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This week at Rotary our guest speaker will be Kevin O'Reilly, CEO of Supply Chain Solutions...he will speak on PhoenixMart, the largest distribution hub in the world being build in Phoenix, AZ and the lead role that Supply Solutions, a La Crosse based company is playing in this major project.
You will hear about two more committees....STAR Committee by Peter Krause and Event Planning by Jeanne Meyer. We are highlighting two committees per week...if you are not on a committee please review the committee lists on our web site or through the links that are in our newsletter.
Anita will have her greeting cards available...remember Valentine's day is coming up. All proceeds benefit the Rotary Works Foundation. Scrip cards will be for sale...we get 5% of sales and if you use the card for groceries we will get another 10%. Thanks for supporting this fundraiser.
Last week at Rotary our program was iFeed. The iFeed project, a food drive put on by area student's Interact clubs last November. Our future leaders of the world gave us their heartfelt presentation and was WOW so inspiring. We are in good hands with these young leaders. Their hard work ended with $54,718 meals packed for Niagara and 30,212 food items collected for the Hungry Task Force in La Crosse. They are hoping to make this an annual event.
They are now receiving international recognition. Five area Interact clubs worked together to put on the food drive and then they documented their hard work by making a video. That video was submitted to The Rotary International Interact Video Award.Out of 87 different entries from 25 different countries in the world, "iFeed" was chosen as the Best Video in 2015. The judges said they were impressed by the groups creativity, dedication, teamwork and ability to activate and entire community in service. Interact said plans are in the works for another iFeed food drive. If you are interested in watching the entire video, click here.
We also had our "Students of the Month," more young leaders of our community as our guests. From Central we recognized: Peter Lor, Grace Olson and Benjimin Strittmater. From Logan: Tayanna Washa, Matthew Erickson and Gran Simmons. From Aquinas: Morgan Merfeld, Amber Koch and Anne Cunningham.
The District 6250 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce that Bill Hoel from the Rotary Club of La Crosse Downtown has been chosen to join the leadership team as District Governor Nominee Designate!! Bill's year as District Governor will be 2018-2019. His Rotary passion and commitment are an inspiration to all of us! Be sure to congratulate Bill on this great honor!
This will be an exciting year for us as our club will celebrate 100 years on June 1, 1919!
QUARTERLY INVOICES - Quarterly Invoices were sent out last week by email. Please contact rotarylax@charter.net if you have any questions. Your prompt payment will be appreciated. Thanks to those that have already paid!
COMMITTEES...We encourage all members to join at least one committee. Committees help further the work of Rotary in our community and internationally. Being part of a committee is the best way to get to know members, enjoy personal rewards and contribute to the success of Rotary. This is a great opportunity to become involved and active. Committee work is where you really get to know fellow Rotarians and share the fellowship that makes our club so special. We have twenty-two committees and will have chair persons from each of these committees give a brief report at our upcoming meetings. Please feel free to contact committee chairs or Lyn if you have any questions.
We have a Committee Page on our web site - committee descriptions, committee lists, sign up form, etc....click here to view. Please review the lists....if you are not on a committee or would like to switch committees....please fill out the form and return to Lyn.
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary Meetings.
Valentine, 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!
We would like to thank Anita Froegel and all Rotarians that have purchased greeting cards from her....she had a record year for sales....$840. In the eight years she has been keeping track of the card sales the total has reached $4,642.75. ALL proceeds benefit the Rotary Works Foundation.
MEMBERSHIP 2015-16
Active Membership
June 30, 2015 - 167 Feb 1, 2016 - 167
Honorary Members Jan 18, 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.
Happy Birthday
Carol Abrahamzon - Feb 4
Dave Morrison - Feb 5
Earlamae Dahlby - Feb 6
Maria Norberg - Feb 8
Bud Hammes - Feb 9
Greg Curti - Feb 10
Mike Desmond - Feb 10
Happy Wedding Anniversary
Pat (Kenneth) Ruda - Feb 8
Happy Rotary Anniversary
Dan Danou - Feb 4 - 32 years
Peter Hughes - Feb 8 - 5 years
Sandy McCormick - Feb 9 - 25 years
Lee Rasch - Feb 9 - 26 years
Brent Smith - Feb 9 - 26 years
Steve Kopp - Feb 10 - 5 years
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.
Jan 28th: Raffle $43; Fines $91; Scooters $14; Scrip $160
ROTARY ATTENDANCE Jan 7 - 61%
Jan 14 -58%
Jan 21 - 64%
Jan 28 -57%
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 Winners
$10 gift card July - Kenna Christians
Aug - Carol Abrahamzon
Sept - Barb Kruse
Oct - John Wettstein
Nov - Jim Lewis
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.
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