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Bozeman Noon

Rotary Club

Est. 1920 | Meets 11:45 a.m. Tuesdays | Currently Via Zoom

and In-Person at Residence Inn (6195 E. Valley Center Road, Bozeman)

We are currently meeting in person and online! If you are still unable to attend in person, we will continue to offer the Zoom meeting option at this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87171295169?pwd=bndBYW0rOWlnWmMwTGhHTllNRHRNUT09

Meeting ID: 871 7129 5169

Passcode: 429991

The 2022 Bozeman Noon Rotary Sip and Sample Fundraiser is just around the corner!

Get your tickets today, and all the details below.

Friday, April 9, 2022

5:30-8:30pm

Hilton Garden Inn, Bozeman

Tickets $40, Raffle Tickets $10 each or 12 for $100

Purchase Sip and Sample Tickets

The 2022 "Sip & Sample" will be a fun-filled evening of unlimited wine tasting of fine wines from around the world curated by local wine distributor, The Wine Gallery.

-Also, enjoy sampling various local micro-brewed craft beers and ciders from Madison River,
Lockhorn Cider, and MAP Brewing

-There will be delicious chocolate sampling by La Chatelaine Chocolate company and food
bites prepared by the chef at The Hilton Garden Inn

-We will feature a "Wine Cork Pull" where you can take home a nice bottle of wine randomly
selected wines for a small donation or perhaps even a very expensive bottle of wine for the
same small donation!

-We will hold an "Instant Wine Cellar Raffle"
1st Prize: 60 bottles of fine wine: a curated collection of the best examples of wine from around the world
2nd Prize: a year of beer!
3rd Prize: a year of chocolate!

Public is invited and welcome. Must be 21 years old to attend

Attending this event will help support our many club and charitable foundation projects:

Annual Activities:

Frontage Road Highway Clean-up- North of I-90
3^rd Grade Dictionaries- Purchase an deliver dictionaries to every 3^rd grader in Bozeman, Belgrade and Gallatin Gateway schools
Merit Awards for middle school students in Bozeman Schools
Middle School Scholarship Fund- $1000 to each middle school in Bozeman School District to use at its discretion for those in need
Dolly Parton Imagination Library: Yearly support through the Greater Gallatin United Way
Bozeman High School Music Department Support: 1)Sponsor for Hawks Night Live 2) $500 Donation at Christmas Performance
Christmas Shopping: in coordination with Thrive for 10 families-$200 each
Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Christmas
Bozeman Public Library Donations for all our guest speakers -normally over $1,100 year
High School(s) Student of the Month Award for Gallatin, Bozeman and Bridger Academy Seniors. Award winners are then eligible to apply for a scholarship.
High School Scholarships: three (3) $1,000 scholarships are given out to qualified student from above list
Fix Up Festival Home - Adaptor- Our club pays $500 to adopt and help repair one home for the Sunrise Rotary club in conjunction with HRDC, supporting their Fix-Up Festival
Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA)- sponsor high school juniors at this summer camp, held at Luccock Park, where they learn leadership and communication skills. We sponsor 2 - 4 kids every year at $350 each
Youth Giving Project of One Valley Community Foundation-$6500 over 3 years to educate and involve 8-12^th graders in philanthropy and distributing funding through selected awards
Interact Club- We support high school Interact Club programs providing funding for supervision and activities- a minimum of $1200 per school year (BHS and GHS)
Gallatin High School Closet: provided monetary support for supplies for homeless high school students. we donate from $1,500 to $2,000 depending on need

Additional Activities for the last 2 years (Covid disrupted some activities)

Family Promise- Provided 15 “Welcome Home Kits” for families graduating from their 2-year Program
HRDC Warming Center: collected donations and purchased/donated winter clothes
HRDC Warming Center: helped to provide needed supplies identified by management through purchase and donations
HRDC Healthy Kids Pack: provided monetary support and volunteers loaded bags for the children
Bozeman Spring Clean-up participant
Bozeman Bike Kitchen: provided enough funding to purchase 50 children’s bike helmets given away during “Kids Bike Giveaway”
Eagle Mount: Provided supplies and volunteers to help equestrian program with projects for their summer programs
Bozeman School District: provided monetary support and volunteers to help fill backpacks with items for students experiencing homelessness
Hopa Mountain: conducted a children’s winter coat, hats, and mittens drive, for distribution to rural and tribal communities with a need

Purchase Sip and Sample Tickets

Warming Center Project, January 2022

To complement the HRDC Warming Center presentation on homelessness at our club on January 18, the Service Projects Committee wanted to do a project for the Warming Center.

Jenna Huey stated that they always need the following supplies: laundry detergent, antibacterial all purpose cleaners, hand soap, toothpaste, ph neutral floor cleaner, toilet paper, paper towels, hand wipes, hand warmers, and trash bags.

With $500 from the Service Project Committee budget and in kind donations from individual club members we were able to donate some of each, as well as some warm camp blankets donated by Murdoch’s. While dropping off the items, a guest approached me, saying he has a job in Big Sky, but has lost his housing. He went on to say that being homeless is very humbling and that our donation had “made his day.”

Learn More about the Warming Center

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Project.

Thanks to Howard Schweitzer and to all of our volunteers for organizing our annual Salvation Army bell ringing project. This year we were located at Rosauers on Saturday, December 11th. We had incredible success this year, raising just over $900 for families in need in our community!! Great work, Rotarians!

Bike Kitchen

Kids Bike Giveaway

Our Service Committee recently assisted the Bike Kitchen with their annual holiday Kids Bike Giveaway, by including funds to cover helmets.

Learn more about the Bike Kitchen

The Bike Kitchen

Posted on Aug 03, 2021

Our program was provided by Art Schwaller of the Bike Kitchen. We learned about the various ways that the Bike Kitchen supports our community as a non-profit organization. People are taught how to fix their own bikes by using the tools and resources at the Bike Kitchen. They also donate a substantial number of bikes to youth in our community and are always taking bike donations. Andrea Hamre will be making a proposal to our Club for supporting a new project that donates helmets to the Bike Kitchen. Thanks for the great idea, John Patterson!

District Governor Mike Mayott

Posted on Aug 03, 2021

We were honored to have Montana Rotary District Governor Mike Mayott attend our Club meeting. Mike spoke about initiatives from Rotary International, encouraged more members to donate, spoke about the Rotary Foundation, and inspired us to grow more members.

Youth Dynamics

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

Our program was provided by Youth Dynamics. We learned about Montana youth in foster care, how foster parents are screened by Youth Dynamics, and the various treatment and support services that are offered to foster care youth by the program.

El Salvador Water Project

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

We listened to John Taylor, a visiting Rotarian from West Virginia, share information about an international Rotary water project in El Salvador. If anyone is interested in donating to his project, you may make a check payable to Rotary Club of Shepherdstown and send it by mail to that club at P.O. Box 603, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 with a note that funds are intended for the "El Salvador Water Supply Project" or you can send your donation electronically using PayPal at https://isc.shepardstownrotary.org/donate/ You can also find the project on MatchingGrants.org under the Global Grant listing and click on the link to "pledge" support directly through the Rotary grant website.

Gallatin County Treatment Court

Posted on Jul 20, 2021

The Honorable Judge John Brown spoke to our Club about the history and current status of Gallatin County Treatment Court. We learned that Treatment Court relies heavily on evidence-based research regarding drug court best practices. Andrea Lower, Treatment Court Coordinator, provided Rotarians with brochures describing the timeline of Treatment Court, number of applicants, and graduation rates. It was inspiring to hear how they are working to change lives!

We're excited about all that our RYLA participants learned about leadership, Rotary, and all so much more during the 2021 RYLA conference. Each year, Bozeman Noon Rotary Club sponsors a number of students to attend the conference. Congratulations for selection this year! We can't wait to see what comes next.

June 29, 2021 Lunchueon will be our annual GAVEL LUNCHEON, held at "The Springs" during our regular meeting time.

This luncheon, which will focus on the installation of the 2021-2022 Board and President Kristy Buckley, is also a chance to look back at the last Rotary Year and to eagerly look forward to what's in store for us in the 2021-2022 Rotary Year. A special guest will be Sandy Carlson, current District Governor who will help install Kristy. Plan now to attend!

Bozeman Noon Rotary Club remains one of the celebrated 'singing clubs', meaning we start meetings by joining together in fellowship through a wide variety of song. One to commit to memory is below. Join us at today's Gavel Luncheon to sing along!

"Montana" Lyrics

Tell me of that Treasure State

Story always new,

Tell of its beauties grand

And its hearts so true.

Mountains of sunset fire

The land I love the best

Let me grasp the hand of one

From out the golden West

CHORUS

Montana, Montana, Glory of the West

Of all the states from coast to coast, You're easily the best

Montana, Montana, Where skies are always blue

M-O-N-T-A-N-A, Montana I love you.

VERSE 2

Each country has its flow'r;

Each one plays a part,

Each bloom brings a longing hope

To some lonely heart.

Bitterroot to me is dear

Growing in my land

Sing then that glorious air

The one I understand.

Upcoming Service Opportunities

Remember, we're about "Service Above Self!"

Tues (6/22): Paint Horse Cross Tie Rack with Linseed Oil
Volunteers Needed: 5

Activity: Paint Horse Cross Tie Rack with Linseed Oil

Side activity: Clear stones from corral. Clean horse stall watering stations, general cleaning.

Tues (6/29): Horse Stall Sand Refill
Volunteers Needed: 6
Activity: Fill sand in horse stalls. Eagle Mount will provide sand close to the stalls. We will move sand into the stalls and spread them out.
Side activity: Clear stones from corral. Clean horse stall watering stations, general cleaning.

Tues (7/6): Clear Small Stones from Horse Corral
Volunteers Needed: 5

Activity: We will pick up larger stones from the main horse corral to make it easier on the horses.
Side activity: General cleaning or other projects needed by Eagle Mount

Sign-ups will be available at each Noon Rotary Lunch or to sign up or for questions you can contact: Frank Hollinger (fh.fresh@comcast.net (610) 405-6465 )

Member Jody McDevitt presented a "Member Moment" recently, sharing her background and life and that she and her husband (Sunrise Rotarian Dan Krebill) will be retiring at the end of August and moving to Billings.

Jody will be missed by our Club as well as the Bozeman community after her 25 years as a co-pastor, with her husband Dan, of First Presbyterian Church and her active involvement in the Gallatin Valley Interfaith Association and it's Interfaith Forums.