Patti R. Albaugh SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club had plenty to celebrate at their June 25 breakfast meeting. Outgoing President Dick Kroese received a standing ovation for his initiative and hard work to start a morning Rotary club in SaddleBrooke. In less than a year, the newly chartered club received a Presidential Citation from Rotary International,…
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June 2015
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club receives Presidential Citation
Roger Bogard This was a great honor since the club was just chartered on November 11, 2014. We are the first chartered club in this district in recent history to receive this award. Each year the incoming President of Rotary International establishes the criteria that will be used to identify clubs operating at exceptionally high…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Savo Fries earns Paul Harns Fellow Recognition
Patti R. Albaugh Savo Fries, a member of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club, recently received recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow, a group of individuals acknowledged by Rotary International. Fellows have contributed, or have had contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Ms. Fries is a retired realtor…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Sunrise Rotary Club begins “Music for Kids” Campaign
Patti R. Albaugh The members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club know that owning a musical instrument is out of reach for many students in the Oracle School District. So that every student from grade five to eight has an opportunity to be in the school’s future band, SaddleBrooke Sunrise has put together a campaign…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Buffelgrass a nuisance and a danger
Patti R. Albaugh What could be so bad about a grass that was imported from Africa to provide erosion control and feed for cattle? A lot. On April 30 Dodge DiVall from Arizona State Parks talked to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about the threat of buffelgrass in Arizona. Arizona is the first state to…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Sunrise Rotary Club thrilled to have Bob Logan as guest speaker
Bob Logan has been at The University of Arizona for 26 years; first as a football coach under Larry Smith and for the past 20 plus years in development, first as associate director of athletics and now as the leader of UA College of Science. He is the Senior Director of the College of Science.…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Rotarians learn about Western National Parks Association
Patti R. Albaugh Amy Reichgott of the Western National Parks Association (WNPA) spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary on February 19 at their weekly breakfast meeting. Ms. Reichgott explained how the WNPA, a nonprofit education partner of the National Park Service, supports sixty-seven parks in twelve western states. Since 1938, WNPA has worked to connect…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Music For Kids – latest service project for Sunrise Rotary Club
The members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary are glad to see an arts program being added at Oracle, but they also know that owning a musical instrument is out of reach for many of the school’s students. So that every student from grade five to eight has an opportunity to be in the school’s future…
Clubs & Classes, January 2015
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club is now official: new chartered club plans celebration
A group of early risers got together last spring to discuss the possibility of starting a second Rotary Club in SaddleBrooke that would meet for breakfast rather than lunch. What started as a discussion is now a reality. Rotary International just sanctioned the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club, which currently has twenty four members committed to…
Clubs & Classes, November 2014
New Rotary Club forming in SaddleBrooke
A new Rotary Club with a new focus is in the process of being formed. It will be called SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary and will meet on Mondays at 8:00 a.m. at MountainView Bistro. We are in the process of forming a charter group and narrowing the focus to service projects that allow Rotary members more…