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Park City Sunrise Rotary is Accepting Grant Applications
Park City Sunrise Rotary Club is accepting grant applications for their annual community grant program.  The club considers requests based on criteria of need, scope of impact, and alignment with Rotary principles (see www.rotary.org for guiding principles).  A typical donation from the club is between $250 and $1000. If your organization would like to apply for a grant from the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club, please visit http://www.parkcitysunriserotary.org and download a Local Program/Project Grant Request Form from the DOWNLOADS section in the lower right part of the home page.  Completed requests may be emailed to info@parkcitysunriserotary.org or faxed to 435-214- 0306 by October 31, 2017 for consideration.
 
The Park City Sunrise Rotary Grants Program is funded by several fundraising efforts that take place throughout the year, include the second annual SHOT SKI event, October 14th, on Main Street.  Working in association with the Wasatch Brewery, beer lovers will line up from the top of Park City’s historic Main Street all the way to Heber Avenue and raise one long ski to take a “shot” of Wasatch Premium and to raise money for the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club. 
 
For more information regarding grant requests and guidelines, contact: Kim Kerr at info@parkcitysunriserotary.org or call 435-640-8684
 Park City Sunrise Rotary is Accepting Grant Applications 2017-10-25 06:00:00Z 0
Shot ski a success
 
WE DID IT!
1250 shots
2,255 feet long
476 skis
BROKE THE RECORD AGAIN FOR
THE LONGEST SHOT SKI
 
Many thanks to our sponsor, Wasatch Brewery, 
and the Park City community for supporting this event that funds our community grant program
 
 
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Shot ski a success 2017-08-22 06:00:00Z 0
Change of Leadership
Change of Leadership party was a blast!  A big THANK YOU you to John and Stacy Lippert for hosting us, and to Larry Gwin for coordinating. Cheers to Jon Green for taking the helm for the last year and welcome, Pam Woll, to a anxiously anticipated year of Rotary presidential leadership.

 

 

 

 
Change of Leadership 2016-06-27 06:00:00Z 0

Congratulation to the community grant recipients
Posted on Nov 14, 2015
Thank you to all of the community organizations who make Park City special.  We received a total of 32 grant requests totaling about $38,000.  Based on our fundraising efforts, we were able to award $20,000 in total allocated to 24 community organizations. Congratulations grant recipients!  We look forward to a celebration with you at our Rotary club meeting on January 7th at 7:15 am at the Jeremy Country Club.
 Congratulation to the community grant recipients 2015-11-14 07:00:00Z 0

Rotary Community Grant Program - Accepting applications through Oct 31
Park City Sunrise Rotary Club is accepting grant applications for their annual charitable giving distribution.  The club considers requests based on criteria of need, scope of impact, and alignment with Rotary principles (see www.rotary.org for guiding principles).  A typical donation from the club is between $250 and $1000.  If your organization would like to apply for a grant from the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club, please download a grant request form from the DOWNLOADS section in the lower right section of this home page.
 
Completed requests may be emailed to info@parkcitysunriserotary.org or faxed to 435-214-0306 by October 31st for consideration.
 
For more information regarding grant requests and guidelines, contact:
Kim Kerr at info@parkcitysunriserotary.org or call 435-640-8684.
 Rotary Community Grant Program - Accepting applications through Oct 31 2015-10-28 06:00:00Z 0
Household Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day - Oct 10th
Posted on Sep 22, 2015
This is your chance to clear all that yucky stuff out of your garage and basement. Free to Summit County Residents.
Volunteer Rotarians will unload your hazardous waste - you won’t even have to get out of the car.

If you don't want to drink it, don't dump it!
 
October 10th, 9AM - Noon in the Canyons parking lot off Hwy 224.
 Household Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day - Oct 10th 2015-09-22 06:00:00Z 0
KPCW Rotary Challenge raises about $10,000
Posted on Sep 22, 2015
Each year the Park City Rotary Club and the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club have a little friendly competition to see which club demonstrates the most generosity to our local radio station, KPCW, in their summer fund drive. Community members call KPCW during the drive and donate in the name of either "Park City Rotary" or "Park City Sunrise Rotary." The KPCW Rotary Challenge was once again "nailbitingly" close down to the last minute of the two hour fund drive. The Park City Sunrise club won over Park City Rotary Club by a sliver on quantity of calls and dollars raised from community members.  The real winner was KPCW who will receive a total amount raised by both clubs of about $10,000!
 
Well done Rotarians!
 KPCW Rotary Challenge raises about $10,000 2015-09-22 06:00:00Z 0
Tour de Sunrise 2015-07-15 06:00:00Z 0
Changing of the Guards
Many thanks and a fond farewell to our outgoing club president, Jim Scott, who moves to Iowa this week. We'll miss you Jim. Cheers to our incoming club president, Jon Green!
 Changing of the Guards 2015-07-14 06:00:00Z 0
Another Successful 4th of July BBQ
Every year, the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club hosts the annual 4th of July BBQ in City Park. After the parade, Parkites and visitors congregate on City Park for some good ole' pulled pork, burgers, and beverages accompanied by live music and good friends.  This year was a big success in raising over $12,000 at the BBQ which in turn gets distributed out in the fall to our community grant recipients.  The more you eat, the more grant love our community organizations receive.  Thank you Parkites and visitors for making this fundraiser fun and successful!
 Another Successful 4th of July BBQ 2015-07-14 06:00:00Z 0
KPCW ROTARY CHALLENGE CLOSER THAN EVER
Posted on Aug 28, 2014
Each year the Park City Rotary Club and the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club have a little friendly competition to see which club demonstrates the most generosity to our local radio station, KPCW, in their summer fund drive.  The KPCW Rotary Challenge was SOOOO close this year, but the Park City Rotary club squeaked out the Park City Sunrise club by $150 in donations.  
 
Park City Rotary Club: 55 CALLS FOR $ 4,900
Park City Sunrise Rotary Club: 42 CALLS FOR $ 4,750
 
This was KPCW’s second biggest drive in five years.  Local Rotarians contributed a combined $ 9,650 to KPCW.  Well done Rotarians!
 KPCW ROTARY CHALLENGE CLOSER THAN EVER Kim Kerr 2014-08-29 00:00:00Z 0
Professional Citizen of the Year Award - Rotarian Mike Luers 2014-08-22 00:00:00Z 0
Sunrise Rotary grants $18,025
Posted on Dec 18, 2013
Every fall, the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club has a community grant program where organizations may request grants for programs and activities that align with the Rotary guiding principles (see rotary.org).  This year, we received a total of 28 grant requests totaling about $36,000.  Based on our fundraising efforts, we were able to award $18,025 in total to 19 organizations.  
Recipients of the 2013 community grant program include:
Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation, Arts-Kids, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, Egyptian Theatre, Habitat for Humanity, Holy Cross Ministries, KPCW, Latinos in Action, Leadership Park City, Mountain Town Music, Mountainlands Community Housing, Peace House, People’s Health Clinic, Project for Deeper Understanding, Recycle Utah, Summit Land Conservancy, United Against Bullying Coalition, Woman's Athenaeum, YMCA
 Sunrise Rotary grants $18,025 2013-12-19 00:00:00Z 0
Rotarians provide dictionaries to 3rd graders
Posted by Kim Kerr on Nov 21, 2013

Each year, our Sunrise Rotary Club members participate in the Dictionary Project, donating dictionaries to each third grade student in the area.  The goal of this program is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. 

Here's some pics from the South Summit Elementary visit.

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 Rotarians provide dictionaries to 3rd graders Kim Kerr 2013-11-22 00:00:00Z 0
Moab never disappoints
Posted by Kim Kerr on Oct 05, 2013

A group of Sunrisers visited Moab for some hiking and good times for what has become an annual trip.

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 Moab never disappoints Kim Kerr 2013-10-06 00:00:00Z 0
Kahrin Holmes with future Rotarians Kim Kerr 0
Ballroom Utah performs for Rotarians at the May 9th breakfast. Kim Kerr 0
Save our Streams - Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Posted by Kim Kerr

With the help of technicians from VEOLIA, STANTEC, the Park City Fire District and Summit County Public Works, we were able to have the most successful HazMat Collection Day ever. Thanks to Canyons Resort for hosting us. Huge thanks to 20+ Sunrise Rotary members for being our star volunteers.

Here are some of the stats:

- 453 cars - mostly from zip codes 84098 - 283 cars, 84060 - 131 cars, as well as 84036, 84032 and more.
- We accepted 9,050 lbs of E-Waste for RU
- The sheriff took in 20 ! 5-gal buckets of meds, 2 buckets of sharps and 3 buckets of cosmetics.
- We accepted 10 buckets of batteries, CFLs and light tubes and 40+ car batteries for RU
- The Summit County dump truck was filled with automotive tires, fridges/freezer, cylinders and yes a few mattresses.  Thanks, Jaren!

Thanks to all who helped to make this day success.

We cleaned up indeed!

 Save our Streams - Hazardous Waste Cleanup Kim Kerr 0
Sponsors needed for 4th of July event in City Park
Posted by Kim Kerr

The club needs your Help!

One of the largest events of Park City’s summer season is the 4th of July celebration organized and run by the Park City Ambassadors, the volunteer arm of the Chamber/Visitor Bureau of Park City. The Sunrise Rotary Club has agreed once again this year to assist the Ambassadors by organizing and serving lunch to the community following the July 4th parade. Generally, the Rotary Club serves around 2,500 people and is a great fundraiser for the club! The menu consists of smoked pulled pork, hamburgers, bratwurst etc.

We are now looking for one or more sponsors, that will be recognized, who can provide financial support (total of $5,000 needed) so that we can purchase needed food items for the event. All profits will be retained by our Rotary Club for local and international projects. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please completed the Sponsorship Form in the Downloaded section of this web page and return it to Mike Luers at mluers@sbwrd.org.

We need your help to secure sponsors for the event! Please call Mike (901-8891) with any and all questions and suggestions!

Thank you for your help!

 Sponsors needed for 4th of July event in City Park Kim Kerr 0
February Member Party
Posted by Kim Kerr

Larry Gwin schools his fellow members at the pool table at the February member party.

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 February Member Party Kim Kerr 0
Dictionary Project enhances literacy for 3rd grade students Kim Kerr 0
Sunrise Rotary awards $15,075 in grants
Posted by Kim Watkin

Every year, the PC Sunrise Rotary Club accepts applications for grants to community organizations.  This year, we received 38 grant requests totaling $46,000.  Based on our fundraising efforts, we were able to award $15,075 in total.  Grant recipients were encouraged to use this award as a matching grant on the Live PC Give PC day of giving on November 16th.  Additionally, we had a celebration of all grant recipients in late December and gave everyone a few minutes to talk about their organization and what the grant will be used for.

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 Sunrise Rotary awards $15,075 in grants Kim Watkin 0
KPCW Rotary Challenge
Posted by Kim Watkin
KPCW Rotary Challenge was a great success.  The Park City noon club received 43 calls $4,075 and the Sunrise club received 45 calls totalling pledges $3,575.  We had a great time at the station and KPCW really appreciated all of the volunteers answering the phone and talking on the radio.
 KPCW Rotary Challenge Kim Watkin 0
Week in Kauai Winner
Posted by Kim Watkin
Congratulations to Lauren Nadler who won the week in Kauai and $1,000 spending cash!  Thank you to all Sunrise Rotarians for selling 381 tickets.  Thank you, also, to the donors of the Kauai Condo, this was a very successful fundraiser and will help many worthwhile projects in our community.  Proceeds from this opportunity drawing will go towards funding our Rotary Community Grants program.
 
 Week in Kauai Winner Kim Watkin 0
Moab Weekend - September 14-16 - Fun times in the Red Rock Country Connie Nelson 0
Sunrise al fresco!
Posted by Kim Watkin
Rotarians took advantage of the warm summer morning on Thursday, dining al fresco on the Blind Dog patio.
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 Sunrise al fresco! Kim Watkin 0
4th of July Luncheon a Success!
Posted by Connie Nelson
Thank you to all volunteers on the 4th of July.  Our luncheon was well received by all attendees and we made a great profit.  These funds will allow us to sponsor many worthwhile projects here in our community and beyond.
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4th of July Luncheon a Success! Connie Nelson 0
Habitat for Humanity work day Kim Watkin 0
USGA US Open - Rotary Fundraiser
Posted by Kim Watkin

Our Sunrise club is conducting a fundraiser to support our various Rotary programs throughout the year.

You could win 2 tickets for the final round of the USGA US Open on June 17, plus two nights at the Suites at Nob Hill in San Francisco.  Includes a $500 Travel Allowance.  June 15 - 17, 2012.

Suggested donation $50. 

Only 200 tickets will be sold so your odds are great!

Opportunity drawing will take place at 7:30am, Thursday May 17, 2012 at the Park City Sunrise Rotary club meeting at Blind Dog Grill.

Contact your favority Sunrise Rotarian to purchase tickets or call 970-309-3353.

 USGA US Open - Rotary Fundraiser Kim Watkin 0
Pay Rotary dues Kim Watkin 0