The January Food bagging and 1 food drive fed 420 people and about 150 families. We had 47 volunteers with 141 volunteer hours. We bagged a total of 4,630 bags of food, 3480 bags were for mobile pantries, 450 bags for the mobile school pantry and 700 frozen mobile pantry bags. Washington City Rotary Club has officially taken on the Thursday food drive, so I will not be attending this drive anymore so the food distribution count will be lower as it will cover only the Friday drives. Jim Torres is on extended medical leave due to an accident he incurred on a January 6 food drive in Cedar City. Our club wishes him a speedy and full recovery. Other food bank staff is assisting with the food bagging and drives in his absence.
Snow Canyon is a sanctuary for the desert tortise. Illegal trails pop up which endangers the turtles. This project means to cover the illegal trail with rocks to deter people from using them. On this day, students from Utah Tech Environmental Class attended to learn about the habitat and help with the trail cover up. 34 volunteers spent a couple of hours putting up signage along the trail and hear from the Park Ranger about the importance of this project and the history of the habitat.
Rotarians passed out Dictionaries to 3rd graders at Sunset School. A beloved project for all Rotarians, the dictionaries are filled with great information including a list of every US President, all 50 states, the sign language alphabet and much more. For many children, this is the first book they have ever owned.
On Saturday January 14, 2023 St George Sunrise Rotary Club held its quarterly road clean-up on a 3 mile stretch of Dixie Drive between Tonaquint Park and Valley View Drive. Our club had 11 volunteers and were aided by 1 member of the hiking club.We worked for 2 hours. All of the volunteers had a bit of fun, got some good exercies and pick up a load of trash along the street. We then headed over to Bishops for breakfast. Great breakfast and fellowship
The January Food bagging and 1 food drive fed 420 people and about 150 families. We had 47 volunteers with 141 volunteer hours. We bagged a total of 4,630 bags of food, 3480 bags were for mobile pantries, 450 bags for the mobile school pantry and 700 frozen mobile pantry bags. Washington City Rotary Club has officially taken on the Thursday food drive, so I will not be attending this drive anymore so the food distribution count will be lower as it will cover only the Friday drives. Jim Torres is on extended medical leave due to an accident he incurred on a January 6 food drive in Cedar City. Our club wishes him a speedy and full recovery. Other food bank staff is assisting with the food bagging and drives in his absence.
September food bagging and 2 day food drive was serviced by 110 volunteers for a total of 330 volunteer hours. We bagged 3,885 bags of food and fed 125 families/1475 individuals. We continue to have tremendous volunteer efforts from so many community sources such as Rotary, Sunriver hiking club and other residents, many LDS church members and missionaries, as well as many St. George and Washington City residents. The individuals are so appreciative of the donated food so they can supplement their food stores, feed families, friends and neighbors.
St George Sunrise Rotary with the help of many volunteers just completed the monthly food bagging and 2 day food drives distribution. Over this 3 day event we had 81 volunteers with a total of 546 volunteer hours. We bagged 2,185 bags of food. We supplied donated food to 1200 individuals and 280 families. The volunteer spirit is alive and well in our community and county. We offer thanks to the stores, truckers and Utah Food Bank for all the amazing donated food that provided nourishment to those in need of food supplies.
Red Cliffs Reserve includes the area below Red Mountain at the end of 100E. This ongoing project is to throw rock on illegal trails that pop up threatening the health and well being of the native tortoise. The Rotary Club of St George Sunrise is committed to battle these trails. 8 brave Rotarians arrived at 6:30 AM today and worked for a couple of hours before the weather got too hot. Stunning views and great commraderie set the day. We even observed an adult tortoise who came to say THANK YOU Rotary for helping me live here.
We fed about 1,000 individuals and 575 families within our community. Food donations totaled 2,100 bags.
The food bagging and food drives in Washington City and St. George continue to fill a food need in our communities. We were assisted by many volunteers from our St George Sunrise Rotary club, Veterans Rotary Club ,Sun River, other church and community members. We had over 80 volunteers during the three days and packed up 3,500 bags of food. We offer our appreciation to the Utah Food Bank for organizing these events.
On Saturday June 25, 2022 Dixie Sunrise Rotary Club held its quarterly road clean-up on a 3 mile stretch of Dixie Drive between Tonaquint Park and Valley View Drive. Our club had 16 volunteers and were aided by 8 hiking club members. All of the volunteers had a bit of fun, got some good exercies and pick up a load of trash along the street. We then headed over to Dede's for breakfast for the last time. Dede is retiring and closing the restaurant. Great breakfast and we all wished Dede good health and safe travels during her retirement years.
On Saturday morning, June 25th, a small group of volunteers from the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise and the St. George Veterans Rotary Club assisted Don Page of Tru Touch Home Repair with building an awning at P.A.W.S. animal shelter.
We fed about 1,055 individuals and 673 families within our community. Food donations totaled 5,895 bags.
Dixie Sunrise Rotary earns $14,000 operating the beer garden and the entrance gates. We had 2 days of Rodeo and then 4 days county fair.
8 Rotarians from Dixie Sunrise Rotary Club, Red Rock Rotary Club and the Veteran's Satellite Club judged 26 entries in the Sunset School Annual Science Fair. Students from Kindergarden through 5th grade presented their projects in both science and engineering categories. Each Rotarian recieved 7-8 of the projects so that each project had 4-5 judges interview them in front of their projects. Science projects included how to make chocolate chip cookies chewier, how fast a white rose changes colors when the stem is placed in colored water, to how many pieces of cardboard between two like magnets could be placed until the magnets couldn't keep them together. Engineering projects included the construction of an object launcher. 8 Rotarians x 2 hours = 16 volunteer hours.
Twenty Five volunteers from Dixie Sunrise Rotary and Sunriver Hiking Club clean 2 miles of Dixie Drive. 
Our Club montly clean up at Snow Canyon was enhanced today with 30 students and their instructor from Dixie State's Environmental writing class to assist with the project. Kristen Comells who is with Snow Canyon met with the students, reinforced the need to keep the illegal trails from forming in the tortise habitat. The day was spent spreading rock over existing illegal trails and installing steel pipe for the new signage that is on order. The students found a tortise which made their day so impactful. Total hours: 71
The food donation total was 4,250 bags. 2640 bags for the 2 mobile drives plus 860 perishable bags of potatoes and apples and 750 bags for the school pantries.
Friendship Exchange USA D-5420 and Mexico D-4100
February 4th through the 11th 2022
Following the vision of DGE Jose Velasco 2022 – 2023 Rotary year, with the perspective to “act local, think global”
The two day combined food drive, and one day food bagging fed about 850 people due to the ongoing efforts of 110 volunteers with 400 volunteer hours. We bagged 5,000 bags of food for distribution.
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Dixie Sunrise works on the Rotary International Rose Parade Float. 
Our Club rang the bell for the Salvation Army in front of the old Harmons in St George on December 2nd and the 18th. 
We fed over 1,100 people this month with our Mobile Food Bank. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
To paraphrase American children’s fiction writer Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo, reading should be offered to children as a gift.
Dixie Sunrise Rotary helping to protect Desert Tortoise Habitat in Snow Canyon State Park. 
Dixie Sunrise Rotary has 100 Volunteers to operate Run Aid Station #4 for 10 hours and 3,500 Athletes through Wind, Rain, Hail and Lightning. 
Dictionaries Delivered to 3rd grade students in Hilldale, Colorado City, Kanab, & Orderville. We collected 25 large bags of toiletries for Mill Creek High Students. 
One Thousand Back Packs for Washington County School District needy Kids. 
‘All veterans are not without need’: Local veterans Rotary Club slowly taking shape
Busy with Trail Building, Giving Blood, and supporting the Mobile Food Bank.
Winter Cloths for Mill Creek High School, Gift Bags for Shut In Seniors, Three days of Mobile Food Bank, and the Holidays. What a busy month.
Dixie Sunrise Rotary Forming a Veteran focused Club. With a suggestion from Utah Rotary’s District Governor-elect Jose Velasco, one local club is considering starting up a satellite club with the express goal of helping Southern Utah’s military veteran community.
The Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise had another busy month with eight days of Service Projects.
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