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Announcements December Student of the Month     L to R: Rich Bangs, Castle View HS Principal, Lyle Gates, Annie Halverstadt, and Ken Konkel, Club President   Annie Halverstadt, senior at Castle View High School, was honored the Rotary Student of the Month for December.   Halverstadt is very active at the school, including being the school's yearbook editor in chief, an officer in the student government, a member of the National Honor Society and a varsity manager/trainer.   She has a 3.8 grade average and said she intends to attend Mesa State College to major in athletic training.   Congratulations Annie!!   We did It!!!!    The results of our annual food drive for the Douglas Elbert Task Force food bank are in. The goal was 1,000 pounds of food donated to the food bank by Christmas. As of 12/23/2009, RCCR has donated 1092 lbs of food for a whopping 109% of goal. A special thanks to all of our Rotarians who donated food over the past 17 weeks and helping to make this a Merry Christmas to many of our community members in need. Gates Named Paul Harris Fellow   L to R: Paul Dassel, Lyle Gates, and Ken Konkel   Lyle Gates, Rotarian and Principal at Castle View High School was named as a Paul Harris Fellow in a ceremony at our weekly Rotary meeting.  Ken Konkel, Club President and Paul Dassel, Foundation Chair presented this award to Lyle in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.  Congratulations Lyle!!!! New Rotarians Inducted!!      L to R: Watts, Gordon, Stucy and Konkel   Elaine Stucy, Broker/Owner Stucy Realty and Gordon Allott, Attorney were inducted as new members of the Rotary Club of Castle Rock by Membership Co-Chair, Dave Watts and President Ken Konkel. Please extend a warm welcome to Elaine and Gordon!!!

Club News In Brief..................

Club Donates a Shelter Box to Haiti

Last fall, our Rotary Club of Castle Rock donated $1,000 to ShelterBox for natural disaster relief around the world.  In the past several weeks when the Haiti crisis unfolded, our club decided to donate another $1,000 to ShelterBox since many of their Shelter Boxes were already being shipped to Haiti. The ShelterBox confirmed that both of our donations purchased two shelter boxes that were sent to Haiti.

The Shelter Box is a tough, green plastic box containing a 10-person tent, and ancillary equipment designed to enable a family of up to 10 people to survive for at least six months.  Made to a unique design using high quality materials, the tents are suitable for a wide range of conditions.  Other items in the box may include insulated groundsheets, thermal blankets, a multi-fuel stove, cooking equipment, tools, mosquito nets, water containers, etc.

For more information on ShelterBox, go to www.shelterboxusa.org. or call 941-907-6036. 

Colorado Boys Ranch Awarded $1,000

The Rotary Club of Castle Rock Foundation, Inc. awarded the Colorado Boys Ranch $1,000 to support its program of mental health treatment and education for at-risk boys between the ages of 10 to 21 from across the United States.

Receiving the donation from Club President, Ken Konkel on behalf of the Colorado Boys Ranch is Jerry Krupp (this is his normal smile), RCCR Rotarian and Board member of the Colorado Boys Ranch. Congratulations!!!

For more information on the Colorado Boys Ranch and its' La Junta, Colorado location, visit their website at www.coloradoboysranch.org.

A Few Good Rotarians

The membership committee, headed by Fred Slick, has launched a new effort to define representative member classifications consistent with the business community and to seek new members who have the humanitarian passion and commitment within those classifications to help make a difference.For more details on joining Rotary click here on Becoming a Member. 

 Polio Eradication - A Major Rotary Focus

Rotary International has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further the cause of eradicating polio.  Bill Gates, through his foundation has awarded Rotary a $350M grant. In return, Rotary is committed to raise an additional $200M by June 30, 2012.  For the complete story click here on Polio Eradication.

Rotary Theme 2009-2010: The Future of Rotary Is In Your Hands John Kenny - President, Rotary International Mike Oldham - District Governor, District 5450 Ken Konkel - President, Castle Rock Rotary