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Editarian: Jerry Allen Club Photographer : Brad Mikel Remembering 2008
Kimberly passes the gavel to Debbie
Debbie gets even with Kimberly for making club members walk to the desert table by having her deliver desserts to the whole club.
Scott and Kimberly Jack and Debbie *** Special Rotarians Rotarian of the Year *** Gene Spanarella *** Rotarians of the Quarter
Brad Mikel, club photographer. Jim Rogers
Howard Hall *** New Members ***
David Leonard Rob McGregor Pearl Mattox
Newest Rotarian Tony Tober New Rotarians are essential to the health of the club. Normal attrition means we need to have about 15 new members a year.
Members We Are Going To Miss ****
John Stanley 2/28/10 to 6/20/08 *** The John Stanley Memorial raised over $2000 through contributions by 28 members. A memorial is being set up to make John an additional Paul Harris Fellow. This was what he was known for in the club and would probably appreciate most. ***
Bret Baugartner Roger Francis John Kennedy **** Not Pictured: Billie Behl, Ryan Turbyfill, Debbie Stafford, Chris Marshall, Greg Powell, Richard Womack,Jerry Michaelis,
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Projects *** State of the City ***
Mayor Tauer 2008
The State of the City is a major event in Aurora chaired by the Aurora Rotary Club and is a luncheon keynoted by The Aurora Mayor and attended by over 500 people. Debbie Lynch and Dave Williams have chaired the event for several years. *** First Responders ***
Police Honorees EMT Honorees
Fire Department Honorees Chief Dan Special Commendation The First Responder luncheon is an award ceremony to recognize first responders for heroic action during the year. The luncheon is attended by up to 500 people. ***
State of The Base Buckley Recap
Commanding Colonel Wayne McGee Buckley State of The Base The State of the Base is a luncheon that has been attended by up to 300 people and has been done in cooperation with The Aurora Chamber of Commerce. *** San Leon and LLakamate Water Projects
Engineers Without Borders confer with LLakamate villagers.
Rotary International has recognized and focused on the importance of plentiful, available, sanitary water supply for any remote community. In response to this focus, the Aurora Rotary Club in cooperation with other clubs is participating in providing water for San Leon and LLamate, Peru. San Leon is a community of 150 people in northern Peru, District of Chao, Province of Viru.
The San Juan project is complete and Jim Rogers, water chairman, is garnering support from other clubs to do the LLakmate project
Community College of Aurora ***
Paul Suss andGeorge Peck present $8,000 award to CCA The Aurora Rotary Club has furnished 5 scholarships for many years to graduates of Aurora high schools to attend CCA. In addition, the club has donated $50,000 to CCA for a computer lab. *** Exchange Student
Camilla Jensen, from Denmark, spent a year with us and went home in July. Christine Hoppe was a mentor and the Armitage and Martin families hosted Camilla. ***
Live and Learn
Reading parties are held from 9:00 until 11:00 on Saturday mornings. The parties are being held at the Aurora Active Adult Center at Delmar and Peoria. Children come and select a book and then read with a volunteer. Toward the end, clowns come and make balloon animals for the children. So far 2000 children have benefited and 10,000 books have been given out. Rotarians frequent yard sales and buy children's books for the project. John Reid has chaired the event for 2 years. ***
Flower Power
Marci Sis chaired flower power. For many years the Aurora Rotary Club has gathered flowers and plants from the Home and Garden Show and distributed them to local nursing homes. ***
Family Picnic
Generals Park Generals Park was Aurora Rotary's centennial project. The club donated $100,000 to the completion of the park at Fitzsimmons. This was done in cooperation with other Rotary Clubs and the City of Aurora. There are plaques commemorating Rotary in the park. *** Chili Bunco
At Linda Bowmans Home Chili Bunco is a potluck party, where members bring their favorite chili dish and finish the evening playing Bunco. *** Dictionary Project
Dave Lemon, Chair of Dictionary Project ***
John Reid delivers dictionaries to third graders The Aurora Rotary Club has delivered 5400 or more dictionaries for the last several years to every third grader in Aurora. It is the project with the most participation by club members. *** Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
Amanda Rice, a participant at RYLA, and 2 year counselor at Young RYLA explains that YRYLA in District 5450 is unique in the US
Devon Birmingham, 2008 RYLA award winner Devon is the son of Joe and Janine Little.
RYLA is a summer camp held at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park for a week in July. Students 16-17 years old that win the award go on scholarship and participate in activities to help them be leaders in the community. Generally, 220 students or more attend.
YRYLA is held at a camp in Larkspur for students 12-13 years old.
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Shots for Tots
Barb Rowe has chaired shots for tots for 3 years. Aurora Rotary supervises Shots for Tots once a month for the first 6 months of each year. Free or low cost shots are given at the Hoffman Hts. Fire Station. Inoculations are necessary for children to attend school. *** Golf Tournament
Tom Pirog, Chair of golf tournament ****
Prez Debbie, Val and Chris and golf friend
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