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Shellie Peterson
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The Pagosa Springs Rotary Club is a diverse group of engaged individuals participating through friendship and camaraderie in opportunities to serve our community and other communities around the world.
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Codie Wilson, Pagosa Outreach Connection


 
 
 
Codie presented an overview of Pagosa Outreach Connection which is a loosely organized group of some 15-20 business and churches in Pagosa Springs whose objective is to provide financial support to a certain niche in Archuleta county. Since 2004 this organization has been helping individuals and families who live from pay check to pay check and are not eligible for assistance from other sources. Pagosa Outreach provides emergency assistance as needed. Members meet once per week to review applications and then decide who gets assistance and how much. Usually assistance is provided for rent, utilities, medical expenses and vehicle repair. Checks are written out to the business that is owed money by the applicant. The applicant is not given money directly. The recipients of aid are screened by the Department of Human Services locally or they are referred by our local veterans’ organization.
              
Our Rotary Club has donated approximately $4000.00 dollars yearly ($1000.00 per quarter) to this organization that regularly donates more that $30,000.00 each year to needy families and individuals. Codie has been our club liaison to Pagosa Outreach for several years and Livia Lynch applauded her dedication to this project.
 
Art Benzel - Approaching Sponsors
 
 
Art Benzel presented a discussion aimed at an easy way to sell tickets and get sponsors for our Barn Dance. First you must know the location, date, who is providing the food and the name of the band that will be playing. You will need to know that any checks made out should go to Pagosa Rotary CAF.
 
Art then suggested the best approach to gain sponsors. If you know the person you are more likely to get their support. You should exhibit honesty by looking eye to eye to the person. You should read the sponsor letter to them and make a point to tell that all moneys raised stays locally. Georgette added that money raised is used to make a significant difference in many children's lives through the scholarship, dictionary programs and other projects. You should make sure to let the sponsors know that their business logo will be included on our bulletin page and website and that when someone clicks on their logo it takes them directly to their business website.
 
 
Rotarians At Work
 
 
Finding Rotarians out working in our community is certainly not a rare event!  This particular morning was the opportunity to clean up trash along both sides of Highway 160 from the Elementary School to Piedra Road. 
 
The Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs is one of more than 33,000 Rotary Clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas.  The members of these autonomous clubs are called Rotarians and they form a global network of 1.2 million business and professional leaders, all volunteering their time and talents to serve their communities and the world.  Visit www.pagosaspringsrotary.org to learn more.
 
Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.  
 
 
News & Happenings
 
Art presented to us a very thoughtful invocation that was inspired by the Beatitudes of Matthews Gospel. It goes as follows:
 
What is wisdom?
Having experience, knowledge, good judgement marked by deep understanding and keen discernment.
Who is wise?
People who show concern for others based on wisdom.
What makes a Great Leader?
It starts by truthfully valuing other people. By demonstrating your appreciation to all concerned. By celebrating success. By holding hands with failures.
What did I learn by thinking through this little exercise? That all of us are of value to Rotary and to each other.
And then to paraphrase this in the style of the Four Way Test: I believe this.
  1. To be true
  2. To be non-judgmental
  3. That we are building goodwill and better friendships
  4. That by using wisdom we are being beneficial to all concerned
Pledge of allegiance: Livia Lynch
 
Visiting Rotarians: Kenny Rogers form Pagosa Mountain Rotary. He was selling beer mugs with a coupon for free beer at Pagosa Brewery. This was a fund raiser on behalf of his Rotary Club.
 
Exchange student reports:
Theodor Bonlokke continues to enjoy school and that his soccer team has lost all the games that have been played. He is living with the Farrah family.
 
Cata Acuilera continues to enjoy school and that she will be participating in cross country track meet this weekend. Her host family is the Raymond family and she gets a kick out of their son Paul as he tries to speak Spanish to her.
 
Announcements: President Shellie announced that District Rotary Conference will be held next week. She will be attending and encouraged other members to attend as well. She extended a welcome back to Donna and Greg Wynn, Bill Darling and Terri House. Shellie reminded all to continue recording volunteer service hours stating that compared to last year we are 124 hours short for the year. She also reminded all to request a leave of absence from the membership chairperson if you will be gone out of town for more than a couple weeks. Sadly, she told us that John Duvall has resigned from our club.
 
Jan Pitcher announced that there will be trash pick-up on Putt Hill this Saturday. Participants are told to meet at Pagosa elementary school at 8:00 AM and be prepared with gloves, hats sunglasses and sun screen. Be on the look out for interesting finds to report at the next meeting. There may be a prize for the most interesting or unusual find.
 
Helen Richardson reminded members that she was taking money for Barn Dance tickets and requested that any tickets not sold should be turned in as soon as possible.
              
Jeannie Bissell appealed to all members to sign up for duty to help at the Barn Dance though she feels that all is going well.
              
Sam  Pittmon made an announcement about the up coming Rotary Polio Plus Day schedule for October 24. Our rotary club will for the second year sponsor a fund raiser on that day at the City Market Grocery store. We will be ringing the bell for donations similarly to Salvation Army at Christmas. Last year we raised over $3000.00 dollars and would like to best that total this year. A sign-up sheet will be passed so that everyone has an opportunity to volunteer as a bell ringer. You may also donate funds directly to our club by check. Neal Johnson and I will be having a presentation on Polio Plus on October 18th.
 
Jo Bridges solicited volunteers to sign-up to help with Feed Our Children Backpack program. There are three opportunities to help and they are stuffing backpacks, transporting them to the school and lastly giving the backpacks to the kids at the school. The first delivery will be October 5th. Jo also made known that there is a need for additional certified “raffle masters”. Certification can be easily obtained online.
 
Sunshine and Showers
 
Betty Switzer our Sargent of Arms cheerfully reminder us that today is Thursday. She then reminded members that cell phones are going off and that there is a fine for the guilty person unless the call is for Rotary Business. She suggested that fines of quarters and dollars is better than nickel and dimes. Let this be a warning. While discussing fines she stated that Rotary members not wearing a Rotary pin can be fined, too!
 
Jan Pitcher shared a sunshine that her two granddaughter’s volleyball team recently beat Bayfield for the first time in 11 years.
 
David Campbell shared that he and Kriss travel to Lake City last week not knowing that the group that he was with had plans to climb the fourteener Handies Mountain. Guided by Donna Wynn they were successful.  Donna Wynn congratulated Dave and Kriss for their feat.
 
Betty Switzer voiced a “Thank you” to Terri House for her support through publishing Rotary News in the Pagosa Sun.
 
Georgette Baumgardner announced new Barn Dance sponsors Davis Engineering and Exit Reality.
 
Bulletin Editor
Shellie Peterson
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Oct 04, 2018
Mayor for the Town of Pagosa Springs
Oct 11, 2018
Citizens for a New Jail
Oct 18, 2018
Polio Plus and World Polio Day
Oct 25, 2018
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Upcoming Events
District 5470 Conference
Double Eagle Hotel & Casino Conference Center
Oct 04, 2018
 
Be Sure To Thank Our Sponsors
Jack & Katie Threet

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