Boise Metro Rotary Bulletin June 11, 2023 (Jun 11, 2023)

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Posted by Jeff Larsen

As school ends and we enter the summer months, don’t let your Rotary drop off your calendar. We have great speakers and fellowship events scheduled in the month of June. We want you to hear about these key programs and services in our community.

June 13^th Alexis Gonzales, Volunteer Coordinator with JEM Friends. JEM Friends was one of our beneficiaries of the Golf Tournament. Let’s learn what our club could be doing to help this great program.

June 20^th Jana Wolf, Community Engagement Coordinator with Idaho Foodbank. Food insecurity is a real and growing issue in our community. Come learn what we can do as a club to address that. We also will be joined by Laura Spencer to share about our inbound Rotary Youth Exchange Student for the coming year. He is Andre from Italy!

3^rd Wednesday June Fellowship: Wednesday, June 21^st at 5:30. Location is the Modern Hotel & Bar. See you there!

Passing the Gavel: June 27^th @ Cottonwood Grill.

5:30pm Happy Hour
6:30pm Ring the Bell and Dinner
8pm Program with Ben Kemper, Idaho Story Teller

Evite Invitations were sent last Thursday. Please RSVP so we can give a headcount to the restaurant. Remember: No Lunch Meeting on Tuesday June 27^th. Join us for the dinner!

PASS THE GAVEL CELEBRATION IS NEAR!

Our annual Pass the Gavel event will be Tuesday, June 27th at the Cottonwood Grill. Our menu choices will be Fresh Atlantic Salmon, Tenderloin Medallions or a Vegetarian Option. We'll finish with a choice of Brownie or Creme Brulee. We'll start with a no-host happy hour at 5:30, followed by dinner at 6:30.

Our program for the evening will be Ben Kemper, a professional story teller, who will tell us about the journey of the salmon from the ocean to our rivers.

We'll also enjoy party favors, drawings and surprise fun!

The cost is only $10 per person. you can pay via Venmo or at the door. Spouses and partners are invited! Please RSVP by June 22. The link is here:http://evite.me/XqBdscsyWj

JUNE IS GARDEN MONTH- WE HAVE PROJECTS

Posted by Cornelia Sprung

We have a plan for the $1,000 Peace and Planet Grant we won at District Celebration. We are making improvements to community gardens at both Whittier Elementary and All Saints Episcopal Church, and planting a tree at Global Gardens. Check your WhatsApp for the link to sign up!

SIGN UP FOR PICNIC IN THE PARK

We've volunteered to cover the School District's Picnic in the Park at Cassia Park the week of June 26. Many of us did this last year. Marie Hathaway from the school will be with us at our meeting of May 23 to explain. There is a bit of training we have to do first, so, if you're volunteering, please plan on a few extra minutes after our meeting. You can find the sign up sheet in our Google Drive, here. Look in the "Service" folder.