On Monday, March 2, Dan Strobell was honored as SGR's RY2024-25 Rotarian of the Year. He was originally recognized back in June 2025, but due to his search for cooler weather during WashCo's triple-digit summer season, we were unable to make it a reality with a plaque and a picture until today. This amazing and generous humanitarian is recognized "for 2 decades of commitment to Guatemala's Maya people and for furthering SGR's international vision."
Under his leadership, dozens of members and friends of St. George Rotary have traveled annually for 20 years to build approximately 3500 vented, cinderblock stoves in Maya homes where an open fire traditionally burns in the middle of the house, thus reducing the amount of dangerous particulate causing respiratory diseases, as well as serious burns and children taken out of school to collect firewood.
This year's trip for our 25 travelers will be more or less the week of May 22-31. Once home safe and sound, they are scheduled to report the details of their trip on Monday, June 15.
This award is certainly well-deserved but long overdue. Congratulations, Dan and thank you for this important "service above self" which has changed the lives of thousands of Guatemalan villagers as well as many of us in the family of Rotary.
John White, SGR's 9th new member since July 1, was inducted on Monday, March 2 as part of Bank of Utah's corporate membership. John keeps our total at 73 (on the same day another of our members resigned due to job demands) for RY2025-26. John's interests and hobbies - when he has time away from his job as BoU's portfolio manager - include God, family, country, movies, music, cooking, biking, hiking, travel and the beach. A native son of Santa Clara, UT, he is also a Spanish-speaker, learning the language while serving an LDS mission in Puerto Rico.
John has attended SGR regularly over the past several months and is excited to now be an official member. He looks forward to getting involved in many ways.
Please welcome John as a full-fledged member of SGR.
It’s not. It’s about what happens around the table.
Back in 1905, even Rotary founder Paul Harris and his crew weren’t exactly formal. They rotated meetings just to keep things interesting.
Pulled pranks. Told stories. Built friendships first – and everything else followed.
There’s something about a shared meal. No titles. No posturing. Just people, breaking bread together … realizing they actually like each other.
And somewhere between the bad jokes, the side bets, and the stories which get better with every telling – you forget why you came, and remember why you stayed.
Turns out … doing good is a lot more fun with people you’d choose as friends anyway.
Rotary. Come for the meal. Stay for everything else.
~ Contributed by Ray Sanford
PS: Picture taken about 15 minutes after last Monday's closing bell.
Utah Rotary's DG Suzanne goal for D5420 is a net increase of 200 new members by June 30, 2026.
So, who do you know who should be a member of
St. George Rotary Club
By channeling our commitment to THIS avenue of service, RI reminds us all of the importance of investing in the world's future by empowering, developing leadership skills and providing opportunities for cross-cultural experiences for this segment of mankind.
No new cases of paralytic polio confirmed this week, butthere are likely 4 cases "in the wings" in Afghanistan carried over from 2025 to be reported shortly. But for now we remain at zero cases in 2026.
This year, please resolve to join the PolioPlus Society at a cost of just $8.50 PER MONTH - or an annual donation of $100 to save children around the world from this dreaded disease.
FMI, contact Foundation Chair Dave Prisbrey or Club Treasurer Collin Davis to make your wishes known!
