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This week at Rotary we will have Part 1 - Prescription Drug Abuse. We will have a special video presentation - Painkillers: The Story of Steve Rummler. A powerful personal story about a Minnesota man who became addicted to prescription painkillers and eventually died of a heroin overdose in 2011.
Part 2 - Prescription Drug Abuse will be May 19th. Local doctors talk about the perils of prescription drug abuse, how to recognize the signs and how club members and the community can respond. Featuring: Dr. David Onsrud, the addictions specialist with Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare; and Dr. William Bucknam, an addiction psychiatrist with Gundersen Health System.
Last week's program was "More than Red Kettles and a Thrift Store." Thanks to Major Jack Holloway who gave his classification talk and gave us a better insight into our community Salvation Army. This Thursday, May 12th they will be having The Salvation Army Civic Event. With the theme "At the Movies," they will gather at the Cargill Room for food, fellowship, music from Greg Balfany and some good, movie-related, fun. Enjoy an evening out while helping those in need. Proceeds from the event are used to operate The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter. You'll also want to congratulate this year's Community Red Shield Award recipients: Don and Roxanne Weber. Start time is 6:00 p.m. Reservations are $50 each.
Please join the La Crosse Area Friends of Cameroon at a social event to learn more about the exciting connections between the La Crosse Area and Kumbo, Cameroon. Our club has endorsed the Cameroon School Sanitation and Literacy Project as one of our World Service Projects. The event will be held, Wednesday, May 11th at The Court Above Main, 420 Main Street, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. with a program at 6:00 p.m. Click here to view flyer. To support the Cameroon School Sanitation and Literacy Project and for more information, please visit their web site page.
Our club's cell number is 608.526.4491 (no land line only cell). Please update your information...I will no longer use the 317.6033 that some of you have.
Our email address is rotarylax@charter.net. You can not use the mailservice@clubrunner.ca as a direct email address. Emails sent from ClubRunner will have the mailservice address and you can REPLY and I will receive the email...HOWEVER you can not use it as direct email address. Hope this clarifies why I may not receive your emails.
Received this information from our ClubRunner Support: The email mailservice@clubrunner.ca is used to send out email. If someone emails that email address directly, it does not go anywhere. But if you send a communication to your Club and someone replies to the mailservice@clubrunner.ca address it is supposed to change the reply email from mailservice@clubrunner.ca to your email address. So if someone replies it will go directly to you. Unfortunately some cell phones and email clients do not change the email address to yours. They keep the mailservice@clubrunner.ca by mistake. This is our of our control. The issue is at the member's end.
Our next STAR Meeting will be Thursday, May 12th. We will meet at the Radisson Hotel in the Wisconsin Room 3 at 7:00 a.m. Please RSVP if you will be attending to rotarylax@charter.net
ALL NEW members become a member of this committee for one year. This breakfast is hosted (no cost to the new members). The breakfast and presentation will last no longer than one hour and the meeting will count as a make-up. The STAR Committee, in addition to meeting other new members and some of the present membership will learn more about various aspects of the Club.
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary Meetings.
Graduation, Birthday, Wedding, Sympathy, Get Well, Anniversary, Congratulations, Note Cards and other cards will be available. All cards are unique and hand-made. Thank you cards are only $1.00, as are the note cards, which are blank inside. The regular cards are $2.00 and $3.00 each. Some cards are three for $5.00 and some three for $10. Anita donates all sales to the Rotary Works Foundation!
Save the date for our Spring Social, Tuesday, June 21st at Valley High Golf Club, Houston. Golfing will start around Noon and Social around 5:30.
Cost will be $55 per person for golf - includes a lunch (brat, hotdog, or ham/turkey sandwich, chips-pickle spear and 18 holes of golf with cart. This would be a 4 person team scramble ($15 will be donated back to Rotary).
Cost of the social will be $20 per person - appetizers will be served. Cash bar.
Online Registration Now Open...click here. Please note you will need to register twice if you plan on golfing and attending the evening social. Click on "Members" to register for the evening social...click on Golf Registration to register to golf.
We are looking for items for our raffle baskets. Click here to view list of some suggested items. We will take whatever you donate...if we don't use it for the Spring Social we will use if for the Avenues of Service Dinner in August. You can drop your donated items off at the registration table. Thank you to those that have already donated.
Money raised will go towards the Rotary Vista Trail...our commitment for signage and a Grand Opening that will be held this summer.
Come enjoy yourself at your Rotary District Conference.
Mix and mingle with your Rotary friends and make new ones. Savor fine food and fun in one of Wisconsin's premier locations. Expand your Rotary superpowers through insightful presentations and dynamic speakers.
Join the Celebration! This is one District Conference you DON'T want to miss!!
MEMBERSHIP 2015-16
Active Membership
June 30, 2015 - 167 May 8th - 169
RESIGNATIONS Cheryl Dutton
Rick Staff
Honorary Members Jan 22, 2016 - 23
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals. Honorary membership is the highest distinction that a club may bestow and should be conferred only in exceptional cases. Honorary members cannot propose new members to the club or hold office and are exempt from attendance requirements and club dues. Honorary members will continue to receive The Rotarian Magazine compliments of the club.
Excused Membershipis offered to members whose age and number of years in Rotary total 85 years. Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues of $67 and only for meals when they attend a meeting.
Membership Proposals....we will no longer ask for three references when you propose a new member. This was a criteria that our club had set not RI. This will help us process new members into our club more efficiently. You can access the membership proposal form online, under the Club Information site page.
OUR ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENT IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY
I’m Cameron Neader, an 18 year old who’s lucky enough to have a “once in a life experience” two times. I went on exchange to Fyn, Denmark in 2013-2014 through Rotary and now on a second Rotary Youth exchange to Istanbul, Turkey for 2015-2016. My first day in Turkey was September 1st.
Please note: Raffle, Fines, Birthday, Anniversaries and Scooters are all donations that will go to the club If you are making a donation and would like it to go to the Rotary Works Foundation or Rotary International Foundation, we ask that you write a check to the Foundation of your choice.
May 5th: Raffle $52; Fines $42; Scooters $9; Scrip $165
Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings during the first six months and the second six months. They can be done by: • Attending regular club meetings • Making up meetings at other Rotary Clubs ( which includes E-Clubs) • Engaging in club projects/events/fellowship/board meetings.
100% Attendance Drawings
$10 Gift Card
February - Michelle Skemp
March - Bill Hoel
If you would like to volunteer to give your Classification Talk, do Rotarians in the News be a greeter or raffle ticket seller, or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chairs that are listed above....just click on their name.
