The "Is It FUNNN?" Committee will be meeting on Monday, June 3 at 11 a.m. at the Best Western Abbey Inn to plan our officer installation get-together ... and a few other activities. Please plan to attend since we have a lot of FUNNN to prepare for ... and its coming up quickly!
GUATEMALA 2024 BY THE NUMBERS
15 - number of years (2007-2019, then a 3-year COVID break, then 2023-24)
60 – the estimated percent of SGR’s members who have traveled there at least once
3,314 – number of stoves built to date, including 125 this year
$16,000 – amount of club money contributed this year
$10,500 – amount of “other” funding (Cedar City / Strobell Family Foundation)
$2500 – in-kind donations of medical and school supplies and dry beans
$2100 – cost per traveler including airfare and accommodations
47 – actual number of Rotarians and friends of Rotary traveling together, including:
- Dan Strobell (for many more than 15 years) + 2
- Reed Noble (his 10th time) + a son
- Ken (his 10th time) and Barbara (her 7th time) Sizemore
- Dan McArthur (his 6th time) + 7 family members, one for his Eagle project
- Chris Parker (his 6th time)
- Dave Prisbrey (his 4th time) + wife Trish
- Collin Davis + 2
- James Jackson (a newby on his 1st trip)
- 2 couples from Cedar City
- Another Cedar City couple + 5 family members
- 1 Rotarian from Ohio
- and former SG Rotarians Michelle Tanner, Lynn Beecher and George Whitehead
Travel safely, Rotarians. And, please remember to take LOTS of pictures because ... well, you know why!!!
The Boot Stomp'N square dance and line dancing party is now just two days away. OnWednesday, June 5- aside from being a fun activity - this is another qualifier for "club of the year"as a "district level or multi-club event" Its also afundraiserhosted by Hurricane Valley Rotary, in partnership with Hurricane City, for the creation of the Hurricane Valley Veteran's Memorial Park.
You can support this event bycommitting to attend with your favorite dance partner ... and to bringing a prospective member (or two). Your donation can be as little as $5 for those ages 5-17 (kids under 5 are FREE) or $10 each for those 18+
The location is the Harmony Building at Legacy Park,5500 W. 700 South in Hurricane. Come one, come all ...7 - 9:30 p.m.
On June 1, SGCM announced their newest exhibit ... a space science room coming soon
Thanks to those Rotarians who showed up to play with 600+ kids on Saturday, June 1 ... the SGCM's 10th anniversary
It was exactly as expected ... a day of noisy, chaotic fun at the "happiest place in St. George"
To draw attention to RI and partners' worldwide effort to “finally and forever” eradicate the terrible, crippling and sometimes fatal wild polio virus, SGR's two-time President Dale along with our incoming President Dave have decided to make it a 14,000 foot “Polio Plunge”fundraiser on Saturday, June 22 at 9 a.m.
Donations to Polio Plus can be made in person at the Hurricane airport or Venmo to @StGeorgeUTRotary. The goal is $1000!
Sad news ... another case of wild polio with paralysis has been confirmed in Pakistan bringing the worldwide total in 2024 to 6 ... 3 in Afghanistan and 3 in Pakistan.
Please help us win this fight. Sign up for the Polio Plus Society at a cost of just $8.50 a month!!!
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