This week's meeting will be a Club Assembly, devoted to club news and project updates (and maybe a surprise?) Among things we'll discuss are a possible Fishing Tournament fund raiser, Greenbelt update and a fellowship event called "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?".
Locate your old phones & devices - we can donate them to Phones4Charity who will return cash to us which we can donate to a cause of our choice.
"There are over 800 million retired cell phones discarded in drawers, desks, and storages in the United States with over 140 million more entering the waste stream each year. Phones 4 Charity is a national program designed to remove used cell phones from the country's environment while directly benefiting charitable organizations."
Its not too soon to be making plans for attending this years' District Conference May 17-19. This will be the first year EVER that's it to be held in Boise, instead of Sun Valley. That makes it lot more affordable and provides many more activity options. For the complete schedule and registration information, go to https://rotary5400.org/page/celebrate. There's a substantial discount if you register by March 31. The District planners are also looking for people to provide "home stays" for our Rotary friends from across the state.
Tree Planting days are coming soon! We need to help District 5400 reach its goal of planting one tree for each Rotarian. We made great progress last year! To see which clubs participated check out the map! This years' dates are:
1914 S. Broadway St, Boise (check in with office by entering front door on Boise Ave.)
Yellow items are events NOT held at Garfield.
Feb. 19th: 3:25-5 PM. Rotarians encouraged to attend, meet the students, participate with the games / skits, etc.
Feb. 23rd: 3-6 PM. EL Day at the YMCA downtown! Rotarians can come, assist with activities, meet the kids!
March 2nd: 3-6 PM. EL Day at the YMCA downtown! Rotarians can come, assist with activities, meet the kids!
March 5th: 3:15-5 PM. Rotarians encouraged to attend, meet the students, participate with the games / skits, etc.
March 16th: Time / Place TBD: EL volunteering of kids, Rotarians with St. Patty's Day Run downtown with YMCA!
March 26th: 3:15-5 PM. Rotarians encouraged to attend, meet the students, participate with the games / skits, etc.
April 9th: 3:15-5 PM. Rotarians encouraged to attend, meet the students, participate with the games / skits, etc.
May 3rd-5th: EL Retreat! Final event for year. Horsethief Reservoir Camp! Rotarian volunteers needed! Should be a great weekend!!
EL update: Participating School Principals, Rotarian supporter Bob Rainville, BSU professor Sharon Patterson (Rotarian Sunrise), and YMCA coordinator Kersey Hill met this past week. We discussed hiring the school teacher liaison to lead the EL programs and have the YMCA staff lead the activities for next year. This will allow more consistency of adult leadership and classroom / school values to be emphasized (Y has had some turn-over with their staff this year with Dominic marrying / moving, and Clara getting another job). By end of May we'll have a response from classroom teachers on whether or not they're interested in this role for which they would receive monetary compensation. This role exchange should not affect Rotary's monetary commitment to program.
Good job on "You Are My Sunshine" in honor of Valentine's Day....whose car is more obnoxious - Will's or Michela's......congrats to Bret and a new granddaughter...more on the way!........John and Linda announced that they had reached their goal of visiting all 50 national parks in the lower 48 - they checked off Dry Tortugas last week in Florida.......Schubinator T-shirts for sale...really?.......skiers are lovin' all the snow!.....non-skiers are lovin' all the non-snow in the valley...........
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Its not too soon to be making plans for attending this years' District Conference May 17-19. This will be the first year EVER that's it to be held in Boise, instead of Sun Valley. That makes it lot more affordable and provides many more activity options. For the complete schedule and registration information, go to 