March 10th – Shana Montrose Denver Mile High Ambassadorial Scholars "Reflections on Their Experiences "
Kerri Drum
March 17th - Jill Beaudry The Queens of Comedy "Boost Your Communication IQ Through Comedy"
Lori Bennett
March 24th - Lt. Governor Barbara O’Brien, who will discuss the issues and challenges of education reform in Colorado
March 31st- Max Wycisk, President, Colorado Public Radio
Presentation Description: American Journalism At A Crossroads: The Future Is Now
American journalism is at a crossroads. We live in an era where we are seeing daily newspapers, long the bastion of local independent reporting and accountability, failing in Colorado and around the country. At the same time, broadcast newsrooms are shrinking as well. Fewer traditional journalists are reporting less news. Independent reporting that is so critical as a source of information, analysis, understanding, and particularly local community knowledge has been seriously diminished.
What role will Public Radio play in this changing landscape?
March 20th – 6:00pm Mini dinner – A Swiss Fondue Dinner - $35 a person – Lee & Karen Mulberry will host – 7037 S. Miller Ct, Littleton, CO
April 16th – Denver Mile High Pub Crawl
April 24th – 9 Health Fair - Presentation of Our Lady School, 660 Julian St., from 7-12.
April 30-May 2 - District Conference-The Hilton Hotel Fort Collins, Colorado
June 5th - Rotary District Assembly
June 12 - 13th – Hole in One Shoot out
June 20-23 - RI Convention, Montreal, Canada
Weekly Inspirators, Greeters & Hosts
March 10th-
Inspiration - Joe Pahl
Greeters - Mark Pedigo and Tom Puckett
Host - Herb Rubenstein
March 17th-
Inspiration - Chuck Rudolph
Greeters - Jenna Saldana and George Schiel
Host - Steve Sehnert
March 24th –
Inspiration - Don Shattuck
Greeters - Bob Morgan and Vass Sirpolaidis
Host - Greg Smith
March 31st–
Inspiration - Roberta Simonton
Greeters - John McDermott and Joanne Thompson
Host – Michael Tapp
The Rotary motto Service Above Self conveys the humanitarian spirit of the organization's more than 1.2 million members. Strong fellowship among Rotarians and meaningful community and international service projects characterize Rotary worldwide.
Rotaract clubs around the world are celebrating World Rotaract Week, 8-14 March, honoring the chartering of the first club in North Carolina, USA.
During the week, Rotaract clubs are asked to partner with their sponsor Rotary clubs to complete a service project together, attend each other's meetings, and encourage a nearby Rotary club to sponsor a new Rotaract club in its area.
Rotaract enjoys a 42-year legacy. In the late 1960s, noting the success of the recently formed Interact program, for youth ages 14-18, the RI Board realized the need to provide opportunities for service, activity, and fellowship to young adults no longer of Interact age. The name Rotaract (derived from "Rotary in Action") was selected to show the program's close affiliation with both Rotary and Interact clubs.
RI President Luther Hodges inaugurated Rotaract in 1968, with the Rotaract Club of North Charlotte becoming the first club. The club received its charter on 13 March and had 21 members.
Within a day of the first club's certification, the Rotaract Club of the University of La Salle was chartered in Tacubaya, Mexico. The Rotaract club of Secunderabad, India, was certified the following week.
Since the 1950s, many Rotary clubs had been starting unofficial clubs for young adults, fueling Rotaract’s rapid growth in its first few years. Rotaract grew from 21 clubs in 1967-68 to 289 clubs a year later. There are now more than 8,000 Rotaract clubs in 167 countries and geographical areas.
Rotaract clubs were originally open to young men and women ages 17-24. Since 1971, young adults ages 18-30 have been welcomed.
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March 2010
My fellow Rotarians,
Preparations for our convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, 20-23 June, are well underway, and we are fast approaching the 31 March deadline for lower registration fees. I can think of many reasons to attend a Rotary International Convention – interesting speakers, exciting entertainment, and a chance to visit a fascinating city, to name a few. Yet as compelling as these incentives may be, they are not why I have attended almost every convention since my first one in 1984. The main reason I look forward to this annual event is the opportunity it affords to reunite with my Rotary friends and meet so many new ones.
In many ways, our convention is Rotary at its best: Rotarians coming together to enjoy congenial fellowship while discussing the more serious business of service. We will, no doubt, be inspired by our speakers, including Greg Mortenson, author of the best-selling book Three Cups of Tea; Jo Luck, CEO of Heifer International; and country music singer Dolly Parton, who will be talking about her other great interests, children’s literacy and the Imagination Library. And we will learn about many facets of Rotary and our Rotary Foundation in the various workshops planned. In between these events, we can build new Rotary friendships over coffee in the House of Friendship or dinner at one of Montréal’s celebrated restaurants.
It has been said many times that you cannot truly appreciate the internationality of Rotary until you attend a convention. In Montréal this June, we expect to welcome Rotarians from more than 100 countries. We may be speaking dozens of different languages, but I know that all of us will be eager to communicate as best we can – with words, smiles, and laughter – effectively bridging any cultural or linguistic differences.
The convention is a time to celebrate the achievements of the past year, but it is also a time to plan for the future. In Rotary, we do not look at all that we have accomplished and say, “That’s enough.” No, we use our successes as a springboard to do more. I encourage you to join June and me in Montréal and to use this opportunity to identify new service partners, get innovative project ideas, and renew your enthusiasm for Rotary. Much work remains to be done – both in this Rotary year and the next. The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands, and a Rotary convention is the ideal place to come together and formulate your plans.
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