Last night, we celebrated our club's 67th birthday! We were honored to have many longtime members in attendance to help us with the celebration. It was great to see Dr. Bill Markel and his wife, Jean, as well as Bill Duggan. Several members and Past Presidents shared favorite memories and funny stories of previous projects and their fellowship in the club.
Grant a Dream check presentation
Rob Balzano presented a check of $3,500 from the Broomfield Rotary Charitable Foundation to the Grant a Dream Foundation to support their efforts to provide a getaway to parents of chronically ill or disabled children. Receiving the donation of behalf of Grant a Dream is Mary Hill (center) and Jennifer Cobb.
Announcements:
Champions of Character
PP Paul Derda, PP Ben Vagher, and PE Dennis Kennedy represented our club at the Broomfield High School Champions of Character event. PP Paul reported that about 150 students received awards, certificates and pins supplied by our club. Another example of how our club impacts the community!
Bingo
PP Ben announced that our bingo lease in Longmont has ended. If you have any bingo hall connections, please inform PP Ben.
A Precious Child
PP Gary Francis mentioned that A Precious Child is looking for volunteers for several projects. Please see Gary if you are available to help.
ARC pickup
Tom Mahoney announced that the annual spring cleanup partnership with ARC will happen in April. He is looking for 1-2 volunteers to help get breakfast for the drivers on the four mornings of the pickups. Please contact Tom if you have questions.
Speaker
Our speaker was Mark Smith, the Volunteer Coordinator for the City and County of Broomfield. Mark shared many interesting historical tidbits of the numerous ways in which our club has been involved in projects impacting the lives of Broomfield residents. He also gave an overview of the volunteer registration process and mentioned that there are several volunteer opportunities available to members. More information can be found at the Broomfield VolunteerHub.
