We are pleased to announce our club's foundation is now officially registered as a potential recipient of donor funds in the 2023 Give Big Gallatin Valley event set for May 4 and 5. As more details come available, we'll bring them to you...... Stay Tuned
Now that books are ready to give away, let's all take an hour and come to a 2nd grade classroom throughout our valley and watch kids get excited about reading. Follow the link below to our sign-up page to choose a convenient day/time to deliver books to kids throughout these spring weeks CLICK HERE
What's new at our park? After nearly 3 years of background work to get approval to rehabilitate the outlet stream from Glen Lake, our GLRP stream renovation sub-committee rebuilt the stream starting late September and continues through to today. Update: Friday October 21, the stream excavation is complete and Phase 1 of landscaping grading is done (thanks Bill Halpin of Greenspace Landscaping) SEE HERE
Thanks to the commitment of our Holiday Auction leadership team, our event hosted 160+ attendees at the MSU Sub Ballroom on December 8 and, so far, has grossed nearly $96,000 in proceeds. Once final accounting has wrapped up, we will provide a net amount that will be available for future service projects in 2023 and beyond. Great job everyone.
The 2022 Fix-Up Festival was an amazing day, both from a warm weather standpoint and camaraderie among participants. We welcomed 11 teams who worked on homes in the valley, all enjoying the spirit of service and the satisfaction of knowing they helped to improve the lives of their neighbors.
Here is a summary of work by the numbers:
11 homes repaired in 2022, taking the total in our 12-year history to 124 homes total
42 Sunrise Rotarians were joined by over 100 volunteers from adopting teams and groups in this year's service
We received favorable PR coverage on ABC/Fox Montana, KBZK-TV and the Eagle Radio stations of Bozeman
What a great time we had August 4 at our annual family picnic at Glen Lake Rotary Park. Nearly 100 Rotarians, spouses kids and guests enjoyed terrific food, drinks, warm weather and frivolity. Thanks Paddy Stoy and your GLRP committee for a terrific time.
Thanks to Steve Hample and his able crew of members, they orchestrated a day of inserting many of these TOTEMS along our trails at Glen Lake Rotary Park over the week. This photo shows Northwestern Energy staff placing the 8' tall signpost into the ground. The next time you are at GLRP, watch for them. Below photo: members finishing off the sign base with landscaping and cleanup.
At the Bozeman Schools Scholarship Award night, BSRC provided 3 scholarships of $2,000 each to the following well-deserving students: Magrath Walker, Cole Farhat and Amanda Gilmore. We look forward to their visiting our club soon and telling us of their post-graduation plans.
Our Vocational/Education committee took part in helping distribute 750 boxes of favorite school supplies that will find their way to needy students in the 2022-23 school year.
Congratulations to Ella McGeehan and Griffin Brokaw, Bozeman High School sophomores selected to represent our club at the RYLA Leadership Camp at Luccock Park, which just occurred on July 12-16. Ella is involved in a local dance team and is a mentor to younger dancers, while Griffin is on the local swim club and swim team, hoping to become team captain next year. We look forward to hearing how their experience was in coming days and weeks.
At our April 4 club meeting, we arranged a group photo and video greeting to congratulate our sister Rotary Club in Katsuyama Japan on the occasion of their 60th anniversary. Here is our greeting and bow, as we said OmedetÅ
Our 11th Annual Kids Fishing Day took place on Saturday May 21 - presented by Ressler Motors. We enjoyed mild weather, nearly 400 attendees, and took care of them with around 25 or so members and spouses. Nice job to everyone who came out.
Much thanks to aerial videographer and club member, Shane Beams, and video editor, Jim Penhale, for capturing the awesome color of September at our park. Note the beauty of the Noon Club's pavilion and the trail system around the East Gallatin River and GVLT trails
What is the best way to visually understand all the super projects we put on each year? See them documented in short-form videos on our Sunrise Rotary Youtube Channel, CLICK HERE for the Channel
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.