Four Peaks Rotary Club

A LEGACY OF GIVING IN FOUNTAIN HILLS

Four Peaks Rotary Club members are busily organizing their 22nd annual charity for golf tournament scheduled for March 2, 2020 at the Ancala Country Club, but the event is more than just an opportunity for area golfers to get together and have a good time.

The outing is one of the primary activities the club uses to raise money for youth organizations in the Fountain Hills community. Proceeds are used to support programs such as Junior Achievement, the Golden Eagle Education Fountain, the Mentor Program, Rotary exchange students, the Teacher of the Month, and Casa Esperanza para Ninos.

“The compassion the Club has for children and youth is outstanding,” Pat Tuttle, Four Peaks Rotary Club member said. “We’ve made an impact on the Town. I’m proud to say, yes, I am a Rotarian.”

Pat, an original “Rotary Ann”, was one of the first women to become a Rotarian in 1988, a year after the Supreme Court ruled that private clubs did not have a constitutional right to exclude women from membership. She and her husband, Roy, were among the founding members of the Four Peaks Rotary Club after they became full-time residents of Fountain Hills in 1996. The Four Peaks Club received its charter in 1997; other founding members include Bill Beamish, Paul Perrault, Dick Bauer and Roger Riggert. Founding members Dick Bauer, Roger Riggert, Pat Tuttle and Paul Perrault chat during a recent club meeting.

Another lucrative fundraiser for Four Peaks’ members is picking up trash during Fountain Hills’ two annual art fairs. Members work in shifts to empty garbage cans and keep trash off the street. Those monies are used for projects like the upcoming Navajo Water Project. Club funds will be matched by funds from the Rotary Foundation to bring running water into the homes of residents living on the Navajo Reservation in northeast Arizona. Pat says energy generated by Four Peaks Rotary Club members is contagious and that the club does a good job of involving new members. For more information about membership or the upcoming golf outing, visit www.fourpeaksrotary.org.

Members of Four Peaks Rotary Club gather with a few of the children who live at Casa Esperanza para Ninos after a work session at the Hermosillo home.