As Rotarians, we promote international understanding and enjoy international friendship. Through Rotary and its Foundation, we foster personal relationships that transcend borders and form a foundation for peace. World understanding month is a chance for every club to pause, plan and promote. I would love to hear about how your club honored this month’s theme. Yours in Rotary, Julie The Rotary theme for the month of February is “World Understanding”. This month is very special in the Rotary calendar because it is the an- niversary of the first meeting of Rotary held on February 23, 1905, now designated World Understanding and Peace Day. World Under- standing Month is a chance for every club to pause, plan and promote the four avenues of service, Rotary’s continued request for goodwill, peace and understanding among people in the world. Let us honor Rotary’s goal of world peace and understanding by planning a program or activ- ity during February that em- phasizes understanding and goodwill essential for world peace. There are endless ways to build peace in our world, through our clubs and through our Foundation. Ideas for honoring this theme at your club include inviting youth exchange students and/or international scholars from nearby schools and universities to your meeting. Other possi- bilities include featuring former Group Study Ex- change team members, ar- ranging discussions on in- ternational issues or pre- senting entertainment with an International flair. This is a great time for your club to launch an inter- national community service project, make contact with a Rotary club in another country, or encourage sup- port for Polio Plus as a way of honoring the theme. Po- lio eradication initiative is one of the largest global public health initiatives in history, and it’s doing tre- mendous amount to pro- mote peace by building re- lationships between public and private sectors. Peace comes from sharing but more importantly I truly believe peace comes from “Engaging in Rotary, Changing Lives”. The Peak The Peak The Peak WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH by DG Julie Phares, Estes Park-Longs Peak RC “Service Above Self” www.rotary5440.org Volume III, Issue 8 February, 2014 World Understanding Month Rotary Spotlight 2 District Conference 3 Estes Park Noon Duck Race 4 Peace Fellows Awarded to D5440 4-5 9th Annual Paul Har- ris Dinner in Jackson 6 2nd Annual Peace Summit 6 Global Grant for Glen Haven 7 Upcoming District Events 7 Rotary Foundation 8-9 It’s Showtime in Estes Park 10 Montana RYLA Info 10 Russian Trip Info 10 Interact members serve Estes Park 11 Happenings around the District 12 December member- ship & attendance report 13 Laugh the Wrinkles Away 14 Inside this issue: DG Julie at the Fort Collins Foothills Rotary Club promot- ing the up coming District Con- ference in Cheyenne WY June 19th, 20th, and 21st .
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As Rotarians, we promote
international understanding
and enjoy international
friendship. Through Rotary
and its Foundation, we foster
personal relationships that
transcend borders and form a
foundation for peace. World
understanding month is a
chance for every club to
pause, plan and promote. I
would love to hear about
how your club honored this
month’s theme.
Yours in Rotary,
Julie The Rotary theme for the
month of February is “World
Understanding”. This month
is very special in the Rotary
calendar because it is the an-
niversary of the first meeting
of Rotary held on February
23, 1905, now designated
World Understanding and
Peace Day. World Under-
standing Month is a chance
for every club to pause, plan
and promote the four avenues
of service, Rotary’s continued
request for goodwill, peace
and understanding among
people in the world. Let us
honor Rotary’s goal of world
peace and understanding by
planning a program or activ-
ity during February that em-
phasizes understanding and
goodwill essential for world
peace.
There are endless ways
to build peace in our world,
through our clubs and
through our Foundation.
Ideas for honoring this
theme at your club include
inviting youth exchange
students and/or international
scholars from nearby
schools and universities to
your meeting. Other possi-
bilities include featuring
former Group Study Ex-
change team members, ar-
ranging discussions on in-
ternational issues or pre-
senting entertainment with
an International flair.
This is a great time for
your club to launch an inter-
national community service
project, make contact with a
Rotary club in another
country, or encourage sup-
port for Polio Plus as a way
of honoring the theme. Po-
lio eradication initiative is
one of the largest global
public health initiatives in
history, and it’s doing tre-
mendous amount to pro-
mote peace by building re-
lationships between public
and private sectors. Peace
comes from sharing but
more importantly I truly
believe peace comes from
“Engaging in Rotary,
Changing Lives”.
T h e P e a kT h e P e a kT h e P e a k
WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH
by DG Julie Phares, Estes Park-Longs Peak RC
“Service Above Self”
www.rotary5440.org
Vo l u me I I I , I s s ue 8
F e br ua r y , 2 0 1 4
Wo r l d
U nde r s t a nd i ng
M o nt h
Rotary Spotlight 2
District Conference 3
Estes Park Noon Duck Race
4
Peace Fellows Awarded to D5440
4-5
9th Annual Paul Har-ris Dinner in Jackson
6
2nd Annual Peace Summit
6
Global Grant for Glen Haven
7
Upcoming District Events
7
Rotary Foundation 8-9
It’s Showtime in Estes Park
10
Montana RYLA Info 10
Russian Trip Info 10
Interact members serve Estes Park
11
Happenings around the District
12
December member-ship & attendance report
13
Laugh the Wrinkles Away
14
Inside this issue:
DG Julie at the Fort Collins Foothills Rotary Club promot-ing the up coming District Con-ference in Cheyenne WY June 19th, 20th, and 21st .
will last a lifetime and ac-
complish many projects for
a community that is very
grateful.
I am also very involved
in Relay For Life, as I am a
breast cancer survivor. In
2007, I received The Posi-
tive Image Leadership
Award from the American
Cancer Society. Last year I
received “Citizen of the
Year” award from our local
community. This was defi-
nitely a surprise and one of
the highlights of my life.
My husband and I have
three children. His daugh-
ter lives in Virginia with
her husband and our ten
year old granddaughter.
My son lives in Colorado
with his wife and our two
year old grandson. And
my daughter also lives in
Colorado with our newest
three month old grandson.
Now you can see why I
want to be retired to come
and go as I please, it’s
called grandkids!!! They
instill a whole new mean-
ing for me to be involved
in Rotary…….to make the
world a better place!!!!
I was born and raised on a
ranch in Eastern Colorado.
In 1991 I moved to Rock
Springs, Wyoming and mar-
ried my best friend and cur-
rent husband. I went to work
for Smith’s Food and Drug,
working my way to the top
of the ladder. In 2001 we
moved to Evanston, Wyo-
ming where I became the
store manager for Smith’s
until 2010. I am now work-
ing my way into full retire-
ment so I am free to come
and go as I please. Hope-
fully, in just a few more
years my husband will get to
join me in retirement!
I joined Rotary in January
of 2002. I personally had
never heard of Rotary before
living in Evanston. I quickly
became the secretary for the
club and was the president
just a few years later. I love
the fellowship in Rotary as I
have made so many true
friends over the years. I re-
ceived our clubs Rotarian of
the Year Award for the 2012
-2013 year.
My home club, the
Evanston Rotary Club, had
been seeking to do an inter-
national project that we
could really get involved
with. Three fellow Rotarians
and myself went to Guate-
mala to go on the literacy
project with the Cooperative
For Education in 2009. This
was an experience of a life-
time, Rotary suddenly
meant so much more to me,
it put all the pieces in place
to see the big picture. On
this trip we were delivering
textbooks to rural areas in
Guatemala that had been
forgotten. My “Ah, ha” Ro-
tary moment was on this first
trip when a little old grand-
mother at one of the schools
just held on to me and
hugged for all she was worth
with tears running down her
cheeks. At that moment, I
realized the profound effect
Rotary can have on individu-
als. The following year one
of my fellow Rotarians and I
returned to Guatemala to
help on another literacy trip.
I guess you could say, I
found Guatemala or maybe
Guatemala had found me,
but either way I knew this
was my little piece of a huge
world that I was meant to
help!! On our first trip, we
got to meet some members
of the Huehuetenango Ro-
tary Club. They stayed in
touch with us and ap-
proached us about doing an
international project to-
gether. This was the first
year of the pilot districts and
we were both in pilot dis-
tricts so the adventure be-
gan! We successfully part-
nered on an international
project to bring water catch-
ment systems to a rural vil-
lage. We are currently
working on a project with
them to bring sanitation fa-
cilities (latrines) to the same
village. We have hopefully
forged a strong relationship
(and friendship) with the
members of this Huehu-
etenango Rotary Club that
ASSISTANT GOVERNOR TONI BRADFORD
T h e P e a k P a g e 2
Toni Bradford
T h e P e a k P a g e 3
Each yellow rubber duck adopted will offer a chance to win a major prize at
the 2014 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race. The eight big prizes will be awarded
on May 3 as the ducks swim across the finish line.
Prizes include:
· Samsung 6300 Series 50-inch Class LED Smart Television
· An Apple iPad Air, 64GB with Wi-Fi
· Samsung HT-F5500W 5.1 Channel Home Theater System
· PlayStation 3 250GB Move Bundle
· Xbox 360 4GB Sports and Adventures Kinect Bundle
· Canon PowerShot HS 12.1MP Digital Camera
· APEX LE3242 32-inch LED 60Hz HDTV
· Fitbit Force Activity Wristband
Excitement is building early this year, due to an early start for online sales.
By encouraging supporters to purchase adoption forms online in January and
February, local charities will receive their share of race proceeds before the
event. To adopt ducks, visit www.epduckrace.org . Proceeds of the race will
benefit over 60 local charities and organizations.
ESTES PARK NOON ROTARY DUCK RACE
2014 MAJOR PRIZES ANNOUNCED
We are excited to invite all Rotarians and friends to the Magic
City on the Plains, Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the 2014 Annual Dis-
trict 5440 Conference. The two Cheyenne Rotary Clubs, two Rota-
ract Clubs, along with our District Governor’s home club, the Long’s
Peak Rotary Club, look forward to hosting you during your stay in
Cheyenne.
We want to show off Cheyenne and will do that with a variety of
free time activities, ranging from a tour of the world’s newest super-
computer, High Tea at the Nagel-Warren Mansion, beer tasting, a
cooking class, and a variety of other exciting activities. On Friday
night you will be invited to a beach party at the Paul Smith’s Chil-
dren’s Village. On Saturday afternoon, we will have a community
service project opportunity at the Cheyenne Boys & Girls Club.
In addition to the amazing fellowship and free-time activities, the
District Conference will provide a wonderful slate of inspiring
speakers, including Rotary International Director Noel Bajat, Ms.
Senior America 2004 Michelle Rahn, and Jerry Traylor. Rotary
International President Ron Burton has arranged for RI President’s
Representative PDG Subhash V. Kulkarni and his wife, Neela, to
join us and share the President’s goals and vision for Rotary.
We hope you and your family of Rotary will join us in Cheyenne
on June 19 -21, 2014.
Visit the District Conference website to register now.
DISTRICT 5440 CONFERENCE - ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN
COME ON: Gillette (9 to go), Greeley (4 to go), Greeley (3 to go), Greeley
Redeye (7 to go), Jackson Hole Breakfast (3 to go), Loveland Thompson Valley
(7 to go), Morrill (5 to go), Rawlins (4 to go), Steamboat Ski Town (3 to go),
Teton Valley (7 to go)
Annual Fund giving as of 12/31/13 - $204,718.21 Annual Fund goal = $309,390
INDIA HAS BEEN POLIO FREE FOR 3 YEARS and has been declared polio free by the World Health Organization
WANT TO WIN A PAUL HAR-RIS FELLOW?
Clubs having 10% of their membership as Bene-factors qualify for a Paul Harris Fellow drawing. The club may then award the PHF to a member or community person, auction or raffle it. Drawing at district conference.
To become a Benefactor, one can contribute $1000 in cash to the Endowment/Permanent Fund OR place a codicil in one’s will for $1,000 - $9,999 to go to the Endowment Fund of The Rotary Foun-dation.
The Club Recognition Summary for each club gives the number of Benefactors. Or, you can contact Nancy Pettus at [email protected]
GRANTS CENTRAL DISTRICT GRANTS – 2013-14
Club Name Award Balance
Beginning Balance (Block Grant)* Carryover
$74,455
11 74,466
District Scholarship Committee (scholarships) Douglas (school van, Kenya) Greeley (water wells, Malawi) Greeley Centennial (mentoring space, Guatemala) Casper Reveille (handicap benches, Casper)
$10,000 5,000 2,800 5,000 1,875
$64,466 59,466 56,666 51,666 49,791
Fort Collins (school improvements, Nepal) Fort Collins After Work (women’s empowerment ctr, Nepal) District Polio Committee (educational video) Jackson Hole Supper (supplies Arapahoe family visits, WY)
As you may be aware, District Governor Julie Phares put out a
challenge at the Fall District assembly (just after the flooding in
Colorado) to come up with a design or logo that showed Rotary
Pride and the Strength of Rotary. Rawnda Pierce, President of
the Scottsbluff/Gering Rotary Club came up with the design for
Rotary Proud Rotary Strong t-shirts and sweatshirts.
The t-shirts sell for $15 and the sweatshirts for $25. The prof-
its will be split between the District 5440 Foundation and Flood
relief efforts in Colorado. Each shirt purchased will bring in $4
to $5 dollars for D5440 Foundation and $4 to $5 for Flood re-
lief. (The more we sell, the more profits that will go to the foun-
dation and flood relief).
We will take club orders and have them available for your President Elect or your President Elect Nominee to
pick up at PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) that takes place in Denver Feb. 28th - March 1st. We will also
have a table set up at PETS for those that want to purchase individual shirts. Orders must be rec'd by Feb. 20th to
have them at PETS.
District 5440 will take payments via check or credit card. We prefer to get 1 order form per club and 1 check or
credit card payment per club to keep it as simple as possible.
Please contact your club president to place an order.
Subaru's 'Share the Love campaign ends with the Kids Pak Committee toasting with champagne on January 2nd at Subaru Of Loveland showroom. Kids Pak was the des-ignated 6th charity in this national promotion. For each sale or lease Subaru of America donated $250 per car. Subaru of Loveland sold 69 cars with 67 selecting kids Pak. That will result in $16,750 for Loveland Rotary "weekend food" program. Pictured left to right: Bruce Pettigrew Co-Chair, Cindy Guldy (Past President), Gordon Hiney, Sharon Conaster, Don & Janet Hilmes, Megan Erhich, RD. Food Bank for Larimer & Tom Carrigan, Chair.
The January 9, 2014 meeting of the Johnstown-Milliken Rotary Club was special in many ways. Not only was it District Governor Julie Phares's visit to the Club, but Club awards were presented. The awards featured recogniz-ing 7 new Paul Harris Fellows. Pictured are L to R: Ken Grack, Jan Grack, Michael Wailes, Linda Beck, and Jerry Dunn. In a separate picture is Vivian Tapp. The seventh PHF is anonymous. In addition, the Club is proud to an-nounce that every Club member has donated to the Ro-tary Foundation as part of the “Every Rotarian, Every Year” Initiative.
Rotary International District 5440, Inc. Membership & Attendance Report ~ December 2013
Not Dec. July Gain/Loss YTD December
Club Name Rep'd 2013 2013 Dec. Gain/Loss Attendance % Buffalo NR 33 33 0 0 0.00