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Announcements

The Rotary Clubs of Fort Collins are excited to present the sixth annual Fort Collins Peach Festival August 20th, 2016 at CSU's Hughes Stadium!

This event will offer:

  • Peaches from Palisade!
  • 5K Run/Walk
  • Children's Activities
  • Great Entertainment
  • Peach Pies
  • Live Music
  • Delicious Food & Beverages
  • Business Booths
  • And PEACH themed events all day long
  • This event is one you won't want to miss! Please stay tuned to our website to get more information.
The Peach Festival will now run until 6:00 PM rather than 4:00 PM as it has in past years.
TIPS training for serving alcohol will be announced soon.  If you will be serving beer, margaritas or checking ID's you must have TIPS training.  Training is valid for two years.
 
Venue and Facilities team reported that the Club has given the MAC 120 days notice and we will be moving our meeting location to the Drake Center, beginning November 1.  Rainbow Catering will be providing meals!  This is the caterer that provided meals when the club met at the Lincoln Center.  The Drake Center has been able to address the facility issues that we had when we met their previously.
 
The Legacy Fund has been approved for Colorado Gives.  This will allow for online giving and promotion through the Colorado Gives website.  Thanks to the Legacy Fund team led by Jud Harper.
 
Del Benson mentioned that 14 Rotarians participated in Outdoor Fellowship trip to Phantom Canyon trip.  The next Outdoors Fellowship trip will be August 27th.  Stay tuned for details.

We are in need of volunteers to help with the Rotogear.
  • A photographer to back up Kelly Kesler when he cannot be here.
  • An announcement editor to help with getting the weekly announcements into the bulletin.
  • Anyone with ideas of how to improve either or both the website and the written edition of the Rotogear.
Please contact Randy, Erin or Kelly.

Don Eversoll is looking for Courtesy Cart drivers for the hospitals at least 2 hour a week. This is
a great way to give back and get a little fresh air. If the warm weather bothers you he also is
looking for volunteers for the information desks. Don will have sign-up the next two weeks for
both opportunities.
 
The Rotary Club of Fort Collins is now part of the Colorado Gives program which supports year-around giving via the web. Colorado Gives operates a web site promoting  giving to 1800 Colorado nonprofit organizations.  In addition to providing up-to-date information about our club, it provides additional visibility and publicity for our Club’s  activities.  All donations will go to increase the Legacy Fund which is an endowment to support the Club’s charitable activities into the future.  Check it out by logging onto ColoradoGives.org and searching for Rotary Club of Fort Collins Charities, Inc.
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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
STARs Program
Satelite Meeting Location - TBD
Aug 03, 2016 4:00 PM
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Pam Harrington
July 1
 
Jerry Smith
July 3
 
Susan Gutowsky
July 8
 
Bill Timpson
July 10
 
Bill Moellenhoff
July 13
 
Bob Powell
July 22
 
Karl Stefan
July 28
 
Kelly Kesler
July 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Lisa Kelly
July 4
 
Jan Allen
July 18
 
Ron Baker
July 20
 
Cassie Jo Hau
July 26
 
Philip Murphy
July 27
 
Anniversaries
Parker Preble
Mabel Preble
July 5
 
Susan Harrison
Richard Harrison
July 6
 
Lee Jeffrey
Carla Jeffrey
July 8
 
Rajiv Mehta
Bina Mehta
July 8
 
Larry Kunter
Marti
July 12
 
Q Robb
Heather Robb
July 27
 
Join Date
Dawn T-Baumgartner - Longs Peak Council/BSA
July 1, 1997
19 years
 
Kathy Nicol
July 1, 1997
19 years
 
Pam Harrington
July 1, 2011
5 years
 
Troy Tafoya
July 1, 1997
19 years
 
Bill Schaffter
July 15, 1975
41 years
 
Jean Lamm
July 16, 2008
8 years
 
Laurie Klith
July 16, 2008
8 years
 
Randy Kurtz
July 16, 2008
8 years
 
Betti Seay - Better Business Bureau
July 21, 2012
4 years
 
Jim Collinson
July 29, 2015
1 year
 
Kacey Parker
July 29, 2015
1 year
 
Michelle Venus
July 29, 2015
1 year
 
Renee Machovec
July 29, 2015
1 year
 
Bill West
July 30, 1975
41 years
 
Jack Vogt
July 31, 1997
19 years
 
Russell Hampton
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Our Stories
This Week's Program - National Park Service 7-2-16
Smokey the Bear turns 100!  Well, not Smokey, but the National Park Service will complete 100 years of stewardship of America's national parks on August 25, 2016.  Our speaker this week is Anniversary Coordinator and Park Ranger Interpreter, Barbara Scott, who will be introduced by Randy Kurtz.  

 
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Last Week's Program - Out With The Old, In With The New

As happens only once a year, Last Week's Program was all there was to Last Week's Meeting. Rotarian Bill West MC'd "Out With The Old, In With The New" as outgoing President Stacy Plemmons was replaced by Glenn Schmidt.

Stacy started with a brief summary of what happened during his term, noting membership changes, increased Community and Vocational grants, and more scholarships and new projects. STEM and RYLA also increased, as did the New West Fest. After noting all the Rotarians we had lost, he offered sincere thanks for our help.

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Upcoming Speakers
Jul 13, 2016
 
Jul 20, 2016
 
Jul 27, 2016
 
Aug 03, 2016
 
Aug 10, 2016
 
Aug 17, 2016
 
Aug 24, 2016
 
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Club Information
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Fort Collins
Meetings: Wednesday Noon
Midtown Arts Center (Lunch)
3750 South Mason Street
Fort Collins, CO  80525
United States
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Here is the timeline:
08/19 & 08/20 – Peach Festival and BBQ Brews Pre-Sale
09/24 or 10/15 – BBQ and Brews event
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