The Rotary History Fellowship will meet right after the regular meeting. Our topic will be 'Bob Lawrence on Nuclear Weapons.' He will give a fifteen minute presentation followed by a wide ranging discussion. Everyone and all opinions are always welcome.
Tammie Nieman thanked members for making the first two STEM programs, using the new kits, successful. Two more dates are set--4/28 and 5/19. Volunteers are needed for those dates. Respond to Tammie.
Troy Tafoya reminded members of highway cleanup on Saturday, April 15. Donuts, coffee, and exercise are benefits.
Marty Bachman urged everyone to alert the Care and Recognition Committee of any situation--congratulations, encouragement, medical situation, etc.--that the committee should acknowledge. Notify Marty, Melanie Chamberlain, or Jeanne Fangman.
Stacy Plemmons warned members not to raise the ire of Sue, Susie, and Judy (you know who they are!) by failing to RSVP to our April 19 evening dinner! With Del Benson as MC and a Mexican theme, the evening promises to be great fun. Bring someone!
Judy Boggs applauded all proud Rotarians. She reminded us that the District Polio Committee is bringing an iron lung to Centerra on April 27 and to Ft. Collins on April 28 (Old Town Square). Volunteers are needed for some of the booths. Booths include: medical personnel, Post-polio info, Rotay info, Purple Pinkie booth, and. Donation opportunity booth. Two-hour periods available. Sign up on www.volunteersignup.org.
Dawn T-Baumgartner has volunteered to summarize program content for the Gear one meeting a month. Volunteers are needed for the three other weeks.
Our club provides many thousands of hours of volunteer service in addition to annual giving to charitable projects. Our giving to charitable projects has not grown to keep up with inflation and growing community needs. The RCFC Legacy Fund has established as an endowment that will provide supplemental funds into the foreseeable future for humanitarian and educational programs in and around Fort Collins. Your contributions to the Legacy Fund are tax deductible and will assure “Service in Action Forever”.
Ralph Smith introduced Dr. Birney who will join the Science Fellowship as they discuss global warming.
Stacy Plemmons announced that Bonnie Titley has agreed to summarize announcements for the Rotogear. If you want them in the next week's Gear, she needs them one week before.
President Glenn reminded us to refer club questions to Bob Meroney, our newly appointed ombudsman.
NEEDED: The club needs a financial wizard to help with our books, especially information about donation
The incoming president of Rotaract announced a new project: The Human Library. THL is to be made up of persons with different backgrounds who will share their "contents" at a forum scheduled for April 21, 5-7, PM, at the Lory Student Center. If you are one, or know a ‘living book’ who should be heard in this forum, please let Del Benson know.
Martin Limbird urged members to attend the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, June 10-14.
Phyllis Abt reminded us that the Greeley club will be celebrating their one hundredth anniversary on May 18. The speaker will be the Rotary International president.
Requirements: Willingness to volunteer, and some low level of writing ability. English major unnecessary. Humor helps. Listening skills desirable.
Duties (a) Listen to (or record if you have the equipment) each week’s program, and write up a paragraph or two summarizing the presentation and any relevant questions. Presentation critique unnecessary. (b) Submit a write up by Sunday each week to the electronic and print Rotogear Editors.
Salary: Multiples of the previous writer’s salary may be negotiated.
Working Environment: Great staff and opportunity to meet new friends
Fringe Benefits: Learn more about your Rotary Club, and fellow Rotarians
Questions and to submit an application: Contact either Stacy Plemmons or Erin Mounsey
Our program today will be presented by RCFC’s 2016-17 exchange student, Jeremias Theuerkauf, better known as Jere. After being introduced by Rotary Youth Exchange chair Dan Mackey, Jere plans to talk about his life in Germany, and share some of his observations and experiences this past year in Fort Collins and at Fossil Ridge High School.
Jere comes from the small town of Weimar, in the heart of Germany where he lives with his father (a Rotarian), his mother and his sister who is one year younger. He was born March 31, 2000, and attended Humboldt Gymnasium (high school) in Weimar, where he will return after his Rotary Exchange Year. Jere’s favorite subjects at Humboldt were physics, English and biology, and his command of English and inquisitive mind led his English teacher to be pleased when Jerry applied for the Rotary exchange. He also took piano lessons at a Weimar music school.
Prior to his exchange year, Jere had traveled extensively within Europe, including Spain, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Russia, Poland, but he never had left the European Union. For that reason, he wanted to do the Rotary Exchange Year overseas.
Jere’s father owns a business with offices in both Weimar and Berlin, organizing conferences and cultural events especially for physicians. His mother is a qualified teacher currently in administration, working with international students at the Bauhaus University, Weimar. Through his father’s membership, Jerry took part in Rotary service projects and recreational activities, making him feel at home with RCFC’s activities. While in Fort Collins, he has been hosted by Mitchell and Shannon Larson, John Roberts, and Theresa and Chris Martella. We are pleased that he attended RCFC meetings regularly, giving many of our members a chance to get acquainted with him.
Our speaker April 5 was Beth Bruno, introduced by David Everitt. Bruno’s passion to end human trafficking was born as she sobbed through a movie - Born Into Brothels, a documentary about the children of prostitutes in Kolkata's (Calcutta, India’s) red light district. She went on to found “A Face to Reframe”, a local non-profit committed to preventing human trafficking in Northern Colorado through arts, training, and community building.
Beth is manager of the Domestic Anti-Trafficking with the U COUNT Campaign, co-founder and facilitator of the Larimer County Anti-Trafficking Community Response Team, and is a partner in the First Offender Restoration Initiative, a diversion program for men soliciting sex. Beth’s program included the following key points.
Human Trafficking is whenever a person is compelled to work or perform sex acts through force, fraud, or coercion or (in the case of sex trafficking) the person is not yet 18.
It thrives in any community where there is 1) a vulnerable population, 2) a viable demand, and 3) an uninformed community.
In Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force leads the charge in recovering domestic minor sex trafficking victims. In 2016, they helped recover 123 youth under age 18 (average age 15, every ethnicity, 15 boys). Youth are the most vulnerable in our community.
FCPD has a demand reduction strategy, targeting buyers of sex and helping to surface traffickers through an online method. In their first operation, they saw 600 unique requests for "dates" from men in our area. These men are offered a diversion sentence (if they qualify), an 8 hour course in which they learn the realities of the sex industry in an effort to deter them from future behavior.
You are invited to the Rotary District 5440 Spring Assembly!
Date: April 29th - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Little America, 2800 W. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY
Fees: $25 for first timers, $25 for Rotaractors & $50 for returning Rotarians - visit the district website for the appropriate registration links.
Agenda will be posted on the website event links when it is available.
If you are attending this assembly also please consider staying for the District Centennial Celebration for The Rotary Foundation which will also be held at Little America this same evening. Registration for that event can be found at http://rotary5440.org/event/rotary-district-5440-centennial-foundation-dinner/The hotel room block is now open. You can call Little America directly at307-775-8400 and ask for the Rotary Assembly rate of $115 per night. This rate is good for the evenings of April 26-May 1. This room block is good until March 31st.
The Satellite meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at 5:30pm. The meeting locations vary, visit fortcollinsrotary.org for upcoming meetings and locations.
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Our program today will be presented by RCFC’s 2016-17 exchange student, Jeremias Theuerkauf, better known as Jere. After being introduced by Rotary Youth Exchange chair Dan Mackey, Jere plans to talk about his life in Germany, and share some of his observations and experiences this past year in Fort Collins and at Fossil Ridge High School. 
Our speaker April 5 was Beth Bruno, introduced by David Everitt. Bruno’s passion to end human trafficking was born as she sobbed through a movie - Born Into Brothels, a documentary about the children of prostitutes in Kolkata's (Calcutta, India’s) red light district. She went on to found “A Face to Reframe”, a local non-profit committed to preventing human trafficking in Northern Colorado through arts, training, and community building..jpg)
