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Programs
The Butter Battle: Dr. Seuss and the Cold War, for Obsolete Children
This Wednesday, March 2nd, fellow Rotarians Bob Meroney and Bob Lawrence team up for our Rotary Zoom meeting at noon to do a presentation in three parts: 1) Professor Meroney will give a review and introduction into Ted Seuss Geisel's life and career, 2) he will read and show illustrations from The Butter Battle Book, and 3) Professor Lawrence will examine the cold war discussions of Robert McNamara and Herman Kahn, and give his thoughts on how that relates to current times. READ MORE...
Our fellowship will meet this week from 1:30 to 2:30 on Zoom following the Wednesday Noon meeting. The topic will be "The Role of Mental Health in Sustainable Peacebuilding".
Seve Ghose, the relatively new Director of Community Services for the City of Fort Collins, gave us a wide-ranging overview of the Community Services effort for our in-person meeting on February 23. After introducing himself (born in India, grew up in Zambia, but lived in 41 different countries), he gave a quick overview of some of the overall department statistics, including a budget of $54 million and some 750 employees (including some 250 full time). Those employees work across six departments, the responsibilities and accomplishments of which he ultimately described. READ MORE...
Announcements
Volunteer Opportunity - Homeward Alliance
Please join us in service at SpeedPro for volunteer opportunity for Homeward Alliance. Our Club Charity has purchased the materials with the help of a District Grant. The supplies will be provided to Homeward Alliance for distribution to our homeless population. We will meet at SpeedPro at 5:30 this Wednesday, March 2nd. (This event will replace the evening meeting on March 2nd)
Our recent survey of Noon members showed 52.2% of those responding want to remain on the twice a month in-person schedule for April to June. 43.3% want to return to weekly. There was still concern about COVID, caterering, and difficulties of having enough volunteers at noon. Considering member feedback, the Board approved seven in-person Lincoln Center meetings, five Zoom meetings and the in-person Service Above Self event May 18th for the quarter April to June. The Calendar below is also available always on Club Website. Thank you all for your input.
Noon Meetings
Special Events
Evening Meetings
April
6th
Zoom
In-Person
13th
Lincoln Center
20th
Zoom
In-Person
27th
Lincoln Center
May
4th
Zoom
In-Person
11th
Lincoln Center
18th
No Regular Meeting
Service Above Self - Lincoln Center - Evening Event
For our noon Lincoln Center meetings, please pre-purchase guest lunches on Eventbrite. Please also use Eventbrite to purchase lunches if you normally attend our evening meeting or in the noon beverage only category.
This Wednesday, March 2nd, fellow Rotarians Bob Meroney and Bob Lawrence team up for our Rotary Zoom meeting at noon to do a presentation in three parts: 1) Professor Meroney will give a review and introduction into Ted Seuss Geisel's life and career, 2) he will read and show illustrations from The Butter Battle Book, and 3) Professor Lawrence will examine the cold war discussions of Robert McNamara and Herman Kahn, and give his thoughts on how that relates to current times. 
We are saddened to report we have lost another member of our club. Mary Ontiveros passed recently. Mary was a new member joining April, 2021 and she was already making significant contributions to the club.