Join Relay for Life: Saturday, August 14th

Hi everyone,

Relay for lifeOn Saturday, August 13, our club will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life walk in Capitol Hill. The walk will begin at 10am in Cal Anderson Park with the Survivor’s Lap and will end at 10pm with a Luminaria Ceremony to honor and remember cancer survivors and those we have lost to cancer. If you would like to join us for our walk or donate to the American Cancer Society, you can do so at this link. We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday!

 

Rotary November Food Drive + Team Challenge

November Food Drive:

Over the next two club meetings please bring canned food as part of the community service committee’s Thanksgiving food drive benefiting the University District Food Bank. This will be the first way you can earn points for your team as part of the new team challenge!  (more info on the challenge below).

    • Bring dry/canned food items for the next two club meetings – November 12 & November 19
    • Items will be sorted by the color teams and weighed – Thank you Pam Mushen for making the color sorted boxes!
    • Points will be accumulated for the color teams as part of the new team challenge
    • 1 pound of the food = 1 point for your color team
    • Hats are encouraged for maximum fun

Community Service Color Team CHALLENGE

Between now and the end of the Rotary year in June the community service committee is thrilled to introduce this challenge to our color teams. Points can be accrued by participating in various community service activities organized by the committee.

How to earn points for your team:

  • One hour of labor at sanctioned community service projects = 60 points for your team
  • The community service committee may announce other ways to earn points, similar to the November Food Drive

Why participate:

  • Exemplify the Rotary maxim, Service Above Self
  • Your team could win Mimosas and Donuts at a club meeting in June
  • Unlimited bragging rights

Looking forward to performing great work with you all for the rest of the year. Have fun, get stuff done!

Thank you,

University Sunrise Rotary Club, Community Service Committee

Teri St Onge, Chase Carter, Betsy Conklin, and Pam Mushen
Teri St Onge, Chase Carter, Betsy Conklin, and Pam Mushen

Sand Point Community Block Party Photos

Thursday, June 25th the University Sunrise Rotary Club sponsored a Block Party the Sand Point Community Housing residents. Who says that Rotary isn’t fun? Here are some photos of Rotarian’s during the event.

The Chefs Steve Barton Paul Mike Lee and Ron Jeff Mushen Mike G Leslie G, Terri, and Paul IMG_5601 IMG_5595 Dr Hall Hal and Mark Dan and Eric - Copy Bob and Ryan IMG_5585

 

 

Clean up

 

Alan H Dan, Mike, and Rotaractors

Nancy Bolin’s comments on the Block Party sums up our orientation in hosting this event, “So proud to be a member of This a Rotary Club! After serving so many at Sand Point Housing’s community, I was able to deliver some of the extra food we had with the U Dist. Food Bank this morning. This gift was gratefully accepted! 

Our Week begins on Thursday

As a Thursday morning club, our week begins on Thursday but the excitement quite often happens other than Thursday. The past weeks were no exception.

June 11, President Mike Madden recognized several members whom he considered valuable to his having a successful presidential year: Tim Lenihan,  President elect; Phill Briscoe, website management; Tom Rankin, Program chair; and Ken Mallock, Foundation director.

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June 13th, The food drive for the University Food Bank provided ample opportunity for high jinks and shenanigans from USR members (boys! Jim Miller, Stuart Webber, and Phill Briscoe)

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On June 14th the Reverend David Storm celebrated 50 years of his ordination into the priesthood.

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June 18th, President Mike honors Merrill Mayer

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Joe Gruber, Exec Director, University District Food Bank

foodbankLast week’s program was an occasion to make one feel good all over. A $15,003 check was presented to Joe Gruber, Executive Director of the University District Food Bank. It is our charity of choice, benefiting from Debuts and Discoveries. The bulk of the proceeds is destined for Packs for Kids, ensuring good weekend nutrition for school children in need of it.

Packs for Kids was begun at Eckstein Middle School where it was estimated that one in five children had to struggle with hunger, impairing, among other things, their capacity to study. It expanded to other schools.

A healthy diet is the norm in these packs, to wit, fresh fruit, a healthy drink, and items of that variety. Packs are taken home on Friday. An average pack, whose container is reusable, costs $4.25. Work is afoot to bring it down to $3.50.Last year $30,000 was budgeted. Now the cost is $42,000.

Our support last year was seed money for the current year. As this relatively new program expands, more awareness and thus more funds are in the offing. There seems to be plenty of support. Eight schools are now in the program, meaning that the number of packs increases each year. Sandpoint elementary is soon to be included.

Sunrise Rotary is the foundation of support. Packs for siblings is now included. It stands to reason that, if a child requires this type of support, siblings are in the same situation. There are not just a few homeless students. Others are being sought and made recipients.  Joe recalled a few anecdotes in which such help has made heartwarming differences.

Comment: Afterwards, someone told him, “Bless you for what you do.”

His answer was that he feels privileged to do it.

Need more be said?

Volunteer Opportunities

Saturday, June 13 from 11am-4pm We will be hosting a food drive for the  at the Sand Point Metropolitan Market. We will be working in hour shifts for this event. Betsy will be passing around a sign-up sheet as we get closer to the event.

Saturday, August 15 We will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Capitol Hill. The event goes from 10am to 10pm–we will be walking in one hour shifts during this time. If you’d like to participate, you can sign up here under the team “Uni Sun Rotarians”.

Volunteer Opportunities

Saturday, June 13 from 11am-4pm We will be hosting a food drive for the University Food Bank at the Sand Point Metropolitan Market. We will be working in hour shifts for this event. Betsy will be passing around a sign-up sheet as we get closer to the event.

Saturday, August 15 We will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Capitol Hill. The event goes from 10am to 10pm–we will be walking in one hour shifts during this time. If you’d like to participate, you can sign up here under the team “Uni Sun Rotarians”.

Interested? Contact Betsy Conklin, clubservice@usrotary.org