Boise Metro Rotary Bulletin March 12, 2023 (Mar 12, 2023)

THIS WEEK - DIAPER BANK

Our speaker this week will be Traci Lofthus, Executive Director of the Idaho Diaper Bank. Some of you will recall that several years ago we did a service project there to sort and package diapers. Our own Scott Robertson is the Chair of their Board. http://www.idahodiaperbank.org/

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

March 15, 2023 Fellowship Night! Special gathering as we bid farewell to our Club Secretary, Charlene Ellen. Jeff and Charlene are moving to California on March 22. Jeff will be back in April to tie off loose ends. Charlene will be staying in California after we move our household furniture there. Please join us Wednesday 3/15 at The Modern Hotel & Bar at 5:30 for her sendoff.

District Raffle! Triple Grand Prize worth $20,000! Get Tickets from Jeff Larsen or Janet Hasson. Members are strongly encouraged to sell at least $100 worth of tickets.

Special Speaker coming up March 21^st! Mayor Lauren McLean is our speaker! She will share what’s happening with the City of Boise! Bring a guest!!

District Celebration – April 21 – 22, 2023 at Boise Riverside Hotel. Registration is open! Here is a link: Home Page | Rotary District 5400 (rotary5400.org) . Earlybird Registration Price of $250 ends on March 31^st! Then it goes up to $325. Don’t Delay!!

DISTRICT RAFFLE

Its that time again! Every year our District sells these raffle tickets to support the operating expenses of the District. It is expected that every Rotarian will sell at least ten tickets. The grand prize is amazing! (If you buy all ten tickets from your self, you'll win $15,000 and our club will get $5,000!) There are two book options. There are five tickets @$20 each; or you can get xxxxx if you sell the all to the same person. Also, for every ticket we sell, our club will get $4.00!

HELPINGLOCAL.ORG

Check out this new website that the District Public Image committee has been working on. Cornelia and Amy are the brains of the outfit. The idea is that internet searches and social media will lead people to this website, and thus our Idaho clubs. check it out: https://helpinglocal.org/

DISTRICT CELEBRATION APRIL 21-22

Celebration at Boise Riverside Hotel. Registration is open! Here is a link: Home Page | Rotary District 5400 (rotary5400.org) . Earlybird Registration Price of $250 ends on March 31^st! Then it goes up to $325. Don’t Delay!! Check out the agenda, too! You will also be asked to select your dinner options and activities choices. It seems expensive, but at least we don't have to go to Sun Valley! Our club has traditionally helped with expenses, but that hasn't been decided yet.

JEFF SAYS DO THIS

Golf tournament Call to action:

Sign up a Sponsor!
Find your Foursome!
Donate Raffle Item!
Sign up to Volunteer!

Need info? Talk with any committee member: Shiloh, Carrie, Dave T, Roger, Jeff or Janet.

LET'S PLAY GOLF!!

Posted by Jeff Larsen on Feb 12, 2023

Q: Why are we having a Golf Scramble Fundraiser?

A: Our Club Dues don’t pay for our local service programs and projects. Club Fundraisers do!

Club Dues pay for costs to be a club: RI & District Dues; Weekly Lunch; Club Admin & Training; Membership & Fellowship Budgets.

Club Fundraisers pay for our Service Programs and Projects: Rotary Youth Exchange; RYLA; Everyday Leadership; Dictionary Project; JEM Friends.

Our Golf Scramble is our Spring opportunity to raise funds that make these valued programs possible. If you like being a part of what Boise Metro Rotary offers to our local youth and community, then now is the time to step forward to support our Spring Fundraiser.

Call to action now:

Find Sponsors! Hole Sponsorships start as low as $250 and go up to $2,500 for Title Sponsor. I challenge each member to find a sponsor in their network.

Find your Foursome! Golf Foursome price is $500. We need to sell 30 Foursomes. I challenge each member to get a Foursome to play.

MISCELLANY AND MINUTIA

Our Assistant Governor Lisa Bearg joined us last week.......Mary says her dog is high maintenance......we built 48 snack kits last week.......Jeff introduced a spreadsheet where we can sign up for various jobs at the Golf Tournament.....Congrats to Will Ellsworth who was awarded his Paul Harris Plus Two.......... Best wishes to Charlene who will be moving to California next week. Wish her well at Wednesday's Fellowship at The Modern.......Shiloh enjoyed a birthday this week..... Cornelia is working on a food drive for Ramadan.........