Club Information
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Bishop Sunrise

Wake Up and Join Us!

We meet In Person & Online
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
Northern Inyo Hospital Annex Conference Room
2957 Birch Street
Bishop, CA 93514
United States of America
You can also attend our meetings via Zoom! Email our Club President for log-on information!
Welcome!
 
 
Our growing club fosters future leaders, creates positive change in our community, and lends a hand to people in need at home and beyond our borders. Wake up and join us!
 
To find out more about our club,  you can send us an email via bishopsunriserotary@gmail.com.
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Home Page Stories
Just a shout-out to all the volunteers who helped make the Ultras a big success again this year!
 
Thanks to everybody who signed up for actually showing up! :-)
 
Thanks to Ed & Sheila for all the chefing, to John Loomis and John Helm for shuttling to and from Millpond, to Maggie and Joanne and Jay and Deb and Phil and everybody else for the setup and teardown and service and fellowship!
 
Thanks to Fran and Lindsey and Sherry for supplies, to Diane Shirley and David for letting me refill water at the cabin in Aspendell, and to everyone else who offered to come if needed!
 
You guys are the best!
 
Over the weekend we held our annual Earth Day event. What a fantastic weekend with delicious food, musicians and lots of vendors. Here are a few snapshots of the day!
 
 
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Just last week, we held our 2023 Rotary Foundation Dinner. 🥂 This event celebrates the good work of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.  It is a joint event sponsored by the Bishop, Bishop Sunrise, and Mammoth Lakes Rotary clubs. 

We were honored to have our keynote speaker, Steve Lewis, a Past District Governor and Former District Foundation Chair.  District Governor, Jeff Gabriel, spoke as well and presented Foundation recognitions such as Paul Harris Fellows one of them given to his sister, Marlene Gabriel.
 
 
It's that time of the year! The Rotary Club of Bishop Sunrise is proud to be organizing Earth Day 2023 on Saturday April 22nd. We will again be collaborating with Inyo Council of The Arts to offer childrens' art along with more musicians. We hope you will join us in the fun this year as a vendor or exhibitor in the Bishop City Park. Last year was a busy one with dozens of booths and hundreds of visitors and participants in the park and we are planning for big turnout again in 2023.  You can expect strong visitor traffic stopping by your booth or table. 
 
This year, we would like to encourage all booths to tie in their booth with the concept of Earth Day. Whether that be a fun earthy game, earth-friendly centerpieces..etc etc..have fun with it! 

 

If you would like to reserve a vendor/booth space, please email, call or text the contact information provided below in this post. Each vendor is responsible for tables, chairs, and tenting. The fee for a 12x12 foot space is $30, unchanged from last year’s rate.
 
As soon as you submit your application, I will then send you a short summary on some general information for parking, bathrooms, and a few directions. 

 

Deadline for registration is Monday, April 10. 

 

Here’s our timeline for this year:

 

Saturday, April 22, 2023
Set-up: 8am - 10am
Event times: 10am-5pm
Breakdown: 5pm
 
No breakdown of booths during an event. 

 

If you know someone who would enjoy having a booth, please share Jackie Garcia's email address (jackie.bgarcia@yahoo.com) and contact information (760-937-0547) to them.  Thanks for any and all referrals!

 

I look forward to your completed application.  If you should have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 
If you or anyone you know is in need of a scholarship, we are officially taking applications! We highly encourage high school 2023 senior students from all Inyo County schools to apply. Annually, we award over $20,000 to graduating students.
 
Scholarship applications are due Sunday, April 23, 2023.
 
Please note that there are two essay questions included in the application to detail your motivation to further your education and to tell us how your future goals met Rotary's vision statement: "Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change - across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves." 
 
Additionally, when applying, please upload your Official high school transcript and a copy of your FAFSA EFC. 
 
Please email questions to bishopsunriserotary@gmail.com.
 
Best of luck! 
Foundation Chair Deb Schweizer presents District Governor Jeff Gabriel and his wife Jane with their major donor recognitions for donating $10,000 to the Rotary Foundation.
Bagpipe player Mike Allen helped celebrate DG Jeff Gabriel's official visit to his home club, with a surprise trombone assist from Robert Atlee. 
Dr. Arndal and Dr. Kim delivered two babies by c-section with the resident physician in the newly rehabilitated operating room and installed pessaries in a dozen women.
Upcoming Events
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    Jun 02, 2023 10:00 AM -
    May 03, 2024 1:00 PM
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    Methodist Church
    Jul 07, 2023 10:00 AM -
    Jun 07, 2024 1:00 PM
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Jun 07, 2023
The Endangered Bighorn Sheep
Brenda Ling - Superintendent at Manzanar
Jun 14, 2023
Plans, updates and stories
Meeting Responsibilities
Inspiration
May 24, 2023
Kingsbury, Maggie
 
Food Pick-up
May
Oconnell, Sherry
 
Speaker Coordinator
May
McDonald, Betsy