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.