The Holiday Mixer will take place on Thursday evening, December 21st in the private room at Brother John's, 1801 N. Stone Avenue from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ALL MUST REGISTER on the Club Home Pagewww.tucsonrotary.orgunder "Upcoming Events". Please register your guests. Guest fee is $35 and will be billed to your account. Looking forward to seeing all of you for a fun and festive evening with your fellow Rotarians!
THE FIRST READING COACH PROGRAM at Robison Elementary School was established by members of this Rotary Club 29 years ago. Steve Brody learned of such a service project while visiting a Rotary club in the Midwest and fellow member George Garcia, TUSD Superintendent advised that Robison had the lowest reading scores in the city. Bob Colbert organized and implemented the program at Robison which is on 18th Street just west of Reid Park. Three years later, Robison reading scores were at middle level and showed the highest percentage increase in improvement.
Rotary Club of Tucson became the major sponsor of Reading Seed, a children’s literacy project in 2006 and our Reading Coaches became mentors within Reading Seed. Schools closed during Covid. After the time of virus, Jon Wang, 40-year member and a Reading Coach, repeatedly asked Reading Seed to resume at Robison, but administrators declined. Knowing that this Club had led the way in 1994, Jon believed we could do it again.
We now have nine of our Members signed up to be Reading Coaches! The Principal at Robison is very enthusiastic and supportive of our proposal. A Coach will spend 30 minutes with each of two students from 2nd or 3rd Grade once a week. First objective is to express interest in the child, be supportive of their worth and their progress as a student, and help them develop enthusiasm for the benefits of reading. We will help them explore interests of their own through books of their choosing. Experience has shown the rewards are not only for the child, but for the adult as well!
Martha and I concluded the final official Hiking Fellowship trek of 2023, a trip up Tumamoc Hill in memory of the initial leader of the hiking fellowship, Sid Hirsh. Joined by Past Presidents Ellie Patterson, Chuck Sawyer, fellow Rotarians Michael Guymon, Lee Olitzky and his friend Barry we enjoyed a beautiful sunny December morning overlooking downtown. At the mid-way gate, Chuck shared memories of the "Sid Way" to complete the Tumamoc Hike. For those interested, an email thread with different memories of Sid is being sent to all in the hiking fellowship and if any others are interested, please let me know and I will send to you also.
Have a Very Happy Holiday and see you on the trails in 2024!
.Please do not send your points in the body of an email. You must attach a Point Sheet to your email and send it to the Rotary office. For blank forms, see the RCOT website (on the right side of the Home Page). Dorinna will also have blank forms at the lunches.
Please turn in your Point Sheets in the SAME month you worked on the project. For now, we will allow a grace period of 5 days after month end to turn in Point Sheets.
A couple clarifications:
You can only win the monthly prize one time. It is awarded to the Rotarian with the most points that month. The monthly prize is a $50 gift card to any FOX restaurant.
To qualify for the year-end pool, you must have a minimum of 5 service points. For every 5 points, you get one raffle ticket for the drawing. You can win only one prize from the drawing. The Rotarian with the most overall points automatically gets first pick of prizes. Then, the owner of the first raffle ticket drawn gets their choice of prizes, and so on and so forth. Please note: committee work, organizational work, donations, meetings, and workshops are not eligible for points. In order to be awarded points, you must be out in the community working on one of our service projects.
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THE FIRST READING COACH PROGRAM at Robison Elementary School was established by members of this Rotary Club 29 years ago. Steve Brody learned of such a service project while visiting a Rotary club in the Midwest and fellow member George Garcia, TUSD Superintendent advised that Robison had the lowest reading scores in the city. Bob Colbert organized and implemented the program at Robison which is on 18th Street just west of Reid Park. Three years later, Robison reading scores were at middle level and showed the highest percentage increase in improvement.
Martha and I concluded the final official Hiking Fellowship trek of 2023, a trip up Tumamoc Hill in memory of the initial leader of the hiking fellowship, Sid Hirsh. Joined by Past Presidents Ellie Patterson, Chuck Sawyer, fellow Rotarians Michael Guymon, Lee Olitzky and his friend Barry we enjoyed a beautiful sunny December morning overlooking downtown. At the mid-way gate, Chuck shared memories of the "Sid Way" to complete the Tumamoc Hike. For those interested, an email thread with different memories of Sid is being sent to all in the hiking fellowship and if any others are interested, please let me know and I will send to you also.
