* SGR needs someone to transport the iron lung from - AND / OR back to - West Valley City the week before SGR's 2nd annual car show on Saturday, October 5 at Red Cliffs Mall
* someone to help create a Power Point presentation - to be played at Dixie Days on September 14 - showcasing some of the "service above self" provided by SGR in the community or the world
* sponsors, including 9 more hole sponsors for the golf tournament on Monday, September 30 at Sunbrook
* 4 members to form a team for Rotary Jeopardy at the upcoming District Conference with a cash prize to the winning team of $1000.
* 10 members of SGR to attend the District Conference in Cedar City on the weekend of September 27-28. The $99 registration fee includes meals and your ticket to "39 Steps" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
District Governor Todd Boyer, Jen's husband, father of three sons and a daughter - all who make him tear up when he speaks of them - made St. George Rotary Club his 1st club visit in RY2024-25 on Monday, August 12. Governor Todd - a Cedar City mortician by profession - advised members of SGR, "I was a member for several years before I 'became' a Rotarian while with your club in Guatemala. It was life-changing! Your club should apply for Project of the Year, with a prize of $1000 for the winning project awarded at District Conference."
Takeaways from the DG's presentation:
- his goal is 2025 members in 2025 (current district membership is 1628).
- District 5420 is currently working on creating a District 501(c)(3) Foundation.
- the District website is finally up and running at utahrotary.org. There is still work to be done, but its on its way to becoming the great public image tool we envisioned. Check it out!
- A fun and unique district conference in Cedar City is being planned for the weekend of Sept. 27-28. Cost per person is $99 and will include meals and a performance of "39 Steps" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Sign up TODAY at utahrotary.org.
Thanks, DG Todd for your leadership in RY2024-25.
The 11th Annual St. George Rotary Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, September 30 at Sunbrook Golf Course, with registration opening at 8 AM and a shotgun start at 9 AM.
Currently there are 12 teams registered but there is still room for more.
Register your team today and / or non-golfers can sign up as sponsors (forms for either or both can be found in your email box or on the table at today's meeting). A main sponsorship of $1000 includes a hole sponsorship, entry fee for a team of four, your company’s name (or yours) on a banner displayed on tournament day and on our website. We also need a drink sponsor, gold ball sponsor or other; and, 9 more hole sponsors at a cost of $250 each recognizing your company or your family.
Early bird registration is open thru September 1 at a discounted cost for Rotarians of $475 per foursome.
Questions? Chairman Chris Parker has answers at 801-643-4773.
We are supposedly at the end of what has historically been called "the dog days of summer" when our weather is the hottest, most sultry and unrelenting while we doggedly look forward to cooler fall days.
Ancient astrologers equated the days between July 3 and August 11 with heat, drought, lethargy, fever, sudden thunderstorms, bad luck and mad dogs.
Of course, they didn't live in St. George where our triple-digit days begin in early June and have been known to persist through mid-September ... but as we all know, "it's a dry heat!"
It's been another "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" week in the fight to eradicate wild polio with paralysis when 2 more cases were diagnosed in Pakistan bringing the worldwide total in 2024 to 25 ... 11 in Afghanistan and 14 in Pakistan even as we move into "polio season."
Currently, just 53.3% of 1.4 million Rotarians and Rotaractors give to PolioPlus.
Imagine how much faster we could cross the polio eradication finish line if 73.3% ... or 93.3% joined the Polio Plus Society at a cost of just $8.50 a month or gave an annual donation of $100 until the wild polio virus is finally and forever eradicated.
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