What We Do ** Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe **

What We Do:

Philippine Boat Project Presentation

Bob Dorr and Jim Buckley-Philippine Boat Project Presentation

Bob Dorr (left), immediate past District Governor of 5190, and Jim Buckley (right)- both members of the Cameron Park Rotary Club, provide a presentation of the Philippine Boat Project to the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe. (11/7/07)

Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe donates $3,000 to the Martin Luther King Clothing Giveaway

Melanie Guttry MLK Cloting Giveaway

President Chris presents Melonie Guttry, Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation Executive Director, with a $3,000 donation from the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe. (11/7/07)

2008 Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe
Family Resource Center Project

Click here to see photos of our 2008 Family Resource Center remodel project. Thanks to all of our club volunteers for their assistance, dedication and hard work on this wonderful and worthwhile community project.

2008 Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe Family Resouce Center Remodel Project

Outbound RYE students for 2007-08

Here are three outbound RYE students for 2007-08 that were recruited from South Tahoe High School. They are from left to right, Carly Schild (Brazil), Kaitlyn Judge (Italy) and Cynthia Terry (Brazil). As you may recall, Cynthia is being sponsored by the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club. This is a truly great group that we refer to lately as the club's "Three Treasures". We are proud of three outstanding exchange students to represent our club, our district, and Rotary International.

South Tahoe High Student Wins Area Speech Contest

South Tahoe High School senior Ashley Rumble wins the 2007 Area Speech Contest! Ashley is shown here with SLT Rotary Club President Mark Lucksinger (top) and STHS Speech Coach Eric Allmeroth (bottom). Congratulations Ashley!

2007 Rotary Speech Contest

Student speakers from South Tahoe High School competed at the March 15 Rotary meeting for prizes and the ability to move on to the next level of competition with the winners from the other area high schools.

Rotary congratulates from left: Ashley Rumble, Coral Warren, Jessie Quick, Jessica Stillwell and Rita McKeon

2007 Rotary Car Sweepstakes Winner

The Car Sweepstakes is the major club fundraiser which makes possible the ongoing community support provided by the club since it's inception in 1946. SLT Rotary congratulates the winners and thanks all who participated!

Kevin Turner is congratulated by event chairman, Chris Proctor, after drawing the winning key that unlocked the new car in the 2007 Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe Great Car Sweepstakes.

Second place winner John Weidman will enjoy a Maui vacation.

Rotary Youth Exchange Past, Present & Future

Rotary Youth Exchange students gathered at the January 10, 2007 meeting of the club to share their enthusiasm.

Pictured are: back row left to right:

Guillermo Souza (From Brazil EXPRO - he was an exchange student to Germany in 2001-02)
Gabriel Camargo (Hosted by Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club, Gabe is from Brazil, District 4510)
Arielle Kallish (Sponsored by SLT, Ari was an outbound student to Mexico in 2005-06)
David Hartzell (Sponsored by SLT, David was an outbound student to Thailand in 2004-05)
Carly Schild (Sponsored by SLT, Carly will be an outbound student to Brazil in 2007-08)
SLT Rotary Club RYE Patriarch Dr. Guy Lease

front row left to right:

Mariana Carlo (From Brazil EXPRO - she was an exchange student to Canada in 2002-03)
Samuel de la Canal (From Argentina - he was an inbound RYE student to South Lake Tahoe in 2002-03)
Nika Hsiao (Sponsored by Tahoe Douglas Rotary, Nika was an outbound student to Argentina in 2005-06)
Kaitlyn Judge (Sponsored by SLT, Kaitlyn will be an outbound student to Italy in 2007-08)
Ariadna Stepanova (Hosted by SLT, Arina is an inbound student from Russia in 2006-07)
Cynthia Terry (Sponsored by SLT, Cynthia will be an outbound student to Brazil in 2007-08)

Group Study Exchange from Thailand

The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 and in the early years of their professional lives. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits between paired areas in different countries.

For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.

SLT Rotary Awards 2006 Barn Dance Proceeds

At the meeting of November 1st, the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe distributed $10,600, representing the net proceeds of the 4th Annual Rotary Barn Dance. The event was held on September 9th and hosted by Al and Patty Moss at their ranch in Woodfords. Over 400 guests attended and enjoyed a BBQ dinner plus after dinner dancing to the Riptides.

This year the Lake Tahoe Community College Winter Clothing Give Away, Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, and Woodfords Volunteer Fire Department equally shared the $10,600 proceeds. Long time Rotarian, Al Moss, presented the checks to representatives of each organization. Checks were received by Terry Daniels and Karen Houser representing the Boys and Girls Club, Melonie Guttry representing the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation, and Buck McClelland of the Woodfords Volunteer Fire Department.

Pictured from left to right:
Al Moss (Rotarian), Buck McClelland (Woodfords VFD), Melonie Guttry (LTCC Foundation), Karen Houser (Boys and Girls Club), Mark Lucksinger, Rotary President

2006 Rotary Car Sweepstakes Winner

The South Lake Tahoe Rotary Club celebrated the final chapter in its Great Car Sweepstakes on May 3 at Harrahs. This year, it was lucky key number 16 that opened the grand prize, a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The 25 finalists chose their keys at random and, one by one, tried their luck at opening the Jeep. The winning key belonged to finalist Dr. David Borges who yielded the attempt to wife Dr. Karen Borges, and she selected the lucky key. Karen then drew from among the remaining 24 and Jim & Heather Rix , finalists #14, won the trip to Maui! Shehadi Motors will provide a car detailing to the other 23 finalists. Congratulations to Dr. David Borges and his wife, Dr. Karen Borges and to Jim and Heather Rix! Our thanks to the event committee, club members, Mark Shehadi and Shehadi Motors and to the community for supporting this effort, making it possible for our Club to support a broad range of activities in the community! The Rotary Club sold a record 1,357 tickets, raising over $35,000 for the Club’s 2006/2007 project and scholarship budget. Thanks again to everyone that made this possible.

2006 Car winner Dr. Karen Borges with husband Dr. David Borges

From left: Event Chairman and 2007 Rotary President, Mark Lucksinger, Dr. David Borges, Dr. Karen Borges, 2006 Rotary President Bill Gordon, Rotarian Mark Shehadi

2006 Scholarships Awards

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe presented scholarships to 16 graduating seniors from South Tahoe High School on May 24, 2006. These students will go on to college and vocational school. Selection criteria included grades, community involvement, oral interviews and financial need.

Rotary congratulates: Greg Gaskin, Eva Gonzalez, Megan Hillyard, Cascade Lueder, Yolanda Marty, Max Meeker, Hiron Morar, Mariko Peshon, Nicole Riegel, Nicholas Stewart, Taylor Lafferty, Logan Lefler, Martin Rider, Adam Cook (not pictured).

2006 Music Contest Winners

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe held its annual high school music competition on February 15 at Harveys. The contest featured students from South Tahoe High School performing instrumental music solos while competing for cash prizes and the opportunity to move to the next level of competition with the winners from the other area high schools.

Rotary congratulates from left to right: Faye Pekar (4th place, violin), Sebastiani Romagnolo (tie 3rd place, piano), Rand Norberg (2nd place, trombone), Kyle Conroy (tie 3rd place, trombone), and winner two years in a row, Troy Mikanovich (1st place, tuba). Also shown is event Chairman, Lorenzo Gigliotti, far right.

Rotary Builds Bus Shelters

The two Rotary Clubs on the south end of Lake Tahoe joined forces in recent weeks to construct two much needed bus shelters, one in front of Lakeland Village, and one serving the Senior Plaza near Barton Hospital. The Rotary clubs recognized a need for the shelters, especially during the winter months when the cold and blowing snow can make waiting for public transportation an uncomfortable ordeal.

Both Rotary Clubs joined forces for the project in celebration of the 100 year anniversary of Rotary, an international service organization of 1.2 million men and women in 31,200 clubs throughout 166 countries. Each year the South Lake Tahoe Rotary Club, chartered in 1946, and the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club, chartered in 1962 are involved in many local and worldwide community service projects including local scholarships to South Lake Tahoe and Douglas County schools.

Pictured at the Senior Plaza from left: David Kurtzman, Robert Plimpton, Kim Copel, Hanna Chrostowski, Rich Hodge, Frank Jones, Art Roybal, Bill Kaster, Bob Taylor, Al Moss, Melody Daugherty, Tom Toreno, John Upton

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe 2006-2007 Community Support

The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe 2006-2007 Community Support

Financial Community Support

Youth Basketball League	$500
South Tahoe Little League	$300
STHS Sober Grad Night	$1000
STMS Kid's College	$1000
Sierra House Elem. School Field Trip	$500
Family Resource Center Project in progress	$5000
Court Appointed Special Advocate	$1000
Christmas Cheer Food	$1000
STMS Drug Store Project	$1000
Buddy Werner Ski Program	$150
Contingency community requests	$4000
Rotary Youth Exchange	$3300
World Affairs Seminar scholarship	$1000
International Project - Mexico	$4000
South Tahoe High School scholarships	$7000
Lake Tahoe Community College scholarships	$4000
Rotary Youth Leadership Award scholarships	$1100
Hero scholarships	$1000
South Tahoe High School Speech, Music Contests	$1000
Area High School Music and Speech Contests	$1000
Boys and Girls Club / LTCC Coats For Kids	$10000
Total Financial Communiity Support	$48,850

"Hands On" Community Support Projects

Rehabilitation Bijou Community Park	Summer 2003
Bus Shelter Lakeland Village	Summer 2004
Bus Shelter Senior Plaza	Summer 2004
Family Resource Center Improvement	Summer 2007

For more information about Rotary District 5190:

Click here to visit our district 5190 web site

Click here to view the district 5190 newsletter

For more information about Rotary International:

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