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Teresa O'Brien
El Camino del Norte - A Rotary Exchange Student Adventure and Reunion 35 Years Later
Oct 14, 2025
Leah Rybak
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Oct 21, 2025
Tarah Waters
SOS Outreach
Oct 28, 2025
Judi LaPoint
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Nov 04, 2025
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Nov 11, 2025
Carole Weller
Summit County Horse Center update
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Faye Morin
 
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Julie Hicks
 
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Frisco, CO 80443
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President's Message 9/26/25
Judi LaPoint
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Reflections: Literacy – The Foundation of Rotary’s Work

At our last meeting, we focused on literacy, and it really struck me how essential it is to everything Rotary does. Literacy isn’t just one of our many ‘projects’—it’s the foundation that makes progress possible across all Seven Areas of Focus.
 
Perhaps not everyone knows that Rotary has Seven Areas of Focus, so I thought I would add my view on how literacy is vital to each area:
  • Promoting Peace: Peace depends on people being able to communicate, share ideas, and understand one another. Literacy gives people that voice.
  • Fighting Disease: Health campaigns, prescriptions, and prevention only work if people can read and understand the information. Literacy truly saves lives.
  • Clean Water and Sanitation: Safe practices don’t spread without education—and education depends on literacy.
  • Saving Mothers and Children: Families thrive when mothers can read nutrition guides, health information, and educational materials for their children. Again, literacy saves lives.
  • Supporting Education: Of course, literacy is the very key to education. Without it, doors stay closed.
  • Growing Local Economies: A literate community can work, build, innovate, and prosper.
  • Protecting the Environment: To care for our planet, communities need to understand and act on the knowledge available to them—and that starts with reading.
When you step back, it’s clear that every one of our goals as Rotarians depends on literacy. It’s the thread that ties together all of Rotary’s work. Helping someone learn to read isn’t just about words on a page—it’s about unlocking opportunity and hope for an entire community.
 
Once again, we Unite For Good.
 
With warm Rotary hugs and much gratitude,
 
Judi 
P.S. CINDY LEVIN REMINDED ME THAT I NEED TO ADD The Community Dinner for OCTOBER 7! It's Rotary's turn to serve so please sign up using SignUp Genius on our Website.
 

Rotary Club of Summit County Activities

SEPTEMBER

  • September 27 – Highway 9 clean-up with Breck Mtn Rotary – SHS to Gold Hill 9:00 Meet at SHS South Parking lot

OCTOBER

  • October 7 – Rotary night at community dinner. 8-10 volunteers needed. 

  • October 9 – Happy Hour Breckenridge, Briar Rose 4:00-6:00

  • October 10 – Ethical Leadership forum in Vail 8:00 to Noon – This is where we connected with the Give and Surf NPO that hooked us up with the Panama Project – Excellent Speakers – Let me know if interested.

  • OCTOBER 11 – DISTRICT Conference BUILDING STRONGER CONNECTIONS | FUELING IMPACT – one full day in Denver. Great Keynote speakers, awards, and information. Super opportunity. Sign up now at Rotary5450.org.

  • October 13 – Bingo at the Block – Beneficiary: Rotary Club of Summit County 

  • October 24 – WORLD POLIO DAY – Adventure TBD

NOVEMBER 

  • November 4 – DARK – Election Day

  • November 10 – Bingo at the Block – Beneficiary: Summit Valley Horse Rescue

  • November 19 – Happy Hour Kucu, Silverthorne 3:00-5:00

DECEMBER

  • December 9 – CHRISTMAS PARTY at 5:30 Timberline Craft Kitchen – NO CLUB MEETING THAT DAY!

  • December 23 & 30 – DARK FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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What's Up? September 26

The 50th Anniversary Gala was a hoot!  Jim Brook wowed the crowd with a complete anthology of Summit County and the Rotary Club formation, legacy members, projects throughout the years all the way to the current era. It was a masterful collection of humor, photos, and the impact of Rotary on our community over the past 50 year.  A complete photo set from Butch is here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jwzaG75w6V1ieu678 

 

Maggie Ducayet took some leftover coats from last year's Adopt and Angel and donated them to The Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. A representative from the reservation wrote this;

“Please express sincerest appreciation for the new winter coats donated to the Pine Ridge Reservation by your Rotary club. We are so pleased to present your generous contribution to the children of the Lakota Nation. The need is is great.

With deepest gratitude,

Carol Vagnieri - Lakota Nation Liaisson"
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Kevin Boylan
October 4
 
Tanecia Spagnolia
October 5
 
David Murray
October 14
 
Ann Morrison Clement
October 18
 
Chris John
October 21
 
Stephanie Katz
October 29
 
Join Date
Catheryn Carlson
October 3, 2017
8 years
 
Joan Tilden
October 4, 2016
9 years
 
Tony Byrd
October 7, 2023
2 years
 
Matt Elston
October 8, 2024
1 year
 
Tanecia Spagnolia
October 15, 2019
6 years
 
Cathy Fogel
October 24, 2017
8 years
 
Kim Teot
October 26, 2022
3 years
 
David Murray
October 27, 2015
10 years
 
Paul Semmer
October 27, 1992
33 years
 
Faye Morin
October 29, 2024
1 year
 
Jack Kriss
October 31, 2023
2 years
 
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