Mark your calendars for Saturday December 18th, 2021 for the Superstition Mountain Rotary 21st Annual Charity Golf tournament.Our golf tournament is one of our major annual fundraiser events.The proceeds benefit a wide number of local area youth and non-profit causes, including AJ Boys & Girls Club, local area food banks, non-profits serving the homeless - as well as a wide range of other local area needs. Revenues from the event also helped provide more than $12,000 for scholarships ~ which helped a number of high school seniors proceed with educational goals.
Your help is needed -- regardless if you are a golfer/or not a golfer
---- If you are a golfer, gather your friends and sign up to play in the event
---- Regardless of whether you are a golfer or not, you can help play an important role, by purchasing sponsorships, purchasing ball drop tickets, providing raffle items -- or asking others to provide raffle items, or purchase a sponsorship
Some suggestions for raffle event items are gift certificates for restaurants, hair salons, oil changes, nail salons, massage therapy, gyms, etc ------- all the sorts of goods and services that people regularly need and enjoy. Consider helping a small business by purchasing a gift certificate from them to be donated for use as a raffle item at the Golf Tournament.
The Club is joining forces with the Salvation Army to participate in their annual 'red kettle' bell ringing community service project. Since 1891 the Salvation Army has been hanging red kettles at local businesses during the weeks before Christmas and providing opportunities for the public to make contributions, which are used to help the most vulnerable in local communities. The Club participates in this community service project every holiday season. This year, Club Service Projects Chair, Jeffrey Mitchell, helped co-ordinate with the Salvation Army for kettles to be placed at the Apache Junction Ace Hardware store entrance. Be sure to drop by the store and say hello to various Rotarians who will be volunteering at the red kettle during various times between now and Christmas.
Our meeting speaker was Club member, Bill Pettus, who shared Foundation updates and additional information about projects the Foundation is involved with. Carole Kralicek, Lee Holmes and others also shared more information about different aspects of the work the Foundation does, as well as providing more information about 'Paul Harris Fellow' awards.
Bryant Powell gave updates about the Saturday December 18th Charity Golf tournament. He encouraged Club members to be proactive in recruiting additional sponsors, collecting raffle/auction items, selling ball-drop tickets, gathering items for the golfer's bags, as well as continuing to spread word about the event and invite golfers to participate in this important fundraising event.
November 10 Meeting
Club members learned a lot about polio from multiple speakers who shared their personal experiences dealing with polio. Pat Stambach, Ed Shockley, Bryant Powell and John Raine shared their stories.
Our speaker was Club member, Carole Kralicek, who spoke about her past trips to Bolivia, where she participated with Rotary water projects. We learned about the Bolivian people and their culture, as well as the Rotary water projects. Carole made her presentation in authentic Bolivian garments. We learned a lot about Rotary service project efforts in Bolivia.