Rotary Club of Incline Village

This is our 45th Year!

Join us for a noon Lunch on most Mondays at 948 Incline Way Except for Dinner on most Third Mondays at varying locations.

To be sure, scroll down to see upcoming meetings.

Co-Presidents Bridget Crowe and Judy Spees Welcome You! Come to our meeting and consider being a Rotarian!

Rotary is an international organization of people with clubs all over the world. By joining Rotary you become a part of a worldwide family. When you travel, one of the highlights will be to attend a Rotary meeting. Your Rotary family anywhere in the world will welcome you warmly. Rotary performs international service, like working to eradicate polio and providing water wells and medical supplies. Our Rotary Club prides itself on its local service like Youth Programs and International Exchange, Incline Village Rotary Flower Garden, building and maintaining bus shelters, scenic benches, gardens, and the Lake Tahoe Overlook. We also support many local charities. Scroll down and you will see Opportunities for You to join in and Serve!

This Monday: Lunch with Founder of Rowely

December 9th Noon: Sarah Brennan Hughes founded bridal resale platform Rowely. “Weddings aren’t just about one day anymore, but rather an entire year of celebrations, each requiring a unique, fashion-forward, and usually white, look which can be wasteful,” she says. “Rowely was crafted with the vision of offering a sustainable shopping experience for brides, while allowing them to maintain their impeccable fashion taste as they curate their bridal wardrobe.”

If you are a Rotarian, come and bring any friends who might make good members! If you are not a Rotarian, join us and find out about a fun social club you can join dedicated to local and international community service. Join us at the Reynolds Community Center (RCC), or "Parasol" building at noon at 948 Incline Way, Incline Village, Nevada. Our meetings are fun with a theme, thought for the day, speaker, jokes and trivia and the lunch is great!

PLEASE CALENDAR THESE UPCOMING MEETINGS:

December 16th 6PM: Mark your calendars for a festive and fun Christmas party! Join us at The Incline Lodge Lounge from 6-8pm. Dinner will be catered by Happy Tiers Café and Bakery. The menu includes bruschetta, salad, chicken parmesan or eggplant parmesan, roasted veggies, garlic bread and dessert. Cost is $38 per person. Feel free to include your family and friends and don’t forget to bring a White Elephant gift! Also, our Rotary German exchange student will be in attendance selling raffle tickets for a gift basket which includes a dinner for 8 with some of her family recipes that will be served in the home of the winner - a fully catered German dinner complete with dirndls and German music! RSVP to Bridget Crowe by Wednesday, December 11^th at bgirouxdesign@gmail.com

December 23rd: No Meeting, Merry Christmas!

December 30th: No Meeting, Happy New Year!

January 6th Lunch: TBD

January 13th Lunch: Linda Offerdahl speaking about Incline Village Crystal Bay Community and Business Association (IVCBA)

January 20th: Dark

January 27th Lunch: Diamond Peak Rotary Mtg & Ski Day

February 3rd Lunch: Local Leadership Program Business: Move Mountains

February 20th: No Meeting, Enjoy your National Holiday

February 27th: 6PM Social

March 3rd: Lunch TBD

March 10th: Lunch TBD

When planning your holiday parties or lunch/dinners out, please support our Rotary Club lunch providers

Happy Tiers Bakery and Café (info@mysite.com) 775-600-5416

Thania’s Juice Bar 775-298-2858

Sunshine Deli 775-832-2253

Crosby’s Tavern (russell@Crosbyspub.com) 775-833-1030

Liesl Catering (lieslpanke@yahoo.com) 530-588-6463

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Opportunities for You to Serve!

We track Club Rotary volunteer hours so tell us about it when you volunteer (lurn@me.com/or text 510-334-5343)!

EAT CANDY TO SUPPORT CHARITY.

We need volunteers to buy See's Candy and have it delivered to yourself, your friends, or your family. Then, EAT the candy and buy more! The proceeds go to our club's local projects. Just click on this link to visit our online store: https://www.yumraising.com/secure/rotaryfoi_rotary_foundation_of_incline_villag62/SpeSpe9523/candy

HAND OUT CANDY TO KIDS AT CANDY CANE LANE THIS SATURDAY December 7th! Bridget will be at a table at the Rec Center at 2:00 PM with candy. Come and help her hand it out to elementary school kids.

HELP LAY WREATHS ON VETERAN GRAVES 9AM DECEMBER 14TH. Join the Morning club to lay wreaths on the graves of our Veterans in Carson City. It is a wonderful annual tribute! 150 will be placed. The event will be on December 14th at the beautiful:

       Lone Mountain Cemetery
       1044 Beverly Dr
       Carson City NV
Meet at Mountain Ace Hardware in Incline Village at 9AM and we will carpool together. Someone is bringing cookies and coffee! Participants can also meet the group at the cemetery. The ceremony begins at 10AM and the wreaths will be laid immediately after the short ceremony. Members should wear gloves and warm clothes. No matter what the weather, the event will go on. Contact: Kay Lehr (916) 203-4319.

HELP PREPARE TAX RETURNS OR BE A GREETER. Two types of volunteer positions are available. Tax Preparers work with people to prepare and submit their tax returns. Greeters greet clients, help them fill out an intake form and direct them to a Tax Preparer. On-site support is provided to help all volunteers provide high quality, accurate services. As a VITA volunteer, you:

➢ Get free training to put on your resume,
➢ Gain experience that can help with employment,
➢ Get information to help you with your own tax return,
➢ Work one-on-one with families,
➢ Help families get all of the tax credits and refunds they are entitled to, while saving money on fees, and
➢ Help our community by bringing in more dollars for the local economy.
For more information, or to sign up, contact: Tahoe Family Solutions at (775) 413-5145 or leslieb@tahoefamily.org.

HOST A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN THIS SUMMER. Lu and Rick Sweeney are doing this for the third summer! Accommodations are needed for 2-3 weeks, starting on July 19, 2025 and ending on Aug. 10, 2025. Accommodations must include a private bedroom and bathroom, as well as a quiet space to practice. A separate entrance is preferred but not necessary. Housing hosts are provided with 2 tickets to see Classical Tahoe perform live. If you already subscribe, you can share your tickets with friends. Please contact Joanne Taylor, development director at Classical Tahoe: joanne@classicaltahoe.org, 208-283-2740.

Hurricane Helene has caused widespread devastation in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, leaving countless families in need of urgent assistance. Rotary Zones 33/34 are responding swiftly, and your support is crucial in helping the hardest-hit areas. Please use the donation links below to contribute to recovery efforts.

Here is the donation link: Zone 33-34 Foundation (superform.app)

Rotary Zones 33-34 Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization (EIN 81-3880345). Rotary Zones 33 and 34 are in the southeast coastal areas of the US. The next Zones to the west are 30 and 31 which support that same foundation. There are also: The American Red Cross: Donate to Disaster Relief | American Red Cross Samaritan’s Purse: U.S. Disaster Relief (samaritanspurse.org) and Team Rubicon: Home - Team Rubicon (teamrubiconusa.org)

Our Rotary Garden is next to the Chevron Station on the corner of Tahoe Blvd. and Village. Walk by and take a look! We don't need any gardening right now, but in the Spring we will expand the garden towards the sidewalks. Do you like to garden? If we had more gardeners we could expand to other corners in Incline Village!

Hispanic Outreach Personalized Approach (HOPA). You would be a mentor to specially selected high school students to teach them about your profession. This would require about 30 to 60 minutes per month, October through June, coordinating with the organization and school. You would guide and support your student in exploring professional paths, applying for scholarships, building a resume, seeking letters of recommendation, and preparing for interviews. Email Ana Porras at ana.porras@washoeschools.net and let her know what your areas of expertise are so she can look for a good match with a prospective mentee.

Read with Me - From our club, Joan Ellen, Lu and Rick do this. Now is Your Chance to join the program! Thursday September 19 at 3:30 p.m. was the first Read With Me training session. Just fill out these online forms:

(Online, now): Read With Me office
(Print, bring in to the high school): WCSD Volunteer Application

This is the perfect time of the school year for anybody to get active, so tell others to get in touch with John and Sharon at inclinereadwithme@gmail.com (They can accommodate new volunteers anytime during the school year, too.)

Conversacion Cafe - THS ESL practice sessions now on Mondays from 5-6pm hosted by St. Pat’s in town. No training needed. coordinator Lucille Wang

Help Host Our Rotary Exchange Student - You can be a host family or “kidnap an exchange student for a day, evening, event…” opportunities with our new RYE exchange student from Germany.

Another way for volunteering is Club service: Let Lu or our Presidents know if you have interest in being part of:

a) What Charities our Club donates to?

b) Club Public Relations?

c) Youth - Interact, Rotary Youth Exchange or Music and Speech contests?

d) Inviting New Members?

e) Organizing "Fireside Chats" which are socials where we learn about Rotary?

f) Vocational Service, which is honoring members or community members for their vocational service?

g) Community service, which is finding or creating community service projects for our club members?

h) International service like Polio Plus or other projects and the Rotary Foundation?

i) Planning Social Activities like holiday socials?

j) Planning the Veteran’s Luncheon?

k) Greeting members and visitors at our meetings?

l) Brainstorming and inviting great speakers for our meetings?

m) Local Heroes Parade/Community Fair?

n) Duck Drop (end of May to day after Labor Day)?