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2023 Jim Swaeby Peace Award honorees Peter and Beth Ornstein
Peter and Beth Ornstein have been named Boulder Rotary’s 2023 recipients of the Jim Swaeby Peace Award for their work with the nonprofit organization Sustainable Israeli-Palestinian Projects (“SIPP” – www.sipprojects.org) The award recognizes outstanding achievement...
BRC Now Taking Nominations for the Jim Swaeby Peace Award
The Boulder Rotary Club is now taking nominations for the 2023 Jim Swaeby Peace Award. The award commemorates the contribution of Boulder Rotarian, Jim Swaeby, who gave his time, talent, humor and passion to build a better world. Nominations should include a person or...
Rotary Wildfire Ready Tip: Store Firewood Away from Buildings
The greatest danger from a wildfire is flying embers. Well-seasoned firewood catches fire easily. Just what you want it to do in your fireplace or stove BUT not outside next to your house. Store it above the ground to protect it from moisture and in a covered...
Boulder Rotary Club Foundation 2020 Annual Report
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Boulder Rotary Club Foundation had a successful year supporting the Good Works of the Boulder Rotary Club. Principal gifts made in 2020 included $78,500 for the Pine Ridge Reservation Clean Water Project;...
Intergenerational Philosophy Circles: Teens & Rotarians Talk
On September 12, 2020, the first official Intergenerational Philosophy Circle between ten Rotary members, a friend of Rotary, and nine teens from Natural Highs-Healthy Alternatives to Drugs & Alcohol, was a huge success! Natural Highs provides substance abuse...
BRC Presents 2020 Jim Swaeby Peace Award to Ellen Moore
The Rotary Club of Boulder in honor and with deep appreciation to the ideals of peace present the 2020 Jim Swaeby Peace Award to Ellen Moore. Ellen Moore embodies Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self. She has had a lifetime of action and commitment to working for...
Boulder Rotary Club Foundation 2019 Annual Report
In 2019, the Boulder Rotary Club enjoyed all the festivities and projects that come with a 100th year anniversary. To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boulder Rotary Club, The Foundation funded a Mindfulness Path and garden at Boulder Community...
What Is Rotary? Why Did We Join?
As part of the Boulder Rotary Club centennial celebration, we compiled a short video based on interviews of our current club members. Find out what Rotary means to us, why we joined, and why we love being part of such an amazing group. [video width="1280" height="720"...
BRC History: Those Wacky Rotarians
Occasionally the staid and sophisticated members of Boulder cut loose and have a little fun. Sometimes this involves alcohol, sometimes not. A notice in the RiB recently asking for recent such anecdotes evoked no response. I guess they will have to wait for the next...
BRC History: World Community Service Committee
With reporting from the Rotary History Committee in 1994 In a town where so many people travel the world, it’s no surprise that Boulder Rotary has accomplished so many international projects. Our World Community Service Committee began in the Rotary year of 1976-77,...
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