Rotary Club of Cheyenne will be holding virtual meetings until further notice.  We encourage all Rotarians and guests to join us each Wednesday at noon!  To join a meeting, click on the Speaker and the meeting information below and follow the links.
 
We plan on resuming our physical gatherings and activities as soon as we responsibly can.  Until then, together we are "Socially Distanced, but Rotary Connected."
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This Week's Program

Technology and virtual meetings allow us to connect with speakers around the world.  Incoming Rotary International President Holger Knaack is joining us this week from Germany, to talk directly with Cheyenne Rotary members about his vision of what's in store for Rotary and answer your questions. 

Casey Robinson, MHA, RT(R)(N), CNMT, PET
Administrator, Cardiac and Imaging Services at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

“What makes CRMC Imaging services special and how we are creating a special culture for our patients”

  • New technology/new departments/new tests
  • Patient Experience

Casey will also be sharing with us about CRMC's investment in a new MRI machine and the impacts of changes to the imaging department on the medical services offered to Cheyenne and the region. 

Lincoln Park Playground Equipment Installed

 

The new playground at Lincoln Park in south Cheyenne turned out awesome!  Rotarians Jera Likely, Harry Labonde, Larry Meuli, Tom Brantley, and others helped deconstruct the old equipment last December, and installation of the new playground equipment and surface was completed by the City last week.  Our club received a $4,000 Rotary District grant to help fund the new playground equipment, leveraging that with the City’s significant CDBG funding to create a special play space for children.

“Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Cheyenne for partnering with the City on this project.  The replacement of this playground was long overdue,” said Teresa Moore, Cheyenne Recreation and Events Department Director.   “As you know, it takes a community coming together to make good things happen.” 

 

We can’t wait to see young people playing at the park again!

WYPod Special Video Edition - Highlighting Everyday Wyoming Leaders
If you are looking for a change of pace from the usual virus-related news, check out the WYpod Video Edition interviews and virtual tours highlighting everyday Wyoming leaders Tuesday’s at 12:10 pm.
If you missed last week, check out the recording of the live Paramount & Lincoln virtual tour with Jon and Renee Jelinek. Here is a link to that recording:
This Tuesday’s edition is a virtual tour of Pine Bluffs Distilling. 
 
Registration link: https://bit.ly/WYpodTour_Pine
Fighting Hunger in Cheyenne
Our club still has grocery gift cards!  As you know, we had approved the purchase of 200 $10 gift cards to be distributed to members of the Boys and Girls Club in early May.  Since turnout for that giveaway was low, and a staff member didn't understand that we had one for each student (rather than just each family) we had $1,500 left over from that event.  We’ve donated $500 of gift cards to Community Action of Laramie County’s “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” program, and will be distributing the remaining gift cards to other relief projects to help meet needs for food and/or pharmacy. 
 
Communications and Website Administration
If you have skills in written communications, newsletter and website design, and interacting with members, we have just the place for you!  We are looking for a person to utilize our ClubRunner online platform to share the Rotary story through our website, keep members and supporters in-the-know through our newsletter, and maintain the member-only content that helps with us administer the club smoothly.  This position requires excellent communications skills, patience to utilize a somewhat clunky website platform, attention to detail, and a desire to support our club and its members.  While the work is ongoing and requires time each week, the hours are at your convenience.  This is one of the positions in our club that comes with a small monthly stipend.  If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Robin Sims at 630-7419 or Brent Lathrop at 286-7661.
Peaches
While a significant portion of the peach crop on the Western Slope of Colorado suffered severe freeze damage in April, our grower has peaches for us to sell!   The Peach Sales fundraiser raises money for Rotary service projects each year, and is the perfect social distancing fundraiser.  Because of the shortage in the peach crop, we will have three hundred 9-pound boxes available to sell, rather than the usual 18-pound boxes. 
 
WE NEED YOUR HELP!  We are looking for a chairperson to coordinate the volunteers and the sales, delivery to Little America, and distribution.  If you are interested in chairing this fundraiser this year or want more information about what is entailed, please contact last year’s chairperson, Lindsey Reynolds at lindsey@cheyennesymphony.org or Brittany Wilson at BWilson@mhpllp.com.
Virtual Social Hour
Our second Virtual Social Hour will be held on Thursday, May 14 from 5:00 P.M. -6:30 P.M.  Please join us for some fun and get to know your fellow Rotarians a little better!  Log in through our usual meeting link.
Rotary Club - Planning to Thrive
What inspires you?  Gets you excited about what our Rotary Club is doing?  Where are the needs in our community and our world, and how can Rotary Club of Cheyenne have the most impact?  We are going through the process to update our strategic plan to arrive on areas of impact, discovering projects and programs that are relevant to our members and energizing to our club.  Club leadership will be using the practical guidance presented by Mountain Sage Consulting at the Spring District Assembly to refine the plans that were started a couple of years ago.  We will be asking for input and advice from each member, from our business sponsors, from our community leaders – asking you what makes Rotary special? Be on the lookout for a link to a brief survey in your email inbox, and share your thoughts.
Next Week's Program
Dr. Daniell Jensen-Ryan from LCCC
Special Research Projects and Data for LCCC

“Dr. Danielle Ryan is a fourth-generation Wyomingite. She was born and raised in Cheyenne and, as a first-generation college student, she pursued her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Wyoming and continued with her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. She and her husband, Jess Ryan, moved back home to Wyoming in 2016 where she worked in a post-doctoral position at the University of Wyoming. She specializes in teaching college courses, conducting evaluative research, and has an extensive history with community engagement efforts locally and nationally. Dr. Ryan could not be more excited to be home—she has jumped right back in to serve on several local Boards and as a volunteer for numerous organizations and events!

She was previously employed by large National Science Foundation research networks including the Coweeta Long-Term Ecological Project and the Bioenergy Alliance of the Rockies. Her previous work and research culminated in numerous regional and national-level conference presentations as well as several publications focused on community-based decision-making and planning efforts. She was also fortunate to work as the Director of Annual Giving and Grants for the Cheyenne Regional Foundation before returning to higher education.

She currently works as the Research Analyst for the Institutional Research Office at LCCC and has thoroughly enjoyed becoming a part of LCCC’s family. In her presentation to Rotary, she will speak about her research trajectory, research conducted with the Institutional Research Office at LCCC, and her future plans in her new role as the Coordinator for the Human & Public Services Pathway at LCCC.”

 
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