Events

Our Holiday Party for Rotarians and significant others is Friday, December 12 beginning at 6PM.  Rick and his wife will host at 6416 W. Wethersfield Rd., Glendale, 85304.  Major cross streets are Cactus and  67th Avenue.                              This is a potluck; Club will provide the maindish; members will bring  sidedishes.  Let Rick know what sidedish you will bring.   Also BYOB and a wrapped White Elephant for the gift exchange.                                  

Don't miss this fun time to share food, friendship, fellowship and holiday cheer!    .  

Each of you has received information on the child/family you  have adopted.  Next steps:

We will once again meet at 12PM on Thursday, December 18  in  the parking lot off Montebello just east of the school driveway and west of the library on 15th Avenue--just across from Spectrum Mall.  (Solano School is located at Montebello and 15th Avenue) 

Please respond to this invite so that we know how many Rotarians will be helping in delivering the gifts--most of the addresses are in close proximitiy to the school.  We want to make sure that each delivery includes at least two Rotarians.  I'm grouping by apartment address to facilitate delivery and avoid multiple trips to the same complex.   Thanks for your help.  

Brian Whitmer will be our speaker on Sober Living Homes.

Board Meeting at 11AM--Members re always welcome.  

Our January Done in a Day will be at:

*AllThrive at 365 Glendale Day Center

*16209 N. 67th. Avenue, Glendale.

NOTE:  Time change is  1:15 to 2:15 not our usual lunch hours.  

We will be helping with Bingo.  Please bring a small prize/s--Dollar Store items like puzzle or coloring books, hair clips, decorative socks, etc.  

Rutherford Pascal on the topic of "From Leaky Bucket to Legendary Band"

Anastasia Bannikova will speak to us about the Peace Corps.

Peter Wink will speak to us on the topic of Mental Toughness--How to be a leader in today's environment.

The Board will meet at 11AM--All members are always welcome to attend.  

Your ticket to the Super Bowl party is the purchase of at least one Super Bowl square!

Join your fellow Rotarians and friends at the Piles

Join us for our February Student of the Month event.  

We will meet at Cortez High School to talk with students who attended RYLA this year.  Students are always exciting about this amazing weekend experience at Camp Pine Rock in Prescott.  Don't miss it. 

Cortez is located at 8828 N 31st Avenue.

Our speaker who was going to talk about Grant Writing has cancelled so we may or may not be able to schedule another speaker.....For sure, we will have the second of our "Soup" lunches for Polio Plus.  If no speaker is located we will have a more leisurely lunch and spend time talking about club projects and issues.

Please respond so that we have enough soup for everyone.

Kelly has arraned for this Docent led one hour walking tour of 33 monuments and emmorials honoring Arizonans who died in service to our state and the country.

A great way to get exercise and learn someing new--to say nothing of spending quality time with your fellow Rotarians and friends.   

Dr. Michael Robert, Superintendent of the Osborn School District willl be speaker for the day.  (Pronounced Ro-bair).  Not sure of his topic but he is extremely personable and articulate so I'm sure you will enjoy him.

Oops...almost forgot to send...............

Don't miss our March Students of the Month--always uplifting.  

This is our March DIAD -  a return visit to Youth for Troops in Anthem.

Address:  3655 W. Anthem Way

The organization is in desperate need for any of the following items:

TRAVEL SIZE--foot powder, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, mouth wash, toothpaste, deodorant, facial tissue, disposable razors, playing cards, games, puzzle/game books, unscented baby wipes.  Please bring with you to the project.  .

Our speaker will be Maria Laughner, Director of Economic Development for Peoria.

Hope to see you there!   

Our speaker of the day is Machel (pronounced Michelle) Considine from the District speaking to us about Youth Exchange.

Our monthly board meeting has been moved to April 9--all members are welcome to attend.

Our speakers will be Roman Saldutti, Senior Vice President of PNc Bank, and Nicole Folmar will be speaking to us on the topic of "What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Business.....Lessons From a Founder Turned Banker!" 

Packages from Home  5643 N. 52nd Avenue  Glenale 85301

Southeast corner of 52nd Avenue and West Montebello Avenue--Parking is just south of the building.  It's limited, so carpooling is recommended when possible.  

Tyrone has to pre-register us--No walk-ins, since sessions are limited to 20 total volunteers--Phoenix West has 10 slots!!!  We are asked to arrive 15 minutes early as volunteer tasks start promptly at 12PM. 

Tasks may include sorting donated goods, reviewing and/or writing letters, decorating care package boxes.  

This is our Annual Student of the Year event.  If you're in town, please join in the celebration as we reveal and recognize top winners selected from the quality  of their essays.  

President John is sharing this opportunity for Phoenix West Rotary members to support the Rotary Clubs of Surprise and Sun City West in their big fundraising event to raise funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library which delivers free books each month to children up to age 5.  Club members can volunteer starting at 2PM or can just support the fundraising event by buying tickets and attending.  Volunteers are asked to also buy tickets to help support the charity.  Please register individaully at the link below:

Taste of Surprise Festival -- Surprise Statiium  15850 N. Bullard Ave.

Saturday, April 25, 2026   4PM to 8PM

Home - Taste Of Surprise & Art Festival

(Sorry, I'm unable to make the link live)

We are dark for our regular meeting as we usually are on  fifth Thursdays, but don't miss the club Happy Hour starting at 5PM at MT Barrel--9784 W. Northern Avenue Ste. 1205 located inside Park West (Northern and the 101.)  

Rick and Lisa have checked out what they call "this wonderful little hide away" and recommend it highly.  They report that MT Barrel has a huge selection of wines where you can sample 1oz. or more, craft beers and numerous non-alcoholic special drinks.  They also report that the food looks amazing and they can accommodate a large group.  This is a great event to enjoy each other's company AND recruit potential members. Invite friends, family AND potential Rotarians.   Wear your Rotary t-shirt !! .  .   

Our speaker is Donna Vessey speaking about "Living a Creative Life."

Attend and pick up some useful tips! 

Regular board meeting at 11AM...all members are always welcome.  

Phoenix Police Chief Matthew Giordano will speak to us about Police Department initatives and hold a Q & A session. 

This would be a good meeting to invite friends, family and potential Rotarians and at the same time learn more about the Phoenix PD.  

Pam has arranged for our DIAD at St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store in Sunnyslope.

8231 N. 7th Street

12:00-2PM           On site contact is Lynne Frost

We are advised to wear closed-toed shoes with rubber soles.  

Roman Saldutti, of PNC Bank has been rescheduled.  Topic: Secrets to Starting a Business.  

Our speaker will be KJ Kuhia from Digital Acuity.

Our regular board meeting precedes the meeting.  All members are always welcome.

Our speaker will be Kent Volkmer from Researach for Life regarding no cost cremation program.