Saturday May 19 will be our 9th Annual Kids Fishing Day event at East Gallatin Recreation Area. Set for 9:00am registration, and 10am derby start, we hope to accommodate 200+ kids and another 200+ supportive parents.
The 2017 Kids Fishing Day at the East Gallatin Recreation Area brought out 205 kids to fish the waters of Glen Lake. The kids and their families had a great time and our Rotarians also joined in on the fun. Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers who helped make Kids Fishing Day a success as we look forward to this coming event in a few weeks.
Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club has received approval for the East Gallatin Recreation Area (EGRA) Park Master Plan (PMP) from the City of Bozeman.
Here is the official Master Plan Document (CLICK HERE)
The EGRA PMP's primary near-term focus is to extend the beach and add an interactive natural playground. Anticipating approval of residential condominiums near the entrance of the Park, we plan to piggy back onto a paved entry way to the park driven by the new Condos; paving the park roads and parking lots and putting in a second entrance south of Glen lake. These are the five projects detailed in the EGRA PMP.
All BSRC members are invited to be involved somehow in our annual giveaway of books to all 2nd graders in the county through April and May. Thanks to member Jim Penhale for capturing the essence of Book Giveaway in the video below.
Members keep asking what's the easiest way to get access to member info including name, photo, email, cell and address info? For smartphone users, Clubrunner has built an app for both the Android and iOS operating systems. For Android devices, GET IT HERE.
The Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Fix-Up Festival completed another year updating 12 homes in the Gallatin Valley on Saturday September 23. An update on the event will be given in coming days. Congratulations to all teams who adopted a home and all the club volunteers and friends who made it a success.
The Annual Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Book Giveaway is off and running. This year we will deliver books to every second grade class in Gallatin County, including Big Sky and West Yellowstone. Every year it is always a great experience to meet the kids and give them each two books of their own, some of whom have never owned a book in their life. Seeing them get excited about reading is what our book giveaway is all about. One of Rotary's primary objectives is to promote literacy and this event is our club's way of promoting literacy to our local community.
A note from Andy Blanchford from his trip to Sri Lanka:
We were in Sri Lanka for spring break and happened upon a Rotary club meeting at the hotel in which we were staying, so I went to their meeting. They are a small club, 22 members and only the 5 you see in the photo in attendance on a Friday evening. They were founded in 2014. I was struck by the significance of their projects in improving some tough conditions in Sri Lanka. They are installing the only toilets in a girls orphanage. They talked about how they partnered with a club in Washington state to fit over 100 civil war victims with prosthetic legs so they can walk again.
The Bozeman Sunrise Rotary is all set for their annual Holiday Banquet and Auction on Thursday December 8th. This event is is the biggest fund raising event that brings in money to support our Rotary club's programs in the community, such as the Book Giveaway, Fix Up Festival and Kids Fishing Day. Some of the auction items include:
Private Dinners & Wine Tastings
Moonlight Basin House Rental
Whitewater Raft or Zipline Trips
One Week Stay in the Florida Keys
Bridger Bowl Season Pass
If you are interested to see what items are available for bid or would like to attend this event, please contact Robb Miller at RobbMiller12@gmail.com.
We'd like to send out a big welcome to our newest member Lori Cox of the Big Sky Country State Fair. Lori will undoubtedly bring lots of energy and enthusiasm to our club. We are very excited to have her as a member.
Planning has been underway and our club is actively seeking donations for this year's Holiday Auction. If you have something of value that you feel could help the Bozeman Sunrise Rotary raise money for all the projects they do around the community, please fill out the form below and submit your donation to Robb Miller. The Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Holiday Auction is the primary fund raising event that helps our club raise money for the Fix Up Festival, Kids Fishing Day, Book Giveaway, and improving and maintaining the East Gallatin Recreation Area. This year we are honoring the memory one of our charter members, Doug Alexander, who passed away this year. We are looking forward to the event and we hope that you can help us make it even more special.
On Friday October 21st we were excited to induct three new members into our club, Bill MacBride, Jr., Katie Madison, and Danielle Scharf. We are looking forward to getting to know these three and getting them more involved in all that we do in the community.
The 2016 Fix-Up Festival was a great success and we couldn't be more appreciative of all the adopters, sponsors and volunteers. In all we had nearly 200 volunteers helping to fix 12 homes in the Bozeman and Belgrade communities. Thank you to our 12 adopter teams which include Opportunity Bank, Bozeman Kiwanis, Gallatin Empire Lions Club, Pacific Steel & Recycling, West Paw Designs, WIPFLi, Montana Instrument Co., Edward Jones, Bozeman on Mission, Rocky Mountain Credit Union, Dovetail Construction, and Connect Church. And we'd also like to thank our sponsor Tim & Mary Barnard, Quantum Designs, Casey's Corner Stores, Kenyon Noble, Murdoch's, Harvey's Plumbing & Heating, WIPFLi, First Security Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Tenderfoot Trust, Simkins Hallin, Leavitt Group, and all of our in-kind sponsors that donated to help make the Fix-Up Festival happen. Saturday was a great example of our Fix-Up Festival motto, "Neighbors Helping Neighbors". We can't wait to do it all again next year.
The 2016 Fix-Up Festival might be over but we've got a lot of pictures to share with you. Head over to the Fix-Up Festival website to see the photos from our fun day helping 12 homeowners around the Bozeman and Belgrade areas.
To apply for our 2017-2018 school year 'Study Abroad' Scholarship, download and complete these two PDF files and submit to our club by the date on the form.
If you have questions about the scholarship and exchange program prior to submitting an application, contact Local Area Coordinator Mike Banville at (406) 388-0455 or mike@alltrips.com
Congrats to our member Katie Clark and husband, Brendan Dore on the birth of your daughter!
“Arlo June Dore was born right on schedule July 15th at 4:27 pm. So far, her interests include being punctual, sleeping, and looking perplexed. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long. She's pretty awesome.”
A New Addition to the Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Family
Our very own Katie Capp was selected to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teaching Institute in Washington D.C. While there she was able to learn a lot, connect with other teacher, and she even got to meet with our Montana Representative. Here's a summery of her incredible experience.
Library of Congress
In the Winter I wrote an essay explaining the importance of interdisciplinary STEM education, received a letter of recommendation from my science department head, and responded to secondary essay questions on the importance of growing a network of STEM teachers across the United States and was selected from over 300 applicants! I was one of twenty-five applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute for the week of June 20–24, 2016.
During the five-day program, participants worked with Library education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn effective practices for using primary sources in the classroom, while exploring some of the millions of digitized historical artifacts and documents available at the Library of Congress.
This was a special session for educators who teach about science, technology or engineering. Activities drew upon the Library's treasures related to these areas, with an emphasis on the nature of science, scientific and engineering practices, interdependence of science, technology and engineering, the historical context of discovery and invention, and more.
Hands down the most exciting department of the Library of Congress, for me, was the preservation lab. At the preservation lab, top-notch scientists work using state of the art techniques to analyze and preserve original items of history ranging from music cylinders, tapes, discs, maps, letters, and documents.
Meeting Tester, Zinke, and Daines
Every Wednesday, Senators Tester and Daines and Congressman Zinke host Montana Coffee. This is where any Montana residents can come and have coffee and chat with them for over an hour. During this time I spoke with Tester, Daines, and Zinke about the importance of STEM education, professional development opportunities for teachers, and the growth of the Gallatin Valley.
Later that afternoon, I personally met with Senator Steve Daines at his office to further discuss these topics. Because Daines is a chemical engineer he is very passionate about increasing STEM education and STEM opportunities. He also stressed how there needs to be a growing force of energetic teachers. Together Daines and I created a slogan of "Make Chemistry Cool Again." I let Daines know that he is missed at Sunrise Rotary every Friday. Daines said he greatly misses all the fun of the Sunrise Rotary and it is the top thing he misses now that he is a senator.
DuPont Circle Rotary Meeting
I visited the DuPont Circle Rotary Club, a 4-year old club and learned about their ongoing services projects. The club does a version of Sargent of Arms and uses this money for a yearly service project. This year their project is funding pedestrian bridges in rural Africa so children can cross rivers to go to school during the rainy season, where without these bridges children are forced to cross the rivers and some do die. It was great to see such a young club take on great ambitious projects to help spread the pillar of Rotary, "Service Above Self."
After nearly 10 months in Taipei, Taiwan, our 2015-16 outbound exchange student Cale Josephs arrived home to Bozeman this past Monday June 20 and will soon be presenting to our club how his year went.
The East Gallatin Recreation Area is now listed on Trip Advisor, but we need help populating the page with reviews of the park. Trip Advisor is a popular website for people looking for things to do while traveling. EGRA is a great place for Bozeman visitors to have a picnic, go on a hike, catch some fish, test out their kayaks or paddle boards, or just let the kids run around and swim. Adding reviews will help EGRA stand out on Trip Advisor and hopefully get more visitors to use our wonderful park. CLICK HERE to visit the page and add your review.
East Gallatin Recreation Area Listed on Trip Advisor
On April 22nd Bozeman Sunrise Rotary donated $500 to the Bozeman High School Debate team to help them pay for their trip to Salt Lake City for the 2016 National Speech & Debate Tournament. The Hawk debate team won the state level competition and qualified to attend this year's national contest. We are proud of our local team and excited to support them as they represent our state and community in Salt Lake City.
Sunrise Rotary Donates $500 to the Bozeman High School Debate Team
The deadline for applicants to apply for the 2016 Fix-Up Festival was April 15th. This year we received a record number of applications from around the Gallatin Valley. Forty-four home owners applied for assistance to fix up their homes. That surpassed our previous record of forty-one from 2015. This year marks the 7th year of the Bozeman Fix-Up Festival, which has grown tremendously over that time.
The next step is for our club members to review the homes and rank the projects to identify the homes that fit the mission of the Fix-Up Festival. We are also currently in need of Adopter Teams to help complete the work on Fix-Up Day, which is scheduled for October 1st. If your business or organization is interested in adopting one of the homes and supplying a team to compete the needed repairs, visit www.fixupfestival.com/home/adopt/ for more information.
Fix-Up Festival Receives Record Number of Applications
The Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Book Giveaway is in full swing around Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. 2nd graders from around the area are receiving two books courtesy of our club to promote literacy, one of Rotary International's six areas of focus. As part of the giveaway, our members get to go into the area schools and meet with each 2nd grade class and help the students write their names in their brand new books. This is quite a fun experience for the students and our members.
We are getting closer and closer to Global Polio Eradication. The Gates Foundation continues to match all Rotarian raised polio donations $2 for every $1 contribution. Below you will find the most recent update from Rotary International on worldwide polio cases.
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