Rotary DUCK TICKETS! Labor Day 2025

Click on the ticket to buy tickets now for our 2025 Duck Drop.
Click on "buy ducks".  Click on + or - to choose the number of ducks. Click on the caret to select type of duck.
 
On Labor Day the local firemen will hoist the ducks onto the top of their extended ladder and drop them in various heats onto a target on the Village Green.  All the proceeds go to the charitable projects of the Rotary Club of Incline Village.  Many local charities rely on the proceeds from this Duck Drop for funding.
  Choose an option to buy one ($10), three ($20), or platinum ducks ($100).    Cash prizes are $1,000 grand prize, $500 second prize, $250 third prize, and $100 for each heat winner.  Winner of the Platinum Duck Drop receives 50% of the Platinum Pot up to $7,500. 
 

Join the FUN Club!  Lunch Monday with Dr. Lisa Woll

   If yimageou are a Rotarian, come and bring your partner & any friends who might make good members!  If you are not a Rotarian, join us and find out about our FUN Rotary social club dedicated to community service!
Noon Monday July 14th at 948 Incline Way
Scroll down to see 1) upcoming events, 2)Report on prior events, and 3) Opportunities for YOU to serve!
 
President Judy Spees Welcomes You!
 
     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!
   
Calendar These Upcoming Fun Activities!
July 14th Lunch with Rotary Member Dr. Lisa Woll:  "Plant Rich:  Your imagePlate Matters."  Our Rotary Club Member Dr, Lisa Woll is a physician, giving us her  opinion, not medical advice,  and sharing some joy about healthy eating.  Lisa is an MPH from UCLA Public Health and has worked in public health on a lead poisoning project.  Lisa is currently working in the CA Central Valley evaluating farmworkers for occupational issues.
 
 
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July 21st:  Fun Rotary Social 5PM Pool Party at Burnt Cedar Beach:   That's President Judy on top of the pool slide at Burnt Cedar Beach!  Bring an appetizer to share.  We'll be set up at the tables on the North Side of the Pool.  Who will beat Judy's record of eleven times down the slide?  For those who do not have a picture pass we will punch cards at the gate.
 
July 28th:  Amanda McPhaill, Incline Village Library
 
August 4th:  Mary Danahey Incline Education Fund Founder
 
August 11th: Sam Buechler on Artificial Intelligence
 
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August 18th:  6PM Hawaiian Luau at the Club haus 1200 Altdorf (Google Maps says 1199)
 
 
 
August 25th:  Fun Noon lunch focusing on Duck Drop!image
 
September 1st:  Labor Day Duck Drop
 
September 8th:  Rick Marshall Sugar Pine Foundation
 
 
 
September 15th 5PM:  Western/Goucho (in honor of our Argentine andimage Spanish Exchange Students) Party at Ricki's home!  Wear your western outfits or come as you are!
 
September 22nd noon:  Lunch With Rotary District Governor Larry Harvey
 
October 13th: Dark for Columbus Day
 
November 10:  Veteran's Lunch
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October 20th:  Halloween Costume Party Dinner Social at the Club haus.  Structured pot luck.  Wear a costume or come as you are!
 
December 22nd and 29th Dark for Christmas and New Years Day
 
January 19th: Dark for MLK Dayimage
 
February 2nd Groundhog Day Lunch Party.  Speaker Caleb Kripe of Lake Tahoe WIldlife Care
 
imageMarch 16th Finnegan's Wake Lunch Party.  Wear your green and let's see if we can wake Finnegan! 
 
 

 

 
When planning your holiday Parties or lunch/dinners out,  please support our Rotary Club lunch providers:
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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
Sage Leaf  775-413-5005
Pictures of Recent Activities
President Judy inducts Conn Davis and Denise M.C. Stein into the Duck Sellers Hall of Fame.  Gail Smith, Lu Sweeney and Judy were honored also. 
Judy's Inaugural Lunch was all about Philly!  Rocky gave us a running tour, Crosby's had Cheesesteaks and we ate TastyKakes!
Judy jogged with Rocky, made the Eagle our mascot, recounted her early years in Philly and her theme for the year is "Gonna Fly Now" with emphasis on the beautification of Incline.
President  Judy & Duck Float
Board member Denise M.C. Stein and President Judy selling duck drop tickets at the Community Fair July 3rd on the Village Green.  The Duck Drop will be on Labor Day.
Past President Mike Trute (driving), Past President Neal Riemer (on his bicycle) and Rotarian Bill Holmes with Duck Drop float during the Local Heroes Parade July 3rd.
Click on the blue "Click Here" above the picture to see fun pictures like this!
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 SEE'S CANDY TO SUPPORT CHARITY.  Buy Spring Candy and have it delivered anywhere you want!  We need volunteers to buy See's Candy and have it delivered to yourself, your friends, or your family.  Then, YOUR JOB IS TO 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:
Copy and paste this link in your marketing emails and social media posts:
https://www.yumraising.com/secure/rotaryfoi_eat_candy_to_support_charitiies57/FraFra1104/candy
You can also use this QR code which will link to our storefront:
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Music in the Park July 24th:  Cami Thompson is a well-know jazz singer who will be performing music from “Divas through the Decades”.  Wear your favorite vintage attire! Cost is $150/two people and includes vintage cocktails, wine and “heavy apps”. Click on the QR code to pay, or RSVP to Linda7899@icloud.com.  This promises to be a magical fun evening in the setting of Linda and Richard’s Joyous Journey Sculpture Park.  Proceeds go to the morning Rotary Club.
 
 
 
 
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Our Rotary Peace Garden is next to the Chevron Station on the corner of Tahoe Blvd. and Village.  Walk by and take a look!  Do you like to garden?  If we had more gardeners we could expand to other corners in Incline Village!  Every Tuesday Morning 9-10:30 Come and Help Out  Dress in your work clothes, bring gloves if you have them, we have tools.  We weed, sometimes plant, and rake the walkway.
 
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 2 Rotary Exchange Students- You can be a host family or “kidnap an exchange student for a day, evening, event…” opportunities with our new RYE exchange students from Argentina and Spain.
 
Another way for volunteering is Club service:  Let Lu or Judy 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)?
 

If you wish to be a speaker at our club, please contact Past President Lu atlurn@me.com

Directors
President
Secretary/ Club Administrator
Treasurer
Past President
Community Service
International Service
Membership
Rotary Foundation
RYE Counselor
 
 

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