New Member Committee Report

A big thank you to new members Katharine Wilkinson and Erin Taylor for all their help with the Christmas luncheon.  It was an awesome lunch with much positive feedback. 

Thank you to Lynne, Derek, Joe, Erin, Lee, Bill, Ann, Jamie, James and Amanda for attending our lunch last month when we met to go over the grant requests.  We voted to give $450 to the Cheyenne Animal Shelter to low income children to attend their Critter Camp and $550 to the Boys & Girls Club for their after school program.  The presentation of these checks will be at the Jan. 19^th luncheon.  Thank you to Jamie Markus for all your work with the grant applications and I look forward to you making the presentations on the 19^th. 

The next Rotary 101 will be held on Thursday, January 20^th at 530pm at my house, 308 Stetson Drive.  New members that haven’t attended a 101 yet, this is a great way to get to know more about our club, our district, and Rotary International.  This also counts as orientation and towards your new member commitment.  Please let me know if you will attend so I can have enough pre-dinner snacks ready.  Bill Gentle and Scott Meier make this a fun club learning experience.

We have permission from our club President to host a new member committee Superbowl party/fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 6^th at my home 308 Stetson Drive.  The tickets will sell for $25 each and the proceeds will go to the local Rotary Foundation.  Tickets can be purchased from Derek Baker or myself.  Thank you so much to Derek for printing the tickets.  There will be a betting square board and 50% of the money for the squares purchased will go to the local foundation and 50% to the winner of the square.  (Derek and Lee have agreed to make the square, I believe.)  The party will start at 3pm as kick-off is 430pm.  I will be cooking a very large pot of chili, bratwursts and Italian sausage, ground beef/sausage cheese dip, chicken wings, chips and dips and desserts.  Any new member willing to bring an appetizer, would be appreciated.   I have secured a donation for beer and I will donate the wine.  Soda will also be available.  Any member attending will need a $25 ticket and you don’t need to be a Rotarian to purchase a ticket.  We are hoping to sell 40 tickets. 

As soon as we secure the date we will be asking committee members to help with our Texas Roadhouse fundraiser in August.

I know many new members have stepped up on other Rotary committees and fundraisers and have given of your time, talents, and money.  You are appreciated!!  Thanks again for joining Rotary and for all you do for our club and community. 

Please let me know if you have any questions, need more information, or have any concerns about this committee or our club in general. 

~Lori Millin