The COVID-19 outbreak put a sudden end to Loveland Rotary Club weekly lunches in March.
In the time since, members have taken their meetings online, which they will continue to do for the foreseeable future, but they did not forget the impact that would have on their caterer, Main Street Catering.
Last week, they began a new effort to provide business for the catering company owned by Ken and Jill Rosander while helping out the community, too.
Member Dixie Schmatz said the Rosanders had been catering about 100 lunches a week for the group.
Current club president Dwight Brummet, who is wrapping up his term this week, told the club he wanted to make sure Main Street and its owners would stay in business and that the club could help during the time it’s not meeting by having meals made for others in the community.
Keeping the caterer in business also will help the club. Schmatz said every time the club has surveyed members, there has been near 100% satisfaction with Main Street. The catering business has been feeding the Rotary Club for 19 years.
Funding for the meals is coming from both the club and its members. Most members are paying for two lunches a month, and the club will pick up the remainder of the cost.
Schmatz said they settled on ordering 200 box lunches a month, and began looking for recipients.
“We called groups that we worked with before,” she said. But many of the organizations they contacted said they’d received grants to help feed those in need.
So the search continues.
Ken Rosander said he feels blessed that Rotary allowed him and his wife to pick some of the recipients who will get meals.
The club gifted the Loveland Police Department with the first batch of meals last Thursday, and took the second batch to the House of Neighborly Service on Monday, both suggestions from the Rosanders.
Jenny Sparks / Loveland Reporter-Herald
Ron Schlattman, Loveland Rotary Club president-elect nominee, gives a thumbs-up as Cherri Houle, left, thanks him for lunch at Loveland’s House of Neighborly Service on Monday.The couple also has nominated Christ’s Church of the Rockies, which feeds people in need, and the Lago Vista Neighbor organization.
For future gifts, the club hopes the public will point out worthy recipients — anyone doing good in the community for others. People can email LovelandRotaryLunches@gmail.com with suggestions.
“If someone knows of a group that needs this food or knows of a group that’s helping, we would love to hear about these folks,” Schmatz said.
Rosander said for his part, he feels blessed to be part of the effort.
“Knowing how much our clients care about us and are looking to take care of us and the community they serve really was truly a blessing,” he said. “With so many organizations just trying to figure out how to sustain themselves through this time, it was a real blessing to know Loveland Rotary was figuring out ways to sustain us as well.”
Rosander said his business is recoverable and sustainable, despite losing some of the work it would have done during the past few months. Some of the jobs he had booked, such as weddings, have not been lost, just pushed to future dates, he said.
When the Loveland Rotary Club will start meeting and eating together again in person remains uncertain.
One member contracted COVID-19 this spring, so the club is well aware of the need to be cautious about meeting, Schmatz said.
“It’s very encouraging to have so many people showing up at Tuesday noon on Zoom,” she said.
They have been getting around 70 members participating that way each week. But a few don’t have computers. The club makes sure to call and check in with members who don’t participate in the online meetings, she said.
The 50-person limit for in-person meetings also has been keeping the full group of around 100 members from getting back together, although they are exploring options for a combination that would pair a live meeting with a Zoom meeting for those who can’t or don’t want to attend in person, Schmatz said.
When they do resume meeting, they will be looking for the Main Street food they have always enjoyed, but they are likely to ask for box lunches, “because that seems to be safer and easier,” she said.
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