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Sunup Rotary Holds First Family Fun Fest
 
 
 
Marsha Teller, our Cummunity Service Director reports: Family Fest was a great team effort for Sunup Rotary! Thank you to our chair people, Tiffany and Emmett Jones and a shout out as well as to Jane White. who tirelessly worked in so many areas of this fundraiser. Thank you to all our Sunupians who volunteered their time in all phases of this Family Fest.
 
 
Thank you to Touchmark at the Ranch and the support and leadership of Joe Brown and Tara Spagnolo
 
 
Thanks also to PHS Interact President Sophia Brown and her Kids Area Crew.
 
 
Emmett Jones, Sarah Van Bourgondien and Laura Vanderberg, enjoying our 2025 Family Fun Fest, hosted by Touchmatk at the Ranch
 
 The Pete Dow Family, happpy winners of our 50/50 Raffle at this year's Family Fun Fest
 
 
 
Your support of The Rotary Foundation so far this year has helped to fund:
 
   •  432 District Grants
   •  1,057 Global Grants
   •  68 Disacter Response Grants
 
Our Prescott-Sunup Rotary Club members not only support TRF with our contributions each year, we actively participate in deciding where those funds will be spent.
 
DID YOU KNOW that Sunup Rotary this year co-sponsored one District Grant, and that we actively participated in four (4) Global Grants.  In fact, we served as the International Partner on two of those Global Grants.  We firmly believe that The Rotary Foundation is "The Enabling Arm of Rotary."  Through TRF, we continue to be enabled to do so much more good together, than we could ever hope to accomplish on our own.
 
CLUB SERVICE
 
Turn-about is fair play!  President Christy Manning had to don a birthday hat and special glasses, as we celebrated her birthday at last week's quarterly evening social meeting. 
 
Launched this year by Co-Presidents Bob Ticer and Joe Sweeney, it has been our intentiion from the beginning for our satellite Prescott Valley Rotary Club to rapidly grow to the point where it could become its own separate chartered Rotary Club.  With 28 members now, it is expected that PVRotary will be chartered by Rotary International in August, having its own club leadership.  
 
 
PV Rotary Club will be inducting at its meeting on Tuesday, July 8th, John Williams as their Club President for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.  His backround includes, serving as a traffic reporter for eight San Diego radio stations, as a painting contractor in Los Angeles, and as a classic car dealer in Modesto.  Alongside his wife Ivy and his brother Don, in Las Vegas he co-founded the Wheelchair Foundation, raising nearly $3 million to provide mobility to underserved communities.
 
 
Also to be inducted as President-Elect on July 8th will be Evelyn Nelson.  With degrees from Washington State University and Central Washington University, Evelyn served as a teacher for 14 years, before she moved up to the administrative roles of Principal and Superintendent.  She has a strong background in service organizations, having been both a Rotarian and a Kiwanis Club President in the past.
 
We heartily congratulate our satellite PV Rotary Club and their incoming new leadership!!
 
 
Remember that our own Prescott-Sunup Rotary Installation of our 2025-26 Club Officers, including President Jane Anne Shimizu and Pres-Elect Col. Russ Davis, will take place at the Goldwater Lake Ramada on Wednesday, July 9, at 5:00 p.m. 
 
COMMMUNITY SERVICE
 
 
Marsha Says:  
 
This Wednesday at our meeting, we will be collecting  our Breakfast Club non-perishable items that will be delivered that day to our Prescott Area Women's Shelter by Todd Clancy! Items that we need include granola bars, cereal boxes, and instant oatmeal. We will have a sign-up sheet for those interested in helping with deliveries, which will be the last Wednesday of each month, from 9:30-12:00 pm at PASS.
 
 
YOUTH SERVICE
 
Interact Ambassadors in Mexico working with ALEM
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
 
The Rotary International Convention is being held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada this week, with an expected 35,000 Rotarians from around the world to be in attendance.  Plenary Sessions are simultaneously translated into 7 languages.  Attending an RI Convention is an absolutely incredible experience!
 
Our Interact Global Schisto Project booth in the RI Convention's House of Friendship in Calgary
 
 
 
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
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I’ve started a new exercise routine.
Every day I do diddly squats.
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Your fingers have fingertips,
But your toes don’t have toetips.
Yet, you can tiptoe, but not tipfinger.
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I bought a fake Koi fish.
It’s my dekoi.
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Great hide and seek players
Are really hard to find.
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I hear that laughing out loud is forbidden in Hawaii
Because it’s a low ha state.
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When you dream in color
It’s a pigment of your imagination.
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I think my wife is putting glue on my firearms.
She denies it, but I’m sticking to my guns.
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Breaking News::
Man in boxers
Leads police in brief chase.
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Announcements

Meeting Wednesday @ 6:30 am
The Hassayampa Inn
 
SPEAKER: Adam Nance
 
SUBJECT: Veteran Suicide Awareness
and National Guard Murals
 
 
The Prez Says
Christy Manning
As this Rotary year draws to a close, I want to take a moment to acknowledge all that we’ve shared this past week.  We’ve just enjoyed our final happy hour meeting of the year and wrapped up our last board meeting, both moments that capture the spirit and camaraderie of this club.
 
Now we have one more morning club meeting and our biggest event of the year, the Family Fest, before we officially close this chapter.
 
Thank you all for your hard work, enthusiasm, and ongoing commitment.  Let’s finish strong and carry that same Rotary spirit into the new year with Jane Anne leading the way!
 
I’ll see you all on Wednesday!
 

 
Speakers
Jun 25, 2025
Veteran Suicide Awareness and National Guard Murals
Jul 02, 2025
Program for Disabled People
Jul 09, 2025
Installing Our 2025-26 Club Officers - NO MORNING MEETING
Jul 16, 2025
Cathedral Pines' Wildfire Prevention System
View entire list
Meeting Assignments
Setup/Takedown
 
Upcoming Events
Family Fest at Touchmark at the Ranch
Touchmark at the Ranch
Jun 22, 2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
 
Program Committee Meeting
Waffles & More
Jul 08, 2025 7:00 AM
 
Installation Dinner
Goldwater Lake Ramada
Jul 09, 2025 5:00 PM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Hassayampa Yavapai Room (Basement)
Jul 17, 2025 4:00 PM
 
Program Committee Meeting
Waffles & More
Aug 12, 2025 7:00 AM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Hassayampa Yavapai Room (Basement)
Aug 21, 2025 4:00 PM
 
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Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Immediate Past President
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
Membership
 
Community Service
 
Vocational Services
 
Club Service
 
International Service
 
Foundation Secretary
 
Foundation President
 
Foundation Vice President
 
Foundation Treasurer
 
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