Bulletin for September 23-29, 2011

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Bill Hulterstrom, CEO of Utah Valley United Way (center) with Scott Miller (left) and Ben Guffey.



Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Meetings and Events

September 29: Blaine Yates, CEO of Xlear, Inc, speaking about their sugar substitute called Xylitol.
October 6: Provo City School District with Greg Hudnall and Superintendent Randy Merrill.
 October 13: Mark Philbrick, BYU photographer with a historical review in pictures of BYU.
 October 20: Annual Club Assembly. Sit with members of your Rotary committee to discuss plans for the year. Organizer: Linda Pemberton.
 October 27: United States Senator Orrin Hatch
December 1: Kevin Garlick, Head of Provo City Power, speaking on cost-effective initiatives at PCP.
December 8: David Hall, President of Novatek, speaking about his innovative firm and its Vista program for efficient housing.
December 15: Annual Club Christmas Party at Riverside Country Club

Report of the Weekly Luncheon Meeting held September 22, 2011
      Today's luncheon meeting was held at Riverside Country Club. President Steve Densley conducted with Ron Roberts at the piano and Jill Moon leading the crowd in singing the Anthem and reciting the Pledge. An invocation was offered by Tom Powell.
     Guests: Quint Bates visited the club as a former Rotarian from Denver. Ben Swank, a BYU student, attended as a guest of Steve Royster.
     Leslie Gledhill is still struggling with recovery from surgery.
     Andy Anderson served as sergeant and raised a few dollars for our club's charitable foundation and got quite a few laughs.
     Scott Miller introduced today's speaker, Bill Hulterstrom, CEO of United Way of Utah Valley for twenty-seven years. He spoke mostly about demographic trends in the Valley with 70% of the recent growth coming from home -- there were more than 15,000 new babies born in Utah Valley in 2010.
     The average in Utah is 28, average age in Utah County is 23.2. Of approximately 600,000 residents in the Valley, 190,000 are children.
     Third-grade reading skills are statistic predictors of success in many categories and those reading skills are declining. This is an alarming trend. The solution lies in adult (parental) involvement with youth.
     More than 11.8% of the Valley's population lives below poverty income levels (under $22,000 per year) with Native Americans and Pacific Islanders having the highest rates of poverty. Utah County and Salt Lake County are very similar demographically.
 

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