The Carbondale Rotary and the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District teamed up once again to drop more than 1,000 colored ping pong balls from a fire ladder truck on First Friday, May 2nd on the lawn beside the Village Smithy! As before, the ball closest the center target won the $5,000 grand prize. Congratulations to our grand prize and consolation prize winners! We'd like to extend a special thanks to our Lead Sponsor Alpine Bank. Corporate sponsors include ANB Bank, Cowen Center, Herschel Ross DDS Family Dentistry, Sotheby's International RVR Realtor Karen Peirson, Modern Day Media, Obermeyer Wealth Partners, The Pain Center of the Roaring Fork Valley, RJ Paddywacks Pet Outfitter, Rivers Dentistry, Sopris Liquor and Wine, Whitsitt Law Office, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Roaring Fork Oral Surgery, Crystal River Customs, Six Productions, Nordic Gardens, Reese Henry & Co., Meridian Jewelers, Z Group Architecture, RK Wolff Safety Consulting, Carbondale Car Care, and Mr. Mike Waski. Balls were purchased for $20/each online at paybee.io/@fireballdrop or at City Market Carbondale (every weekend and the full week prior) or through our partners at Ascendigo Autism Services and the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District. We raised over $40,000 and all proceeds after expenses go to local volunteer projects, scholarships, Rotary youth exchange and social programs! Thanks to everyone who bought a ball (or 3 or more!)
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Another successful Fireball Drop!
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Alan Cole
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2025-05-05 06:00:00Z |
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Calling all hungry Potato Day fans! Rotary will be firing up the grill for pancakes once again on Saturday, October 7th in downtown Carbondale! Join us at the park at 4th Street and Main Street in downtown Carbondale for delicious pancakes (and potato pancakes) from 8:30am to 10:30am. Regular pancakes are $10/plate (or potato pancakes for $15/plate) including sausage, orange juice and Bonfire coffee! All proceeds went to benefit the Rotary Club of Carbondale and our scholorships, grants and service projects. Hope to see you there!
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Potato Day Pancake Breakfast 2023
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Alan Cole
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2023-09-26 06:00:00Z |
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Our 2023 Fireball Drop fundraiser was a success!
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Fireball Drop 2023
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John Stroud
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2023-07-01 06:00:00Z |
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We had a great time at Potato Day on Saturday, October 1st in downtown Carbondale! The park at 4th Street and Main Street in downtown Carbondale was busy with Rotarians serving pancakes from 8:00am to 10:00am. Regular pancakes were $10/plate (or potato pancakes for $15/plate) including sausage, orange juice and Bonfire coffee! All proceeds went to benefit the Rotary Club of Carbondale. All in all we raised $900!
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Potato Days Pancake Breakfast
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Alan Cole
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2022-09-21 06:00:00Z |
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Our Carbondale Rotary/Ace Hardware Fireball Drop 2022 was a success, raising over $27,000 to support our student scholarships, Rotary Youth Exchange, community and international projects and grants. Thank you to everyone who partcipated!
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Scenes from the Fireball Drop 2022
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2022-06-27 06:00:00Z |
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We're excited to announce the return of the Fireball Drop sponsored by Ace Hardware! Come join the fun as Carbondale Rotary and the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District team up to drop up to 1,000 colored ping pong balls (or more) from a fire ladder truck at Sopris Park in downtown Carbondale on First Friday, May 6th at 5pm! Which ball will hit the center target and who will win the $5,000 grand prize? Corporate sponsors include Alpine Bank, Sopris Liquor and Wine, Umbrella Roofing, Sotheby's International Realty River Valley Ranch Office, Wealth By Design, Glenwood Springs Post Independent and Mike Waski. Balls can be purchased for $20/each online at paybee.io/@fireballdrop@1 or at City Market Carbondale (at select times starting in mid-March) or through our partners at YouthZone, Roaring Fork Soccer Club, Ascendigo and Roaring Fork Pickleball Association. All proceeds after expenses go to local volunteer projects, scholarships, Rotary youth exchange and social programs.
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Fireball Drop is Back for 2022!
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Alan Cole
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2022-03-09 07:00:00Z |
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Our club is involved in several community, district and global programs and projects. Contributions specifically to our club's student scholarships, community and international grants and service projects, and our Rotary Youth Exchange program are welcome and can be sent to the Rotary Club of Carbondale, P.O. Box 538, Carbondale, CO 81623.  202Fall 2021 Rio Grande Trail cleanup.
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Support Carbondale Rotary's endeavors
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2022-03-05 07:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Carbondale has created a one-of-a-kind event this spring and we'd like to invite you to participate in the first ever Fireball Drop on May 7th, First Friday in May at Sopris Park in Carbondale! We’re going to drop up to 1,000 ping pong balls from a Fire Ladder Truck onto a field of targets! The ball that lands closest to the center target wins the Grand Prize of $5000 Cash!!!! Other prizes are including $500 cash are available too! You can help support local scholarships, local community projects, non-profits and international relief efforts all by purchasing 1 ping pong ball for $20 or 3 for $50 by going here: www.paybee.io/@fireballdrop@1! Here's our shiny new QR code too! You can also contact any Carbondale Rotarian if you’d like to buy a ball (or three or more) and pay by check or cash. The drop happens this May 7th at 5pm and you can watch from a distance at the park or online on Facebook Live! Don’t miss out on something this unique! Huge thanks to our title sponsor Ace Hardware and featured sponsor Alpine Bank! All the proceeds are tax deductible and the more money we raise the more we can help our high schoolers, first-responders and others during this time!
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Announcing the Fireball Drop 2021!
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Alan Cole
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2021-03-11 07:00:00Z |
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If you can't join us in person, please consider joining virtually at 6:45 a.m. each Wednesday via Zoom for our weekly club meetings and to hear special guest speakers and presentations. To receive the meeting link, please contact John Stroud at jtstroud@comcast.net
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Join us virtually
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John Stroud
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2020-03-16 06:00:00Z |
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We had our second Running of the Balls fundraiser on Sept. 6, 2019, as part of the Carbondale First Friday festivities downtown. The evening began with our Running of the Kids race, where children ages 3-8 were invited to be chased by large rubber balls down Main Street in a just-for-fun event. Then, ticket holders and other spectators lined the street to watch as members of the Roaring Fork Youth Soccer Club kick-shuffled the big, bouncy balls down the street to see which ones would enter the finish chute first to determine the winner. Congratulations to Kevin Lundy of Carbondale, who held the winning ticket and won the $5,000 grand prize! This event raises needed funds for our student scholarships, community grants and support for global Rotary projects.
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Running of the Balls 2019
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John Stroud
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2019-10-20 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Alan Cole on Sep 10, 2018
Carbondale Rotary’s first-ever Running of the Balls last Friday was even better than we imagined. Locals of all ages came out for First Friday and lined Main Street to watch. We had a kids fun run for ages 3-6, a great parade and lastly the main event when 89 of our big rubber balls got blown down the street by giant fans and leaf blowers. Jack Brendlinger (on the ATV) We had perfect weather and amazing, crews of volunteers to make it all happen. The vision of our hard-working event architect, planner and chairman Jack Brendlinger truly became a reality.
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Running of the Balls 2018
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Alan Cole
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2018-09-10 06:00:00Z |
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Posted on May 18, 2018
Carbondale Rotary 2019 Scholarship recipients Carbondale Rotary Awards 2018 Scholarships to Local High School Students RFHS and BHS Seniors Receive $1,000 each for College Jim Kenney (third from left) passes the mic to the 2018 Carbondale Rotary Scholarship recipients The Carbondale Rotary Club proudly presented ten outstanding local high school seniors with $1,000 scholarships to put towards their college tuition at the weekly Club meeting this past Wednesday morning, May 14th at the Carbondale Fire Station. The students were chosen out of a field of 38 applicants based on their academic record, their demonstrated need and their commitment to Rotary’s Four Way Test and motto of Service Above Self. Seven recipients currently attend Basalt High School and three go to Roaring Fork High School.
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Congratulations to our 2018/2019 Scholarship Recipients
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Alan Cole
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2018-05-18 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Alan Cole on Sep 04, 2017
Carbondale Rotary Club welcomed this year's Rotary Exchange Students at the Aspen Airport in late August. Both Stefan Platzer from Austria and Thunyakrit "Ou" Chutiphornphongchai from Thailand arrived to spend the year living with local families and attending High School through the Carbondale Rotary Mountain and Plains District 5470 Rotary Youth Exchange! Stefan's Carbondale Rotary Greeting Committee at the Aspen Airport! Thunyakrit "Ou" Chutiphornphongchai is welcomed to Aspen by his host family the Mitchells and Carbondale Rotary members! Both students will be running cross-country for their respective schools. Ou has already visited the top of Aspen Mountain and Stefan spent his first weekend fly fishing. They're certainly wasting no time settling in to life in the valley! Special thanks to our very own John Stroud for the countless hours organizing the Rotary Exchange program here and making these life-changing experiences possible!
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Welcome to our New Rotary Exchange Students
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Alan Cole
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2017-09-04 06:00:00Z |
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Posted on Jul 12, 2017
On Wednesday, July 19th at noon the Carbondale Rotary Club proudly presents a free screening of "The Time Travelers" a documentary film by director Forest Woodward and Brendan Leonard.The event will be at the Carbondale Fire Station and includes a presentation by crew member Ian Anderson.
In January 2017, the USA Men’s Rafting Team set their sights on making history by attempting to break a legendary speed record down 277 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Their goal was 34 hours. 34 hours…straight.
Throughout 2016, the filmmakers sporadically followed these scrappy, determined guys on their quest…training hard, designing their custom boat, and gaining perspective on what it means to attempt something extraordinary on one of the world’s most breathtaking stages.
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The Time Travelers - Free Screening
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Alan Cole
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2017-07-12 06:00:00Z |
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We held a very special meeting two weeks ago as we welcomed our two new foreign exchange students, Sophie Hofmann from Germany and Nithin Prakash from India. We also heard from returning local student Megan Webber about her amazing experience in Argentina and met with outbound student Jaden Stryker who is headed to the Netherlands this fall! Sophie is attending Roaring Fork High School and just joined the cheerleading squad and Nithin attends Basalt High School and is on the golf team!
Jaden Stryker, Megan Webber, Sophie Hoffmann, Nithin Prakash
Megan Webber Details her Argentina Experience
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Our New Rotary Exchange Students
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Alan Cole
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2016-08-31 00:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our new Paul Harris Fellow Award Winners Duke Jones and Ed Queenan! Thank you for your outstanding service to Rotary!
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Congratulations to our Paul Harris Fellow Award Winners
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Alan Cole
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2016-08-31 00:00:00Z |
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Great Weather, Great All-Valley Rotary Ride on July 9th
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Alan Cole
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2016-07-11 00:00:00Z |
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Posted by Steve Skinner on Dec 07, 2015
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2015-12-08 00:00:00Z |
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Posted by Ken Neubecker on Jun 01, 2015
Saturday, June 20, at the Orchard in Carbondale. VIVA MEXICO!!
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The HAPPENING!!
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2015-06-02 00:00:00Z |
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Posted by Ted Miller on Apr 12, 2013
Carbondale Rotary Club partners to Fund a Women’s Tree Nursery in Niger
The Rotary Club of Carbondale is helping to tackle poverty, hunger and malnutrition through its support of the Farmers of the Future program. The goal of Farmers of the Future is to help impoverished farmers of Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, escape the poverty trap of subsistence farming. It teaches modern agricultural practice to primary school children and creates profitable farming businesses for their mothers. The project, now in its pilot phase in three villages in Niger, is being implemented through the non-profit organization, Eliminate Poverty Now, which was founded by Carbondale Rotarians John and Judy Craig to promote economic opportunity in Africa, especially for women.
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Rotary Club of Carbondale Fighting Proverty in Africa
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Ted Miller
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2013-04-13 00:00:00Z |
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Posted by Louis Meyer
Rotary Club of Carbondale
….Celebrating Through Service the Diversity of Our Community
The Carbondale Rotary Club is proud to recognize our 2013 Grant Recipients:
| Applicant |
$ amount of Grant |
| Access Roaring Fork |
$700 |
| Advocate Safehouse |
$500 |
| Andy Zanca |
$300 |
| C'dale Clay Ctr |
$900 |
| CASA of the 9th |
$900 |
| Family Visitor |
$350 |
| Houses for Higher Ed |
$650 |
| Junior Achievement |
$900 |
| KDNK |
$700 |
| LiftUp |
$800 |
| Literacy Outreach |
$400 |
| Raising a Reader |
$1,150 |
| RFOV |
$450 |
| Mt Sopris Historical |
$1,500 |
| Third Street Ctr |
$500 |
| Wilderness Workshop |
$700 |
| Your Friends for Life |
$400 |
| YouthEntity |
$500 |
| Youth Zone |
$900 |
| Habitat for Humanity |
$5,000 |
| Dental Health Alliance |
$400 |
| Reach Out & Read |
$200 |
| C'dale Cmty Oven |
$200 |
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$19,000 |
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Carbondale Rotary 2013 Grants
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Posted by Louis Meyer
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Welcome to Rotary Club of Carbondale
Louis Meyer, President
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CARBONDALE ROTARY PRESIDENT
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Louis Meyer
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Posted by Ted Miller
Community Sustainability in the Roaring Fork Valley: High Altitude Permaculture and Greenhouse Design and Implementation Involving Youth Participation and Planning
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The Green Team
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Ted Miller
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