Rotary Club of Laramie
Sunrise
Club 31279 District 5440
WELCOME!
Thank you for joining us at our website. We hope you will be interested in the Laramie Sunrise Rotary Club, and you will plan to attend the meetings to find out more about Rotary and the Laramie Sunrise Rotary Club.
We have found that many professionals prefer an early morning meeting before beginning their work day, since many are unable to leave their offices at other times during the day.
The Laramie Sunrise Rotary club meets each Wednesday morning at
6:30 am at the Hilton Garden Inn Laramie, 2229 Grand Ave., Laramie. The meeting starts promptly at 6:45 AND ends promptly at 7:30. Join us for a freshly prepared breakfast buffet offered at each meeting from the Great American Grill restaurant. The cost for breakfast is $10.00 and coffee is $2.00.
The meeting for May 2nd, 2012 will be held in the Lincoln Center at 209 W. Grand Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82070. Please enter on the East door.
If you are interested in joining an organization that contributes to the community and enjoys many activities, you will want to learn more by contacting one of the Club Officers. We would love to have you attend a meeting as our guest. We have a weekly speaker’s program, and the Club’s monthly Club Assembly is held on the last Wednesday of the month.
Currently we are selling tickets for our 1st Annual ShelterBox Don't Come Dinner! Click here for details.
Upcoming Programs:
Recent Past Programs:
Officers/Directors:
President Bruce King - sbking@aristatek.com
President-Elect Phil Pridmore - pridmore.p@gmail.com
Secretary Dana Eberhard - l_a_dana@yahoo.com
Treasurer Neil Harrison - NEIL_E_HARRISON@yahoo.com
Past President Jacob Anfinson - Jacob.Anfinson@fib.com
Director-at-Large - Lyman McDonald
Director-at-Large - Randy Tepler
Club Protection Officer - Neil Harrison
Link to the Shelterbox program:
Here is a link to the site for Shelterbox USA,
which has become a very effective way of providing temporary housing
immediately after events like the tsunami in SE Asia or the uprooting
of thousands of refugees in different parts of Africa.
Fundraisers:
Rotary is more than just a guest
speaker program. Laramie
Sunrise conducts an annual raffle
fundraiser for a local non-profit organization each year. Club members sell raffle
tickets; proceeds (after
expenses) are donated to the chosen organization.
Recent community service fundraisers include:
- 2004/05 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Laramie Downtown Clinic.
- 2005/06 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Laramie Good Samaritans.
- 2006/07 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Laramie Hospice.
- 2007 Funds raised for a bench,
picnic table, and landscaping at the Albany County Courthouse.
- 2008 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Albany Co. SAFE Program
- 2009 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Epson Center for Seniors
- 2010 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Laramie Head Start
- 2011 Funds raised by raffle
donated to Climb Wyoming
Community
service:
Additionally, the Laramie Sunrise Club conducts several Community Service Programs, including:
- Members donate one week of volunteer time every three months to the Laramie Soup Kitchen;
- Twice-annual highway clean-ups along a 2-mile stretch of Highway 230 southwest of Laramie;
- Assist with the Laramie Jubilee Days Pancake Breakfast in downtown Laramie
each summer;
- Select a senior high school student to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Program, which centers on a week-long seminar held in Estes Parkeach summer. This
activity helps young individuals enhance their leadership skills through many group activities during the week.
- Recently established a Rotary Interact Club at Laramie Senior High School to provide young people in the community direction and assistance in conducting at least two community service projects each year.
- Recognize a Sunrise Rotary “Student of The Month” at the Laramie Junior High School. Students and their parents are invited to attend a Rotary meeting where they tell members about themselves and their interests, and receive a certificate and a gift from the club.
- In 2007, a new project was undertaken in conjunction with the Laramie Beautification Committee, Laramie Garden Club, and the Albany County Courthouse, assisting in the beautification project for the Albany County Courthouse. Club members met on a Saturday morning in September to plant trees and
shrubs, and spread bark around all of the new plantings.
- Rotary Club of Laramie Sunrise provided monetary assistance to the project as well. A Simplified Grant was
awarded at the District level and matched by Laramie Sunrise to provide a picnic table, bench and landscaping to a specific area that will be referred to as “Rotary Club of Laramie Sunrise
Square.” The new garden area was dedicated in July 2008.
Member activities:
In addition to the club’s regular Wednesday morning meetings, other member activities include:
- An annual “Family of Rotary” steak fry.
The 2007 event was held at a member’s cabin outside of Centennial, where our Rotary family enjoyed a campfire, great food, and fellowship. In 2008, we had a "tailgate party" hamburger barbeque before one of the UW football games.
- The Club’s annual Charter Banquet takes place during the first week of February. Members and guests gather for dinner and a special guest speaker in celebration of the Club’s charter, which was granted in 1997.
- Sunrise Rotary joins the Laramie Rotary Noon Club each December for an annual Christmas Party. This usually takes place at the Laramie Country Club.
For more
information
contact:
Laramie Sunrise Rotary
P.O. Box 2188
Laramie, WY 82073-2188
Meet each Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn Laramie, 2229 Grand Ave.