Events

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Please RSVP for lunch by Friday end of day to ensure accurate catering count. We will do our best to accomodate a late RSVP for lunch. Please call or text Jacqui at 801-726-9670 - Seating and catering set up is based on RSVP.

The Rotary Club Environmental Committee is asking you to join us in a Utah Recycling Alliance Event at the Hogle Zoo.

As a club we will be helping with a CHaRM event (Collection of hard to Recycle Materials)

When - April 18

What time - 8:30 am to noon - Stay the whole time or come for a shift

• 8:30-10:15 
• 10:00 am to noon 

Where: The event will be in the Hogle Zoo parking lot with more details to follow.  

Bring your hard to recycle items with you.

• batteries
• bikes and parts
• electronic waste (cell phones and chargers, computers, laptops, monitors, tablets, corded electronics, string lights, TV's, small appliances, etc.) Please no CRTs or big older TVs
• ink and toner cartridges
• lightbulbs
• mattresses and box springs ($15 each)
• oral care (used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes, empty floss containers)
• plastics clamshells (clear only, clean)
• plastics film (stretchy plastic, bags and wrap)
• ski & snowboard gear (no helmets, no clothes)
• scrap metal
• Styrofoam (hard compressed, not spongy, no packing peanuts, no food containers)
• tires and tubes ($5 per tire, exception for bike tubes & tires)

We'll provide the Rotary Club volunteer vests and the refreshments.

Let's get our club out into the community and building back up our "can do reputation" while doing good in the community.

LA VIDA LOCA with the UTAH SYMPHONY

Get on your feet, and let's get LOUD with the greatest hits of the '90's and '00's.  A Celebration of artists including Enrique Inglesias, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Ricky Martin, and more.

Date:  April 18, 2026 (Saturday)

Time:  Preconcert reception from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm will be held at Maurice Abravanel Hall in the 1st Tier Room above the ticket office.  Concert will begin at 7:30 pm. Seats are located in the Orchestra Section.  Enjoy sweet and savory appetizers with beverages.  A member of the Utah Symphony will spend a few minutes with us to share highlights of the production.

Parking:  Available at City Creek Shopping Mall (first two hours free)

Cost:   $60/person (ticket and food)  Based on your RSVP, Rotary will charge your credit card.  Your tickets will be available at the Will Call Ticket Office the night of the performance.

RSVP Deadline:  April 1, 2026

A special thanks to Leslie Peterson for her assistance in putting together this terrific event.

Please note your lunch preference - lunch or no lunch or dietary restrictions in the comments box. You will be invoiced for lunch following the event.  Late RSVP's are not guaranteed a lunch.

We look forward to seeing you.

As a club let's support one of our member organizations as they plan for one of their local events on May 2nd at Sugarhouse Park

Laura Hadley, Executive Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Utah.

Help with set up, serving food and water along the route, tear down.

A few hours of volunteer work as we get to know one another and support one of our own.

Volunteer vests and futher details will be provided as we get closer to the event.

The women of Rotary are invited to Franci Gilmore's home on August 25, 2026, Tuesday, from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.  We will be stuffing Christmas stockings for Native American children who are located on four reservations througout Utah.  This is in connection to the Adopt a Native Elder program.  We anticipate stuffing 50 stockings for both boys and girls of all ages.

Franci's address is 165 South Skycrest Lane, SLC, Ut.  Phone:  801-243-1733, or Kristy Walker uo1-835-1164.  A light dinner will be served afterwards.  Please RSVP with the link below.  12 volunteers are needed. 

Lesly Allen of the Salt Lake City Arts Council will meet us at the Beehive Brewery, 2245 So. W Temple, SLC, Ut on Saturday, September 12th from 10 am to noon for a walking tour of the murals painted on the side of business buildings from 2100 So. to 3300 So. along 300 West to Main.    We will learn about the murals, the artists, and the business community's  endorsement of this unique art form.   A link has been provided for you to register.  Your account will be charged based on the number of people you register.  Bring your spouse, friends, or family for this enlightening outing.  For those interested at the conclusion of our tour, we'll stop for a beverage at the Beehive Brewery.

The Arts Council charges $120/hr.  The cost for Rotarians will depend on the numbe of people that register.  For Example, if 15 people register, the cost will be $16/person.