SOU’WESTER
January 11, 2012
Upcoming
Rotary Events
January is Rotary Awareness month. This is a
time to expand knowledge of Rotary and its
activities among our
membership and throughout the community. .
Upcoming Events
Last Thursday
January 26, 2012
Cottonwood Grill
February 15 No Meeting
February 17 Hearts in
Service Gala at Hillcrest
Country Club
Boise Southwest Rotary Grants and Programs
Children’s Home Society of Idaho: Boise Southwest Rotary Foundation granted $1,500 to the Children’s Home Society for making greeting cards
from the children’s art that is created during art therapy sessions The Children’s
Home Society of Idaho is not affiliated with any national organizations. All financial support received, by the Society, stays local and allows services provided
to be available to all children and the families who care for them. No one is ever
turned away due to an inability to pay.
Century Scholars honors the top 100 students from all the Boise High
Schools. This year the dinner and program will take place on April 17th at Boise
State University. Boise Southwest Rotary Foundation has supported this program
with a $500 grant. This program, in it’s 6th year, was an original program of the
Boise Downtown club and is now supported by most of the Boise Clubs.
Green Belt Clean-up: The Club members voted to continue to support the
Green Belt Clean-up program and our Club will continue to clean our section of
the greenbelt that runs along the new River Recreation Park from Riverside Park,
1775 W. Shoreline Drive, west past Quinn's Pond to Pleasanton Avenue.
MSTI Program:
Our Club has supported MSTI patients during the Holiday
season for years by buying and delivering presents and foods to families in need.
This program has been great but patients are in need all year long. Greg, Vicki
and others from the Board will be looking into other opportunities to help the patients during the year.
Rotary Gala
February 17th—Hillcrest Country Club
The Gala in 2012 will be held at the Hillcrest Country Club and there is no charge
for members and one guest to attend. Along with dinner there will
be music and dancing and the presentation of the Rotarian of the
Year Award and Bob Gibb Award.
With the start of the Legislative season Sgt. Jim Baldwin went to his
FaceBook
Be sure to “like” Rotary Club of Boise Southwest
on Facebook to keep up with what is happening
with our club.
useless knowledge book for questions to ask the members.
(1) Barack Obama is the 44th president but there have only been 43
presidents. Why?
(3) Who was the youngest person to become president?
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(4) Who were the president and Vice president who served together but
neither one was elected for that position?
Still need help? Ask Nancy or Steve Cox and they
can help you if needed.
(2) Eight presidents were born English Subjects. Who are they?
(5) Which presidents are on US coins?
(6) Which presidents are on US currency?
Proposed new Member
First Reading
Classification Talks
Peter Robbins
Andrea Thornton represents her fam-
Employer: LarsonAllen CPAs
Classification: Certified Public Accountant
Sponsor: Theresa Kethler
Former Past President of East Dallas Rotary
Club and a Paul Harris Fellow
Answers: 1. Grover Cleveland was President twice.
2. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Madison, Monroe,
Harrison, Adams
3. Teddy Roosevelt at 42
4. 4. Ford and Rockefeller
5. Washington, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Lincoln
6. Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Jackson, McKinley, Cleveland,
Wilson
ily’s company, Industrial Supply. The company was founded in 1916 by her grandfather
and it is still family owned. They have 160
employees and it has been named the SBA
sub-contractor of the year for many years running. The company offers over 55,000 products which can be found at www.industrialsupply.com. Andrea
is in the process of opening a Boise Woman Owned business
called Industrial Supply Idaho Solutions. Andrea has two kids
and she is very active in Boy Scouts.
June Harr represents Boise Rescue Mission which has 3 major areas of concern for
ending homelessness one life at a time.
Transitional Living; live in addiction rehab
program.; overnight guest services for the
homeless. The shelter offers three meals a
day, a shower and a bed. They currently
serve about 300 homeless with 45 of those
being children. June has four children with
one son graduating special forces in May
and one son in Afghanistan.
Rotary Guest Speakers
January 18th is Barbara Chaney of the Fish and Wildlife
January 25th is Sgt Greg Oster, Boise Police
Sou’wester Publication Committee:
Nancy Chinn - [email protected]
June Harr—Boise Rescue Mission
Paulette Hudson— Capital Matrix
Bryan Nunes—International Minute Press—
Printing Newsletter