Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Read below for more information about our meeting.
Ron's funeral will be at 1 pm on Friday, December 6, 2019.
The church is St. Mathew's Episcopal Church, 19580 Pilgrim's Place, Parker, Colorado 80138.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Round Up River Ranch, The Salvation Army, or The Aurora Rotary Foundation. https://tinyurl.com/yx6q6uop
This Week in Rotary
Guests
Visitors included Len Brass from the Gateway Club, Club member Midori Clark’s attorney husband Jim Oliver visiting from Pueblo, and John Paroske.
Announcements
Tom Klein, coordinating the annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing project, talked about how critical our Club’s support is and passed around sign up sheets. If you did not have an opportunity to sign up, please contact Tom to do so. tom.klein@newcommunitiesllc.com
Capt. Sam LeMar of the Salvation Army talked about the toy drive and other upcoming S.A. events.
Annie Update and Request from Katie
Bill Rapp read a wonderful email received from previous Exchange Student Annie from Germany, who professes to miss us and Colorado very much.
A reminder: current Exchange Student Katie is trying to fill her bucket list of Colorado experiences. If you think you can help her with this list of opportunities and memories to take back to Copenhagen, please do so!!!
Salvation Army Thanksgiving Meal
Aurora Salvation Army will be providing a Thanksgiving meal for 300 Aurora residents and providing 100 to-go plates for those not able to be seated in the sanctuary. This is a first-come first-seated opportunity. It will be on Tuesday November 26th at 5:30pm. They are looking for volunteers or companies potentially willing to sponsor. Please let Sam know if you would like to do either. sam.lemar@usw.salvationarmy.org
Hearts Apart Celebration for Buckley AF Base - December 6th 5pm
Calendar Reminder - December 20th Rotary Christmas Party at Heritage Eagle Bend - Kim Armitage talked about the upcoming Dec. 20 Club holiday party, 6pm at HEB. And ... bring toys for the S.A. efforts. There will also be a White Elephant gift exchange. Details to come!
Picture Below - Paul Harris Recipients
Rick Richard and President Regina Edmunds presented 3 Paul Harris pins for donation level achievement: Dwight Taylor received his Paul Harris pin, Patti Crutchfield Bateman received her Paul Harris +1 pin, and George Peck received his Paul Harris +4 pin. Congratulations!!!
Don Massey, Pres. Elect, introduced the program speaker: the very talented Master Photographer Brad Mikel, who gave a fascinating vocational talk about his life and career, as well as sharing copies of his 19th annual calendar for the year 2020 to all members and guests. Among the many things Brad shared with attendees, he also shared tips and details about his hobby: collecting credit card points to obtain airfares, lodging, meals, drinks, and other travel “stuff” for free or greatly discounted.
Links that Brad mentioned during his presentation:
Thanks Brad for all the information and your insight. If you would like more information about Brad's background and the great pictures he has taken please click on link below.
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