2010 PASTA CRAB FEED ON APRIL 24TH!!
Save this date! Reno Central Rotary will hold the annual Crab and Pasta Feed on Saturday, April 24th at the Reno-Sparks Boys & Girls Club again this year. It will also serve as the club’s “Rotarians at Work Day” project. Be prepared for a great time once again. Chair for this year’s event is Steve Erger and you can contact him at serger@nsbank.com with any questions about tickets, donations, assignments, etc.
Programs/Speakers/Events/Special Observations
January is Rotary Awareness Month
Jan. 19 (Regular Weekly Meeting): Vocational Service Award Presentation
Jan. 26 (Regular Weekly Meeting): Truckee Meadows Rotary Youth Exchange Committee. Dan. St. John (committee chair) and Ashley Allen (past RYE)
February is RI World Understanding Month
Feb. 2 (Regular Weekly Meeting): Andrea Castro, Reno Central Rotary International Service Committee member
Feb. 9 (Regular Weekly Meeting): Off-Site Valentine Luncheon at Center for Training & Learning, 380 Edison Way. RSVP/registration required by Feb 2.
Feb. 16 (Regular Weekly Meeting): Club Music Contest. Location: Maytan Music Store, 777 South Center Street
Feb. 23: Rotary Speech Contest
March is RI Literacy Month
April is RI Magazine Month
April 10, 2010: District Assembly — Nine specific training tracks will be offered to President Elects and Club leadership teams (club officers, board and committee members)
April 24, 2010: Reno Central Crab Feed Fundraiser
May is Reno Central Bob Bayer Month
May 17 (Regular Weekly Meeting): (Dark - see May 21)
May 21: This week, the Club Meeting will be held at the District Conference, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno
May 21 - 23, 2010: District 5190 Conference, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno
June is RI Rotary Fellowships Month
Fellowships, not to be confused with Fellowship. For more information, go to:
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/729en.pdf
June 20 -23, 2010: Rotary International Convention, Montreal, Canada
Loder Elementary School Coat Fund Drive
The club conducted a coat drive during the months of November and December and collected/purchased 250 coats for students and family members of Loder Elementary School
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
On December 5, 2009, Rotarians from Reno and Sparks rang the bell for the Salvation Army. A total of $4,543.86 was raised for this cause. Pictured below is Reno Central Rotarian John.
Turkey Dinner at Senior Citizen Center
On November 23, 2009, the Club purchased and served dinner to senior citizens at the Evelyn Mount Community Center. Students from the Culinary Arts Program of Washoe County School District cooked the meal.
Crab Feed Fundraiser
A couple of happy faces at the hugely successful fundraiser held May 2 at the Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. Over 800 people attended and the event netted over $65,000.
The next Crab Feed will be April 20, 2010.
Rotarian’s at Work Day - April 25, 2009
Proud Reno Central Rotarians stand before the results of their work at property owned by the Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada. The property, recently donated to RMHCNN, needed a major cleanup to make it a ‘good neighbor’.
Earl Fox receives his 60 year perfect attendance pin
Reno Central donates to a Dominica Blood Bank
Commonwealth of Dominica Princess Margaret Hospital Blood Bank
Receives New, Donated Equipment & Supplies
Donors include Reno Central Rotary Club
For more information, go to: http://globalhealing.org/projects/pmhbank.html
Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School Ball Wall Project
On August 12, 2008, Rotary Club of Reno Central completed the “Ball Walls” (2) project at Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School, Reno, Nevada.
Project Donors
Bullock Construction
Point of Contact (POC): Gary Bullock
5590 Pembroke Drive, Reno, NV 89502
Crom-Stanley Engineering
POC: Glenn Stanley
1132 West First Street, Reno, NV 89503
L&H Concrete
POC: Dave Long
P. O. Box G,
Sparks, NV 89431
Great Basin Ready Mix
POC: Vance Demars
11998 Truckee Canyon Court, Sparks, NV 89434
Acme Concrete Pumping
POC: Jerry Kiger
5395 Louie Lane, Reno, NV 89511
Sani-Hut Company
POC: Brad LeBeau, General Manager
1325 E. Greg Street, Sparks, NV 89431
United Rentals
POC: Kurt Krueger, Manager
12905 Old Virginia Road, Reno, NV 89511
Orlando Construction, Inc.
POC: Rotarian James E. Wilburn,
P. O. Box 180888, Reno, NV 89511
Thanks to the following Rotarians who worked on the project: John Barada, Bill Faust, Dave Guinan, Basil Kehoe, Melissa Meyers, John Mount, Wes Waltenspiel, David Ward (Club President 07-08), and Jim Wilburn (project coordinator).