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.
For information about
Rotary International, please click
here.
For
information about member-ship in Rotary, please click
here.
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
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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.
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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
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. |
