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Programs:
Imagination Library of Larimer County (Lunch Meeting)
Wednesday, March 1, the luncheon meeting of RCFC at the Lincoln Center features Christina Cooper, an officer of the United Way of Larimer County. Following our speaker’s introduction by Randy Kurtz, she will relate how, in July 2022, United Way of Larimer County …”launched an exciting new partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, making high-quality, age-appropriate books accessible to every child age 0-5 in Larimer County”. This program distributes free books to children every month until their 5th birthday, specially addressed to them in the mail at no cost to families. The cost of the program is approximately $30 per child, per year. United Way is fortunate to work alongside its state-level partner, Imagination Library of Colorado, who covers 50% of program costs for each affiliate across the state, making United Way’s cost approximately $15 per child, per year. Since launching the Imagination Library program, we have enrolled over 4,000 local children in the program and that number continues to climb. READ MORE...
March 1st, at 5:30, at Sweetwater Brewing, club member John Roberts is our guest speaker for our evening meeting this week, and will be talking about his vast international experiences
RECAP: Affordable Housing – What’s Up in Fort Collins?
On February 22, Max Moss braved the snow and cold to enlighten us about the issues around the concept of affordable housing, an important concept in the booming housing market of northern Colorado. Max is the head of HF2M-Colorado, the company that is developing the Montava community on the north side of Fort Collins. Part of his presentation dealt with the ways in which the Montava development is trying to address some of those issues. He started his presentation by pointing out that, although he is not an expert on affordable housing, their team does include affordable housing experts and one of the Montava Partners is Caleb Roope with The Pacific Companies, one of the largest developers of affordable housing in the country. READ MORE...
On March 1st, the Peace Builder Fellowship will meet immediately following the noon meeting at the Lincoln Center. The topics for discussion at the meeting will include: the effective use of mediation to resolve conflicts; the basic personal/professional values and skills required to create a sustainable peace and their effects on one’s mental health.
The awards committee is accepting nominations and appreciates your input! We will be awarding 5 awards at the event, and a few others during regular meetings. If you know of a Rotarian that should be considered for an award this year, please click here and let us know using this online form! Thanks!
These energetic Rotarians recently helped out at the Food Bank’s Share program. We noticed that donations to the Food Bank were down and they ran out of some food items. Nevertheless, the Food Share clients were still able to fill their carts w/healthy and nutritious foods. Thanks Rotarians for “being the good” in our community.
Wednesday, March 1, the luncheon meeting of RCFC at the Lincoln Center features Christina Cooper, an officer of the United Way of Larimer County. Following our speaker’s introduction by Randy Kurtz, she will relate how, in July 2022, United Way of Larimer County …”launched an exciting new partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, making high-quality, age-appropriate books accessible to every child age 0-5 in Larimer County”. This program distributes free books to children every month until their 5th birthday, specially addressed to them in the mail at no cost to families. The cost of the program is approximately $30 per child, per year. United Way is fortunate to work alongside its state-level partner, Imagination Library of Colorado, who covers 50% of program costs for each affiliate across the state, making United Way’s cost approximately $15 per child, per year. Since launching the Imagination Library program, we have enrolled over 4,000 local children in the program and that number continues to climb. 
March 1st, at 5:30, at Sweetwater Brewing, club member John Roberts is our guest speaker for our evening meeting this week, and will be talking about his vast international experiences 
These energetic Rotarians recently helped out at the Food Bank’s Share program. We noticed that donations to the Food Bank were down and they ran out of some food items. Nevertheless, the Food Share clients were still able to fill their carts w/healthy and nutritious foods. Thanks Rotarians for “being the good” in our community.