This week we are having out annual club picnic at the East Gallatin Recreation Area starting at 5:47 PM. It should be an exciting night as we get a sneak peak on the planned improvements at the park. We look forward seeing you all at EGRA for some fun and fellowship.
If you have a drift boat or raft and can lead 2 Rotary auction winners (husband and wife) on a 1/2-day pleasure float on the Madison or Yellowstone River on Monday August 22 (12pm to 5ish), or can take them the next day (Tuesday August 23) for a full-day fishing float trip to either river, please alert Greg Metzger or Mike Banville. These are the winners of our Arizona Rotary Club auction purchase who are coming to Bozeman. Thanks for Ryan Rickert for providing his apartment for their stay.
The Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Fix-Up Festival Committee has selected 12 qualified homes for this year's Fix-Up Festival. After receiving a record number of applications, the committee narrowed down the selections based on scope of work and need to find 12 projects that will make an impact on our local community. Of the 12 homes, 6 are located in Belgrade and 6 are located in Bozeman. The Fix-Up Festival will be held on October 1st and with over 100+ volunteers and laborers to provide a helpful hand to neighbors in need.
Greetings Rotarians! President Roger has asked that members of the Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Board compose monthly notes to the club and I was lucky enough to be selected to write the August 2016 installment.
As your Club Secretary, my duties include maintaining accurate membership and attendance records along with board meeting minutes. I had the honor of performing these duties for 17 years at my previous Rotary club in Texas before moving to Bozeman. If there is anything that I can assist you with, don’t hesitate to ask—I’ll do my best to get an answer or solve your problem.
Since joining Sunrise Rotary in 2011, I have had the pleasure of serving as a project manager for Fix Up Festival (FUF) for four years (I was, after all, a Facilities Manager for 30 years at Texas Instruments before retiring!). I encourage each of you to get involved in FUF this year—it is very rewarding service to those in our community who are less fortunate. There are a number of different ways for you to help make FUF 2016 a success. If you need more inspiration to be convinced to help out, check out the videos under the “Press” tab at fixupfestival.com. Here are samples of the volunteer jobs on Fix Up Day (October 1, 2016): Sign-in volunteer(morning of October 1) distributes snacks and T-shirts to volunteers at the FUF project location and ensures that volunteer paperwork is completed. Job runner(morning and afternoon of October 1) acquires materials for the FUF project location that were not delivered from the store or are identified once the project is underway. Debris removal(afternoon of October 1) hauls refuse from the FUF project location to designated FUF dumpsters. Material pickup(afternoon of October 1) collects excess unused material from the FUF project location to the stores where it was purchased.
Once you have decided where you would like to help out, talk with Dr. James Bond to get your assignment—you will be happy that you did!
The Rotary International President’s theme this year is “Rotary Serving Humanity”. What better way to embrace this theme than to help make Fix Up Festival 2016 a success!
Let’s have a great August, Rotarians!
Weekly Updates
2nd Reading
Candidate’s Name: Robb Miller
Business Name: Gregory & Miller Consulting, LLC.
Job Title: Partner - Consultant
Proposed Classification:Health Care Consulting
Proposer: Mitch Godfrey
Recommmended Reading from Roger
The Rotary Foundation latest book Doing Good in the World: The Inspiring Story of TRF’s First 100 Years is available through the Rotary website at $40 plus shipping BUT you can download a Kindle version of this same book from Amazon for $10!
Greeter Inspiration
Aug 4 Terry Thompson - Club Picnic
Aug 12 John Mills
Aug 19 Jen Murgatroy
Aug 26 Gene Gaines
Reminders: Meals on Wheels: Meet at Senior Center at 10:30, leave on route no later than 11:00. Please contact your co-driver a week in advance. If unable to make deliveries, contact someone else in the club to substitute or, at last resort, call the Bozeman Senior (586-2421) to arrange a substitute. If someone needs a substitute, Robb Miller, a visiting Rotarian from Springfield, IL, who has a home here in Bozeman, has substituted for Meals on Wheels before and would be glad to do so again (312) 919-7781.
Aug 9 Mitch Godfrey & Pat Patterson
Aug 16 Pat Patterson & Marcia Rundel
Aug 23 Marcia Rundel & Gayle Hokanson
Aug 30 Gayle Hokanson & Cliff Renner
Sept 6 Cliff Renner & Lee Oldenburger
Interact: Meetings will resume in the fall to be held every other Thursday in room N219 at 12:10 pm - 12:55 pm at the High School.
Meetings this school year are held every other Thursdays, at 12:10 pm - 12:55 pm in room N-219 at the high school. This year the President is Hanni Weigand. Check out their Facebook page at BHS Rotary Interact for latest news, photos, and fun!
Rotaract:
August Service project: Volunteer with the Children's Museum at Sweet Pea Festival! August 5 4pm - August 7 5pm. Sign up on Facebook.
Meeting dates & times please view their Facebook page attention
Bozeman Sunrise Rotary members in good standing are expected to maintain 60% attendance. Click here, or copy and paste to your browser, http://bozemansunriserotaryclub.org/SitePage/club-meeting-makeups, to find out about the many ways to make up missed meetings.
Please report make-up meetings at other Rotary clubs to Keith Nathan at khn@aggienetwork.com. Other clubs include e-clubs, Rotaract, and Interact. You have five weeks before or after a missed meeting in which to use the make-up. Note: Committee meetings and special projects will reported by chair persons and project leaders.
Club Information
Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club
Is it Fun
We meet Fridays at 6:45 AM
Holiday Inn Bozeman (406.587.4561)
5 Baxter Lane
PO Box 6523, Bozeman 59771 (mail)
Bozeman,
MT 59715 United States
