Since there is no scheduled lunch meeting on Wednesday (2nd week of month), please join your fellow Rotarians for a Tour of the Pima College Aviation Center, 7211 S Park Avenue on February 14th from 12pm - 2pm.
Food trucks from Tacos Libre & Jozarelli's will be available at 11:30am (pay your way). Bring your prospects to count toward March Madness Points.
Remember: NO LUNCH MEETING on February 14th. Our next scheduled meeting is on February 21st. We will hear from our very own Khris Dodge discussing "Why Are Music and the Arts Important to Our Community?" As a Rotary tradition, please dress in your Rodeo Garb in honor of our Tucson Rodeo!
On Wednesday 2/7/24 our fellow Rotarians explored a new restaurant- Tesoro Latin Kitchen! The inside was beautifully decorated and the food was delicious. Thank you to Alan Rogers for picking an awesome location and putting together this mixer.
For our February gathering, we are meeting at the Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club Restaurant (4001 N Country Club Rd) on Monday, February 26 from 5:30-7:30pm.
The cost to participate is $36 per person (guests of Rotarians are welcome) and includes 5 tastings (2 whites & 3 reds) and light food presented by the knowledgeable wine representative who works with the restaurant. Attendees will pay The Racquet Club directly upon arrival.
Hello “Adopt a Road” volunteers! Now that I have completed my car show responsibilities 😉, I can move forward on launching the Adopt a Road program. Last week Lee, Jonathan, and Bruce met with a TCB contact to review our selected section of N Oracle Road (W River Road to W Wetmore Road).
The first cleanup will begin on Saturday, MARCH 9, 2024. Let’s meet in front of Fiesta Lanes Bowling (on River just west of Oracle) 501 W River Rd., at 7:15 am for a briefing and to hand out the equipment. The March date should give everyone time to plan and attend.
After 6 months of consistent clean-ups, we will receive a sign at the adopted site with our name The Rotary Club of Tucson. We can meet this requirement by cleaning up every other month or so. After each cleanup, we will submit a volunteer report.
For safety reasons, we are limited to 25 volunteers and NO ONE UNDER 18.
Tools and Supplies
Tucson Clean and Beautiful provides the necessary equipment to conduct the clean up e.g., safety vests, gloves, grabbers, trash bags, etc. I will pick supplies up this week.
You may want to bring your gloves and please bring your own water!
Thank you and YIR, Lee Olitzky, Jonathan Walkup, and Bruce Tunze
SAFETY GUIDELINE FOR VOLUNTEERS
● Wear toe covering shoes (no sandals)
● Long pants and long sleeves
● Gloves are recommended
● Bring sun hat and sunscreen
● Drink plenty of water
● Cell phone or headset use during clean ups is not allowed
● Do not pick up any of the following: medical waste, condoms, chemicals,
dead animals, hypodermic needles. If you encounter any of these
objects, please let your leader know (Leader may dispose this item safely
if you have already been briefed of how to dispose of them)
● Sharp objects such as broken glass may be collected with a broom/pan
or shovel by an adult
● Work in a group during daylight hours (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
The first RI Conference was called to order in Chicago in 1910 by President Paul Harris. At the time, there were just 16 clubs in the United States. They shared the Rotary name and had similar objectives, but no central office or constitution. Harris told the 60 registrants assembled at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, “This is going to be a convention in which we will get down to business and endeavor to launch the National Association of Rotary Clubs.”
Since the beginning, the Rotary convention has combined fellowship with Rotary business and inspired attendees with notable guest speakers and entertainers, workshops, and messages from Rotary leaders. Traditionally, our incoming Rotary Club of Tucson president attends the RI Convention and experiences this unique experience.
Let’s review the Convention Highlights, like those of many RI conventions, from the 1975 proceedings of the RI Convention that took place in Montreal, Canada: “A spirit of fellowship. A spirit of renewal. For the 13,425 Rotarians and their families and guests who poured into this bilingual, multicultural, 333 year-old city of Montreal, these were the distinguishing qualities of this 66th annual convention of Rotary International. They came from 87 lands. From Japan came some 1,850 men and their kimonoed ladies. From France, three chartered jets brought 795 – more that had ever attended a RI convention outside of Europe. From lands to the south – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and others. From Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Oceania they came, their language, dress, and appearance bespeaking the internationality of the organization which in its 70th year had achieved a membership of 775,000 men in 16,467 clubs in 151 countries. "An international fellowship indeed."
March 2 (tentative) Make Way for Books painting project- LEAD: David Lovitt
March 9- Adopt-A-Road LEAD: Lee Olitzky
April 13- Triangle Y workday at the camp – LEAD: Kurtis Dawson
May 18- Camp Lawton Boy Scout Camp workday- LEAD: Don Riegger/Joe D
Weekly- ongoing- Reading Coaches- LEAD: Jon Wang
TBA- Community Food Bank- LEAD: Bobby Larson
If you haven’t signed up yet but would like to participate, please contact the lead.
Find more detail on the RCOT website under Service Projects.
Why participate?
Service Above Self
Camaraderie with fellow Rotarians
Making a difference feels good!
Why turn in your point sheets?
$50 gift card awarded to the Rotarian with the most points that month. Incredible year-end prizes including a week-long stay in San Carlos, 4 nights in Pinetop, an airplane ride over Tucson, weekend at the Ritz Carlton and El Conquistador, $500 gift certificate to Madaras Gallery, one hour medical massage.
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Since there is no scheduled lunch meeting on Wednesday (2nd week of month), please join your fellow Rotarians for a Tour of the Pima College Aviation Center, 7211 S Park Avenue on February 14th from 12pm - 2pm.
Here are the details for the next Whisky Fellowship:
The Wine Fellowship is returning! 
Hello “Adopt a Road” volunteers! Now that I have completed my car show responsibilities 😉, I can move forward on launching the Adopt a Road program. Last week Lee, Jonathan, and Bruce met with a TCB contact to review our selected section of N Oracle Road (W River Road to W Wetmore Road). 
We will be having a private touring of the San Xavier Mission on March 13th. More details to follow but for now, please save the date.
The first RI Conference was called to order in Chicago in 1910 by President Paul Harris. At the time, there were just 16 clubs in the United States. They shared the Rotary name and had similar objectives, but no central office or constitution. Harris told the 60 registrants assembled at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, “This is going to be a convention in which we will get down to business and endeavor to launch the National Association of Rotary Clubs.”
