Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club - Aug 11, 2026 

 

Team Meetings - Aug 11

Community Service 

Local Community Service Projects

  • $4000 Band Saw delivered to EPHS Career & Tech Ed building
  • Maintenance on our $6,000 Safe House Playground was completed
  • $1500 to EPHS for
    • Seniors to paint parking spots
    • Bobcat spirit - decorating lockers, etc
  • Upcoming local projects
    • Collect firewood and deliver to shut-ins
    • Old Christmas lights recycle program

      International Service Projects currently underway:

  • $2000 cash plus $4,000 DDF = $6000 pledged for Dialysis equipment at Madonna Hospital in Umuahia, Nigeria (Ft Collins Bfast Rotary Grant)
  • $500 cash to Rotary Club of Puyo, Ecuador for water purification at 2 local schools.

 

Labor Day Arts & Crafts Meeting

  • Volunteer spots still open
    • Load In on Friday 7:00am-10:30am
    • Load Out on Monday 3pm-6pm
    • Polio Booth
    • Kids Arts & Crafts Tent
    • Tear Down/Clean Up - Mon 3pm
    • Load Trailer, Go to Storage Shed - Monday 4-6pm
  • Silent Auction will take cash or use Zeffy to collect payments for items collected
  • Dave Talbot will have a Crutches for Africa booth next to Polio Booth. He will collect used mobility devices as well as be a spokesperson for “End Polio Now”. 

Join us for the next Sunrise Rotary Social event.  Lonnie and Tamara Glessner are hosting a BBQ on their deck. RSVP with Sunny Schmitt.  Bring a side, salad or dessert and BYO Beer. Wine is provided.

We still need sponsors for our Festivals. Please reach out to other businesses and help us get more sponsors! Click here to see levels and benefits. 

Thank you to these current 2026 sponsors:

  • Bank of Estes Park - $2000 Festival Sponsor
  • Mueller Pye - $1000 Sponsor
  • 1st Colorado Realty - $1500 Band Sponsor
  • CMG Mortgage - $1500 Band Sponsor
  • Estes Park Team Realty - $750
  • Hexagon - $500   
  • Big Horn Restaurant $500
  • State Farm - $500
  • Bank of Colorado - $500
  • Allnutt - $250

We have sold 70 of 350 Raffle tickets as of this email. Please continue to promote our 2026 raffle tickets!! Click here or scan the QR code. 

Sunrise Rotary Member Assistance Fund

The Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club establishes the Sunrise Rotary Member Assistance Fund to provide temporary, confidential financial support to members in good standing who are experiencing
financial hardship that jeopardizes paying dues for their continued membership. 

This Fund serves two related goals:
Membership retention — ensuring that a member’s temporary financial difficulty does not become
the reason they leave the Club.
Fellowship and mutual support —reflecting Rotary’s core value of “Service Above Self” by allowing members to support one another indirectly.  

Read about it here

Donate here


 

Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club

Weekly Meeting Schedule

Tuesday 7:00am-8:00am

at The Expedition Lodge

Volunteers Needed!

Labor Day Arts & Crafts Show

      September 5-7

Sign Up to Volunteer Here

 Autumn Gold Festval

      September 26-27

Sign Up to Volunteer Here

Rotary Anniversaries
  • John Tessler - Aug 4, 11 yrs
  • Niki Gassmann - Aug 26, 5 yrs
Birthdays
  • Thomas Beck - Aug 10
  • Robert Foster - Aug 18
   Wedding Anniversaries
  • Eric & Suzy Blackhurst - Aug 21, 50 yrs
  • Teresa & Paul Mueller - Aug 20, 49 yrs
  • John & Sally Tessler -Aug 15, 46 yrs
  • Melissa & Wally Wood - Aug 23, 41 yrs
  • Niki & TJ Gassmann - Aug 12, 20 yrs

Upcoming Meetings

  • Aug 18 - Scott Manning, Speaker on “Oscar Mike”.

     

  • 2027 Save The Date
  • April 2-4, 2027 President Elect Training Seminar (PETS)
  • June 4-5, 2027 District Conference, Casper, WY
  • June 26-30, 2027 Rotary International Conference in Barcelona, Spain

Attend the Fort Collins Peach Festival This Saturday, August 15th

2026 Event Information 

The Peach Festival, hosted by the 4 Rotary Clubs of Fort Collins, is a fundraiser for Northern Colorado non-profit organizations. 

 

Hosted each year at Civic Center Park, the Peach Festival puts $20,000 – $30,000 right back into our community each year.