District Newsletter

Greetings! 

The District Leadership team started visiting clubs in July and we are rapidly approaching completing all of the club visits. I believe there are several benefits to each member of the leadership team participating in club visits. One that really stands out in my mind is the opportunity for the club leaders to know what goals the district leadership team would like to accomplish early enough for the clubs to have time to take action. At the risk of repeating what I stated last month, there has been something amazing and inspiring about every club I have visited this year. Steve and I are very pleased that DGN Julie and her husband Gene have returned after helping with a family emergency. Our thoughts and best wishes were with them, and we are so glad that the situation is so much better.

 

Friday, September 16, several Rotarians from Northern Colorado had the opportunity to volunteer their time to help feed starving children at a food packing event host by the “Feed My Starving Children “(FMSC) organization. A great mix of community members volunteered, including primary and secondary school-age kids, Rotarians from several Fort Collins clubs and many more enthusiastic and caring community members! The volunteer coordinators were well organized and very proficient at setting up the materials and equipment for us to package these meals and help feed starving children around the world. After two hours of creating these meal packages and cheering every time we filled a box with them, we had packaged 37,368 individual meals into 178 boxes which will feed 102 kids for a year! I want to thank Janet Peterson from the Fort Collins Foothills Rotary Club for a unique and uplifting experience and I’m looking forward to the next event! If you want to know more about the group and the children they help, here is their website: https://www.fmsc.org/get-involved/volunteer-info

 

Be sure to include the District Fall Assembly at the Laramie County Community College (LCCC) in Cheyenne WY on October 8th in your calendar! We have great breakout sessions on the agenda and an interactive main session! Club presidents, this is a great opportunity for your new club members to attend, network with other Rotarians and attend a Rotary Learning Session. LCCC address is: 1400 E College Dr., Cheyenne WY.

 

District 5470 Governor Sam Kevan and I worked together with the Colorado State University Agriculture Department to host the 2022 People of Action Healthy Soil Summit on September 10th. This summit was one of four summits presented throughout the Big West Zone. The summit agenda covered important information that helped home gardeners and farmers improve their soil to grow healthier food with less erosion and improved water conservation. Topics presented included: cover crops and cover mulch for gardeners, tillage pros and cons, soil biology for soil health and a panel discussion on soil health.

 

I don’t need to “IMAGINE” that this Rotary Year for District 5440 will be amazing! Our Leadership Team is talented and very strong. And every club in the district is compassionate, active, reaching out and making a difference in their community, in the district and in the world.

 

Dream Big and Imagine Rotary!