It's here! The annual Youth Exchange Ski Weekend at Copper Mtn starts today. The District YE students will arrive early at Copper Mtn from Denver, I-70 traffic permitting. Kim Nearpass-Pollack has dedicated many hours of her free time to make this weekend, the first since COVID, be a success. Thanks to all club members who have agreed to volunteer either on the ski hill or as a weekend host family. This is always such an amazing event....the District YE students are a very special group of young people. Kim, Sofia and Laurits will provide a great update to club members at next Tuesday's meeting.
Thanks are due to all of you who patiently sat through the State of the Club address on Tuesday. Lots of details but also lots of amazing things to report on! I am so inspired leading this club because of all of YOU, because of our local and international projects, because of our friendships, and because we really do Make Good Things Happen in our world. Way to go Summit Rotary club!
Several club board members asked me to clarify our Charitable Fund spending with additional information. In 2022 our club's charitable spending was just under $225,000 with approximately 94% going to our community and to worldwide projects. What I did not call attention to on Tuesday was the additional $164,000 that came into our club coffers in 2022 as Restricted Funds specifically earmarked for a given projects. Our club is instrumental in obtaining grants and donations for the Tuesday Community Dinner, Adopt an Angel, our 2022 Ukraine war relief efforts, and other specific projects. These Restricted Funds are raised through our club's efforts and then pass directly to the specific projects. In 2022 our club gave out $225,000 plus $164,000 for a grand total of $389,000. That is a very impressive number, Summit Rotarians!
In 2023 our Charitable Fund budget is approximately 9% lower at $208,500 due to the drop in value of our endowment fund, thank you S&P 500 :( We were very fortunate to have an exceptional fundraising year in 2022 and over $50,000 in sponsorships (thank you Rosemary & Bill!) that helped offset our endowment funding decrease. We again anticipate to receive well over $100,000 in Restricted Funds in 2023. Therefore, our club's giving in 2023 will clear the $300,000 mark once again. This is due to YOUR hard work fundraising and YOUR generous giving!! Remember that number when you are asked 'What does the Summit Rotary club really do?' Remember that number when a prospective member asks 'How does Summit Rotary club help our community?' Be proud of that number, Summit Rotarians, because we are there due to the contributions of your time, your talent and your treasure.
Thank you to several club board members, including David Guignard our Membership committee chair, for reminding me once again that unless you have been a Rotarian for more than 5 years, and/or you serve on the club board, there is much Rotarian terminology and many acronyms that remain a mystery. Now you can look no further than our ClubRunner home page and e-newsletter for two documents listing the most common Rotary-speak terms and acronyms. Look for the right hand bar where other club documents and forms are listed. Let's make sure all our newer club members know how to access these documents. It probably wouldn't hurt for the old timers to take a look at these documents also.
Finally, huge congratulations go out to our 2022 Rotarians of the Year, Rosemary Gullikson and Bill Sanders. These two members, who are co-chairs of our Marketing committee, dedicate an enormous amount of their free time tirelessly promoting our club to community sponsors and directing our club's marketing efforts. Our club simply would not be where we are today without their energy and talents. Please remember to personally thank Rosemary and Bill for all the good things they have done for our club. It was with a heavy heart that I had to also announce during the award presentation that Rosemary will be leaving Summit County to move back to Illinois so she can spend more time with family. She will seek out a Rotary club in her new community. I know for sure that whatever club she joins will be one lucky club. Goodbye Rosemary! We will miss you! Your single remarkable year as a Summit Rotarian will not be forgotten. All club members wish you happiness and success in your new life back east.
Yours in Rotary,
Joan Tilden
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2022 Rotarians of the Year: Rosemary Gullikson and Bill Sanders.
Marcy Woodland's RCAT plastic recycling team does it again! TREX bench #3 was dedicated by the Summit Rotary Interact club to Summit High School on Thursday. Club member Don Parsons, PE Rob Phipps, Interact committee chair, and his wife, teacher Kim Phipps, who directs the Interact program at SHS, were on hand as well the Interact students.
Happy Anniversary Steve Cornwell Jan 29 2008 Benedicte Jeanson Jan 29 2008 Robert Lau Jan 29 2002
Happy Birthday Lori Burke Jan 15 Emily Messegee Jan 15 Angel Caughey Jan 16 Rick Williams Jan 19 Brian Blankenmeister Jan 24 Bob Kopp Jan 25 Kim Nearpass-Pollack Jan 25 Nate Phillips Jan 31
My roots are from the Midwest growing up mainly in Ohio and Wisconsin with a short residency in Port Angeles, WA and Annette Island, AK when my father served as a bush pilot during the Korean war. As a child, I learned from my parents the importance of philanthropy and helping others in need. Our family would help our elderly neighbors with snow removal, yard care, meal prep, etc. It was self-understood that we helped our grandparents. We were Scouts involved in community service. My parents‘ motto was “Help others without need of recognition or reward and the world will be a better place.” Although, I have never reached as high a bar as they did, I still have time.
My first interaction with Rotary was through Girl Scouts. I was given a grant to go to the Girl Scout Senior Roundup in Coeur de Laine, ID. After the event, I was a speaker at one of the meetings. It could have been intimidating for a 16-year-old, but their kindness and generosity made me at ease.
I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Zoology specializing in palaeoentomology. My goal was to go on to grad school, but personal circumstances made me decide to take off a year to ski bum in Aspen. That year turned into 14 years which included a marriage, 2 children, 1 foster child (who is now my nephew) and a radical change in career. I worked in hotels and for the Aspen Institute. At 25, I decided to start my own property and rental management company because I was too naïve to know that I really wasn’t prepared. But with my headstrong determination, I worked hard and had a fairly successful company. Due to demands of motherhood, I sold the company and worked for the Snowmass Company as manager of the Snowmass Club and later General Manager of Woodrun V condominium which gave me a more normal schedule.
Our jobs took us to South Carolina and Florida. Unfortunately, my husband passed away while I was in my late thirties with two preteens. I was contacted by my past company, Lowe Enterprises/estination Hotels, to run a Resort in Florida with the promise that they would give me a position so I could return to my beloved Colorado. It took 8 years for that promise to come to fruition but finally I moved to Denver. Although my residence was in Denver, I was opening projects in Stowe VT, Cle Elum WA, Palos Verdes CA, Charleston SC and Squaw Valley, CA and wasn’t home as much as I wished. Since I was rarely home, in 2015, I sold my 1888 Capitol Hill Victorian and moved to my tiny ski condo in Silverthorne. Best decision of my life! I finally “retired” in May of 2019. I had a wonderful summer taking 2 of my three grandchildren on a trip from Shannon Ireland, London, Paris, Venice, and Athens. The fun didn’t last long. In August, Lowe asked me to help with a project in Puerto Escondido Oax, MX for a few months. On March 15, 2020, I agreed to be the interim general manager until a replacement manager could be found. Three days later the world fell apart and I served in that position commuting back and forth until April 2022. I still consult for them and a few other properties just to keep my mind sharp.
On the fun side, after my children left home, I took up some hobbies like running marathons– 14 including Chicago, Detroit and New York (at 50); mountaineering on very high (14K to 20K) mountains – Everest Base Camp, Kilimanjaro, Pico Aconcagua and Cerro Boneta, Argentina, Pico Orizaba, MX, Whitney, Rainier, and various 14ers (at 62); road biking events (at 58) and paddleboarding (at 70). Always athletic, I did downhill skiing, Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, hiking, ice skating, camping, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, running 10Ks and half marathons, etc. throughout my life I have just pumped up my goals and will try to keep it up as long as possible.
I’m back! Summit County is my home. I look forward to being a Rotarian.
The Rotary Book Club will meet on Thursday January 26th to discuss Picasso's War - How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin. Meet at Timberline Craft Kitchen in Silverthorne at 4:00 PM.
The plastics team collected and processed 69.4 pounds of plastic this week! We have now crossed the 6,000 pound mark! The team presented TREX bench #3 to Summit High School at the INTERACT meeting Thursday morning.
We're pleased to announce that we have been able to add the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund to Amazon.
What this means...by following this link (https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-1215233), and selecting the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund as your Charity, Amazon will donate a percentage of every one of your purchases to us! This is a very easy way to get additional funds for our projects. If all of our members select this option, we imagine there will be a nice little contribution to help our club!
Instead of going to amazon.com when you make purchases, go to smile.amazon.com and you'll see us listed there!
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The Membership Committee needs new Rotary members (especially people who have joined Rotary in the last 2 - 3 years) to join the Committee to help us meet our challenges in attracting and retaining new members. The Committee meets as needed to discuss approaches in how we can add, and involve, new members. The Summit Rotary Club is now below 100 members, and we need to recruit new folks to keep our club vibrant and involved in the community!
A Prospective Member should attend 3 zoom meetings before turning in his/her application, sponsor form, a short bio and $50 application fee to the Membership Chairman, Mike Connolly, or to any one on the Membership Committee. The application will be presented to the Membership Committee for approval. Once approved, the applicant's bio will be posted in our bulletin for 3 weeks. If there are no questions about the Prospective Member, the induction will be scheduled. Two new categories of Membership have recently been approved – a Family Membership and a Corporate Membership. Please contact an individual on the Membership Committee for details on these new types of Membership.
Membership Committee Members are: Chairman - David Guignard, Julianne Gilchrist, Sandy Mortensen, Ann Clement, Susan Juergensmeier, Stephanie Katz, David "Woody" Woodland.
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