Rotary of Evergreen

The Rotary Club of Evergreen, Colorado has over 100 active and fun-loving members who come from all walks of life and provide a diverse range of viewpoints.

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Time for Soldier Boxes! Gail will be waiting with my empty tub ready to collect your toiletries, small games, paperback books, playing cards, wet wipes, etc. We need to gather a lot more things to reach our goal of 250 soldier boxes. Thanks for your help!

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Did you know that our local Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity has built 39 homes in the mountain area? They plan to build 4 more this year. Affordable, decent homes are hard to find for many hard working folks in our area. We can help! Consider joining in an upcoming build day!

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Join us Friday at 7 am and hear one of our Evergreen Community heroes! Dave Montesi started his career with Evergreen Fire and Rescue in 1997 as a volunteer firefighter. Learn about a new Evergreen Community Assistance Resource & Education Service that can help in our Community.

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We had a great time this morning with our Family of Rotary. A big thank you to the Rotarians who came and to our non rotarian spouses. YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Thanks to Bob Meade for allowing our family to gather this morning and celebrate the Family of Rotary experience.

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Ross Seline, a beloved former member & an avid contributor to our Evergreen community, passed from this life to more life early Monday morning in Houston. At 89 years old, Ross passed in the care of hospice and family. Ross was a delightful and kind man with a welcoming heart...

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Thank you to James Arnott, Associate Director of the Aspen Global Change Institute for presenting "Preparing For A Changing West: Community, Resilience, and Hope." Learn more at
https://t.co/NwBQLOVjvO

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Join us Fri @ 7 am as James Arnott, Associate Director of the Aspen Global Change Institute presents: Preparing For A Changing West: Community, resilience, and hope. The West as we know it is changing due to population growth, wildfires, drought & climate change.

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This Friday we are excited to have Kristin Witt whose program is "Use Your Words- Clinging to Literacy in the Age of Emoji."
Kristen is Publisher of Evergreen Newspapers, including the Canyon Courier, the Clear Creek Courant, and the Columbine Courier.

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Dine Around! Gail Sharp hosted one of the Dine Around groups at
her Lucky Penny Ranch. We even played Jenga! You, too, could be part of Dine Around!!!

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Thank you to the 2018-2019 District Governor Sandy Mortensen for speaking to our club last Friday about “Making Connections.” Sandy is from Millville, New Jersey, attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI where she received a Bachelors in Physical Therapy in 1965.

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Jennifer Brown, Sondra Kellogg, Amelia and Marcus Pennell
Sondra Kellogg recommended the speaker for our Rotary Club.
Sondra’s daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Marcus Pennell, are the ones who offered foster care for Emily Murray until she reached 18.

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decided to provide foster care for her and help her graduate from high school. Today, Emily is a student at the University of Colorado and will be spending this coming semester studying in Spain.

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Jennifer Brown w/Marcus & Amelia Pennell. Marcus, a physics teacher at Ralston Valley High School, began to worry when a student’s desk was vacant for a week. When he discovered that Emily was in foster care and had again been moved to another home and school he & his family...

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John Currie was very helpful in providing all his Rotary WarmHeart background information to assist us in launching Evergreen Rotary WarmHeart at Ft. Carson. This month, Janee and Tom presented NCOA chair Scott and Diane Carnahan a check for $8,068.33 to support the project.

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Marianne Temple spotlights our community service project supporting @dollyslibrary. Dolly (Marianne Temple) reads to kids to encourage a lifelong love of books!

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Welcoming our new members! Ann Moore, Doug Turner, with John Clarke
Welcome, John!

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Jennifer Brown spoke to our club about the challenge of foster kids who are emancipated at age 18. Moved from school to school, fewer than 1 in 4 foster kids graduate. That’s worse than homeless kids.
https://t.co/o9ksSBsvHp

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Evergreen Rotary supports military families with project WarmHeart: https://t.co/Dstwa6fCTj

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A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors! You provide valuable funding for the projects we support locally and abroad!

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Casey Sacks was here! Welcome back, Casey! Thanks for visiting us while you were in town!