Meetings are held at 12noon on Thursdays at the Bridge Creek Backcountry Kitchen and Wine Bar in Red Lodge.
2009-2010 Officers
Sandy Conlee, President
Vacant, President Elect
Glory Mahan, Treasurer
Roger Jackson, Assistant Treasurer
Leslie Bachmann, Secretary
Contact Us
For information on the Rotary Club of Red Lodge, MT, please contact Sandy Conlee at (406) 425-1457 or send email to mtconlees@yahoo.com
vOCATIONAL sERVICE
The Vocational Service Avenue promotes high ethical standards and recognizes the worthiness of all useful occupations while fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations.
Each Rotarian presents the dignity and utility of one’s vocation as an opportunity to serve society. Rotarians conduct themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary guiding principles.
Vocational Service is at the very heart of Rotary. Indeed, Rotary was founded by a group of business people as a forum for them to share their experiences and to interact with colleagues in different industries. To this day, an integral part of any Rotary club is the maintenance of a balance among classifications of businesses and professions.
Vocational Service is unlike the other three Avenues of Service in one very important aspect: The other three Avenues integrate all members into a Rotary Club, but the Vocational Service Avenue is the one arena in which the Rotarian stands alone representing their vocation.
Rotarians in Red Lodge focus on Vocational Service through:
- Dictionaries for Third Graders
- High School Career Fair
Dictionaries for Third Graders
When the Rotary Club of Red Lodge was informed that some of the students in Carbon County and Stillwater County had never owned a book, they knew they had to turn that around. They knew from their own experiences that words are the foundation for success in life. The Dictionaries for Third Graders Project grew out of that desire to ensure that local youth owned at least one book they could call their own and that book should be a foundation for their future.
Each year, the Rotary Club of Red Lodge purchases and distributes dictionaries to third graders in Carbon and Stillwater Counties in Montana. Dictionaries are distributed at the following schools:
| CARBON | STILLWATER |
| Belfry | Absarokee |
| Bridger | Columbus |
| Fromberg | Fishtail |
| Joliet | Molt |
| Luther | Nye |
| Red Lodge | Park City |
| Roberts | Rapelje |
| Reed Point |
Red Lodge is part of a bigger picture when it comes to Dictionaries for Third Graders. The entire state of Montana participates in this program. The happy and proud faces worn by the third graders upon receipt of their dictionaries is proof positive that this is a worthwhile endeavor. Click here to see a sample of a letter from a third grader.
High School Career Fair
The diverse members of the Rotary Club of Red Lodge are always anxious to assist young citizens in the community. A career fair focused on 9th-12th graders in the Red Lodge area is a perfect way for Rotarians to help youth understand the relationship between accomplishing more in school and becoming well rounded adults. For information about this effort contact John Walsh at johnwalshathome@aol.com.
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