Last week we learned about the Montana Community Foundation from Helena Rotarian Mary Rutherford. "Montana Community Foundation helps you support the things you care about," Mary told the club. "Everybody can be a philanthropist." The foundation helps philanthropists through donor services, endowment building, planned giving, community development, and philanthropic advocacy.
Brian Patrick, business manager of Great Falls Public Schools, is the Great Falls member of the MCF board of directors. Great Falls currently has 91 individuals contributing a total of $1.7 million to the foundation.
Mary emphasized a new project of the foundation focusing on intergenerational transfer of wealth. As an example, Great Falls has the capacity for leaving the next generation $1.2 billion. Creating an endowmen of that amount would generate $3 million every year for philanthropic projects.
Mary also reminded the club about the Montana Endowment Tax Credit, which provides tax credits for charitable giving in the form of endowments.
This Week at Rotary
This week we'll hear about opthamology from a representative of the Great Falls Clinic. The 50-50 deck is down to 12 cards, in spite of Sydney Blair's best effort last week. Join us at noon at the country club!
Our board of directors will have its monthly meeting on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at L'Heureux Page Warner. All members are welcome to attend.
Rotarians ... Multiply
Last week we heard three-minute talks from two Rotarians and presented blue badges to three. Jeff Albrecht works with Talcott Construction. His wife is a teacher in the school district. He pursues photography as a sideline. He joined Rotary because his family has a tradition of community involvement and he wanted to continue the tradition of giving somethign back to the community.
John Huber was born and raised in Great Falls. He began working for Davidson Companies in Portland and is happy to be back in his old hometown. "Papa John," as his two grandkids call him, had been recruited before to join Rotary, but when Judge Holter twisted his arm, that was that. "He's a hard man to say no to," John observed. Amen to that!
Tracy Houck, now a city commissioner, had given her 3-minute talk at a previous meeting. Pictured (quite blurrily) getting their blue badges are, from right, Dr. Cheryl Crawley who conducted the ceremony, John Huber, sponsor Judge Holter, Jeff Albrecht, sponsor Tim Peterson, and Tracy Houck. Welcome to the club, new Rotarians!
Camp Rotary Still Being Used!
At last week's meeting, Aaron Weissman reported that the Boy Scouts conducted their winter camping event, Camp Klondike, at Camp Rotary last weekend. Some 120 boys pitched tents in the snow and gathered around campfires for another memorable experience. A good time was had by all!
Milestones
Today Tom Jacobson celebrates the completion of another year of life. Best wishes, Tom, for many, many more!
This week also marks the completion of another year with Rotary for several of our fellow Rotarians. The three most senior members are:
Bob Holter - 54 years
Gregg Holt - 37 years
Bill Knick - 30 years
Thanks to all three of you for 111 years of service above self!
Weekly Wonderment: the 1919 World Series
As we Rotarians were researching the early days of the club, we stumbled upon these two stories in the Leader of club activities - or lack of same! - during the 1919 World Series. Little did they know that the series they were avidly following was fixed!
10/1/19 - “There was nothing quite important enough to keep the Rotary club away from the world series game this noon, so the luncheon at the palm room was cut short and the meeting adjourned without formalities, reaching the Grand theater in time to see William Steege [a Rotarian] mark up five runs for Philadelphia in the fourth inning on the electric scoreboard.”
10/9/19 - “The club intended to discuss comparative costs of living in eastern and western cities, but because of the winning of the ball game yesterday by Chicago necessitating another game in the words series today, they were unable to do so. The majority of the members went to the Grand to attend the baseball exhibition immediately after [hasty] adjournment.”
Last week we heard three-minute talks from two Rotarians and presented blue badges to three. Jeff Albrecht works with Talcott Construction. His wife is a teacher in the school district. He pursues photography as a sideline. He joined Rotary because his family has a tradition of community involvement and he wanted to continue the tradition of giving somethign back to the community.
