BRC News & History
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BRC History: Service to Our Community
You’ve all heard about Boulder Rotary’s first service project in 1919, giving out flytraps to downtown businesses to eliminate the pesky insects. Our club has always been active locally and here are a few examples. In 1921, the city had to approve a $50,000 bond issue...
BRC History: New Clubs and New Models for Rotary
Our club is noted for taking Rotary to others, creating new clubs geographically and developing innovative formats for members who might not be able to attend traditional Friday lunch meetings due to travel, business responsibilities, distance, or disability. Boulder...
BRC History: Rotaract, Interact and RYLA
Our club has knocked it out of the ballpark in three Rotary-related groups that are exemplary in working with young people. Rotaract: CU Rotaract came to Boulder in the 1990s. Sam Pottinger and John Mozeliak are among those active in working with the group, a...
BRC History: Money for Good Works
The good works we do won’t happen without a few bucks to fund them. Raising money has always been part of the routine for Boulder Rotary. In our 75th anniversary year of 1994, a Boulder Rotary Club Foundation was established, increasing the club’s ability to maintain...
BRC History: Preserve Planet Earth
Boulder was on the leading edge of Rotary’s Preserve Planet Earth movement. Early activities of the group, championed by Norris Hermsmeyer, Bob Herrman, and Sam Pottinger, included a latex paint collection drive, a program on greenhouse gas-related climate change, a...
BRC History: Music and Piano
Recently we happened to sing at one of our meetings, something we don’t do as often as we once did. A visiting Rotarian, when introduced, said he enjoyed being at “a singing club.” Back in about 1999, our singing club was concerned about the lack of a decent piano....
BRC History: Red Badge Society
Even Rotarians can be crotchety. In 1994 the RiB reported: “The problem is as old as Rotary itself. All of us tend to sit with the same folks week after week, leaving our new members spread around the distant fringes. It's kind of hard to get acquainted that way.” It...
Daily Camera Recognizes BRC’s 100th Anniversary
A century ago, in February 1919, the "war to end all wars" finally was over. Soldiers were on their way home from overseas, and even the deadly influenza pandemic had subsided. Four of Boulder's leading businessmen looked to the future and decided to form the Boulder...
Rotary Action Group for Peace Recognizes BRC’s 100th Year
The Rotary Club of Boulder is a RAGFP Peacebuilder Club and the largest club in District 5450. They celebrate 100 years of Rotary service on April 1st, 2019. Many of these outstanding Rotarian peacebuilders are RAGFP members who promote peace throughout the state of...
Boulder from the 1990s to Now
As the 1990s rolled in, Boulder was coming out of a stock market slump in the late 1980s. But then-city manager Jim Piper told Rotarians the outlook for the city still seemed promising. He said, “expansion is occurring all over town, and the significant amount of...
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