News & Announcements

 
  • Wilderness Journeys has joined the ranks of  Rotary Sponsors for the Kentucky Derby with donations of TWO adventure trips  for the Experience Silent Auction.  They will also be donating the use of their buses to transport our guests from the parking area up to the Keyah Grande venue the day of the event!  The value of these in-kind contributions represents a $1,500 value!
  • More updates regarding the Kentucky Derby include details on the meal that will be provided by the Buck Stops Here!  Braised Short Ribs with Bourbon sauce will be served with a broccoli cheese vegetable dish, Caesar Salad and rolls.  It all sounds just wonderful and we need to thank the folks at the Buck Stops Here for doing all this at a discount which supports our fund raising purpose as well
  • Livia Cloman Lynch announced that she had just received word that the Club has been successful in obtaining the Colorado Opportunity Grant Scholarship!  This is HUGE NEWS! $24,000 dollars will be made available to match our fund-raising dollars to provide scholarships for in-state tuition for our graduating seniors.  Livia will do a presentation on all the details soon!
  • Speaking of Scholarships...the Scholarship Selection Committee has two openings!  These positions are for three year terms and consist of reviewing the applications provided by the students; selecting the most qualified applicants for in-person interviews and deciding as a committee how our available funds will be distributed.  It is a very exciting process and its amazing to get to know some of most talented and gifted Pagosa students.  Submit a short summary of why you would like to be selected to serve on this committee to Livia
  • Cindi Galabota reminded us that it is RYLA time!  That's Rotary Youth Leadership Academy and the deadline for applications is April 7th.  If you know a good candidate for this training that is a high school sophomore or junior, get an application from Cindi
  • Ramona Tschaar surprised us with news that her and Alex had sold the Old West Press!  A company that has similar businesses in Farmington and Durango have bought it and it looks like Ramona will get to have some more time on her hands.  They plan on staying in the area for the time being.
  • David Smith reminded us of the Investment Opportunity for Seeds of Learning.  Tickets are $100 and a maximum of 300 tickets will be sold.  The prize is $10,000!  Seeds has lost its funding from the Secure Rural Schools programs and needs to raise this money to help families that can't pay the full cost of tuition for their children to attend Seeds