TRUCKEE SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB


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Our Town of Truckee was established in 1863 and incorporated in 1993.  With a population of 15,000, it is located at an altitude of 5,980 feet (1,823 meters) in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of Lake Tahoe.

Blessed with ideal summer and winter weather - 300 days a year of sunshine and 206 inches average snowfall - Truckee is the center of a vast recreation area offering a variety of activities from water skiing to snow-boarding.

The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club has been an integral part of this community since 1993, pursuing our mission of providing volunteer and financial support to the youth, economically dis-advantaged, and elderly of our local, national and international communities.

Our two major fundraisers, the Truckee Chili Cookoff and Un Mundo, are also major social and sporting events in the community.

The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club is Club Number 29467 and a part of Rotary District 5190. As of June, 2007, there were approximately 2,700 club members in 53 clubs, 31 in California and 22 in Nevada.


We meet at 7 AM Tuesdays at Donner Lake Kitchen, 13710 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. Click here for a map.

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This web site is intended as an information resource for Truckee Sunrise Rotarians and all interested parties. Check back often as new material is being added weekly.

Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club
P. O. Box 8634
Truckee, CA  96162
530.386.4275

Upcoming Events

August - Membership Month

August 3, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Nichole Dorr will outline the Town of Truckee's recycling programs and her experiences as a Rotary Group Study Exchange participant.

August 3, 8 AM - Board Meeting: All members are encouraged to attend.

August 7, 9 AM to 12 Noon: Rotarians at Work. Seniors Clean-up Day at the Seniors Apartments.

August 10, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Bob Belden of the Truckee Fire District will discuss home fire protection.

August 17, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Pat Davison of Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe.

August 19, 530 PM - Loyalton Lamb Barbeque: Come one, come all to the Rotary Club of Loyalton's Annual Lamb Barbeque. A fantastic night of fellowship; the traditional barbeque lamb (fantastic by the way if you've never been), libations, music and all set in the wonderful Sierra Valley where the night sky's are absolutely perfect for star gazing, you may even spot our District Governor and a few Past Governors as well. So mark the date (many of you already have) because we can't wait to see you!

August 24, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Truckee Town Manager Tony Lashbrook on State of the Town.

August 31, 7 AM - Club Meeting: George Lebard will present Project M. A. N. A., whose mission is to dramatically reduce the incidence of hunger and its detrimental effects upon individuals, families, the community, and the region. In addition to providing hunger relief, they have developed programs designed to alleviate the causes of hunger and promote nutrition through education and awareness.

News and Media

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And The Winners Are

Chili lovers witnessed a classic contest among 13 colorful teams fighting to the finish for the top prize at the hotly contested 2nd Annual Truckee Chili Cookoff today. The event was MC’ed by KOH radio personality Monica Jaye who roamed the venue keeping the audience informed and entertained with her forceful wit.

Taking First Place in the Individual category was Porter Simon’s Red Hot Chili Chicks Plus, an inspired convocation of legal eagles. Poets on Payday, the Grand Champion from last year, remained competitive by nailing down Second Place.

First honors in the Non-profit category went to the team from Tahoe Forest Church, Fire From Heaven. Second Place went to the team from the U. S. Forest Service.

The Restaurant category saw an unusual tie for first place between Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn Restaurant and Royal Gorge’s Ice Lakes Lodge. The fact that two such quality restaurants competed and won reflects the increased attention the Truckee Chili Cookoff is getting throughout the Lake Tahoe community.

The Grand Champion of the 2nd Annual Truckee Chili Cookoff was the young team from Full Belly Deli of Truckee. The attendees agreed with the judges awarding Full Belly Deli the People’s Choice Award as well.

The distinguished panel of judges, Supervisor Ted Owens, Truckee Mayor Carolyn Wallace Dee, Jake Hudson, Truckee Town Councilman Mark Brown, MC Monica Jaye’s husband “Mr. M” and Kimberly Sensley, the Most Trusted Advisor to Truckee Police Chief Nicholas Sensley, said they had a difficult time ranking the contestants since they all cooked a fine chili.

All competitors vowed to return again next year

 

PolioPlus

In 1985, Rotary International created PolioPlus – a program to immunize all the world’s children against polio. To date, Rotary has contributed more than US$800 million and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children in 122 countries. Rotary is currently working to raise an additional US$200 million toward a US$355 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These efforts are providing much needed polio vaccine, operational support, medical personnel, laboratory equipment and educational materials for health workers and parents. In addition, Rotary has played a major role in decisions by donor governments to contribute over $4 billion to the effort.

Polio Today
Today, endemic wild poliovirus has been eliminated from all but four countries in the world (Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan), and less than 2000 cases were reported worldwide in 2008. Though great progress has been made, challenges remain. Overall, the quality of immunization campaigns must be improved, and more funding is critically needed. In response, governments, donors and international agencies have endorsed a plan with clear milestones to tackle these and other challenges to a polio-free world.

 

 
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