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This week at Rotary you will be introduced to our new Youth Exchange Student...Simran from India. Simran will be giving the program and you will learn more about Simran and her family. Simran is attending Central High School and will be attending our Thursday's meetings. Thanks to Kelly Krieg-Sigman, Peter Grabow, Eva Marie Restel, Jodi Widuch and Jack Haase who will be transporting Simran to and from our meetings.
Simran will be with us until next summer and we hope you and your family will open up your home and hearts to her....give your family an experience of a lifetime and invite Simran to one your special family gatherings or outings.
If you will be one-on-one with Simran...remember you must have a background check..first time for a background check...click here to apply. If you had a background check last year you will be contacted by email when you need to reapply. The club will cover the costs.
Our next STAR Meeting will be Thursday, September 8th. 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.
District Governor Dean McHugh was our guest speaker last week....Dean's home club is the Holmen Rotary Club. Click here to read Dean's bio. Dean's comment after our meeting..."I had my official District Governor visit and speech to La Crosse Downtown Rotary today. Nine years ago I did not join Holmen Rotary necessarily for friendship. However, looking around the La Crosse Rotary club of 170 today as I spoke reminded me how many of these fine folks I have been privileged to collaborate with over my time in Rotary and now call my friends. The majority of them I would not have met if not for Rotary. Rotary Friends and Rotary Ways as we continue to serve others locally and throughout the world."
McHugh will travel to each of the 63 district clubs and visited Seoul, South Korea, for Rotary’s International Convention. The district’s 2017 conference will be held in La Crosse on May 12-14....so save the weekend!
Rotary District 6250 runs roughly from Janesville to Platteville and from Menominee to Medford and has 3,000 members. Locally, Rotary has four clubs in La Crosse, two in Onalaska, and one each in Holmen, Sparta, La Crescent and Caledonia.
September Rotarians in the News
The month of September, Andy Bakkum, our program chair has lined up five women for Rotarians in the News......it will be DOUBLE FINE MONTH....$2.00....half of the fines then will be donated to New Horizons. Last week we had Kelly Krieg-Sigman.....$57.50 has been collected for New Horizons. We thank you for your donations to this great cause.....New Horizons La Crosse.
This coming week Katie Berkedal will be doing Rotarians in the News.....if you find one of our Rotarians in the News...bring the article to Rotary and drop it in the red basket at the registration table.
Every Rotarian is Responsible for Membership Growth
If no written objection to the proposal stating reasons is received by the Board of Directors from any member of the club within seven days following publication of the name of the prospective member, the prospective member shall be considered to be elected to membership.
RALLY DAY AT ROTARY CLUB OF LA CROSSE........Thursday, September 22nd. We encourage ALL members to attend this meeting on September 22nd. We have a great program planned.... a "Discussion on Amish" by Kevin and Patsy Alderson.
Come and join us for our first Rally Day....more details coming!
We will need you to sign-up for that meeting so we know how many meals to prepare for....please decline if you will be out of town. Click here to register.
COME FOR SUPPER....The Humanitarian Committee will be helping again with the "Come for Supper Meal Program" at Our Savior's Lutheran Church - 612 Division Street on Tuesday, September 27th from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Click here to volunteer.
This month Rotarian Andy Bakkum is program chair. He has lined up five women to do "Rotarians in the News" and we will be having DOUBLE FINES for the month of September. There will be two baskets and all donations in the second basket will go to New Horizons in La Crosse. What a great way to support one of our local agencies in need. Even if you are not in the news your donations are welcomed!
Red Basket - If you find someone in the news...bring the paper and put it in the red basket located on the registration table. Those doing Rotarians in the news will check the basket prior to the meeting and will include in their news.
We are teaming up with the Riverfest Commodores with a fundraiser. They are selling raffle tickets to benefit their Riverfest Commodore Foundation, Inc....each ticket is $10....every ticket we sell we will get $5.......1st Place is Four Club Seats to the Packers/Dallas game on October 16th...includes a 6 passenger limo service to and from the game.....2nd - 5th price click here to view.We hope you will not only buy a ticket but take a pack of tickets to sell to your friends, co-workers, etc. We will use the money through-out the year for our projects. A side note is that the Packers will honor Bret Favre for his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction and unveil his name in the ring of honor on the Lambeau Field facade during halftime at this game! Please help us make this fundraiser a success. Pick up your tickets this week at Rotary.
PICK UP A PACK AND SELL THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS!
Our Avenues of Service Banquet was a huge success. Over 170 area Rotarians enjoyed Rotary fellowship. Thanks to all who attended and supported the raffles. Everyone enjoyed the Caledonia venue and the bus ride there....photo of area club's Rotarian's of the Year,
Congrats to our Rotarian of the Year.... Bruce Swanwick.
Avenues of Service Banquet is an annual event..27 years area clubs have gathered to enjoy great fellowship and celebrate our accomplishments throughout the year. Awards given are Lifetime Achievement, Rising Star, and Avenues of Service Awards. This event is also the Rotary Works Annual Meeting where we recognize the grants given for that year thanks to your donations to the Rotary Works Foundation. Next year the event will be Tuesday, August 15th...place to be determined. Rotary Works now has their own web site...check it out by clicking here.
Our Rotary Youth Exchange Student for 2016-17 is Simran, a 16 year-old girl from India, This Thursday, September 8th you will learn more about her because she will be our program that day.
We are excited to sponsor Simran while she is here. She likes to read, watch movies, cycle and draw. Simran is vice president of her school's Interact Club. She wishes to be a psychiatrist. Simran will be attending Central High School Simran arrived and was greeted by some Rotarians and host family members. Her first host family will be the Scott and Laurie Neader family ....second will be the Lisa Herr family and third will be the David Kilpatrick family.
Please give Simran a warm welcome and open up your hearts and homes to her.
Remember we are ALL her host families while she is here...if you have a special outing or family gathering that you think she would enjoy....invite her!
GET WELL wishes go out to: Dan Danou..... he is home recovering from a stroke he had last December....Please send your well wishes to Dan at N1723 Paris Angel Drive, La Crosse, WI 54601. If you would like to go visit Dan...please contact his wife Nancy at 788-8500.
Honorary Member Jean Bassett is in room 510 at Hillview Health Care Center recovering from hip surgery. Give her a visit or send her get well wishes...Hillview Health Care Center, 3501 Park Lane Drive, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Rotarian Anita Frogel will be having surgery on her hand Tuesday....she will be on LOA for a few weeks. You can send well wishes to: 900 Milson Court, La Crosse, WI 54601. Greeting cards will still be available for purchase while she is gone!
Rotary Youth Exchange A Step Toward WorldUnderstanding. The La Crosse area Rotary Clubs are looking for students who are interested in a unique experience of attending high school while living in another Rotary International country. Rotary International has a program which annually involves over 10,000 high school students living nearly a year in another country. Candidates must be sophomores to seniors in high school at the time of application and 16-18 1/2 years old when they leave for their assigned country. Applicants must rank in the upper half of their class.
How to apply. If you know of someone that is interested in this program for the 2017-18 school year, simply have them complete and return the application. Click here for application and more information. An informational meeting will be September 15, 2016, 6:30 pm at the Children's Museum, 207 5th Avenue, La Crosse. Preliminary application due, September 15, 2016. Local interviews will be September 26, 2016 and final application due October 12, 2016. District interviews will be held on November 6, 2016 in Baraboo.
The next two District 6250 Friendship exchanges, Nepal in October and Philippines early next year, are completely booked. But our district friendship exchange coordinator sends the following about the possibility for an India exchange in 2017:
I just received a message from Gujarat, India. They have six couples interested in traveling to our district in May and June of 2017. They would like us to travel to their district next year the last ten days of January, finishing on February 3-5 at their district conference. We can do this, since district funds are not needed to fund these trips. Travelers pay their air fare, first hotel night and perhaps rental cars. Hosts support the visitors with room, board, entertainment and perhaps transportation.
My question to this group is to see what you think of this exchange. If you would like to do it, spread the word and see if there is anyone in your club that would like to participate. Travelers can expect to travel from January 21 - February 5, 2017.
Arch Klumph’s idea for an endowment fund dedicated to “doing good in the world” planted the seed for The Rotary Foundation in 1917. Thanks to his vision and staunch advocacy, and the extraordinary generosity of Rotary members worldwide, that fund has become one of the world’s leading humanitarian foundations.
Learn about the people and events that have made our Foundation a powerful force for good. That one idea and an initial contribution of $26.50 set in motion a powerful force for good that has transformed millions of lives around the globe. View the timeline of the history of the development of what is now the Rotary Foundation.
Anita will be selling greeting cards at our upcoming meetings.
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! Last quarter she donated $210 for the 2nd quarter card sales. Y-T-D sales are $450.00. Thank you to all who supports Anita's fundraiser for the Rotary Works Foundation.
Anita will need to take a LOA this Fall for a few weeks...would anyone be interested in selling her cards while she is recovering from surgery? Please either talk to Anita or Lyn if you have any questions or would consider helping out. We only need a seller for September 15th...thank you to Roz Schnick who will sell on September 8th and 22nd. This will count for a makeup.
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 if the aggregate of the member’s years of age and years of membership in one or more clubs is 85 years or more, the member has been a member of one or more clubs for at least 20 years, and the member has notified the club's secretary in writing of the member’s desire to be excused from attendance and the board has approved. Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues of $70 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.
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.
Sept 1st: Raffle $81; Fines $115 Scooters $16; Scrip $100
Please note this month is double fine month...$2.
Half of the fines will go to New Horizons.
ROTARY ATTENDANCE Aug 4th - 54%
Aug 11th - 57%
Aug 25th - 62%
Sept 1st - 63%
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.
If you would like to volunteer to do Rotarians in the News, be a greeter, raffle ticket seller, scrip seller or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chairs that are listed above....just click on their name. If you would like to give your classification talk please contact Program Committee Chair Todd Restel.
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