Bozeman Noon Rotary's "Sip & Sample" Night

-The 2023 "Sip & Sample" will be a fun-filled evening of unlimited
wine tasting of fine wines from around the world curated by local
wine distributor, The Wine Gallery

-Also, enjoy sampling various local micro-brewed craft beers,
ciders and kombucha from local favorites, Last Best Brewing Company,
Zesty Beverages, and Lockhorn Cider


-There will be delicious chocolate sampling by La Chatelaine Chocolate company and food
bites prepared by the chef at The Hilton Garden Inn



-We will feature a "Wine Ring Fling" where you can test your skill at landing an exquisite bottle of wine
with a skillful ring toss! No skill, no problem as a bottle of wine will be yours for a small donation!

-We will hold an "Instant Wine Cellar Raffle"
1st Prize: 60 bottles of fine wine: a curated collection of the best examples of wine from around the world
2nd Prize: a year of beer, cider, and kombucha!
3rd Prize: a year of chocolate!

Public is invited and welcome. Must be 21 years old to attend

Attending this event will help support our many club and charitable foundation projects:

Annual Activities:

•  Frontage Road Highway Clean-up- North of I-90

• 3^rd Grade Dictionaries- Purchase an deliver dictionaries to every 3^rd grader in Bozeman, Belgrade and Gallatin Gateway schools

•  Merit Awards for middle school students in Bozeman Schools

• Middle School Scholarship Fund- $1000 to each middle school in Bozeman School District to use at its discretion for those in need

• Dolly Parton Imagination Library: Yearly support through the Greater Gallatin United Way

• Bozeman High School Music Department Support: 1)Sponsor for Hawks Night Live 2) $500 Donation at Christmas Performance

• Christmas Shopping: in coordination with Thrive for 10 families-$200 each

• Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Christmas

• Bozeman Public Library Donations for all our guest speakers -normally over $1,100 year

• High School(s) Student of the Month Award for Gallatin, Bozeman and Bridger Academy Seniors. Award winners are then eligible to apply for a scholarship.

• High School Scholarships: three (3) $1,000 scholarships are given out to qualified student from above list

• Fix Up Festival Home - Adaptor- Our club pays $500 to adopt and help repair one home for the Sunrise Rotary club in conjunction with HRDC, supporting their Fix-Up Festival

• Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA)- sponsor high school juniors at this summer camp, held at Luccock Park, where they learn leadership and communication skills. We sponsor 2 - 4 kids every year at $350 each

• Youth Giving Project of One Valley Community Foundation-$6500 over 3 years to educate and involve 8-12^th graders in philanthropy and distributing funding through selected awards

• Interact Club- We support high school Interact Club programs providing funding for supervision and activities- a minimum of $1200 per school year (BHS and GHS)

• Gallatin High School Closet: provided monetary support for supplies for homeless high school students. we donate from $1,500 to $2,000 depending on need

Additional Activities for the last 2 years (Covid disrupted some activities)

• Family Promise- Provided 15 “Welcome Home Kits” for families graduating from their 2-year Program

• HRDC Warming Center: collected donations and purchased/donated winter clothes

• HRDC Warming Center: helped to provide needed supplies identified by management through purchase and donations

• HRDC Healthy Kids Pack: provided monetary support and volunteers loaded bags for the children

• Bozeman Spring Clean-up participant

• Bozeman Bike Kitchen: provided enough funding to purchase 50 children’s bike helmets given away during “Kids Bike Giveaway”

• Eagle Mount: Provided supplies and volunteers to help equestrian program with projects for their summer programs

• Bozeman School District: provided monetary support and volunteers to help fill backpacks with items for students experiencing homelessness

• Hopa Mountain: conducted a children’s winter coat, hats, and mittens drive, for distribution to rural and tribal communities with a need