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Cathy Heath and Cherie Dodds, from Laser Rescue, began their presentation to our club last Wednesday with the statement that "there is no longer a wildfire season," since we have learned that disasters can happen at any time during the year. In such times of disaster in Yavapai County 3 groups exist to provide shelter: • For Humans: The Red Cross • For Small Animals: Animal Disaster Services, Inc. • For Barn Animals: LASER Rescue We learned that LASER is translated to mean Large Animal Shelters and Emergency Readiness, The nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization exists as a vital service staffed by community volunteers, working in partnership with Yavapai County Emergency Management. Their mission is to provide safe shelter for barn animals during evacuations, and to provide information for emergency preparedness. They have two shelter sites: one on Prescott Valley, and the other in Chino Valley The organization is alwaays looking for more volunteers, who are at least 18 years of age. LASER provides all of the necessary training. Volunteer Applications are available at www.laser-shelter.org. Donations are also needed and are greatly appreciated. For more information, visit their website, or email info@laser-shelter.org. Rotary's 7 Peace Centers Situated in different parts of the world, the Rotary Peace Centers offer tailor-made curricula to train individuals devoted to peacebuilding and conflict resolution — no matter where those conflicts may arise.Rotary's seven existing Peace Cnters are located at: • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA • Tokyo, Japan • Bradford, England • Brisbane, Australia • Uppsala, Sweden • Bangkok, Thailand • Kampala, Uganda. In last week's issue of this newsletter we announced that Rotary's newest Peace Center is being established at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick has announced that she will convene a Presidential Peace Conference there on February 20-22, 2025. CLUB SERVICE Talk about a Brain Teaser! Dr. Whitney James took her turn at Pres. Christy's new "Rotary Means Business" feature during last week's club meeting. As a neurosurgeon, she challenged us, as table groups, to first identify the different parts of the human brain. Then she wanted us to tell her what each part of the brain primarily does. Finally, she took Rotary's Four-Way Test, and asked us to identidy which section of the brain is involved in utilizing each of Rotary's four ethical tests of what we think, say and do. It was a challenging exercise, to say the least! (We won't mention how many of us flunked the test.) Thanks, Whitney! Congratulations and Thanks to Sarah Van Bourgondien, who has agreed to step up to serve as our club's Director of Communications. REMEMBER: Club Service is not just what we do by working together. It is also about how we agree to serve as individuals in different leadership roles, to help strengthen our Rotary Club. What special abilities, experience or interests to you have which you would be willing to put to use to enable our club to better help others? Think about that, and tell Christy or one of our other Club Board members how you might be willig to serve. COMMUNITY SERVICE Our semi-annual Roadside Cleanup of our club 's section of Hwy 89A south of Prescott is happening this Saturday morning, Oct. 5th. Jane White, our new Chair of this Community Service project, reminds all who are available and willing to help that our group will be assembling at the Safeway on White Spar at 8:30 a.m.. There will be a new twist to the project this time, since we will be helping Coach Ryan Hart and his new PHS Girls' Flag Football Team raise money for that team. The team members have been signing up sponsors to contribute an amount for every bag of trash picked up this Saturday, as we work together to clean up the litter which has accumulated since our last crew spruced up the area. Our club takes pride in the fact that, as you drive along that highway, it is apparent that our adopted sectiuon of ther highway is usually one of the cleanest. Help us to keep it that way! Besides providing useful Community Service, our Roadside Cleanups are a fun time, as we work together and enjoy nature. We are blessed to live in a beautiful part of Arizona. Other Upcoming Community Service Events Wednesday, Oct. 3: Fundraising Committee meets at Touchmark at 8:15 for planning our annual primary fundraiser Thursday, Oct. 24: Pints for Polio, 4:00 p.m. at Mob Burger Wednesday, Oct. 23: Pick a Project, during club meeting (design and present a service project you would like to have our club tackle) Monday, November 11: Veterans Day Parade, details to be announced Monday, Dec. 2: Scholarship App Handouts at Findlay Toyota Chino Valley Schools Literary Project Update: Our Club Board has approved $1,000 to help fund the CV Schools Reading Incentives Program, which was one of the featured articles in last week's Sunupian. This program had been previously funded by the Chino Valley Rotary Club, which no longer exists. A Drill Sergeant had just chewed out one of his cadets, and as he was walking away, he turned to the cadet and said: “I guess when I die you’ll come and dance on my grave.” The cadet replied: “Not me, Sarge… no sir! “I promised myself that when I got out of the Army I’d never stand in another line.” __ I may not have lost all of my marbles,
But there’s a small hole in the bag somewhere. __ The four seasons are all different;
Summer warmer than others. __ Butterflies are not What they used to be __ When the smog lifts in California UCLA __ If at first you don’t succeed — Then sky diving is probably not for you. __ |
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