
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 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, 2229 E. Grand Ave., Laramie. The meeting starts promptly at 6:45. A breakfast buffet is
available. We have
a weekly
speaker’s program, and the Club’s monthly business
meeting is held on the last
Wednesday of the month.
Upcoming
Programs:
- June 10: Sarah Brown discussing smoke jumping.
- June 17: Lucas Yosten, BioLife Plasma Services.
- June 24: Monthly business meeting.
- July 1: New Montessori school in Laramie.
- July 8: District Rotary Governor Dave Scriven
- July 15: Lisel Brutlag, Ethiopan Polio Plus immunization
Officers/Directors:
President
Jerry
Schmidt
jjschmidt@bresnan.net
President-Elect
Chuck
Shawver
crshawver@hotmail.com
Secretary Jake
Anfinson
janfinson@fib.com
Treasurer
Liz
Ontiveroz
lontiveroz@fnbwyo.com
Past President
Linda
Gault
exd@wyomail.com
Membership Donna
Emery, Tia Farmer, Chuck Shawver
Public Relations Kelcey
Christensen, Bruce King, Linda Gault, Marcia Britton
Foundation Paul
Hein, Liz Ontiveroz
Director-at-Large Bruce
King
Director-at-Large Kelcey
Christensen
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
Community
service:
Additionally, the Laramie Sunrise
Club conducts several
Community Service Programs, including:
- 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
Park
each 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.
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.
For more
information
contact:
Laramie
Sunrise
Rotary
P.O.
Box 433
Laramie,
WY
82073-0433
Meet each Wed.,
6:30-7:30 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn