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Speaker Guidelines:

Speakers are requested to refrain from selling products, fundraising, or political advocacy.

Invocation Guidelines:

In many Rotary clubs, particularly in Judeo Christian nations, it is customary to open weekly meetings with an appropriate invocation or blessing. Usually such invocations are offered without reference to specific religious denominations or faiths.

Rotary policy recognizes that throughout the world Rotarians represent many religious beliefs, ideas and creeds. The religious beliefs of each member are fully respected, and nothing in Rotary is intended to prevent each individual from being faithful to such convictions.

Since each Rotary club is autonomous, the practice of presenting a prayer or invocation at club meetings is left entirely to the traditions and customs of the individual club, with the understanding that these meeting rituals always be conducted in a manner which will respect the religious convictions and faiths of all members.

Some recent Past Presidents with our current President Lleta Scoggins. Left to Right: Dick Jones/2001-2002, Bob Parker/2005-2006, Lleta Scoggins/2008-2009, Rev. John Onstott/2007-2008, Dr. Tim Lopez/2006-2007, Vic Breinneisen/1989-90. (Photo taken at the First Annual Hot New Member Party/Chili Cook-off, July 10, 2008)

View the list of all President's of the Club since 1924 »

2008-9 Board of Directors:

• Past President: John Onstott
• President Elect: Barry Kaye

• Lleta Scoggins - President of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe.  Lleta was born in Texas and moved to Santa Fe in 2001.  She has been involved in commercial real estate for over 25 years and was with the Rosewood Corporation in Dallas before moving to Santa Fe.    In Santa Fe she was with the BGK Group before joining the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation as their Executive Director and retired from that position in 2005.  Since moving to Santa Fe, Lleta has been active with PEO, Many Mothers, the Chamber of Commerce and other church and community projects.

  “It is a privilege to be a part of an organization comprised of people that truly provide service beyond self in their outreach to the community and our world at large.”  

Photo: June 26, 2008, Lleta Scoggins takes over as club president, John Onstott welcomes her and Ken, her husband gets to officially "pin" her with the President's pin.

2008-9 Club Administration:

• 2008-9 Club Administration:

  • Club President: Lleta Scoggins
  • Club Administration: Grady Utley
  • Community Service: Jeff Brown
  • Club Secretary: Richard Gale
  • RI Foundation: Gina Thomas
  • Recording Secretary: Tresan Stevens - Bollen
  • International Service: Brant Goodman
  • Club Treasurer: Annette Hayden
  • Public Relations: Barry Kaye (President Elect)
  • Youth Service: John Bishop
  • Membership: John Dowdle

  Chair of Programs: Penn Way, Chair of Buisiness Moments: Emily McIntrye

2009-10 DISTRICT GOVERNOR: Dick Jones, Rotary Club of Santa Fe

The Rotary District Governor performs a very significant function in the world of Rotary. He or she is the single officer of Rotary International in the geographic area called a Rotary district, which usually includes about 45 Rotary clubs. The district governors, who have been extensively trained at the worldwide International Assembly, provide the "quality control" for the 27,000 Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district.

The district governor, who must make an official visit to each club in the district, is never regarded as an "inspector general." Rather, he or she visits as a helpful and friendly adviser to the club officers, as a useful counselor to further the Object of Rotary among the clubs of the district, and as a catalyst to help strengthen the programs of Rotary.

The district governor is a very experienced Rotarian who generously devotes a year to the volunteer task of leadership. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about current Rotary programs, purposes, policies and goals and is a person of recognized high standing in his or her profession, community and Rotary club. The governor must supervise the organization of new clubs and strengthen existing ones. He or she performs a host of specific duties to assure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district, and is responsible to promote and implement all programs and activities of the Rotary International president and the RI Board of Directors. The governor plans and directs a district conference and other special events.

Each district governor performs a very important role in the worldwide operations of Rotary.

The district governor is truly a prime example of Service Above Self performing a labor of love.

Santa Fe club has been the source of four district governors.
History of the Club »

Club Service in our Community

The Good News Basket

We don't fine at our club, instead we offer various opportunities to donate to the Good News Basket to make announcements. Grants of $1,000 are given to area charitable organizations from the proceeds. More »

River Stewardship

The Santa Fe River clean up team continues to venture out to our adopted area between Galisteo Street and Sandoval Street to make it more beautiful. If you would like to help, Ouida MacGregor can tell you the monthly schedule. Given the recent groundswell of support in our community to save the Santa Fe River, we are forming an additional committee to consider applying for an HHH RI Grant.

‹ Doing whatever it takes to clean up the river!

Reading in the Schools

‹ A sample of the bookplates produced by the club to be used when a book is gifted to students in the reading program.

Since 2006 Rotarians have been reading to students in Santa Fe elementary schools and giving gifts of field trips to Collected Works Bookstore to choose books for themselves and their classroom libraries.
There is now a large assortment of books purchased by a combination of District Simplified Grant funds and community donations. Rotary Reads at Pinon , Chaparral and, Kaune Elementary. Rotarians buy books at Collected Works Bookstore, read them to students, and then donate them to their students' classroom libraries.

< Dorothy Massey with Collected Works Bookstore shows just SOME of the books donated by Rotarians. Thanks Dorothy for all you do!

Every May several classes will be rewarded for outstanding efforts in reading which includes a trip to the bookstore so that each child can choose a book to take home, a duplicate of which will be purchased for that child's classroom library. A Rotary District Simplified Grant has helped fund this for two years, along with contributions from community members. In 2008 a total of 15 classes, along with lots of parent chaperones, will join in this festive activity, every day for two weeks in May. For the next two years, a generous grant of $10,000 from the McCune Charitable Foundation will allow this program to include another school. We are truly blessed to receive this financial support, and Rotarians are proving themselves once again a blessing in this community as they share the joys of literacy with our students.

Rotary Reads - Three Schools in 2008 - Members of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe have been joined this year by members of Rotary del Sur and Rotary Centro, along with former Rotarians, friends, and spouses, to take the joys of adults-reading-to-kids into Santa Fe Public Schools classrooms.  Nearly 30 volunteers (so far) will read to and with students at Pinon, Chaparral, and Kaune elementary schools as part of the highly successful Rotary Reads project, now in its third year.  Readers will purchase age-appropriate books at Collected Works Bookstore, our project partner, and once read to the students, the books will be added to the children's classroom libraries. The classes that read the most (as determined by school criteria) will take field trips at the end of the school year to Collected Works, where each student will choose a book, with a duplicate purchased for the children's classroom libraries.  Thanks to District 5520 Simplified Grants, the donations of local citizens, and a significant grant from the McCune Charitable Foundation, this continuing growth of the end-of-year awards is made possible.  And thanks to Partners in Education, which provides the buses for the field trips, slated for 22 in May 2009. Discussions continue to involve Santa Fe's Literacy Volunteers and our own club's Interact clubs at Santa Fe and Capital high schools as during-school and after-school readers. For more information, or to volunteer, call Lorraine Goldman at 473-2821.

Financial donors to the project include Ruthanne Greeley of Partners in Education, Johnny Crowley of First National Bank, Gilbert Asher, reader and enthusiastic participant Sarah Rinehart,and McCune Charitable Foundation.

The Immunization Coalition and the Santa Fe Run Around

The Santa Fe Immunization Coalition was formed in 2003. The Coalition helped to create a statewide immunization data base. It has sponsored church based, school based and Wal-Mart based clinics. We have:

1. provided funding and volunteers to support WIC (Womens, Infants, Children) monthly clinics.
2. sponsored several health care provider educational events in connection with National Immunization Days.
3. provided funding and support for in school shot clinics at the beginning of the school year.
4. provided needed immunizations for graduating seniors.

All three Santa Fe Rotary clubs have provided volunteers and funding since 2003 to support these activities. More »

Musical Instruments

We have a request from Santa Fe High for 12 Guitars and from Capital for 12 Guitars for their Guitar classes and Mariachi Pro-grams. We can purchase each of these $200.00 Guitars through our
Rotary friends in Las Vegas, Nevada for about $100.00 each.
What we need is your tax deductible donations to “The Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation” “marked “Guitar Fund”. When the fund gets up to $2,500.00 we will buy the Guitars and deliver them to the schools. Don Kemp in Las Vegas runs a music store and has a great distributor that will deliver them at or below cost because it is Rotary and we support beginning Guitar players in Santa Fe. Contact Eugene Tomlinson emtomlinson@cybermesa.com

>T.J. Miller talks about the Interact Clubs and growing participants in Santa Fe.

Interact Club

Recently formed, the Interact Club are young Rotarians, the next generation. More »

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a Rotarian in grateful appreciation for Exceptional Leadership and dedication to the club, the community, and the Rotary way of life.

Winners from our club:

1999 - Distinguished Service Award - Bill Loomis

2003-4 Distinguished Service Award - Patricia B. Murray

2005-6 Distinguished Service Award - Henry Pick

2006-7 Distinguished Service Award - Ken Campbell

(if you have won in previous years and don't see your name, please email the webmaster to have it added, we appreciate the input!)

2007-8 DISTRICT Distinguished Service Award, Ouida MacGregor. Congratulations to Ouida who was selected among peers in the entire district which includes parts of Texas too.

Public Safety Award

The club selects by committee a recipient, if any, of the annual Public Safety Award, which is intended to recognize individuals from Santa Fe or Northern New Mexico who have risked their lives for the protection of the community. An appropriate plaque or memorial recognizing the recipient is awarded at a regular meeting of the Club. Past Recipients:

2006-7: Stan Mascarenas, retired Deputy Chief of Police, Santa Fe Police Dept

2007-8: Sgt. Gillian Alessio. She’s been with the SFPD for about 10 years and has worked her way up from the Patrol Division to become the Sgt. of the Training and Recruiting Division. Her superior officers all agreed that she was an excellent patrolperson. Her current position involves ensuring that all officers, sworn and non-sworn , receive all the requisite training needed to perform their duties. She also is assigned all the duties associated with recruitment, from background checking all the way to determining fitness for duty.

Everyone who knows Gillian is immediately struck by her gentle yet powerful demeanor, her total dedication to the job, her compassion and her perseverance. She was selected for her prestigious more ....

Vocational Service Award

Vocational Service focuses on the contribution of your vocational talents to solving the problems of society and meeting the needs of the community.

The Vocational Service Award Recipient is a person in our community who exemplifies:
- Adherence to, and promotion of, the highest ethical standards in all occupations, including fair treatment of employers, employees, associates, competitors, and the public.
- The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, not  just your own or those that are pursued by Rotarians.

Past Recipients:

2006-7 - Angie Baca. In 2002, Angie became the first female to hold the position of Market President within 16 regions of First Community Bank, a position that requires an ability to inspire others.

Sonny Brown Business of the Year Award

This is a District-wide recognition of the High Ethical Standards of Rotary. Nominations must be submitted to the district by March.

Rotarians are NOT eligible for the award.

District 5520 Business of the Year Award Criteria (PDF file) »

Download the application (PDF file) »

2007 Winners (PDF file) »

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Chartered 1924

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PO Box 2465, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2465