Liz Cohn presented past club president Ron Devries with the Rotary Presidential Citation Award at our July 2nd meeting. Our club received this award because it: “Achieved net increase in membership with two new members; diversified its membership; enhanced Rotary’s public image via participation in the City Slicker Rodeo Fundraiser and through radio programs on KJU Radio, Tucson; members volunteer as a Rotary Volunteer.” The Pima Club received special recognition for having inducted two women during the 2009-2010 Rotary year and having completed a service project each month. Our club was one of only 13 in our district to receive this award. Congratulations Ron!

This year we have one member attending the Tri-District PETS 2010:

Jeff Keeme / President-Elect for 2010

The Arizona Presidents-elect, Secretaries-elect, Treasurers-elect and Presidents-nominee Training Seminar is a system of long standing multi-district PETS training sessions. AZ PETS is a joint effort of the three Rotary districts in the state of Arizona. AZ PETS is managed, prepared and conducted by a PETS committee and the District Governor-elect from each participating District. Consisting of well known exceptional speakers, informative workshops, detailed district training sessions and fellowship and networking, the basic purpose of our PETS is to have the best prepared, most enthusiastic club leaders in the Rotary world. Annually, the attending Presidents-elect, Secretaries and Treasurers leave well prepared to carry out their Rotary duties.

On Saturday, August 29th, members of the Pima Rotary Club joined in the effort to keep the Rillito River Walk trash-free. Over the course of three hours we cleaned up 5 bags of trash and left the walkway newly clean and beautiful for its many joggers and cyclists. We will be participating in this clean-up effort on a yearly basis, in conjunction with other Tucson-based Rotary Clubs.

Jacob McKeever was formally inducted to the Pima Rotary Club by Club President, Ron DeVries, at the Friday meeting on August 7th. He will be a very active and valued member of our club. Welcome Jacob!!

On Saturday, August 1st, the Pima Rotary Club spent the day at Old Pueblo Children’s Academy.   Through this effort,  we aided a brand new school in installing baseboards in the entire school.  Old Pueblo Children’s Academy is a charter school that works with special needs children grades K-8.  Please visit www.oldpuebloacademy.org for more information on this school.  The Old Pueblo Children’s Academy website was also donated by one of our members.

The Pima Rotary Club is part of Rotary International, the largest humanitarian organization in the world.  The fourth weekend of each month concept was created so that a service project where ‘real work’ is done rather than just writing a check. Through efforts such as these and others, Rotarians aspire to build goodwill and the friendship of the community.   The club also supports projects such as world polio eradication, providing dictionaries to third grade students locally as well as supporting students in Kampala, Uganda.  Meetings are held the first three Fridays of the month at Chad’s Steakhouse at Swan/Ft. Lowell at 11:15 am.  Visit www.pimarotary.org for more information.    Look below for some pictures of us in action!

  On Saturday, April 25th, the Pima Rotary Club spent the day at Comin’ Home to kick off their inaugural “Fourth week project”.   Through this effort, Comin’ Home now has a permanent chicken coop which will  play a part in assisting veterans achieve self sufficiency by allowing them to earn an income and provide for themselves.

     Comin’ Home provides homeless veterans support services and housing through transitional and permanent settings and outreach.  Outreach occurs in urban and rural areas reaching the veteran that had not yet come for assistance.  Many of the men and women have complex issues related to mental illness, substance abuse, health and physical disabilities as well as chronic employment and housing problems.

     The Pima Rotary Club is part of Rotary International, the largest humanitarian organization in the world.  The fourth weekend of each month concept was created so that a service project where ‘real work’ is done rather than just writing a check. Through efforts such as these and others, Rotarians aspire to build goodwill and the friendship of the community.   The club also supports projects such as world polio eradication, providing dictionaries to third grade students locally as well as supporting students in Kampala, Uganda.  Meetings are held the first three Fridays of the month at Chad’s Steakhouse at Swan/Ft. Lowell at 11:15 am.  Visit www.pimarotary.org for more information.    Look below for some pictures of us in action!

This year we have two members attending the 2009 Tri-District PETS 2009:  

• Robert Grant / President-Elect for 2011
• Jeff Keeme / Secretary-Elect for 2009

The Arizona Presidents-elect, Secretaries-elect, Treasurers-elect and Presidents-nominee Training Seminar is a system of long standing multi-district PETS training sessions. AZ PETS is a joint effort of the three Rotary districts in the state of Arizona. AZ PETS is managed, prepared and conducted by a PETS committee and the District Governor-elect from each participating District. Consisting of well known exceptional speakers, informative workshops, detailed district training sessions and fellowship and networking, the basic purpose of our PETS is to have the best prepared, most enthusiastic club leaders in the Rotary world. Annually, the attending Presidents-elect, Secretaries and Treasurers leave well prepared to carry out their Rotary duties.

The Dictionary Project is a 501 (c ) (3) organization, created to provide a dictionary to students to help with their homework and their school work. A dictionary is an essential tool for a quality education. A student cannot do his or her best work without one. A child develops his understanding of the world and builds a frame of reference on what he or she knows, a dictionary provides the knowledge to better understand our world and the words to share information. Donations and contributions made by sponsors to the Dictionary Project are tax deductible.