Key West Sunrise Rotary welcomed the Group Study Exchange team from Peru.  The team gave an excellent presentation on living in Peru. The team cosisted of:  Group Leader Raul Sanchez, Millagros Mesones, Carlos Lechuga, Elvira Gonzales, and Karla Nunez.

Thanks to all the Sunrise Rotarians who came out to help with the MARC Pumpkin Patch, showing that Service above Self is a principle that we Rotarians actively believe in.  Pictured is the morning crew of:  Jim Smith, Warren Leamard, Greg Sullivan, Scott Duszynski, chip off the old block James Reynolds, Henry Woods, Jim Reynolds, and Ron Demes.  Thanks to the afternoon crew of:  Carrie Helliesen, Janie Rodriguez, Billy Davis, Jim Scholl, Jim Smith (again), Chris Pare, Jose Koler, Matt Babich, and Matt Strahan!  Ron Demes did a great job of organizing this event.

President Steve Robbins is thanked by Sandy Higgs and Lesley Crabbs for the work Sunrise Rotarians did on the Sigsbee Beautification project.  Sigsbee School is now a Charter School!  In anticipation of the changeover, Navy League Key West Council recruited volunteers to paint,chop, and just generally renovate the school. Sunrise Rotary had a great turnout!  Thank you to: Captain Pat DeQuattro, Jim Reynolds, Barbara Anderson, Percy Curry, Ty Symroski, Frank Toppino, Matt Babich, Ron Demes, Kerry Highsmith, Greg Sullivan,Steve Robbins, and Mary Maxwell!  We especially want to thank Jim Scholl for chopping through the water line and Jim Reynolds for supervising Sandy Higgs as she turned the water off.  Great project everyone!

Congratulations to Steve Robbins on his installation as Sunrise Rotary President! He is already hard at work making Sunrise Rotary the most fun club in the state.  Kudos to Past-President Cris Waite-Morgan who did an excellent job last year and now gets to relax a little!  Thank you to Southernmost Beach Cafe for a beautiful installation dinner- a great time was had by all!

The members of Sunrise Rotary congratulate our scholarship recipients this year!  Students received  $17,500.00 in scholarships. This money was raised by Rotarians through our Poker Run, Golf Tournament, etc! A big thanks to all members for your hard work and commitment in making these annual scholarships possible! Recipients are:  Sunrise Rotary Scholarship ($2000 each year for 4 years) to Reve Labbe;  Ecky Solomon/Glynn Archer Scholarship ($1000 each year for 4 years) to Kriszelda Menez; Mike and Debbie Horne Vocational Scholarship ($1250 each year for 2 years) to Seth Hopp; Tommy Roberts Scholarship ($500 each) to Olivia Kent and Frankie Ratcliff; Roy Anderson Memorial Scholarship ($500 each year for 2 years) to Sebastin Armentrout; Tom Sawyer Memorial Scholarship ($500 each year for 2 years) to Kate Sampson.  We are very proud of these Key West High School graduates!

President-Elect Steve Robbins introduced Greg Marston, Key West Fire Department, as our speaker this past Friday.  Greg updated the club on the latest techniques and priorities of KWFD.

County Administrator Roman Gastesi spoke to members about Monroe County's Strategic Plan. Mr. Gastesi encouraged all residents to go online to fill out the survey that Monroe County is conducting.

We want to thank Chris Pare and his wonderful wine and cigar shop, Historic Cigar Alley at 1075 Duval Street,  for hosting our golf tournament "thank you" party.  Everyone had a great time! Check out the pics under "Photos!"

Sunrise Rotary welcomed Ambassadorial Scholars Martina Hindsley and Christina Dombrowsky to our Friday meeting.

Our tournament was a huge succes!  We had 110 golfers and lots of volunteers.  Thanks so much to everyone for all the sponsors, prizes, and hours put in at the golf course.  Check out the pictures of everyone working hard and having fun!

We had a very informative program from the folks at Crimestoppers. Board members Diane Gibson, First State Bank, and Dougie Morgan, Raymond Janes and Associates, explained the role that Crimestoppers plays in reducing crime and helping law enforcemnt track down individuals who are implicated in the commission of crimes.

Once again, Key West Sunrise Rotary participated in the Dictionary Project by giving every third grader in  Monroe County their very own dictionary.  This is the third year that we donated books to over 600 thrid graders throughout the county.  The Dictionary Project is  sponsored by Rotary International and is a worl-wide effort to promote literacy. Pictured are the 3rd graders from Glynn Archer school.

Sunrise Rotary wants to welcome back former member Craig Cates! Craig has returned to Key West after living in Saint James City, Florida for a number of years.  We are extremely happy to have Craig back with us!  Pictured with Craig are Membership Chair Stephanie Griffiths, President Cris Waite-Morgan, Craig, and sponsor Steve Henson.

Thank you to Barbara Fahey and the Youth Act students for hosting our meeting at HOB school!  The students were very well prepared and the breakfast was delicious!

Congratulations to our International Committee!  Through the efforts of KWSR and the Jelenia Gora, Poland Rotary Club, we were able to purchase a van for the Jelenia Gora County Home for the Retarded.

We had a great Poker Run this year! Congratulations to everyone for making this such a successful event! We started  on 9/18 with the PokerStroll at the Bottlecap Lounge and ended on 9/21 with the Survivor's Party at the Southernmost Beach Cafe.   Thank you to all of our members for making this the best Poker Run, yet! 

Our Be a Key Bee  spelling bee for Literacy Volunteers was a great success.  We raised $6000.00 for Literacy Volunteers and everyone had a wonderful time. Congrats to the Rookie Rotarians for planning and hosting this fun evening.  The winners were the team from the Florida Keys Community Foundation who outspelled everyone!

It is over!  The 15th Annual Sunrise Rotary Golf Tournament was a huge success and as usual we had a packed house!  A big thanks to everyone who helped out especially Steve Robbins, Brian Rector, and Tegan Slaton.  The profits from this tournament goes to our scholarship fund.  Thanks to those Rotarians who donated prizes-you all really came through for us this year. Pictured: President-Elect Cris Waite is hard at work with the rest of the early am crew.

Kenseal Corp. and Sunrise Rotary worked together to renovate the playground at the Wesley House  Child Services Center at Douglas School.  Pictured are some Kenseal reps and Barbara Fahey and her Youth Act students. Thanks to Kenseal for contributing so much to the Key West community! 

Fantasy Fest was a huge success this year.  Check out the photos of our members unders the "Photos" tab!

Poker Run 2007 was a huge success!