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Investment Fellowship

“The Rotary Investment Fellowship will meet immediately after the regular Rotary meeting on Wednesday, August 17.  Topics: person-to-person lending opportunities and international investing issues.  Martin Nelson and Robin Steele will lead the discussion.  Everyone is welcome—the fellowship is informal, fun, and informative.” 

New Member Welcome

Please help to welcome Alec Montoya as a new member of our club!

TRF Giving

If you really want to know how to find out your TRF giving, here is how our own Martin Limbird does it: log in to the Rotary website, go to My Rotary with your name and password, scroll down to the bottom, click on The Rotary Foundation, see REPORTS on the left hand side, click on View reports, see Donor History Report on the left, click on view report.

 
Friday Night Exclusive Peach Festival Event with the Wolfpack!
This is a VIP event open to all four Rotary Clubs that will be limited to the first 200 people who sign up.  The cost for the night is $20 per person, payable before the event.  With that in mind, if you are interested can need to send an email to chuck_rotary@hotmail.com
 
King Soopers Cards - see Sally!
Our club received a check for $2,500 for our YTD use of King Soopers Cards.  Our club receives 5% of what is spent using the King Soopers cards that you can purchase from Sally!
 
Legacy Fund 100th Anniversary Goal
Our Club’s 100th anniversary is just two years away, August 1, 2018!  To celebrate this significant milestone, the Club’s Legacy Fund is working to reach $1,000,000 by that date.  The Legacy Fund’s moto is “Service in Action Forever” which will be assured by earnings from the Fund.  We are well on the way to the goal with both cash gifts and bequests.  Thanks to all who have pledged a quarterly gift to the Legacy Fund and made a Legacy designation in their will or trust.
 
Satellite BBQ Competition Fundraiser - Sept. 24th
Our club Satellite Group is launching a K.C. Barbecue Society sanctioned BBQ competition, BB Brew for Hope.  9 teams will participate.  Sponsorships are wanted.  Tickets available.  Check out their website.
 
Ask Forms
President Glenn has requested that all members fill out and turn in at a meeting the 2016-2017 Ask Forms.  Forms are available on the website home page to download
 
The August edition of "The Connection"
Now available for download from this email or by clicking here.  
In this edition our District Governor, Barbara Redder, talks about Membership being not only about recruitment but retention as well and the flexibility we're seeing from Rotary International on decisions that work best for individual clubs.
If you have club events to advertise, fundraisers to advertise, articles (and of course a photo or two) to include in "The Connection" please send those directly to rotary5440@yahoo.com.
 
Tips Training
If you, your friends or your family members (who are at least 21 years old) are interested in pouring beer or margaritas at the Peach Festival we need you to be TIPS trained.  If you received your tips training the last 2 years you are good to go (good for 3 years).
We have 2 training sessions scheduled (only need to attend one):
Wednesday August 10th from 3:30-6:30 pm
Trainings will be at the FirstBank location in downtown Fort Collins at 100 South College Avenue (SE Corner of Mountain and College) in the basement training room.
Please email:  rotarypeach@gmail.com or call Tanis at 970-412-7560 to register for the training.
 
Rotary Peach Sale
Every Purchase Buys a Dictionary for a 3rd Grader
Only $40 per Box
Pick-up is August 20, 2016 at Hughes Stadium
Boxes can be purchased and donated to the Food Bank of Larimer County
 
Announcements?
To get your announcement, any other news, or edits into the Rotogear or website please email complete information to editor.rcfc@gmail.com.
Thank You! 
 
Interest from our Legacy Fund helps sustain RCFC Charitable Projects.  Help build the Legacy Fund to $1,000,000 by our 100th birthday in 2018.  Look for this blue badge for information.
 
Upcoming Events
Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
Markley Motors
Aug 25, 2016
3:03 PM – 5:00 PM
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jean Lamm
August 7
 
John Trone
August 8
 
Kirvin Knox
August 9
 
Isis DiLoreti
August 10
 
Jim Epstein
August 10
 
Rajiv Mehta
August 10
 
Bob Heil
August 14
 
Clay Bartlett
August 15
 
John Pratt
August 19
 
Jud Harper
August 25
 
Bob Simmons
August 29
 
Marty Bachman
August 29
 
Spouse Birthdays
Debbie Vessey
August 2
 
Shirley Ames
August 17
 
Lee Ann Lucas
August 29
 
Anniversaries
Jean Griswold
Bill Griswold
August 18
 
Jeanne Fangman
Paul Fangman
August 21
 
Bill Schaffter
Karen
August 27
 
Clay Bartlett
Kimberly Bartlett
August 31
 
Join Date
Sally Lee
August 3, 2011
5 years
 
Henry Weisser
August 4, 2004
12 years
 
Lorna Reeves
August 4, 2004
12 years
 
Erin Mounsey
August 5, 2015
1 year
 
Bob Meroney
August 8, 1990
26 years
 
Rod Morrison
August 15, 2012
4 years
 
Ken Teumer
August 19, 1970
46 years
 
Rajiv Mehta
August 19, 2015
1 year
 
Kevin Unger
August 22, 2001
15 years
 
Don Unger
August 30, 1995
21 years
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage
Our Stories
August 17 Program; CSU Volleyball 'Legend' - Tom Hilbert
The winningest coach in any sport in CSU history.  A career record of 662-185 (.782) over 27 years, including 488 wins (.812) in 19 years at CSU.  (The next closest, Jim Williams, won 352 games over 26 years).  19 straight NCAA tournament appearances in 19 years (21 for the program overall); 7 consecutive Mountain West Conference Championships.  CSU Women’s Volleyball Head Coach Tom Hilbert, will be our featured speaker this Wednesday, introduced by CSU Athletics Director, Joe Parker.  
 
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Final Volunteer Push!

Here is a message from Tanis for our final push.  I did want to thank those who signed up at last weeks meeting.  The slots you filled moved us up from 64% to 80% of our allotted slots, so thank you very much - Chuck
 

Hi Rotarians - 

We are only a few days away from what is going to be an amazing event!  We still have 67 OPEN SLOTS and all of them are in the afternoon!  
 
If you are planning to stay all day and 'helping wherever', please sign up for volunteer shifts so we know where our holes are.  If you haven't signed up to volunteer yet, please do so ASAP.

Here's how you can sign up to volunteer:

1) Click this link to view all volunteer slots: http://signup.com/go/PeachFestival

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you would like. 

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password

Thank you so much for helping to make this our BEST Peach Festival yet!
 
Tanis
Peach Festival VIP Event
Connecting with Nature Fellowship, Saturday 8/27/2016
Join Rotarians, families, and Rotaract for a visit to the Children's Nature Garden http://www.botanic.org/discover/childrens-village/ 9AM, Old West Museum https://www.oldwestmuseum.org/ 10 AM, and lunch at Little America, http://wyoming.littleamerica.com/attractions, in Cheyenne Wyoming, Saturday 27 August.  We will carpool from the free CSU Transit Center parking lot (north of Student Center and Engineering off of Laurel Avenue) leaving promptly at 7:50 AM.  Please let Warren Wilson or me know names of persons who you plan to bring along to this fun fellowship.  We plan for no more than 25 persons, so get into the cue early.  Marietta Dineen will be our guide at the Old West Museum and she from a pioneer family in Wyoming and an expert about horse carriages in the US.  The children's garden is a wonderful example of how youth (and adults) can engage with nature using structured and free play to encourage creativity and learning.  Please email Del Benson atdelwin.benson@gmail.com or call 970-227-8286.
Del Benson and Warren Wilson
Peach Festival 2016
Its PEACH TIME! We are getting very excited for the 6th Annual Peach Festival on Saturday August 20th at Hughes Stadium.
This year we are extending the festival hours until 6pm and adding a few new and exciting things that we will be sharing with everyone at upcoming Rotary meetings.
We are using an online volunteer sign up process again to help steamline the process and send reminders to everyone who signs up.  This year all of the slots are on one list so be sure to sign up early to get the slots you want.
Here is how it works in 3 easy steps:
 
1) Click this link to view all volunteer slots: http://signup.com/go/PeachFestival
 
2) Review the options listed and chose the spots you would like.
 
3) Signup! It is easy-you will not need to register an account or keep a password. Note Signup.com does not share your email address with anyone.
 
Thank you in advance for all you do to help make the Peach Festival a big success! Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about volunteering or the festival itself!
 
Warm regards,Tanis Roeder        
Fort Collins Peach Festival
Event Director
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Meetings: Wednesday Noon
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Fort Collins, CO  80525
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08/19 & 08/20 – Peach Festival and BBQ Brews Pre-Sale
09/24 BBBrew for Hope, BBQ Competition and Fundraiser is scheduled for September 24th, 2-5pm at Snowbank Brewing. Details can be found online at: fortcollinsrotary.org/bbq
Tickets are $40 and prices go up in September. Tickets must be reserved online - hard tickets will be mailed. Sponsorships are currently being sold! Questions can be directed to kerrie@oldtownmediainc.com 
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