Our meeting last week was devoted to reviewing and rating project funding requests for the 23/24 Rotary year.  If you have not yet had the chance to do so, please click here to download a copy.  The rating scale is at the bottom of each page.  Please return a copy marked up with your ratings or send Mike the ratings directly, identifying the Item number and your rating, no later than Tuesday morning.

 

Trish Hosking was recognized by the Rotary Foundation for her 2nd Paul Harris Fellowship ($1,000 each) with a Paul Harris pin with one sapphire.  Join Trish and many other Rotarians by donating on a regular basis.  $25 a year keeps us an Every Rotarian Every Year club - and eligible for District grants.  $100 a year or $25 a quarter designates you as a Paul Harris Sustaining member.  Our Rotary Foundation of Rotary International enjoys a 4 star rating from Charity Navigator, the highest rating the offer and is known worlwide for its efficiency.  Please consider donating today - It is simple.  Click here to go to Rotary direct.  Contributions to the annual fund brings the most money back to your district and club, but how ever you choose to support the Foundation, your contribution is valued.  Trish and I and many of your fellow Rotarians make quarterly contributions.  Please join us.

 

President-elect Cheryl, or Madam President-elect, read us a thank you letter from Compassion Connect for supporting their annual community event.  Thank you for your support!

 

NOW is the time to sign up for the Verrado Road Clean Up and breakfast afterwards.  The clean up is on Saturday, April 29, 2023, and begins at 7:30 am at the Palo Verde Education Center.  For more information and to RSVP, please click HERE.

Come join several of your club members at the annual Rotary District 5495 Celebration and Conference on May 5 and 6, 2023.  The conference schedule:

 

May 5:  11:30 am  Conference Opens

May 5:    5:30 pm  Hospitality Suites are open 

May 6:   Conference and Service Project. 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Conference concludes at 8:00 pm

May 7:    Fundraiser for The Rotary Vocational Fund at Arizona Diamondbacks Game

 

The conference will be held at The Renaissance Hotel Phoenix, 101 North First Street, Phoenix (Corner First Street and Adams in downtown Phoenix)

Rotary has arranged a room block with excellent rates and special onsite parking for people attending the conference.

 

For more information, register and make hotel reservations go to the Conference Registration Site.  If you plan to attend sign up soon as the hotel block has a limited number of rooms and expires soon.

 

On Saturday, April 15, the Rotary Club of Verrado participated in the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Bed Build as part of the Rotary Week of Service.  A good time was had by all who participated along with a feeling that we had done something Saturday to make a difference in our community.  Thank you to David Faragher, Lloyd Trilling, Trish Hosking, Doug Bredow, Greg Loucks, Cheryl Thorsen, John Thorsen, Mike Hosking, Tom Leyda and member-in-waiting Kathy Gorchesky for joining us on Saturday.  In case you missed it here is a link to a report on Arizona Family, Channel 3 about the event.