• The Covid-19 Pandemic forced us to meet virtually via Zoom
• We adopted a new strategic plan
• Sunny Kellerman served as District Governor
• With the help of a District Grant and community support through a matching donation program we were able to contribute $12,590 to support the food pantries run by The Commons
• We conducted Fact of Fiction fundraisers on Zoom for Polio Plus and to support the High Desert Humane Society
• The total raised for Polio Plus was $2,300.

• We again raised nearly $2,000 for Polio Plus.
• We received another District Grant to continue to Kindergarten Book project and to introduce vocational scholarships.
• Sunny Kellerman served as District Governor Elect spending untold hours and days in training and preparing for her District Governor year in 2020-21.
• Peter Falley was appointed District Grants Chair for District 5520
• We conducted a couple of successful garage sales

• Sunny Kellerman was nominated to District Governor Elect during 2019-21
• We continued the Kindergarten Book project, this time with the help of a District Grant.
• College scholarships of $1,500 each were awarded to Jose-Miguel Ruiz and Raelynn Moon.
• We hosted Rotary Youth Exchange Student Jan Schwarzfeld.
• Jan also attended the RYLA camp along with his friend Parker McMillan.
• We received a Rotary Citation at the District Conference and
• Peter Falley was honored with an Inspirational Rotarian award
• We revised our bylaws to reduce the size of the club board
• Our Valentine’s Dinner fundraiser generated $4,500 for the New Mexico Nature Conservancy
• We adopted a section of the median on Highway 180 East
   

• A successful Auction was held in October and raised about $32,000, with $9,700 going to each of the following beneficiaries Life Quest, the Gila Valley Library, and the Silver City Gospel Mission.
• Our End Polio reception in early November raised over $2,000 for Polio Plus.
• We received a Community Grant from the District for a Water Catchment project at the Volunteer Center’s Commons and saw the project to completion.
• We distributed about 1,000 books to Kindergarten children and elementary school libraries.
• We acquired 29 small trees and distributed them to be planted by members and others.
• Sunny Yates served as Assistant District Governor.
• We received Club of the Year recognition at the District Conference.
• Our Valentine’s Dinner/Fundraiser raised $2,500 for Big Brothers Big Sisters

• The Club worked on preparations for the Auction to be held in October.
• $1,500 college scholarships were awarded to Maryssa Young and Raelynn Botello. In addition, two WNMU students received $1,000 scholarships from the WNMU Rotary Scholarship Fund.
• Donations from our club to The Rotary Foundation amounted to $12,729 for the past year.
• The second Murder Mystery Dinner raised over $2,200 split evenly between the Silver City Community Theater and the Silver City Rotary Foundation Scholarship Fund.
• The End Polio Reception in October raised $3,000, which with matching funds from the Gates Foundationand the District added up to about $10,000.
• We received a $2,000 Community Grant from the District for the School Gardens Project, and participated in the construction of equipment for the school gardens.
• Hosted Swiss Rotary Youth Exchange Student Felicitas Zehnder for half a year.

• Membership increased to 33 active members.
• The Club started the process of applying for a District Grant for a School Gardens project at three Elementary Schools in Silver City.
• We awarded a $1,500 college scholarship to Morgan Weber and two smaller WNMU scholarships to Serena Pack and Camille Dalton at WNMU.
• The club received several recognitions at the District Conference:
  Best club social media award for a mid-sized club.
  Anna Pajala was star in the International Student talent show.
  Sunny Yates received the Outstanding Active Rotarian Award
• Our Valentine’s Dinner raised $2,239 for the High Desert Humane Society.
• We updated our Strategic Plan.
• We held our first Mystery Dinner fundraiser in cooperation with the Silver City Community Theater. The event raised $1,640 for the Silver City Myseum Society and an equal amount for the Community Theater.
• We sponsored Josh Saenz for RYLA.
• Hosted Finnish Rotary Youth Exchange Student Anna Pajala.
• The Silver City Rotary Foundation came into full operation with its approval as a 501.c.(3) charitable foundation by the IRS.

2014-15

President: Peter Falley

• We received several awards at the District Conference:
  The Presidential Citation
  Sonny Brown Business of the Year Awards for Lawley Motors in the large business category and Gila Hike and Bike in the small business category.
  Membership increase recognition.
  Best website for a medium-sized club
  2014-15 Outstanding Achievement Award to recognize our many accomplishments and particularly our involvement at the District and International level.
• We hosted the district-wide  meeting of Rotary Youth Exchange students in December.
• We adopted a new club banner designed by Joe Kellerman.We started the process of establishing a 501.c.(3) charitable foundation, the Silver City Rotary Foundation.
• The Club was once again one of the clubs supporting the Guatemala Water Project
• Active membership increased from 28 to 31 during the year.
• We had two students, Mikaela Newman and Molly Nix, attend in RYLA camp in July.
• Hosted German Rotary Youth Exchange Student Kilian Schwabe

2013-14
President: Sunny Yates

• Rotary Auction produced sufficient funds to enable the club to award $12,000 to each of the following nonprofit organizations: Literacy Link – Leamos, The Imagination Library of Grant County, The Grant County Volunteer Center.
• Club received Presidential Citation with Distinction.
• Club was named Small Club of the Year at District Conference.
• Alotta Gelato receive Small Business of the Year award at District Conference.
• Two Students awarded Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and sent to RYLA camp in July 2014
• Awarded two $1,500 college scholarships to graduating high school students
• Hosted Belgian Rotary Youth Exchange Student Emilie Charlez.