Happy New Year!
Welcome to our 20th year as the Rotary Club of Lethbridge Sunrise!
I hope your holiday season found you celebrating some of your favourite traditions and embracing some new ways of celebrating the holidays with family and friends during this pandemic! The McMillan’s celebrated like we did the first year we were married, just the two of us, alas with a little less champagne this Christmas morning! Zooming at the dining table was the best part of our day!
As we begin 2021, I would like to take a moment to recognize all Rotarians as we muddle through the Covid-19 pandemic! We have had to pivot and then pivot again this year. I think we have gotten pretty great at it!
Your Club Service Committee continues to do a great job with speakers. They have organized a couple of fellowship events this past summer. We hope to have additional fellowship meetings over the winter months to kept connected.
Your Community Service Committee has being actively reviewing worthy causes. Requests for funding closed in December and announcements will be forthcoming!
Judy and Jim have found a way to keep our Westminster Elementary School breakfast program going. If any one wishes to assist in delivering breakfast on any Wednesday, please touch base with them!
Your Foundation and Grants Committee has raised over $5360 with big thanks to you for supporting the End Polio project.
Your Fundraising Committee has projects on the go. Details to follow in January! Hint: time to place your coffee order!
Your Membership Committee has been reaching out and are available to you. We are so pleased to be +1 in our membership so far this year! Good work in time of Covid-19.
Your Youth Committee is working hard at maintaining relationships in the schools as we move through this every changing rules in Covid-19 time.
Holiday treats were delivered to Westminster Elementary School students as part on our EarlyAct support.
Financial support was provided to Victoria Park Interact Club's food hampers program to support students.
Your Promotion Committee has being doing a great job providing updates and links to all of District 5360 opportunities. Please ensure you have a look at anything the peaks your interest.
Your Los Amigos Project team keeps rolling along gathering equipment and supporters. Hopefully, this year we can see them on the road again!
As we head in our 2Oth year we have lots to celebrate this year!
First, your fearless leader 20 years ago, Brian Treadwell will be leading the celebrations, with the first event scheduled for March 10, 2021. Watch for further details as Brian and the committee roll out their plans! If you wish to be apart of the planning, please contact Brian!
Second, The Lethbridge Dragonboat Festival and again our Club will take the lead on this collaboration! Diane Randell, LDF chair, will be updating the club in January on the new look!
Third, the Annual District Convention is scheduled to be live in person event in Drumheller. Early registration has been extended into January. Please check out 5360 web page for details.
Our club has many exciting ideas for 2021 and with Rotary fellowship we will continue to accomplish many!
Here’s to a great year ahead and I look forward to working together to make Rotary and our community better from our efforts!
Thank you for all you do for Rotary
Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Rotarian.
Yours in Rotary
Gwen McMillan
We are planning for a live Conference in May, and are extending the Early Bird deadline for our District Conference registration in Drumheller to January 31, 2021. 
Hello Sunrisers. An update to my previous e-mail
