Bluffton Rotary July 11 Bulletin (Jul 11, 2023)

UPCOMING MEETING: JULY 12

Join us this Wednesday at the Rotary Community Center at 7:30 AM for our first meeting of the new fiscal year! This week we will be hearing from Gloria Gonzalez, Moss Creek, about Equine Therapy.

Gloria’s story of horses starts in her native, Puerto Rico. Growing up on a small island has its challenges but horseback riding and, show jumping in particular, were the one thing she found passion in. One of the many perks of small island living is being able to represent your small island around the Caribbean at places like Dominican Republic, Panama, USA and Canada, where she secured wins in jumping for the island of Puerto Rico.

College brought her stateside where she rode for the Savannah College of Art and Design in hunter equitation classes. After graduating with a BFA in Graphic Design, Gloria went home to PR for a year doing design work and teaching horseback riding at ‘El Centro Ecuestre’ until a job opportunity brought her back to the USA, specifically South Carolina. Now after over 10yrs in the advertisement industry, Gloria finds herself in our beautiful Bluffton where she served as a PATH certified Therapeutic Instructor and Special Olympics Coach for a local non-profit: Heroes on Horseback.

See you there!

REQUESTING YOUR RESPONSE: ROTARY TESTIMONIALS

To help increase our social presence, we will begin featuring Rotarians and their WHY! Please respond to this email or directly email Natalie Osterman with an answer to one of the questions below and a headshot that can be used.

1. What does Rotary mean to you?

2. What is your favorite service project that the Rotary Club of Bluffton participates in/does?

3. Why did you choose to be part of Rotary?

CART FUND DONATIONS

Do you worry about Alzheimer’s? We do not have a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, but we must find one. Finding a cure starts with you. Every year the CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) Fund gives research grants focused on finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

Have you given to the CART Fund this year? The CART Fund is dedicated to raising funds to provide “seed” money for cutting edge, high impact research in hopes of finding a cure/prevention for Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of the CART Fund is to encourage exploratory and developmental Alzheimer’s disease research projects within the United States. This is accomplished by providing financial support for the early and conceptual plans of those projects that may not yet be supported by extensive preliminary data but have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research. These projects should be distinct from those designed to increase knowledge in a well-established area unless they intend to extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications.

If you would you like to donate to the C.A.R.T. fund, please scan the code below:

BRC YOUTUBE CHANNEL

The Bluffton Rotary Club has a YouTube Channel! You will find previous guest speakers and other fun videos, so be on the lookout for more content in the future. All you have to do is create a YouTube account and subscribe...with 80+ current members, we can do better than eight subscriber's!! Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8TYzr9_xUE8Jfy-lniTt1A

CLUBBRUNNER MOBILE APP

Did you know ClubRunner is now available on your mobile device app store for FREE?!? Once downloaded, use your ClubRunner log-in. This will give you instant access to our member directory, events, news and other important information. Here is a video that highlights some of the features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLu08meAHI&t=12s