Boise Metro Rotary Bulletin Jan 21, 2018 (Jan 21, 2018)

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February 4, 2018

Rotary Serving Humanity

We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM

Stone House at The Ram

709 E. Park Blvd
Boise, ID 83701
United States

Phone:

(208) 995-7971

Email:

allisondunn@actioncoach.com

District Site

Venue Map

This Quarter's Cause is JEM Friends. They would appreciate contributions of household supplies, event tickets, gift cards, etc.

Feb 13, 2018

Jeff Hull, Sr. Director of Arch/Constr St. Lukes

What's the update on the construction for St. Luke's expansion?

Feb 20, 2018

Arla Kester & Tyler Nyman, tax experts

How may the 2018 Fed. Tax Reform Affect ME?

Mar 06, 2018

Shawna Walz, ID Business for Education

What are ID businesses doing to educate upcoming workforce?

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Member Birthdays

William Cafferty

February 15

Anniversaries

Michela Swarthout

James Hepworth

February 16

Join Date

Allan Bosch

February 1, 1988

30 years

Lance Hendricks

February 3, 2009

9 years

Dan Forcey

February 8, 2011

7 years

Allison Dunn

February 14, 1999

19 years

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THIS WEEK IS FOR THE BIRDS

Posted on Jan 21, 2018

Deniz Aygen works for the Intermountain Bird Observatory. She has studied birds all over the world. Her passion is environmental education, so she enjoys taking birds to schools all over.

WE SERVE RONALD MCDONALD DINNER

Posted on Jan 21, 2018

Our team of culinary experts served up a fine meal of chicken and dumplings with salad to about 20 residents at the Ronald McDonald House last week. Thanks to Carrie for organizing - we'll do it again next month!

NEW - COLLECT FOR A CAUSE

Posted by Michela Swarthout on Jan 14, 2018

Hello Rotarians,

The board has agreed to pursue a new initiative in 2018 - quarterly drives for community nonprofits! Since I recently acquired a garage, I've agreed to steer the initiative and organize the moving parts.

It’s simple - every three months we’ll shift to a new beneficiary, track down their needs and wheel the items over to our Tuesday meetings. At the end of the quarter, we’ll either have the beneficiary come pick them up or we (I?) can deliver them. There will be a focus on beneficiaries that need in-kind donations as well so we aren’t just mirroring Happy Bucks and burning people out.

To start our engines, I’ve chosen JEMFriends as our first beneficiary. Here’s what they’ve indicated would fuel their efforts best:

Household cleaning supplies (cleaners, detergents, sponges, paper towels, etc.)
Household basic needs (toilet paper, hand soap, tampons, etc. Think about what you buy regularly. Before James asks - no, they cannot be used)
Tickets to events or fun things (movies, tickets your bank gives as perks, that Olive Garden gift card your great aunt gave you because she has no taste buds, etc.)
Link your Fred Meyer rewards card number to their nonprofit key - 91501. This gives them great deals for housing items
Gift cards to anywhere
Organize a fellowship activity to:
- Make them dinner during one of their workshop nights
- Take them somewhere that generally tends to give huge ticket discounts, like an Idaho Steelheads game. Does anyone have a connection there?

If you have questions or want to take the wheel on suggesting the Q2 beneficiary, let me know. I guess now I’ll have to start making pit stops at our meetings to collect.

I’m excited for the road ahead!

Michela

208-573-6974

CHILI COOK-OFF FEB 1

Posted by Brian McCoy on Jan 14, 2018

Our Annual Chili Cook-Off Challenge is quickly approaching!!!

Thursday, February 1, 2018

6:00 – 8:30

3015 E Tybalt Court

Meridian, Idaho 83642

Remember we encourage everyone to bring your award winning chili!!!!

We will have a ticket vote on each chili entered with a FIRST place and LAST place prize!!!!

Fellowship will provide Cornbread any fixings i.e. cheese, onions and sour cream, utensils etc…

We ask that you bring what you want to drink Beer, Wine, Soda etc…

We look forward to an awesome event and hope to see you all!!!!

Please if you could email me a quick head count so we have an idea of how much stuff to bring.

KIDS ARE WELCOME

Let me know if you have any questions!

ODDS 'N ENDS

Posted on Jan 21, 2018

We now have the ability to accept dues payments via your credit or debit card.....but, you will have to pay the processing fee.....Our next Paul Harris Day will be January 30th........last week we sang "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"... I am proud to be a Metro Rotarian!...........Bret and Don have signed up for the Leadville 100 bike ride....they barely survived last year but must be gluttons for punishment....lots of Happy Dollars wishing for snow.......enjoyed learning about the Idaho dairy industry last week.....its more than just cows...........

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