-Brian Hemming, FIFTO Cans, Humidors Made for Adventures-

This May 31st at Eagle Mount and Zoom

A few years ago, Brian had just left the world of college athletics to work with a business consulting firm in Maryland. Then 2020 came along and he was laid off, effectively shutting down his family’s regular source of income. Brian and Erin are active people who like to smoke cigars, and “were tired of carrying our cigars around in a Ziploc bag and praying that they would not dry out or get crushed. So we started looking for something that was durable, rugged, air tight, and just looked cool,” humidors became evident. Coming from military families, Brian and Erin had several old ammo cans, and the wheels started turning. Ammo cans are durable, airtight and designed to keep ammunition dry and ready to use. They took them and developed a process to customize them into portable humidors for themselves and their clients. After connecting with a lot of people and evolving to create the FITFO Custom Cans niche, The Hemming Family decided to give back. They create custom cigar cans and auction them off to support military and environmental organizations. Check out FITFO cans **HERE**.

See you Friday May 31st at 6:45am in-person and on Zoom.

-Katsuyama Rotary Friendship Exchange is Back!-

Our seven members that participated in the friendship exchange with our sister club in Katsuyama, Japan are back! A full write up will be coming soon and the group will be the meeting speaker on June 14th to detail our partnership with the immensely kind and welcoming Katsuyama Club! 

 

-Media Coverage of New Road Construction-

Great job to President Laura, our GLRP committee members, banking partners and city leaders for helping us commemorate the start of construction of the new south entrance at Glen Lake Rotary Park. While a bulldozer, backhoe and bobcat turned up the sod at the park, KBZK's Cassidy Powers covered the event for her network and filed this report on the news for May 20. *Check out the coverage HERE*

 

 

-Memorial for I Ho-

When: June 3rd at 3PM

Where: The Commons Journey Church (1794 East Baxter Lane Bozeman).

Article to check out: From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, "A park in downtown Bozeman will be renamed for former City Commissioner I-Ho Pomeroy, who died of cancer earlier this year. The North Black Avenue “pocket park” is just a short walk off of Main Street. Downtown Bozeman Association Executive Director Ellie Staley said it made sense to not only rename the park, but to redesign and reconstruct it in Pomeroy’s honor." **Click here to check out the rest of the article.

We deeply miss I Ho and all her contributions to our club and our community.

-Rotating Meeting Thank You-

Thank you to our hosts Sanderson Stewart and to all who attended our rotating meeting last week! This is always a fun way to connect with our community and each other outside of our regular meeting time. 

-Student of the Year Scholarship Winner!-

Our Youth Services committee is proud to announce that Ms. Nomi Friedman at Bozeman High School has received our $2,000 scholarship for advanced studies (after high school) as the Student of the Year. We congratulate Nomi for her exceptional work ethic and enthusiasm as a student leader this past year at BHS.  To see her bio and accomplishments, please click here.

Thank you Youth Services Committee for supporting youth in our community!