Rotary Club of St. Petersburg Sunset » Service Projects http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org Information about our Rotary Club Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Upcoming Service Opportunities http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2012/01/13/upcoming-service-opportunities/ http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2012/01/13/upcoming-service-opportunities/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:48:07 +0000 Adam http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/?p=2177 The service calendar is filling up.  We’ve committed to our community partners to help with or put on the following events:

February 12: Rotary Rocks the Half - If you’re not running, you’re cheering!  We need people to hold up signs along the path and talk about Rotary and the Children’s Dream Fund to the crowds.  Also, we need still need fundraisers!

March 10: Special Olympics - Come out and help us officiate the bocce ball event at the Area VI Special Olympics at Lakewood High.  If you were there last year, you know how much fun we had together and with the competitors!

April: Habitat for Humanity - Get your build on.  Do you like drilling, nailing and screwing?  This is the event for you.  Help us build a house for a deserving local family.

May 19: Ready for Life “Life Skills” Youth Council - This is our big project with Ready for Life; we need all hands on deck.  We’ll be putting on a life skills workshop for their youth council meeting. The service committee needs your input in curriculum development and help with teaching and other activities.

June 16: 2nd Annual Amazing Resource Race - Are you interested in learning what kind of resources are out there for kids aging out of the foster system?  You can find out all about them by working at a station or driving a team of youth in this fun competition.

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The Sunset Club is putting together a team of runners and walkers to participate in the Rock’n'Roll Half Marathon in St. Petersburg. We are looking for runners and walkers to join Rotary Rocks the Half!

Event Details

What: The Rock’n'Roll Half Marathon
Where: Downtown St. Petersburg (starting at Tropicana Field and finishing at the Pier)
When: February 12, 2012
Who: All Rotarians, friends and family
Why: We will be running or walking for your own health, but also to help raise awareness for Rotary (more specifically Rotary clubs in District 6950) and the Childrens’ Dream Fund. Our club is sponsoring this rotary event, but we are trying to gather support from other local clubs in our district. We would like to raise funds to support the dreams of 2 children diagnosed with a life threatening illness through the Childrens’ Dream Fund.

Registration

Sign up NOW for the race using the race using discount code: ROTARY to save $10. Costs for the race will go up on 11.14.11- so register as soon as possible.

Training

On Saturday mornings a group of runners/walkers will be meeting at 8:00am in the north side of the North Shore Pool parking lot.

Donations

Not a runner or walker? No problem! You can also help by being spectators and cheerleaders at the event, or through donations to support the Children’s Dream Fund and the Rotary Sunset Foundation. You can make online donations using the widget to the right, or on the Rock the Half page of our site. If you would like to donate via check you can make it payable to the Sunset Rotary Foundation and it can be mailed to: PO Box 757, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Rotary Rock the Half Coordinator at rockthehalf@stpetesunsetrotary.org.

Happy Running!

]]> http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/12/08/a-service-group-with-a-fitness-problem/feed/ 2 Rally For Your Future Today! http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/11/22/rally-for-your-future-today/ http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/11/22/rally-for-your-future-today/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:21:06 +0000 admin http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/?p=2133 Ready for Life The Sunset Club is participating in the second annual Rally For Your Future event today! The event is being held at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium for the youth of the Ready for Life program, which reaches out to youth aging out of the foster care system between the ages of 15 and 22. This will be an educationally and socially-oriented afternoon, concluding with a Thanksgiving dinner that gives the youths an opportunity to celebrate the holiday together with the only family they’ve known: each other.

We are so excited to be a part of such a wonderful event!

]]> http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/11/22/rally-for-your-future-today/feed/ 0 You don’t want to miss the meeting this Thursday! http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/10/25/you-dont-want-to-miss-the-meeting-this-thursday/ http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/10/25/you-dont-want-to-miss-the-meeting-this-thursday/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:38:12 +0000 Daphne http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/?p=2081 We will have an incredible speaker during this Thursday’s meeting! The speaker is our very own Rotary District 6950 Assistant Governor, Will Miller. He will be presenting on his special expertise in unidentified aerial phenomena and extraterrestrial intelligence…and he has tailored his talk to fit the interests and requests of our club! This isn’t just a hobby for Will, he is a renowned expert and is consulted on a regular basis on the subject. You do not want to miss this presentation! With the bizarreness of Halloween right around the corner, this is a great chance to extend your knowledge of the unexplained and life beyond earth! Come join in this enlightening discussion!

p.s. If you come to the meeting please bring a bag of Halloween candy for a service project we are working on!

]]> http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/10/25/you-dont-want-to-miss-the-meeting-this-thursday/feed/ 0 Thank You To Our Flugtag Title Sponsors! http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/10/04/thank-you-to-our-flugtag-sponsors/ http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/2011/10/04/thank-you-to-our-flugtag-sponsors/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:58:11 +0000 admin http://www.stpetesunsetrotary.org/?p=2017 The Mustache FlyerIn August, the Sunset Club was selected to participate in the upcoming Red Bull Flugtag in Tampa. Since then, we have been hard at work building a flying mustache (in honor of the legendary Ron Burgundy, from the hysterical movie, Anchorman) in an effort to raise funds for the Sunset Rotary Foundation and for Movember, a campaign that raises vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. The time is finally upon us to take the mustache farther than it has ever gone before!

As the big event approaches, and we get ready to see just how far the Mustache Flyer goes, we would like to take the chance to extend a big THANK YOU to our two title sponsors for supporting the team and helping us support Movember.

J2 LogoThank you to J2 Construction & Environmental Services. J2 is multi-disciplined design-build firm providing comprehensive construction management and environmental services for both the private and public sectors. They made a sizable donation to the Sunset Rotary Foundation and our goal of raising money for Movember, which was the service spoke of our Flugtag efforts. Many thanks J2!

Heart & Home LogoThank you to club member and title sponsor, Sabine Neihaus of Heart & Home Realty. Sabine is a professional real estate agent with access to MLS listings and homes for sale. She made a sizable donation to the Sunset Rotary Foundation and our goal of raising money for Movember Thank you Heart & Home Realty!

We would not have been able to pull off the fun and exhausting project with out you both. Here’s hoping we make you proud!

Click here to read more about how this whole crazy project started.

Click here to see build photos and team progress reports on Facebook.

Red Bull Flugtag

Date: Saturday, October 8
Time: Hangers Open 11AM
Location: Tampa Convention Center

Hope to see you Saturday from the flight deck!

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Saturday, August 27, we will be volunteering in the kitchen with the Salvation Army.  This was one of our more popular projects last year; help to make it a big success this year!

Stay tuned for more information.

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The Service Projects Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, 7/20 at 7 PM.  We will be discussing both international and local service project options for the upcoming year.  All members are welcome.  For more information, email the Service Projects Chair.

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Brookwood Florida is an accredited and licensed therapeutic group home for 50 adolescent girls (ages 13-18) right here in St. Petersburg.

Brookwood Painting Project

Date: Saturday, July 9th ~ RAINED OUT ~ new date TBA
Time: 8am until we are finished
Location: 901 Seventh Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Please bring rollers and brushes if you have them!

Come out and help us make a difference for these girls!

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Brookwood Painting Project

Date: Original date rained out ~ To be rescheduled in July ~ Stay tuned!
Time: 8am until we are finished
Location: 901 Seventh Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Please bring rollers and brushes if you have them!

Come out and help us make a difference for these girls!

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