New Members of the East Colorado Springs Rotary Club!
Power of One in Africa! Way to GO EAST Colorado Springs CLUB!!
From Your District Governor
Our District Membership Chair, Steve O'Neill, received a wonderful letter from Becky Kiser, Past President of the East Colorado Springs Rotary Club. It represents all that Rotary can be and demonstrates innovative thinking that is within all of us. A great example of Creating a Demand for the Brand. Thank you Becky for your exceptional work in Africa, and for expanding our membership with the Power of One. Please take a minute or two to read her letter.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Chip
Dear Steve,
With gratitude, the results of our District 5470 InstaGrant have been great! We had fourteen people in attendance for a Rotary Information Taco/Pizza Party in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (We really don’t have tacos here). The party was held in a beautiful restaurant known to be one of the best in Addis Ababa. The restaurant owner is one of our new club members as a result of this party.
Three of the attendees were already Rotarians in District 5470 and seven more have joined. One of the members is our first from France and another is our first from England. The other four attendees were interested and willing to come to other meetings to hear more.
We held the party after a Zumba class, and everyone stayed until the restaurant closed. I passed out Twenty reasons to Join Rotary, and a letter from our District Governor, Chip, about our district. I also had plenty of membership applications on hand.
All attendees had been prescreened as potential excellent members of our club and district. We also had one Rotarian from a club in Addis in attendance. I am meeting with their club president to talk about how they can join with us to use the Special Task Force as a membership tool.
Thank you for your help!!!
XO Becky Kiser
Rotary Club of East Colorado Springs
We have SET TWO GOALS!
1. Every Rotarian contributes something between now
and the 30th of June to the Rotary Annual Fund
2. We Raise $300,000 in donations to help fund
our club service to the world!!
It is our honor and privilege to announce the kick off of our ANNUAL DISTRICT 5470 FUND THE FOUNDATION CAMPAIGN! November is Rotary Foundation month and between now and the end of the year we will connect with each of the members in our district to help raise funds for The Rotary Foundation's Annul Fund!
This campaign is part of our Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) fund drive and CRITICAL to the SERVICE we provide in OUR COMMUNITIES and around the world! The District has set a goal to raise $300,000 in contributions so that 36 months from now, our District will have $150,000 to fund District & Global grants to our clubs! There is no way to express how IMPORTANT YOUR CONTRIBUTION is to our District's ability to provide funds to your service projects at the club level!
Lets break this goal down. We are asking each member of our District to contribute something. There is no amount too small that helps our efforts to fund global and district grants. Remember, half of every dollar you contribute comes back the district to fund our district & global grants. We are recognized and rewarded if we can get Every Rotarian (Every Year) to contribute SOMETHING!
No matter what you contribute it HELPS and WE THANK YOU!
Donate NOW! https://my.rotary.org/en/donate
Now, here is what would be ideal! We would love for each member to consider donating a total of at least $150 over the next TWO MONTHS (TEN WEEKS)! That's right...we would be INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL if each member would consider finding $150 dollars over the last TEN WEEKS REMAINING in the YEAR ($15 / Week) to Donate to the Rotary Foundations' Annual Fund. You can break that down into 10 $15 contributions; you can do TWO $75 contributions or you can donate one time $150! If all roughly 2000 members of our District contributes $150 or more, WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL!
We know this year has been tough on so many Rotary families. We know times have been crazy! We know and understand if you can't help at this time! We TOTALLY UNDERSTAND! BUT, IF YOU CAN, WE WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP with the goal of $150 over the next TWO MONTHS from EVERY ROTARIAN in the District! This is $15 a week for the next 10 weeks!
CAN YOU HELP US REACH OUR GOAL?
CAN YOU HELP US RAISE $300,000 for the ROTARY FOUNDATION ANNUL FUND to support our service?
If we raise $300,000 for the Rotary Foundations' Annul Fund, our District will receive $150,000 to fund
our District & Global Grants 3 years from now!
Your CONTRIBUTION IS VITAL!
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!
Donate NOW! http:// https://my.rotary.org/en/donate
2019-2020 Rotarian of the Year Award Announced!
Congratulations to the 2019-20 D5470 Rotarian of the Year!
Kristi Redlinger (formerly 'Adams') was presented her Award this morning at Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club by PDG David Wood!
Kristi first learned of Rotary in 1988 as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student to France during her junior year in high school. It helped Kristi learn the importance of Service Above Self and giving back to her local and international communities. She became a Rotarian in 2008, served as the Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club of Grand Junction President from 2018-19 and currently serves as the Club's Treasurer. She is the Chair of Mountain and Plains District 5470 Rotary Youth Exchange. 
Kristi has hosted 13 Rotary Exchange Students, and her 2 sons, Adam and Spencer, were RYE students to Germany and Brazil. Kristi believes that Rotary Youth Exchange experiences shape future leaders and builds peace through cultural understanding. Kristi has served on boards with United Way of Mesa County and the Community Food Bank of Grand Junction. Those who know Kristi are inspired by her shining light every day.
There couldn't be a more deserving Rotarian to earn this award! Congratulations Kristi!
District 5470's 2019-2020
Rotarian of the Year!
