Boise Metro Rotary April 21, 2024 (Apr. 21, 2024)

THIS WEEK - MOUNTAIN WEST NEWS BUREAU

Our guest this week will be Murphy Woodhouse, reporter for Mountain West News. He'll tell us about a day in the life of a reporter.

Boise State Public Radio is the founding partner of the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration of public media stations that serves the Western states of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Our mission is to tell stories about the people, places and issues across the Mountain West.

FROM IDAHO PARTNERS FOR GOOD

Thank you for the invitation to meet with your Rotary Club. Both Blossom and I enjoyed this opportunity to engage with your group. And what FUN to sing along with both songs and the entire group.

During the end of the luncheon we were asked by a number of your attendees to share a few links to more information on IP4G and the Thrive Together Consulting group. Here are those links and resources. We look forward to growing this relationship going forward.

Link to the Idaho Partners for Good website and look at the Thrive Together Consulting tab.

Link to the Nonprofit Success Labs - Thursday Monthly, next one May 9th 930am

Transformational Leadership Cohort video featuring JEMFriends featuring Alexis Flores & NAMI featuring Beth Markley.

DISTRICT CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND

The annual District 5400 Celebration is this weekend at the Riverside. This is where we gather to celebrate our activities for this Rotary year and look to the future. The new District Governor will be installed.

DISTRICT RAFFLE TICKETS COMING YOUR WAY!

It is District 5400's Raffle Time!

The Triple grand Prize is $10,000 of AAA travel to the winner, $5,000 of AAA Travel to the seller of the winning ticket, if you sell the ticket to yourself that is a total of $15,000 of travel, plus $5,000 to your club. An addition 25% Federal Income Tax withholding will be made in the winner's behalf.

The Second Prize is a Condo for a week in Mexico plus $1000 for travel expenses.

The third Prize is $500 at Best Buy.

The tickets have been mailed to your club's president elect. He or she should be promoting the raffle within your club. If you haven't been offered to purchase a ticket, please contact your president elect. If you need to, please call Karl Klokke, District 5400 raffle chair at 1-208-412-9411.

Every club and Rotarian should promote the raffle and purchase tickets. Try to sell tickets outside of your club. It is the District's number one fundraiser. $4 from each ticket goes back to the selling clubs if they have a representative at the District conference, The raffle supports the Rotary Foundation via our Paul Harris match poiints program and the xpenses of the President Elect Training in Seattle.

Do your part and purchase a book or more of raffle tickets. Who knows who will win the Triple Grand Prize!

GOLF UPDATE

Its time to sign up your team! Last year's teams get priority. We need foursomes and raffle items!

https://boisemetrorotarygolf.org/

MISCELLANY AND MINUTIA

Our guests last week included Alejandro, Andre's dad visiting him from Italy.....and Rotarians Mike Markley (District Governor Nominee Designate) and Laura Spencer from Centennial Rotary.....they were here for signatures on some Youth Exchange paperwork.....Kris vacationed in Cabo ("no mas Tequila").....Scott was in Vegas....the Sphere is very cool......a May service project will be to build snack kits for the JEM Friends kids - watch for details.....that was the first time our guest speaker led us in song, "You Are My Sunshine"........did you know there are 8,000 non-profits in Idaho? With 67,000 employees?.........