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Our club will have a ZOOM meeting again this week. We will be sending you a browser link via email Thursday morning. We will open at 11:30 and our meeting will start at Noon. If you have an announcement you would like to make...please contact Tami Woods at woodstami13@gmail.com. If you would like to have a guest attend, please let Tami know and YOU can forward your email link to them.
We have put together a Zoom cheat sheet....tips on how to make your experience with Zoom a littler easier. If you have a tip, you would like to share, please let us know. I will add to the sheet each week if necessary until we all become pros at this! ZOOM TIPS LINK
Thanks to Sarah Arendt-Beyer you can now view past Zoom Rotary Meetings - she will post each week on our web site......LINK.
This Week at Rotary:
We will have a special guest with us this Thursday, Rotary International President Mark Daniel Maloney will be joining us! Mark's theme this year was Rotary Connects the World. Thanks to the world of Zoom, Mark will be connecting with us at Noon on Thursday. Hope you can join us and welcome Mark to our meeting and hear his message to our area Rotary Clubs.
We are inviting all area Rotarians, Interactors, Rotary Lights and Community members that helped with the "Together We Can: Drive Through Food Drive Fundraiser."
The Skygen International Foundation (headquartered in Menomonee Falls, WI) has a truly inspiring story to tell. They are an approved 501(c)(3) non-profit charity providing over 136,000 free vision tests and (over 27,000 pairs of) free eyeglasses to the poor and underserved population of Tanzania, Africa, since July, 2018. For more info (and some great photos and video) please visit: www.skygenfoundation.org.
It was the last 200 years that changed the world. In 1809 all countries of the world had a life expectancy under 40 years and an income per person less than 3000 dollar per year. Since then the world has changed but it was not until after the second world war that most countries started to improve.
For the first time, Gapminder can now visualize change in life expectancy and income per person over the last two centuries. In this Gapminder video, Hans Rosling shows you how all the countries of the world have developed since 1809 – 200 years ago.
The interactive animations and corresponding documentation are freely available at www.gapminder.org/world.
Financial Advisor Northwestern Mutual Proposed by Tami Woods
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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.
Our next STAR Meeting will be Thursday, July 9th. The meeting will begin at 7 am and will last one hour. We are researching having an in person meeting....if we can not do so in July we will be meeting by Zoom.
ALL NEW members become a member of this committee for one year. 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.
Starting July 25 through August 25, Al will be fishing up at Lake Vermilion with the hopes of catching many Muskies. Al is contributing $100 per Musky he catches during that time frame and challenging our members to match any $ amount towards each Musky. If you want to challenge Al to $10 per Musky and he catches 7, your generous contribution of $70 would go towards the fund. Last year we raised over $4,000 which went to The Parenting Place for the 2019 Diaper Drive. Al’s minimum donation will be $500 and he will also be promoting this fundraiser at his honorary clubs in Arizona and Minnesota. Anyone donating $50 or more will receive a bronze Centennial coin.
You will be hearing more about the fundraiser and how you can sign-up to challenge Al.
NOTE DATE OF EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED - October 6, 2020
Every year the nine area Rotary Clubs gather for a celebration of club projects and honor members that have lived the Service Above Self motto. Clubs will also honor their Rotarians of the Year. This year our Avenues of Service Banquet will be Tuesday, October 6th, at the La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN. A decision will be made on July 18th if we will have the event. The celebration will begin at 5:30 with a social. This is a fundraiser for our Rotary Works Foundation. We hope you will save the date. It is a great night of fellowship and celebration. More details coming.
We are now looking for nominations for the following categories: Avenue of Service Nominations for Club Projects, Lifetime Achievement Nominations and the Rising Star Nominations. More information and nominations forms can be found on the Avenues of Service Dinner page on our web site....LINK. Deadline to submit nominations isJuly 15th
Thank you to Rotarians Jodi Widuch and Mary Beth Hensel for presenting our "Wheels of Hope" project. This is an international project that our club in cooperation with other Rotary Clubs has set a goal to raise money to fund a bus and a van to safely transport girls to their schools in Afghanistan. LINK to PowerPoint Presentation.
Only 12% of women in Afghanistan are considered literate. The Zabuli Education Center is one of the few successful schools for girls that is working to change that sad statistic. The Wheels of Hope Project is an important support to expanding educational opportunities for girls and creating safety. This work is inspired by Razia Jan, last year’s District Conference keynote speaker and founder of the school.
Follow-up from Jodi Widuch...….
Thank you very much for the opportunity to talk with you about the Wheels of Hope Project.
As follow up here details of how to donate:
1. Here is the link to our Go Fund Me Page. This is the easiest way to used a credit or debit card. There is a small processing fee that you can choose to pay for. charity.gofundme.com/razias-wheels-of-hope
2. You can also donate by check, payable to Rotary Works Foundation, Wheels of Hope in the memo, and mail to Jodi Widuch, 2555 Edgewood Pl., La Crosse, WI 54601
Rotary District 6250 allocates $1,000 grants to five district clubs. The first 5 clubs to recruit four or more new members between July 1 and April 30 were eligible for a $1000 grant for these new members to use for a project of their own. These members must remain for 4 months for the club to be eligible. Our club was the recipient of this grant in 2018-19 and 2019-20. The new members were invited to a Zoom meeting to discuss the dispersement of the $2,000.
The guideline for the Membership Grant Program is for the new members to use the funds for a project(s) of their choosing.
This was made possible through the Rotary District 6250 Membership Grant Program. New members of the Rotary Club of La Crosse were given $2,000 to be used for projects of their choosing.
Their Victims Service Coordinator with the Domestic Abuse Reduction Team (DART) provides intense case work and follow up to individuals and families who have experienced repeated domestic violence incidents. The DART program pairs an advocate with an officer of the La Crosse City Police Department.
Gateway Council Boy Scouts
Gateway Area Council, Boy Scouts of America - Rotarian Joe Carlson presents a check for $500 to Kevin Corkin, Development & Community Engagement Director.These funds will go towards kids that need a subsidy for camp this summer. They are planning on moving forward with limited camps this summer in line with state and federal guidelines.
New Horizon's Food Pantry
New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers, Inc. - Rotarian Patty Nuttleman presents a $500 check to Ann Kappauf, Executive Director of New Horizon's for their food pantry. Their annual Postal Service Food Drive that usually contributed 6,000 pounds of food for their food pantry was cancelled due to the pandemic.
YMCA
La Crosse Area Family YMCA - President Tami Woods presented Bill Soper, CEO of the La Crosse Area YMCA with a $500 check. They suspended all membership dues through August, these funds will be used to pay for youth activities this summer.
We received the following thank you from Honorary Rotarian Mike Hartigan:I specifically want to thank you and the Rotary Board for the “Honorary Rotarian” designation. I have enjoyed all that Rotary has to offer, especially the international focus and over the years the singing. My family’s long history with Rotary began with my grandfather who was a charter member of the Fairbury, Nebraska Rotary Club. My father and brother were also Rotarians. The Four Way Test says it all. Thank you for the fellowship, friendship, and all you do for Rotary.
Once our club can start meeting in person, we will recognize our new honorary members and Paul Harris Fellows at our meetings. It will be a time to celebrate!!
Rotarian Mark Jolivette had shoulder surgery on Tuesday. He is recovering at home with his special nurse Sharon. He said "it ended up that every rotator tendon was torn, more and worse than expected, and his biceps were shredded. A hole was drilled through his upper arm for its re-attachment. Throw in some bone spur removal and he got the baker's dozen special." We wish him a speedy recovery. His addres is 3492 Woodbridge Court, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Happy Birthday Brian Reitzel - June 16 Tim Ehler - June 18 Kathryn Sexauer - June 18 Tim Gillespie - June 20 Grant Withrow - June 20
Happy Wedding Anniversary Lisa (Dennis) Duncanson - June 15 Randy (Lynn) Nelson - June 15 Tom (Laurie) Berkedal - June 16 John (Diann) Honadel - June 20
Rotary Anniversary Tim Candahl - June 14 - 2 years Anna Prinsen - June 19 - 6 years Eva Marie Restel - June 19 - 6 years
Associate Membershipis a program to recruit younger members, millennials, to membership. Associate Membership is available to anyone who is proposed for membership who is 35 years of age or less. Associate membership will end when that member reaches the age of 38. They would pay for dues and $100 for meals per quarter no matter how many meetings they attend that quarter.
Corporate Membership is a program to allow multiple employees of a business Rotary participation under one primary membership. Each corporate membership is limited to a three-year term. After the three-year corporate membership term, the individuals are required to become individual members. View Corporate Membership Policy.
Family Membershipis a program to allow a second individual Rotary participation under one primary membership. View Family Membership Policy.
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals.Unlike other membership categories that can be requested by the member, Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a member by election from the Board of Directors. View Honorary Membership Policy.
Excused Membership is 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 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.
Tickets on sale now for our June PorkQ on Thursday, June 18 from 4:00pm-6:30pm (or till sold out). Tickets are $10.00 per meal. Each meal includes Onalaska Hilltopper Rotary's award-winning pulled pork, a Talame bun from Fayzes, scalloped potatoes from Mary Cody's, and cole slaw...all served up by Rotarians...drive-thru pick up only!
With each meal purchased, one meal will be donated, and part of the proceeds will go towards the Onalaska Regional Food Basket.
Purchase your tickets today either online* (link below) or from an Onalaska Hilltopper Rotarian. You can pick up your meal at Dickinson Funeral Home in Onalaska (401 Main St, Onalaska, WI 54650). Look for the pink pig!
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