Our speaker this week will be our own Carrie Westergard, the Executive Director of the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau. There's a lot going on there!
Reminder that our club has been approved by Rotary International to participate in the Open World Program. We will be hosting 6 Russians (from Siberia!) for 8 days, October 7-15. Our responsibility will be housing, transportation and programs. Cornelia is setting things up. Start thinking about how you will help with this incredible opportunity.
Cornelia is now officially looking for host families. Based on the size of your house, you might take more than one. You can also volunteer for 4 days instead of the whole 8. Let Cornelia know if you'd be interested! This is going to be awesome!
As you may know, the District Public Image Committee is subjecting all our clubs to an "Internet Presence" report card. Its an effort to see how our clubs are doing, recognizing the importance of an internet presence for recruitment and retention. Our club has an awesome Website! Where we fail is that we don't have a Facebook page. FB is becoming more and more important. Would someone like to volunteer to be our FaceBook master? An effective FB page should have club-relevant posting twice a week and should capture posts from the District and Rotary International. There can be several club members who have authority to post. If you're interested, let me know!
The Ethics in Business luncheon will be held Thursday, April 14th at noon at the Hoff Building (where Boise downtown meets). This program is spearheaded by Boise downtown Rotary. Our own Roger Brazier has been honored in the past. We have submitted a nominee for the award. Its yet to be confirmed, but we may not have our Tuesday meeting that week. There is also an opportunity to buy an ad in the progam.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is an intensive leadership training program for young adults. District 5400 hosts incoming juniors through outgoing seniors in high school for a 4-day leadership camp at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho. Talented young people will attend seminars, workshops and participate in experiential exercises in the form of a ropes course throughout the camp.
Extremely Limited space, please RSVP as soon as possible
Please join us for the following special events that are part of the Historic 2016 US Capitol Christmas Tree from the Payette National Forest Idaho Celebration
Event #1:
What: Unveiling of Ward Hooper's 2016 US Capitol Christmas Tree from the Payette National Forest Commemorative Artwork
When: Monday, March 28, 2016 from 5 pm to 7 pm
Where: Ward Hooper Gallery, 745 West Idaho Street, Boise
Please join us for a wine and cheese reception and a chance to be the first to see Idaho's renowned artist Ward Hooper original artwork celebrating the 2016 US Capitol Christmas Tree from the Payette National Forest.
The United Way is collecting children's books. Let's help them out! April 11-15 - they'll need help cleaning and sorting thousands of books. We're thinking maybe an afternoon from 4-6 followed by dinner, or maybe dinner then 6-8. Still to be determined. Bring your books to our meeting over the next few weeks.
Denise Rocha Pimentel will be coming from Sao Paulo Brazil in August to spend a year at Boise High School. She's fluent in English; her parents are both doctors; and YES, she has a dog! We'll be needing three host families. Contact Allan Bosch if you are interested.
Our guests last week were Laura Smith and Steve Gabrielson........ we have achieved our EREY goal!...............Past President Dave played a round at Pebble Beach last week........Roger has tickets for an NCAA b-ball round.......our speaker Kenton Lee had a great phrase :"Practical Compassion".......
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