TRUCKEE SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB


Truckee                       


 

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 membership 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
 

 

Betsy Watson Scholarship

The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club will award the annual Betsy Watson Nursing Scholarship to an outstanding area nursing student.

The $ 1,000 scholarship grant will honor the memory of Elizabeth “Betsy” Watson, a long-time professional nurse, nursing educator and nursing administrator at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee.

Click here for an application.

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Upcoming Events

July 7, 2009, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Club Assembly.

July 13, 2009 - RYE Student Farewell Bar-B-Q. Call Bryan Pierce for details or watch this space.

July 14, 2009, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Chili Cook-off - Review, Financial Summary, Lessons Learned, and most important - Celebration!

July 21, 2009, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Beth Christman - Invasion of some Nasty Non-native Plants

July 28, 2009, 7 AM - Club Meeting: Fire, Death and Taxes. Steve Lieberman.

News and Media

Click here to catch up on the latest Rotary news and media coverage.

Truckee Chili Cookoff

Almost 1,000 chili lovers witnessed a classic contest among 15 competent chili chefs fighting to the finish for the top prize at the hotly contested Truckee Chili Cookoff today.

Taking first place in the Individual category was Ryan “Happy” Gilmore, successful in his first outing.

First honors in the Non-profit category went to the team from Tahoe Forest Hospital led by Matt Pierz, Executive Chef.

Jax Truckee Diner won in the Restaurant category which was surprising since the establishment won’t open until July 14. Owner Bud Haley credited Executive Chef Melinda Dorn with creating the award-winning recipe. Jax Truckee Diner also won the People’s Choice award based upon the votes of the attendees at the event.

The Grand Champion of this first ever Truckee Chili Cookoff was the young team “Poets on Payday”, Lyle Poulin, Aaron Oropeza and Michael Kugler. They say the team name was taken from the chili cookoff episode of The Simpsons.

The distinguished panel of judges, Pat Davison, Travis Pribble, Jake Hudson, Brian "Shaggy" Smith, Truckee Mayor Mark Brown and Ellen Grace, said they had a difficult time ranking the contestants since they all cooked a fine chili.

This community fundraiser provided a day of family fun with chili tasting, non-stop entertainment by Bud Worrell, the Sierra Mountainaires, Pleasant Heads and The Red Devil Rhythm Section featuring The Reverend B. Wright and special guest star "One Foot Johnson".

The Railroad Regulators made a surprise appearance ending a sudden brawl with a deadly gunfight in front of the astonished crowd.

There were food and beverages and a host of other activities for adults and children alike.

All proceeds from the event benefit Truckee-North Tahoe programs addressing the needs of youth, economically disadvantaged and elderly. The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club has been supporting our community since 1993.

Plan now to attend the next Truckee Chili Cookoff on Sunday, June 27, 2010.

www.TruckeeChiliCookoff.org.

 

 

 
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