Going on here, because well it's Bartlesville one and two. We've got some
folks who really like to make things happen. Hi, Claire, how are
you doing all right? And how are you doing Miss Elizabeth. I'm doing
great this morning. We've got Daybreak Rotary and Pads two Independence and I like
it when groups team up, good things happen, good things happen. Tell
us a little bit about what's going on. Okay, So, Daybreak Rotary,
we've been wanting to bring a grilled cheese competition to Bartlesville, Okay,
And so a couple of years ago we came up and we wanted to benefit
some organization and we chose Past Independence, and so we started that and during
that year we were actually able to donate forty seven dollars to pasta Independence.
This year, Claire directed that she would like the funding to go to their
playground update project. Nice. Yeah, so Daybreak Rotary and you know,
we're active in the community and we just wanted to bring this event to the
community and definitely benefit and partner with Past Independence. Well this is great.
This is a lot of fun. And I heard that you might have some
judges. Yes, So how that works is the Grill Geese competition. First
off, it'll be April thirteenth, starting at eleven. We have local chefs,
like the returning champion is Brian Black at the Bambinos. Okay. We
also have Chef Marjorie from the Eatery and Chef Nook from Coffee Exchange at Crossing
Second Cool. And also along with the chefs, we have Sioux chefs from
past independent students that will assist the chefs. I got you, and so
each chef will create a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich. Half we'll go to the
judges. We have three judges, our illustrious Tom Davis who's never been a
grilled cheese sandwich that he didn't like and it didn't like him. Back there
you go. Also, we have a former CEO of Truity, Dennis Halpan,
is coming back to judge again. And then our rotary district Governor,
Pat Crawford is going to be a judge as well. So we have two
rounds. And this year this competition, so many of in the previous competitions,
so many people wanted to sample the gourmet grilled cheese. Okay, So
this year we're offering a raffle you can buy a raffle ticket five dollars,
are a five for twenty and you can you can put your raffle ticket in
the bucket by the judge that you want a chance to eat half of their
gourmet sandwich. Wow. Yeah, yeah, So anyway, and so everybody
will get a trophy. The students get a trophy. It's just it's it's
a lot of fun. It's at Cooper Mill and the patio, so it's
just a lot of fun for families. Tickets are We have actually different sponsorship
levels. So an individual ticket we call it the Velveta level twenty five birds,
yeah, twenty five dollars. But then it goes on up sponsorships.
One hundred is American cheese, to fifty sponsorship is a cheddar cheese. And
then the big one, five hundred sponsorship is Gouda cheese, very very gooda.
But the big thing too, we want to do here today is promote
past to Independence and their race fundraiser that's coming up, So maybe Cleric can
tell us a little bit more about that. Claire, I lived just right
down the street from the school and every year we just love seeing all the
participants. It's always a great time. It is. It's really fun,
just on the grilled cheese challenge. I just want to say for Elizabeth that
it is a highlight of some of our students' high school career. Is it's
super fun and they love to cook, and so that we just love that
David Frank does this event. But yes, La of Blue is coming up
on April twenty seventh. You can register online at Pastindependence dot org. You
can run the five k, you can participate in the fund run, which
is just one mile, or you can just get a T shirt and pretend
like you ran. And then our other option is you can get pin wheels
for your yard. So of course I always forget visual age. Here we
go. So you can go online and get yourself ten pinwheels and a sign
and a light bulb to light up your house blue so that you are ready
to celebrate autism awareness. I love that there you go. I highly recommend
that you do any of those things that you want to participate in. And
the playground update is really important. We've got more kids than I think people
think, yes, the popular school, and they are very They love the
swing and they love to climb, and we sometimes are hard on things.
So we are really excited to equipment. We're kids and we really like it
a lot, so we really want to update our equipment. Some of the
equipment is older and then some maybe isn't as conducive to older kids, and
so we are really looking to give them the opportunities to do the things they
need to do a little exercise, have a little fun. Peach is such
a great school. Did you ever think that when you guys put your heads
together and got the ball rolling, that people would come to Bartlesville to live
simply so their kids could go to such a great school. No, Gena
and I probably didn't even think six more than six months ahead when we got
started, because it was a scramble at the beginning. But no, it's
very exciting and we love it and it's a great resource in our community,
great resource in this part of our state. Yeah, yes, yes,
And I don't think everybody knows all the things that the school does, all
the events and the opportunities they give the students of all different ages. And
also you have a big project going on now. Yes, we have just
finished. We had a capital campaign that just ended last year. Is he
busy? I know? And we renovated the entire inside of the building,
got a new roof, new windows, new flooring, new bathrooms, and
right now we're currently in the process of building our cafeteria, which we are
very excited about because, just like the grilled Cheese Challenge, we love to
cook, and it will have not only a regular kitchen for our you know,
our staff to make lunches, but also a student kitchen so our students
can learn to cook and get good at preparing meals for themselves good life skills.
Yeah. Yeah, we're really looking forward to that. This is it.
This is really an exciting time of the calendar here. It's also a
great time to be out and be active and to help out PTI and join
the daybreak rotary. You're not a runner, you want to watch some really
good to grilled cheese competition. We had a great crowd last year. By
the way, it was kind of like almost overflow, but we managed.
We managed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a great thing to have.
Something I wanted to mention though. With your ticket, you're going to
get a grilled cheese and ham sandwich, chips, bottle of water, and
you also get to drink tickets to Cooper mill. So you're getting something for
your chicket. And we we have some chefs, rotarians, have some chefs
that will be cooking these grilled cheese sandwiches. Now Bill showed up with his
chefs attire. He came prepared. I mean he looked like he just walked
right out of Bill Rally Riley. Yes, yes, and don't mess with
that. It's a lot of fun and to watch the chefs and again there
are these they will make gourmet grilled cheese, okay, not something you just
throw in the oven or whatever in the microwave. And so it's really interesting
to see what they come up with. Oh indeed, very inventive. Last
year. I gotta tell you there was some I would never have guessed would
make a good sandwich, but have made great sandwich and made judging really really
difficult. Those are three really good chefs here in town. So that,
oh they're gonna What I got to kick out I was was the youngsters,
because I mean, they're getting excited about that. So they were first of
all, they love to help out with the cooking, but it was the
judging part where they just lit up. We're gonna get that trophy. They
wanted yes, they did. They were excited. This is gonna be great
both both the events, the Grilled Cheese Cookoff coming up here with the Daybreak
Brewery at Coopery Mill on the thirteenth, and then on the twenty seventh,
seventh, we've got the five K. I had a fun run and of
course you know you do stand still and get the T shirt too, but
you know, hey, just chip in, Yeah, that's fun, and
get the pin How do we get the pin will by the way, you
can go to that a little bit. I forgot go to the website,
just like if you're registering for the race, and there's a way to register
for pinwheels, and we will deliver them to your house and put them in
your yard. Can you put somebody else's yard? Yes, whatever address you
put in is where we're gonna put him. Because that kind of got started
last year. Yes, people were putting pinwheels in everybody's yard where that car.
Oh okay, I got you. And then the next thing it was
like, tag you're it. You got a pin wheel exactly, and that
was going around in the neighborhood. So that was actually pretty fun. And
what we found out is a lot of people just kept their pinwheels and then
went ahead and gave some new ones to someone else. So just spread it
around town, which was super fun. And you know what, it gets
the message out lighted up blue. That's right, That is really what it's
all about. I want to thank you both for coming in and you got
some more to tell me. Yeah, So in order for Daybreak Rotary to
make this all happen, you can go to Daybreak Rotary a website and under
donate. You can actually purchase tickets or a sponsorship online or we'll take checks
and cash as well, right they will. So if you've got one thousand
dollars just burning a hole, that's right now, we'll do it and you
get tickets run with it. So it's just Daybreak Rotary Foundation. And we
want to also think some of our sponsors. Truity Credit Union is a big
sponsor, and we have multiple other community sponsors already, but we would love
to have some more in order to present PTI with a big check for their
playground equipment. That would be great, fantastic, and we're looking forward to
this and you know, April is the big month here and we really want
to make it happen so put these two weekends down on your calendar, because
we're going to have some fun raising funds. See if you put the fun
in it, it's like wow, and then you get the while at the
end as well. So these are two great events, the cook off and
of course the fun run and five k coming up as well. Entered all
benefits past the independence. You got a neat little history here, just two
gallons, just the side of one day to create a school. Time to
start a school. Let's go a little bit more than that, you know.
I remember when they came to day break Rotary and did a initially and
did a program. They had like almost deer in the headlights, you know,
like what are we doing kind of thing, and so a little overwhelmed.
Were just a little learning. Yeah, I mean at that time,
I imagine it's like we're in now. Yeah, but it's like we're doing
this because more, like you said, more than the community needs this,
I mean this whole state. Yes, yes, a lot of people.
Obviously, when people come to move to Bartlesville because of the need for their
children, it's pretty evident that what the school provides for families is what's needed.
And of course the outcomes are great. Yeah, I mean I've never
seen the happier kids, you know, and the time, well just like
all kids, right, Oh yeah, I see them when they're leaving,
so they're really the kidding they get. It's a great school. We're glad
to have you his neighbors, and it's a wonderful resource in our community.
We're also very thankful for all the great work that Daybreak Rotary does in order
to make sure that places like Patsy Independence, you know, can keep functioning.
And you also do a lot with the scholarships and just a little bit
of everything around town. Oh yeah, I had a little bit busy,
aren't you A little bit? Of course. Our biggest fundraiser is the Fantasy
Land of Lights and they just donated to our scholarship fund twelve thousand dollars.
So thanks to the community for visiting Fantasy Land of Lights. Wow, amazing
both you be Claire and Elizabeth. Thanks for being with us today. I
really appreciate it. Love having your company. Thank you.