Pine River Valley Rotary Club

03/13/2026

Join fellow history buffs for a special fundraising trip on the famous Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, benefiting the Animas Museum and the Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable. The journey includes a visit to the Tacoma Power Plant, where electricity was first transmitted to Silverton in May 1906. Thanks to the Durango & Silverton Railroad and Xcel Energy for making this event possible.

The train departs downtown Durango at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21st, and returns at 2:30 p.m. Onboard, local historian Charles DiFerdinando will share insights on the region’s history, the railroad, and the power plant. Tickets are $100 with space limited to just 42 people. Reserve your spot today from animasmuseum.org or at https://swcohumanities.org/product/train-ride/.

01/28/2026

Hello Friends,

I am wondering if you might like to support our community by purchasing tickets for our fundraiser, Pine River Valley Rotary, The Red Ball Express!

What's in it for you? You could win $5000, $2000, or $1000 dollars. Woo-hoo!

What's in it for the club? We use the funds generated by this fundraiser to support

Pine River Shares
Volunteers of America: Durango Community
The Community Treehouse
Ignacio FFA
College and vocational scholarship for both Bayfield and Ignacio high school students
Southwest Safehouse
Bayfield Education Foundation
Dancing Spirit Arts Center
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Friends of the Pine River Library
Wolverine Wonders HomeSchool Co-op
Leadership training for Bayfield middle school girls
Leadership training for high school sophomores from Ignacio and Bayfield
We feed and sponsor Bayfield high school students for Senior Legacy Day
Hurricane victims in Jamaica
Days For Girls International
Individual student requests for funding for educational opportunities

Each ticket is $5.00. When you go on-line please click the name of our club (Pine River etc.) and then purchase tickets. That way your donation is credited to our area. The link below automatically defaults to our club.

The event will happen on January 30th at 5:00, right before the Snowdown parade. It's a lot of fun to watch if you want to come! We roll hundreds of giant red balls down 11th St between 2nd Ave and Main.

I greatly appreciate all of your support.
Get your tickets at the link below!

Join the Rotary Clubs of La Plata County and Alpine Bank for the exciting Annual RedBall Express event. Witness the fun and be part of the action!

04/17/2025

What a great turn out from Bayfield high school during Senior Legacy day! These students are doing a great job beautifying our town!

10/13/2024

Ever wondered who the people are that pick up trash on the side of the highway?

Today those people were the Pine River Valley Rotary club!

Thanks to all the members that came out today to beautify Bayfield!

09/03/2024

Before ethnology was a scientific discipline, Lewis and Clark collected stories, songs, and artifacts from the dozens of distinct cultures they encountered in their journey west. They kept detailed notes on tribal customs and collected vocabulary to create a rough outline of a dictionary of Indian Languages. In this dynamic performance, Brian "Fox" Ellis shares both folklore and true history from the American Indians met along the way. The audience sees something of the transformation of the Corps of Discovery as they adapted to Native American life ways and they hear about life before the white man came.

The goal of these programs is to bring to life the ideas and perspectives that have shaped our world.

Thursday September 5
7-8 p.m.
Presented by Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable and Fort Lewis College Lifelong Learning
Location: 130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College
Contact: Shelley Walchak, 303.941.4012, [email protected]

09/03/2024

Meet America’s pre-eminent poet as Brian "Fox" Ellis peforms the story of Walt Whitman's life, intermingled with the poems we have all grown to love. Hear eloquent selections from “Leaves of Grass,” and his philosophy of free verse. Listen to tales of the Civil War in poetry from “Drum Taps.” Celebrate the life of Abraham Lincoln in his eulogy “Oh, Captain, My Captain.” Few poets have transformed poetry or captured the voice of America like Walt Whitman.

Friday September 6
7-8 p.m.
Presented by Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable
Location: 130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College

09/01/2024

Amazing!!

Before ethnology was a scientific discipline, Lewis and Clark collected stories, songs, and artifacts from the dozens of distinct cultures they encountered in their journey west. They kept detailed notes on tribal customs and collected vocabulary to create a rough outline of a dictionary of Indian Languages. In this dynamic performance, Brian "Fox" Ellis shares both folklore and true history from the American Indians met along the way. The audience sees something of the transformation of the Corps of Discovery as they adapted to Native American life ways and they hear about life before the white man came.

The goal of these programs is to bring to life the ideas and perspectives that have shaped our world.

Thursday September 5
7-8 p.m.
Presented by Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable and Fort Lewis College Lifelong Learning
Location: 130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College
Contact: Shelley Walchak, 303.941.4012, [email protected]

07/28/2024

We had a great turnout for our club at the Women in the Rockies Conference!

07/27/2024

What are the ladies of the Pine River Valley Rotary doing, you ask?

Well... They are enjoying a concert by award winning Kristyn Harris at the Women in the Rockies Conference!

07/26/2024

Last week we celebrated bringing in our new Co-Presidents, Lori and Brenna while thanking last year's President, Carole! Thank you all for your service!

It was a lovely evening with lots of laughter, great food, and even better friends!

Thank you also to Shelley for hosting!

06/05/2024

We are so lucky to have Paul and Sarah from Pine River Shares come visit us at our rotary meeting today!

They are looking for help to give snacks to children on Tuesdays. They can have anywhere from 60 to 100 children. If you would like to contribute, you can bring snacks to Pine River Shares at 658 S East Street, Bayfield.

Some ideas for snacks are:

Bags of apples
Small individual cereal boxes
Trail mix packs
Granola bars
Veggie sticks
Potato chips
Small goldfish packets
Peanut butter or cheese crackers
Fruit cups
Small slim Jims

01/17/2024

Join District 5470 in training our adult sponsors! We want to provide the best support for our Interact clubs.