Well, our business meetings were few and far between this past year; we conducted only 2 business meetings. However, with technology and email we were able to do a lot of things and all in all had a very successful year.
Donations
Rocky Mountain Camp 999 made a total of $2,191 in donations last year! We supported the following organizations with these donations:
- Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver Gates Camp – $500
- Junior Achievement – $100
- Food Bank of Rockies – $500
- N.A.G. Thanksgiving Dinners for Needy Families & Homeless – $500
- Child Rescue Foundation’s Santa’s Corner – $500
- Sameritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child – $91
We touched many lives with our donations this past year!
Community Service
Although meetings were scarce, we managed some community service projects this last year.
Our Join Hands Day project, May Baskets for the Elderly, logged a total of 61 hours of service. We partnered with Brownie Troop 1581 and Girl Scout Troop 2670 to decorate and fill 40 May Baskets with tea packets, an African Violet and sugarless candy for residents of The Manor on Marston Lake in Littleton, Colorado. It was a great event!
In the summer, we once again participated in the Pencil Project for the Child Rescue Foundation. We collected 13 backpacks filled with school supplies as well as additional needed supplies.
We logged 26 hours of service for this project and spent $169.76 in camp 999 funds to purchase some of the backpacks and supplies. Other backpacks were donated by members and non-members.
In support of the National Member Food Drive, and in lieu of an actual food drive this year, Rocky Mountain Camp 999 opted to donate $500 to the Food Bank of the Rockies. The reason for the donation rather than collecting food is that we were able to impact more hungry families with a monetary donation as demonstrated in the graphic posted in the Rocky Mountain Camp 999 blog of October 18, 201o.
In support of the Society’s Operation Santa’s Elves, Rocky Mountain Camp 999 made a donation to The Child Rescue Foundation’s Santa’s Corner in the amount of $500 and participated in Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child.
Santa’s Corner provides Christmas gifts to children of domestic violence. Our donation of $500 touched the lives of 25 kids.
For Operation Christmas Child, the camp collected 15 gift-filled shoe boxes that are provided to children of under-developed countries in all parts of the world. Also, we had 1 member that volunteered at the Operation Christmas Child distribution center in Denver. All total, we logged 9 hours of service for Operation Santa’s Elves.
Election of Officers for 2011
On January 26, 2011, Rocky Mountain Camp 999 had its election/installation meeting at Maggianos Restaurant with 9 members present. The minutes of the meeting can be found under “Meeting Minutes” located in the right panel. The current Banker’s Report can be found there as well.
Officers for the 2011 calendar year are as follows:
MICHAELA FRANKLIN, CONSUL COMMANDER
BRIAN WEST, ADVISOR LIEUTENANT
DEBORAH WEST, BANKER
JERRY CHRISTENSEN, SECRETARY
MANAGER, DIANE MULLER
MANGER, GARY WHEELER
