeting on November 1, due to the event at Sunnyvale on October 31.  November meetings will be November 8 and 15.  
5. SUNNYVALE EVENT- The Board agreed to have Miriam assign every member items for which they join with another-1 to 2 members to provide for the Sunnyvale Center.  Our meeting on November 8 will be at the Sunnyvale Center with a theme of BYOC - Bring Your Own Chair.  Details will be coming on where to buy your chair.  We will meet at the Sunnyvale Center and leave the Center with some much needed items.  

SEE YOU OCTOBER 31 AT 4:30 FOR OUR TRUNK OR TREATING!!!

October 11, 2012 - Meeting Minutes

Attendees:  Chris Casper, Jason Collier, Laurie Summers, Andrea White, Bill Kille, Miriam Kramer, Marlin Clark, Judy Zone, John Zone, Ron Stevens, Shannon Tilly

Member Actions:

Open your e-mail from October 11, and donate to the Sunnyvale Center.  Miriam is updating the list and we still need a lot of items. Or email miriam@youthlinc.org Laurie is collecting cash from members as well.  Donations were collected.

RSVP to Miriam Kramer for our social next Thursday, October 18 at Tin Angel, 365 W 400 S, SLC.  We will enjoy dinner together at 6:30.  Proceeds from the Dining Around the World Event will benefit the refugee community

Purchase candy for the trunk or treating activity on October 31 from 5-7pm.  Please plan to come early at 4:30 to help set-up.  Miriam will send an e-mail with details.

Join us for these important meetings:

October 18 – Dinner at Tin Angel

October 31 – Sunnyvale Halloween Party 4:30-7

November Meetings – November 8 & 29

November Social – November 15 – at John & Judy Zone’s to celebrate Club’s 1 year anniversary of our RCMC

November 29 – Board Meeting

December Meetings – Dec 6 and 13 – note:  we will be voting on our officers for next year

Other business:

Andrea White to create member list including our professions to share with all

RCMC members to let Shannon Tilly know of any activities they can do with the young woman we are hosting from Peru.  Karla will be here from Jan 15 – March 15.  E-mail your ideas and things you can host to shannon.tilly@hsc.utah.edu 

The  Nominating Committee will be working on a slate of candidates for President and President Elect, and other key roles which we will vote on in December.  Jason, Susan and Bill are our nominating committee.

Working on ideas for a November and December combines service project

Marlin Clark is our new Foundation Chair and will attend a Peace Foundation Meeting on November 3, 9-1.  Let Laurie know if you would like to attend.

We collected $65 from happy dollars to fund the fishing pond and treats/supplies at the Halloween Party for Sunnyvale Center

October 4, 2012 Meeting Minutes

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MEETING - SUNNYVALE PLANNING CONTINUES

Attendees:  Christine Casper, Miriam Kramer, Willard Kille, Francis Lilly, Susan Marks, Andrea White, John Zone, Judy Zone, Jenny Ferguson, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Pablo Fiesta, Ladd Tanner, Julie Bateman, Annie Nielsen, Mustafa Celebi, Shannon Tilly

Guests:  Ashley Kennedy, Ellie Goldberg, Oscar Gomez, John Castro, Courtney Castro

ACTION REQUIRED BY YOU:

MEMBERS, PLEASE READ MIRIAM'S E-MAIL FROM SEPTEMBER 26, AND SEE WISH LIST BELOW.  WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THE SUNNYVALE CENTER SET UP FOR SUCCESS.  E-mail Miriam on how you can help, or donate money NOW!

4TH QUARTER DUES ARE DUE NOW

Updates on Sunnyvale Service Project:

·         For the Halloween Carnival on October 31^st at 5-7pm, please bring your kids, 1-2 bags of candy, and any donations you might be able to collect (toothbrushes, toothpaste, notebooks, pencils, pens, calculators, socks, scarves, etc.).  We’ll be meeting at Valley Center Park.  The Salt Lake and Westminster Rotaract Clubs and City Academy Interact Club will be putting on various activities (face painting, horse shoes, bag and mask decorating, a fishing booth, and bean bag tosses).   We expect up to 100 children to be at this event!  We need Mormons to bring tables and chairs.  We’ll discuss more at our next meeting.

·         We discussed having a possible social on October 18^th at one of the participating restaurants in the Dining Around the World Event, where the proceeds of our dinner will benefit the refugee community.  Our options are Café Trio, the Oasis Café, the Rose Establishment, Squatters, Finca, Café Niche or the Tin Angel Café.  Click the link for more information on this fabulous event.

• Member Frank Lilly brought us a Rotary flag from Berlin
• Julie Bateman, Treasurer, gave an update on our finances - dues are due - pay now!
• Sergeant at Arms - John Zone collected happy dollars - $108

Our next meeting is Thursday, October 11 at Cafe Madrid.

Wish list for Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center

·         2- 8 foot conference tables (96" x 18") http://www.lifetime.com/tableschairs/rectangular/8-foot-conference

·         4- 6 foot tables (72” x 18”) http://www.lifetime.com/tableschairs/rectangular/6-foot-conference/80176

·         Benches (or chairs if no benches)

·         5 stackable chairs for welcome area

·         Three recycling bins

·         Desk for coordinator’s office

·         One Couch for welcome area

·         Three window unit Air Conditioners

·         One or two bookshelves

·         Three small trash cans

·         Four clocks

·         One large laminated blank calendar

·         4-6 computers

·         Hole punchers, paper cutter

·         Tape, staples, scissors, copy paper, colored paper, binders, pocket folders, binder clips, paper clips, mouse pads

·         Two White Boards/markers/erasers

·         Fan

·         Plug covers

·         Cupboard locks

·         Calendars for each room

·         Four fire extinguishers

·         Five comprehensive first aid kits

·         Art supplies: lots of crayons, markers, pencils, paper, rulers, scissors

·         Educational toys and games

·         Books (adult and children’s books)

·         3 world maps

·         2 U.S. maps

·         Toilet paper

·         Hand Sanitizer

·         Paper towel dispensers for bathrooms

·         Vacuum

·         Rags and sponges

·         Mop and bucket

·         Toilet bowl brush

·         Curtains for each window

·         Dishcloths, sponges, dish soap

·         Plates, bowls, cups & mugs for staff and volunteers

·         Coffee, tea, and sugar

·         Water filter or dispenser  

Oh what a night! 1st Annual Wine into Water Benefit is a HUGE success

Something must be wonderfully right when practically the entire club membership (30+ people) pull together to create a completely new concept for a Rotary Club fundraiser.

The 1^st Annual Wine into Water Benefit for the Rotary Club of Millcreek was a true group effort with members buying all the wine (with subsidiaries from Utah wineries: Kiler Grove and Castle Creek), providing all the amazing delicious and apparently endless appetizers, contributing tables, chairs, musical entertainment, sommeliers, tablecloths, centerpieces, signage, printing, inviting nearly 100 people, and contributing a combined hundreds of volunteer hours to raise over $5,000 on one beautiful evening at the club president’s home.

 As one seasoned Rotarian said, “This is the most organized and fun event I’ve ever been to in Rotary.” And successful, too.

Since members covered every single cost, 100% of the proceeds can go directly to club projects such as the funding of two water filtration systems in impoverished villages in Peru. .. except for the $1,000 Grand Prize, won this year by a Millcreek member guest, Nadine Bone.

The fundraiser was also an opportunity drawing for that significant award, and many other great gifts, all donated by members: Verizon products (thanks, Jennie Ferguson), Ruth Chris gift certificate, Color or Cut at Steur & Friends (by our own Annie Cononelos), BBQ sauce basket, and a two night stay in a Kimball Junction condo donated by our own Shannon Tilly.

There are so many people to thank for this incredible event:

·        Club President Laurie Summers-Pisani for letting us use your beautiful home and backyard! I hope there wasn’t too much mess when we all left!
All the members who came early to help set up and stayed late to clean up, including Youthlinc Alum Leaders Ryan David, Isaac Puriri, Jaclyn Bawden, and Real Life in SLC intern Megan Dolle.

·        All the members who brought substantial appetizers – Many brought appetizers and they weren’t even assigned to bring them!

·        Thanks Ladd Tanner for the Dodo contributions and thanks Kevin Jones for Snap Daddy contributions.

·        Miriam Kramer for bringing tables and chairs, and with the help of other members, getting them all out of there! Julie Bateman for donating the tables, and Mustafa Celebi for the tablecloths.

·        Frank Lilly, John Zone, Ryan Van Dyke for supplying wine (Ryan’s own homemade wine was delicious!)

·        Pablo Fiesta for bringing some bubbly non-alcoholic beverages, and for buying so many tickets!

·        Janey Lyon for her lovely guitar music and her beautiful voice.

·        Margareta Vlasic for making and bringing our name tags.

·        Past District Governor Rick Cambra and Park City Sunrise Rotarian and Assistant District Governor, Derick Loyola, for helping with sommelier duty.

·        Frank Lilly for making our Peru posters and Laurie for all the printing.

·        Club members also pulled together to pay for our new club banner and our Wine into Water Benefit sign. We’ll have those for years to come.

So if you missed the event this year, watch for it next year in September. And if you want to see this ‘unstructured’ club in action, come visit us 1^st and 2^nd Thursdays of each month, 5:30pm, at Café Madrid on Highland Drive.  We are a great group. We’d love you to be part of us. We know how to make service fun.

September 6 Meeting Minutes

Miriam Kramer, presiding, Sonia Woodbury, Margareta Vlasic, Judy Zone, John Zone, Bill Kille,

Susan Marks, Jason Collier, Ryan Van Dyke (new member – gave his application to Sarah Grant with his membership check), Marty Gelman, Sarah Grant, Annie Nielsen Cononelos, Julie Bateman,

Ladd Tanner, Shannon Tilly Guest: Errol Eernisse

·        Susan Marks provided our “Rotary Minute” – we’re part of 1.255 million members Worldwide in 170 Countries with 35,000+ clubs and we need to “proudly wear” our Rotary Pins all the time; have a 30 sec “elevator pitch” ready when people ask “what is that pin for?” and be proud of the local, National and Int’l work we do!

·        Errol EerNisse, a guest from the sugarhouse Club, and representing the District 5420 Rotary Foundation Committee as Chairman gave us a wonderful presentation on what and how the foundation works.  The Foundation provides funding in matching grants to Clubs Worldwide and provides Rotary Districts with money to conduct – local, National and International projects – as a District we get back 50% of all money we contribute to the Foundation and the remaining 50% is available to the Worldwide fund projects of which we can receive funds from also; the management of the fund is such that ALL money used for projects gets distributed to the Project – 100% of money contributed is used – NOT one cent goes for management, overhead, etc – this is UNIQUE within the Charitable Giving World! – Thank you Earl for a great explanation of how the system works

·        Julie Bateman provided a report on our finances as treasure of our club; 4^th qtr dues are due and can be sent in to our address:

              Rotary Club of Millcreek
              P.O. Box 590
              Sandy, UT 84091-0590

·        Sarah Grant reported on the Membership Committee’s efforts to increase our numbers; we now have a “new membership check list”; name badges are in the works and a plan to “match up” our new members with those who are more experienced to show them the path

·        Judy Zone reported on our “Wine to Water” event this 13^th of Sept; she’s requesting “set-up” assistance at 3:00 pm, email her if you can attend; ticket sales are close to complete needing only 6 or 7 to sell out the 100 tickets – way to go Team!!!

·        Miriam reported that our support of the Sunnyvale Center will be Oct 31th from 5-7; Rotoracters and Interactors will join us to man booths, and support the Carnival, more info at our next regular on Sept 20^th

Great member participation makes planning a snap for our FIRST Benefit: Wine into Water, Thursday Sept 13 6-8pm

Great attendance, great participation at the Thursday, Aug. 31 planning meeting for our upcoming Benefit!

Thanks, Mustafa Celebi, Marlin Clark, Gina Coleman, Pablo Fiesta, Jennie Ferguson, Marty Gelman, Bill Kille, Miriam Kramer,  Frank Lilly, Susan Marks, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Ladd Tanner, Shannon Tilly, Margareta Vlasic, new member Ryan Van Dyke, Andrea White, Kim Williams, John Zone, Judy Zone, plus guests Ellie Goldberg and Andrea Olson for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to the meeting!

We want to welcome new member Ryan Van Dyke, a mechanical designer of surgical equipment.

Judy who is chairing the Wine into Water event reviewed member assignments, and she has sent out individual reminders to members about their assignments. Other ideas:

• We now have 64 tickets sold to the event, so members, start inviting your friends. Each member is responsible for 4 tickets. We must have check in hand to record the RSVP. Check our roster google doc, or send Judy an email.
• We will have a Program at Check-in with Interest cards for potential members
• We will have a flyer about the Peru water projects
• Everyone who can be to Laurie's house at 3pm to help set up, let Judy know judy@youthlinc.org
• All food to Laurie's by 5pm that day, and all wine to her house on Monday, Sept. 10.
• Judy will invite Youthlinc Alum Leaders and Miriam will invite Rotaracters to help with bussing during the event and clean up after.

We welcomed Ellie Goldberg, of the Sunnyvale Refugee Welcome Center in Millcreek and her intern, Andrea Olson. We are collecting items for the Center opening. Miriam has a google doc with needed items that all members are invited to. Check with Miriam@youthlinc.org Many thanks to Andrea White for scouting out donations at the U of U surplus. We are planning a Halloween Carnival for children in the area: Saturday, Oct. 27 10-Noon. Miriam has approached Salt Lake based Rotaract, and Westminster Rotaract Clubs to help us plan activities. Mark your calendar!

Our Happy Dollars all went to the purchase of the signage for our event, and club banner. Thanks to Shannon Tilly and Linda Book for large donations to kick it off. Everyone listed here paid in cash, so no need to add to the billing. We have enough now for the purchase! Here is the news:

• Susan Marks closed on a condo.
• Pablo and his family held panda bears in China.
• Laurie thanks all club members who voted for her son in the skateboard video contest.
• Frank is going to Berlin in September to visit his 'other mother' who is elderly and not doing well.
• Marty's wife Sheila is recuperating well from a shoulder injury.
• Margareta's mom is coming from Sweden for a visit!
• John is remarking, after multiple grandkid visits, that it is a good thing young people have children.
• Linda is happy that her whole family will be together for Labor Day weekend except for one fiance who has to work :-(
• Andrea is celebrating Texas overturning Voter ID laws that would suppress the vote of the poor, minorities, and the elderly.
• Marlin Clark is happy the LA Lakers have Dwight Howard.

In the inimitable words of Pablo Fiesta: Estamos fantastico! Si, es verdad....