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This week we will have our annual Christmas Program...and what a program it will be. We have 16 students who will be entertaining us with Christmas music. We will have a full house with 160 Rotarians and guests registered. Dean says dress "festive." We know one person for sure who will be wearing red!
Last week Rotarian Dean Dickinson presented the District 6250 Million Dollar Challenge.
What's the Million Dollar Journey All About?
District 6250 is undertaking a very special promotion to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of The Rotary Foundation. Please click here for an explanation by District Foundation Chair Dave Warren of our Million Dollar Journey.
Rotarians Dean Dickinson and Bill Hoel would be happy to answer any questions you may have on this opportunity for you to make your legacy live on. (Bill had planned to make the presentation with Dean but unfortunately had to attend a funeral.)
A question was raised on the rating of the Rotary International Foundation...Dean has made the following statement to clarify: Charity Navigator has rated the Rotary International Foundation with their top designation of four stars and in addition, has rated the foundation with 100 points in the areas of strength, accountability and transparency. The foundation has been rated with a 97.87 point rating in the overall evaluation. It was not my intention to mislead you but simply continued the comment made in the video by our District Rotary Foundation Chair, Dave Warren. This evaluation places the Rotary Foundation at the very top of all non profits and non governmental organization rated by Charity Navigator.
Last week at Rotary we recognized members with The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contributed, $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. We recognized the following:
Craig Ubbelohde PH+5
Cheryl Hanson PH+4
Patt Boge PH+1
Roz Schnick PH+1
Kurt Schroeder PH+1
We congratulate them and thank them for their generous, ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation. Their giving promotes peace, fights disease, provides clean water, saves mothers and children, supports education, and grows local economies through grants that:
Bring peace-building seminars to 200 teachers and 1,300 students in Uganda.
Distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets and medical services that help prevent malaria in Mali.
Train teachers who are establishing an early-childhood education center in South Africa.
Provide water filters, toilet blocks, and hygiene training to prevent fluorosis in a community in India.
Fund a scholarship for a medical professional to research ways to minimize mortality rates among premature babies in Italy.
We also welcomed a new member...Matt Durtsche. Matt is a 3rd generation of Rotarians. Matt's father and mother, Tim and Sue Durtsche and his grandfather Lindy Saline are members of our club. Please welcome Matt to our club.
We voted on our By-Law changes....click here to view. Moved by Chuck Hanson and seconded by Ryan Geister to approve the changes. Motion carried.
We presented our nominations for the 2017-18 Club Board and Rotary Works Representatives ..voting/approval will take place at our annual meeting on January 26th. Click here to view the nominations.
Cameroon School Project Update...Thanks to the generous response by many members of the club last week, we are now very close to meeting our goal for the Cameroon School Project. The Global Grant was approved and it will be released to us from Rotary International as soon as we deposit our $24,110 local share in the project bank account. To complete the project,we need just $495. If you haven’t made a gift to support the project, please do so this week. Bring cash or a check payable to Rotary Works to the meeting. This is will improve the lives of thousands and thousands of kids in Cameroon!
The Youth Exchange Committee invites families interested in hosting our next student to make their wishes known. Last year, we had 4 families interested before we even knew who our student was going to be. Generally, families will be considered in the order in which they express their interest. Your hosting is for a 3 to 4 month period. To put your name on an interested (but perhaps not 100% committed) list, please contact Marie Norberg, Eva Marie Restel or Jack Haase.
Thank you to all who purchased greeting cards from Anita in 2016...this quarter she raised $150 for a Y-T-D sales of $750. Special thanks to Anita for her time and talent in creating the cards.
Anita will no longer be selling cards every week at Rotary...watch the bulletin for days she will be selling. Anita will take special orders. Place your order by emailing Anita at anitafroegel@centurytel.net
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!
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.
Dec 15th: Raffle $45; Fines $174.49; Scooters $11; Scrip $1,050
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.
ROTARY ATTENDANCE Dec 1 - 62%
Dec 8 - 62%
Dec 15 - 61%
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 Raffle
July - Sue Durtsche
August - John Wettstein
September - Mary Ann Gschwind
October - Tim Durtsche
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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as music. We will have a full house with 160 Rotarians and guests registered. Dean says dress "festive." We know one person for sure who will be wearing red! 
We congratulate them and thank them for their generous, ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation. Their giving promotes peace, fights disease, provides clean water, saves mothers and children, supports education, and grows local economies through grants that:
Thank you to all who purchased greeting cards from Anita in 2016...this quarter she raised $150 for a Y-T-D sales of $750. Special thanks to Anita for her time and talent in creating the cards.