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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 Come For lunch and Hear Our High School Speech Winner!

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.

March 24th Lunch at 948 Incline Way: Come and hear our High School Student Speaker Practice the Award Winning Speech in Preparation for the Area Speech Contest

Thursday Night March 27th 5PM: Rotary District 5190 Area 3 music and speech contest at Incline High School Auditorium. Come and Support our Talented Local Youth and We Need volunteers! Contact Past President Lu
lurn@me.com/or text 510-334-5343.

March 31st: Lunch with Spencer Cox from SOS Outreach-engages 250 Local Youths in mentorship, outdoor adventure and community service. “Embrace authenticity, seek adventure, spread kindness” is Spencer's personal motto, driving his journey with SOS since 2021. An avid skier, runner, mountain biker, and climber, he is committed to creating an inclusive outdoor community. Spencer holds a BA in Communication Studies from Colorado State University and is based in Reno, Nevada. In his free time, he enjoys exploring the skin-track or trails with his wife and their dogs, Maya and Arlo.

April 7th: Lunch with Tia Rancourt of the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District

April 14th: Spring Fling Evening Social with our German Foreign Exchange Student

April 21st: TBD

April 28th: Lunch TBD

Rotary "Top Gun" District Conference in Fallon May 2-4

May 5th: Lunch Cinco de Mayo!

May 12th: Lunch TBD

May 21st: 2:30 PM Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony in our Rotary Garden

Monday Evening May 19th: Social at the Blind Fox

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 SEE'S CANDY TO SUPPORT CHARITY. Buy Spring and Easter 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, 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_buy_candy_to_support_charity93/Frafra5670/candy

VOLUNTEER MARCH 27TH FOR Area 3 Rotary Speech and Music Contest at IHS auditorium 5-9pm (or part of the evening). We need many volunteers (Judges, tellers, check in table, snack table, greeters) Contact is Lu 510-334-5343, lurn@me.com

SEE A SAND HARBOR PERFORMANCE WITH ROTARIANS. Some members of the 2 Incline Village Rotary Clubs are attending two performances at Sand Harbor in July. We need to know by April 1st if you are interested in joining in. Those going will save a couple of picnic tables and share a meal together before the show. The shows are:

July 12th: Twelfth Night; and

July 26th: Peter and the Starcatcher.

Ticket prices are as follows:

Premium: $105.00 ea

Lower Gallery: 72.00 ea

If you want to attend, contact Lu before April 1st (lurn@me.com/or text 510-334-5343)!

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)?