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:

• Mar. 3 -- Ed Ulrich, "Hippotherapy" at the ARK equestrian center
• Mar. 10 -- Susan McGraw -- Unexpected Company
• Mar. 17 --  Keri Brown, 2010 Census Process
• Mar. 24 -- Monthly business meeting
• Mar. 31 -- Alyson Mosel, Sports medicine at UW Athletics
• April 7 -- Mark Miller, Wyoming State Archaeologist, Evidence of military activity in Wyoming.
• April 14 -- Engineers Without Borders -- Recent projects in Guatemala and Kenya.
• April 21 -- Monthly business meeting.
• April 28 -- Mike Massie -- Summary of the 2010 legislative session.
• May 5 -- Joe Wheeler, Graduate work at UW on Ft. Saunders.
• May 12 -- Steve Currey, Pine bark beetle infestation.
• May 19 -- Sarah Shawver, volunteer work in Honduras.
• May 26 -- Monthly business meeting.
• June 2 -- TBA
• June 9 -- Bob Lanka, Wyo. Game and Fish, Aquatic invasive species.
• June 16 -- Connie Coca, KOCA Latino radio station.
• June 23 -- Monthly business meeting.
• June 30 -- Susan Simpson, Director of the Albany County Public Library
• July 7 -- Club awards ceremony
• July 14 -- Ed Pier, Guatemalan water development project
• July 21 -- Gabriel Floud, Ambassadorial Scholar to Uruguay 2008-2009
• July 28 -- Club assembly
• Aug. 4 -- Gabriel Floud, Ambassadorial Scholar for 2008-09 to Uruguay
• Aug 11 -- Amy Nagler, Inner Mongolia

President                Jake Anfinson           janfinson@fib.com 

President-Elect       Kelcey Christensen    kelceyc1@yahoo.com

Secretary               Tia Farmer                tfarmer@west-inc.com

Treasurer                Liz Ontiveroz            lontiveroz@fnbwyo.com

Past President         Chuck Shawver        crshawver@hotmail.com

Director-at-Large   Bruce King

Club Protection Officer    Linda Gault

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.

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