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This week we will be celebrating President's Day...Lisa Herr and Andy Bakkum will help us celebrate our Rotary Club Presidents. To view a list of our past presidents...click here. We thank all of our past presidents who helped lead and motivate our membership to make our club what it is today.
You will hear about two more committees...Salvation Army Bell Ringing, Chair Sean Henneman and Humanitarian Committee, Catherine Kolkmeier. We are highlighting two committees per week...if you are not on a committee please review the committee lists on our web site and sign-up. Hard copies of the committee descriptions are available at the registration table.
Anita will have her greeting cards available. 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 we had Dr. Charles Cagin, Mayo Clinic Health System interventional cardiologist from Mayo Clinic give a fascinating presentation on angiography and other heart health issues...."Matters of the Heart." Click here to view his PowerPoint.
YOUTH EXCHANGE HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR ONE NIGHT...For the second year in a row, our Rotary Club will be sponsoring a Youth Exchange Weekend on March 4-6. Beginning Friday, March 4th, Inbound Youth Exchange Students from around the state will be arriving for a fun-filled weekend. They will be joined by the newly identified US Outbound Exchange Students who will represent Wisconsin and the United States around the world starting in August.
We are in need for places for these 25-30 students to stay on Friday night, March 4th. Your accommodations do not need to be 5-star - the students will be bringing sleeping bags and will be sleeping on a gym floor, place to be determined on Saturday Night March 5th.
Normally, the Rotarian is asked to pickup between 1-3 students (a carload at most) and show them a good time on Friday evening. That may involve dinner at home with your family, taking them out to your favorite restaurant, perhaps a play or show - anything that you think they will find interesting. Make sure they get a good breakfast on Saturday morning, and then deliver them to a local location just before lunch on Saturday when the weekend officially begins. That's it - it is that easy!
The students will have a packed schedule starting on Saturday - lunch at a local establishment, a tour of the Maria Angelorum Chapel with Sister Mary Ann, a tour of Viterbo put together by Rick Kyte, and then an evening of skiing at Mt. La Crosse. We will then crash at the Boys & Girls Club as mentioned earlier.
This is an excellent opportunity for our club to get a re-taste of the energy and enthusiasm of a Youth Exchange Student, plus get that guest bedroom and family room floor used for the first time since the holidays! Getting the chance to meet and spend a little time with these young people will instill hope that we are moving towards a better world... :-)
If you are able and interested in opening your hearth to one or more of these students for one night (March 4th), please let me know by email william.a.pritchard@stifel.com or a phone call (608) 780-2637. Thank you all in advance!!
Our Thursday, February 25th meeting will be offsite. We will be meeting at the "Court Above Main" ...above the Wedding Tree, 418 Main Street....entrance is in the Doerflinger Walk alley. Park in the Market Square Parking Ramp (Jay Street between 4th and 5th) and walk down the alley toward Main Street. .....take the elevator to the 3rd floor. Signs will be up to direct you to the entrance. Catering will be from Dublin Square Irish Pub (Irish Whiskey Pan Seared Chicken-Yukon Gold Mash Potatoes & Sweet Glazed Carrots) .....Program will be Mayor Tim Kabat...Sister CitiesRelationships. Thanks to ...Lisa Herr, Program Chair for February, Deb Lash, Owner of Court Above Main and Matt Boshcka owner of Dublin Square for their help in organizing this offsite meeting. Click to view their web sites.... Court Above Main......Dublin Square.
Make-ups...Just a reminder that you can view your attendance and make-ups online. If we have missed recording an attendance or make-up for you, please email Earlamae Dahlby our Attendance and Make-up Coordinatorat earlamae@centurytel.net or stop and see her at the registration table.
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary 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!
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 16, 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.
Congratulations to our visitor Mike who won the Marble Raffle last week!
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.
Feb 11: Raffle $55; Fines $119; Scooters $41; Scrip $150
ROTARY ATTENDANCE Jan 21 - 64%
Jan 28 -57%
Feb 4 - 58%
Feb 11 - 62%
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 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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