Please join us tomorrow morning November 9 at 8:30 AM at Crossroads Bible Church to help us pack 25,000 meals for families around New Mexico. Please also consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us offset costs.
A special guest—District Governor Yasser Murga—will be joining us. As a token of our appreciation, we are giving him a gift basket containing things that symbolize Los Alamos. If you would like to include something, please bring it tomorrow morning to add to the basket.
At today’s meeting, Jessica Taylor will discuss junior achievement. If you can’t join in person, please join us on Zoom.
Please join us this Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church at 8:30 to help pack 12,000 meals for local food banks! Please sign up here as it helps us track performance for future funding.
The Bi-District Conference is just a week away! See you in Ciudad Juarez! Questions? Contact Raul Cota.
Thanks to everybody who came out last week for Purple Pinky and Trick or Treat on Mainstreet. A special shoutout to our Interact students for helping!
The Food Depot Executive Director Jill Dixon will present their actions to combat hunger in northern New Mexico. The Food Depot programs and partner agencies distribute 10 million pounds of food annually across a nine-county service area. 1 in 7 New Mexicans experiences food insecurity, a lack of consistent access to healthy foods. As your Northern New Mexico food bank, The Food Depot’s partner nonprofits and innovative hunger-relief programs are here to provide food and support services to 40,000 people experiencing food insecurity. In 2023, The Food Depot’s fleet of vehicles traveled over 400,000 miles across nine counties.
Don’t forget Meals of Hope coming up November 9 and the Bi-District Conference November 14-15!
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This week, we’ll gather for a General Assembly and Youth Exchange presentations. We also have Purple Pinky and Trick or Treat on Mainstreet this Friday, October 25.
Thanks to Victoria Martinez for making this year’s Meals of Hope flyer! Please share with your friends and join us November 9 at Crossroads Bible Church. The Bi-District Conference is also fast approaching November 14-15!
Lastly, please respond to Club President Greg Viola if you plan to attend our Holiday Dinner at Muy Salsas on December 10th. Be sure to include any guests so we know how many mouths to feed!
Greetings Rotarians and Friends,
This past weekend, I had the fortune to cross paths with the Rotary Club of Juarez Integral after finishing the Chupacabras 100km mountain bike race. It was great to celebrate the accomplishment and talk about the upcoming Bi-District Conference with our friends across the border!
As a reminder, there’s no meeting this week, but we do have some upcoming events on October 25. Purple Pinky events will be at each elementary school’s lunch time. Please contact Alison Pannell if you would like to volunteer. Trick or Treat on Main Street will be the same afternoon 4:00 – 6:00 PM. Contact James Wernicke if you’d like to volunteer for that.
This week’s speaker is Melissa Arias from Lemonade Living.
When a developmentally disabled or special needs young adult ages out of high school, parents may wonder, “What next?!” Local families have been faced with the choice of leaving Los Alamos for services or letting their loved ones sit at home and age. Many families have left to find services elsewhere. We want to change that. Lemonade Living wants to make life sweet here in Los Alamos.
Inspired by the high school’s Living Skills program, Lemonade Living was founded with the dream of a farm with therapy services that would blend into the community and provide life enrichment activities through arts and music, academic and job skills development, and social activities throughout the community.
Can’t make it in person? Join us on Zoom! Don’t forget to check out upcoming events like Purple Pinky and Trick or Treat on Mainstreet on our calendar!
We have a lot of upcoming events, so be sure to check our calendar for all the happenings!
Thanks to all the Rotary and Interact club members who made it out to the Homecoming Parade this weekend! Check us out in PAC8’s video!
At our Tuesday lunch meeting, Asst Governor Laura Gonzales will update us on what’s new in District 5520. Club President Greg Viola will also share some recognition opportunities. If you can’t make it in person, you can join us on Zoom.
World Polio Day is October 24 and we’ll be doing our Purple Pinky event at elementary schools in Los Alamos and White Rock. Please contact Alison Pannell if you’d like to participate.
Join us in front of CB Fox on October 24 4:00 – 6:00 PM to hand out candy to community youth during Trick or Treat on Mainstreet!
We will be packing Meals of Hope on November 9. Please join us at Crossroads Bible Church from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Our bi-district conference will be held in Ciudad Juarez on November 15-16.
The LAHS Interact Club out together an entertaining float for this year’s homecoming parade. Please come out and cheer them on at 2:30 along Central Ave. If you’d like to participate in the parade with us, please wear your Rotary shirt and meet us at Canyon Complex at 2:00. If you need a Rotary shirt, we have a couple XL and XXL available. If you’d like to chip in $20 to help with the entry fee, decorations, or candy, you can Venmo James.
James Wernicke will speak about the rest of his trip to Japan today: Osaka, Kyoto, and Hiroshima. If you can’t attend in person, please consider joining us on Zoom.
For a complete list of upcoming events, check out our calendar. to
We are seeking four adults to help walk in the parade. Please contact James Wernicke if you’re interested. The LAHS Interact club will also be participating with us and decorating the float on Wednesday, September 25, @ 4:00. Meet at the Canyon School parking lot at 1:30 PM on Saturday, September 27.
Still haven’t found a volunteer event for Public Lands Day on September 28th? Join Los Alamos County Open Space and Trails as we work to maintain White Rock Canyon Rim Trails. Over the years a network of social trails have been created leading to increased erosion and damage to a fragile ecosystem. Work will consist of closing social trails, building water diversions, removing unwanted Siberian elm trees and trimming back trail side vegetation. More information on this project and ways to sign up here.
Finally, thanks to everybody who came out last weekend to clean up the LAHS Memorial Garden for Clean Up Los Alamos Day. It looks great!
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