This week we'll get an update on the Young Parents Education Center from Shandy Peterson. Join us at noon at the country club - and don't forget to bring your wine, liquor, or other items for the Harvest Howl silent auction!
Time to HOWL!
Less than two weeks till show time! Here's your to-do list:
Buy tickets or a table for yourself and your friends.
Contribute to the silent auction. At a minimum, donate a nice bottle of wine or some special liquor. Or get creative and put together an attractive package that will bring in high-$ bids! (Weekend ski packages, Bobcat/Grizzly game weekend package, etc.)
Sign up for duty in one of four different shifts: (1) Thursday evening infrastructure set-up; (2) Friday stint (one hours, two hours, all day?) full set-up; (3) Friday evening event staffing; (4) Saturday early morning clean-up.
The Harvest Howl is our signature event, the fundraiser that makes the continued good work of Camp Rotary possible. We need you! Please lend a hand ... make that two hands.
Last Week at Rotary
Last week our meeting was filled with presentations. Introduced by Kelley Aline, experts from Highgate and Brookdale told us about the challenges and joys of providing long-term care in Great Falls.
We heard once again from Harvest Howl Chairman Mike Wier about what lies ahead for the Nov. 2 event and what he needs from the membership. Please plan on donating your time in one or more of the shifts laid out in the article on the Howl above.
Beth Frasure (pictured) gave her 3-minute talk. Beth is an evening member and the first of the evening members to finalize her initiation process with the 3-minute talk. With her father a career airman, she grew up overseas. She has degrees in Psychology and in Business and has worked at DA Dadivson for ten years.
Beth is currently the Business Continuity Program Administrator at DADCO, and she tells us the easiest way to explain what that means is she's the one the business turns to if a zombie apocalypse occurs. She has a 15-year-old son and was drawn to Rotary because of its service mission. (She demonstrated her enthusiasm for volunteering by being the first Rotarian to deliver her dictionaries to third-graders!)
Welcome to Rotary, Beth.
Coming Right Up ...
We're hoping to finish the dictionary deliveries this month, so we only have two weekends left. Have your delivered yours yet? Please contact Mary Moe (868-9427 or simply reply to this bulletin email) to get any information you need to get those dictionaries into the hands of area third-graders in the next 11 days.
The Duck Derby is another major fundraiser Rotary taking on in the next month. The event itself will take place on Nov. 8 at the Holiday Inn Express. You can buy a duck for $10 and the payoff is YUGE: $1,000 for first place and $250 for second place. Let's do this! Contact board member Heidi Hockett (Heidi.hockett2012@gmail.com, 868-3599) for more information.
Today's winning "bulletin bucks" winner is button number #40. If that's your number, see Todd Neighbor to claim your $25 cash card!
Partnering and Socializing
Since the Harvest Howl will consume us during the usual week for our monthly Rotary social, we took a break mid-month to combine our social with the Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting for Corder & Associates downtown. Joann Gogo is a key realtor in the new business and Rotarians showed their support by joining her downtown. It was a lovely October evening and a wonderful opportunity to rub shoulders with fellow Rotarians, the mayor, and several Chamber members.
Weekly Wonder
Kalsipell Rotarian Mick Sullivan took advantage of the lovely Woods Lake trail to provide us with this photograph of Whitefish Lake during one of the most beautiful autumn weeks Montana has known.
