{"id":799633,"date":"2019-09-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=371761"},"modified":"2019-09-20T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:00:00","slug":"when-it-comes-to-service-what-goes-around-comes-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/when-it-comes-to-service-what-goes-around-comes-around\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to service, what goes around comes around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: Sponsored content brought to you by the Rotary Club of Summit County<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Rotary Club of Summit County\u2019s annual award ceremony for its community reading buddy volunteers.<\/em><\/strong>
Courtesy Rotary Club of Summit County<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Whether they\u2019re going on a 100-mile bike ride to a potluck party or volunteering to help a worthy cause, the Rotary Club of Summit County\u2019s members are always finding their sense of purpose.<\/p>\n

Turns out that volunteering for causes that positively impact your community isn\u2019t just good for the soul, it\u2019s also good for a person\u2019s overall health. According to Blue Zones research,<\/a> people who have a sense of purpose and surround themselves with like-minded folks live longer than those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Summit County Rotarians are finding all adept at finding ways to make this happen. With an international motto of \u201cservice above self,\u201d these members learn that living to serve is best for all parties involved.<\/p>\n

Impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lou Wagner was sitting in a Rotary Institute in San Diego in 2018, when  the keynote speaker described his experience growing up as an orphan in Russia. The man recalled sliding down the slide at a playground built by a Rotary Club in Krasnoyarsk, Russia<\/p>\n

Wagner couldn\u2019t believe his ears. He\u2019d been responsible for starting that Rotary Club in Russia nearly 20 years prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cried when I heard the story. I had given up on any good coming from that long-ago project,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cThe feeling in my heart was overwhelming and convinced me that our Rotary mission is worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Personal passions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rotary Club of Summit County member Mary Anne Johnston with a Rotary scholarship student in Guatemala.<\/em><\/strong>
Courtesy Rotary Club of Summit County<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As a former teacher, Mary Anne Johnston always understood the value of reading \u2014 both for knowledge and for pleasure. Through her membership with the Rotary Club of Summit County, she\u2019s combined forces with other Rotarians to create several educational programs that promote literacy both in Summit County and in international communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince retiring and moving to Summit County, Rotary has increased the opportunities for me to become more involved in education and my community. I am immensely grateful that this experience has allowed me to continue acting on my passion for education,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cFor 8 years, I have traveled to Guatemala with other Rotarians to provide textbooks, storybooks and computers to schools without these educational resources.  This amazing experience has given me an understanding of the enormous needs of developing countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Self-discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotary has helped Sandy Mortensen contribute to making her community a better place, but it\u2019s also helped her learn more about who she is and what she\u2019s capable of doing.<\/p>\n

She joined Rotary in 1991 and has held various leadership positions within the organization from heading up committees to becoming president of her club to serving as district governor of our district of 61 Rotary Clubs and 3,000 members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese opportunities came with incredible training and support that translated to my business and my family life. All of this contributed to increased confidence and self esteem in all avenues of my life,\u201d Mortensen said. \u201cOver the years, I have gotten enough feedback to know I have made a difference in the lives of others, but more importantly, Rotary has made a difference in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Social events<\/strong><\/p>\n

The club hosts periodic social events for members that include bike rides, sledding excursions, and numerous pot lucks, and they get together monthly for happy hours. Johnston said she loves how each event promotes collegiality among members.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur annual bike ride to New Castle, the annual summer hike in the Gore Range, the March sledding party, and the holiday party in December are a few of the events,\u201d she said. \u201cI am extremely thankful for many new friendships with members of Rotary and the larger community of Summit County.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s Note: Sponsored content brought to you by the Rotary Club of Summit County The Rotary Club of Summit County\u2019s annual award ceremony for its community reading buddy volunteers.Courtesy Rotary Club of Summit County Whether they\u2019re going on a 100-mile bike ride to a potluck party or volunteering to help a worthy cause, the Rotary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-799633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 08:05:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}