Our club is meeting by Zoom this week. We will be sending you a browser link via email Thursday morning. We will open our meeting at 11:30 and meeting will start at Noon. If you have an announcement you would like to make, please contact Andy Bakkum. You are welcome to bring a guest, just forward your link to them.
THIS WEEK AT ROTARY February 4, 2021
Ina Pinkney
Polio Survivor
Breakfast Queen
Ina was the Chef/Owner of INA’S, an American food restaurant in the West Loop Market District, which closed at the end of 2013. She is a frequent and welcome guest on radio, local news and cable TV, has done interviews on shows in the U.S., Canada and Germany and appeared in a national Quaker Oats commercial as herself – the Breakfast Queen. Articles about her have appeared in local, national and international newspapers and magazines, as well as trade and in-flight magazines. Her recipes have been syndicated globally and featured in many cookbooks. Ina has been a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University, DePaul University and the University of Illinois, and has been the keynote speaker at several culinary school graduations. In 2014, Ina was awarded the Golden Whisk Award from the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Organization for excellence in the kitchen, led a coalition of Chicago restaurateurs and chefs to support Chicago’s smoking ban and co-founded the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition with Dan Rosenthal, for which they received Chicago Magazine’s 2011 Green Award. She was named 2008 SBA Woman in Business Champion. In 2013, she published Taste Memories: Recipes for Life and Breakfast so that her recipes would live in everyone’s home. Despite the awards and acclaim she has garnered in her career, the most significant title she holds is polio survivor. Ina now speaks to Rotary groups about the late effects of polio in her effort to help Rotary and the Gates Foundation achieve their goal of the worldwide eradication of polio.
Our very own Joe Carlson gave his classification talk. Joe has been a member of the club since April of 2019. Joe's classification is "Youth Services - Executive Director" involved with scouting. We enjoyed learning about Joe, his family and the many talents he brings to our club and community!
Each week President Andy will interview one of our Rotary Family. We will post the video each week in our newsletter. We will also post on Facebook and our website: PAGE LINK. You can share this site with prospective members.
Last week Andy interviewed a former member of our club and now a member of Black River Falls Miranda TerBeest.Miranda has some exciting news for this year!! Click on photo to view video.
Check out our Leadership Series Site Page! You will find the videos of our past Leadership Series presentations.
The Rotary Leadership series involves featured speakers providing insight and information about various aspects of leadership. The events are scheduled in a virtual format on the second Thursday of the month on an alternating schedule with the STAR program. 7:00-8:00 am. The Rotary Leadership Series is designed for the members of the nine La Crosse-area Rotary clubs. Members may invite guests.
The Rotary Club of La Crosse - Downtown Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee is considering facilitating an online/virtual (ZOOM) book club fellowship focused on the topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Please complete the following short survey to indicate your interest in participating.
The Rotary Club of La Crosse - Downtown is seeking a Club Administrator to manage all aspects of the club, including finances, club communication, data and record management, meeting and event coordination, and volunteer management; and will additionally provide board support and liaise with Rotary International. This is a full time salaried position reporting to the Club President and Executive Committee. The Rotary Club of La Crosse - Downtown is a vibrant service-based organization made up of nearly 200 members, following the motto "Service Above Self."
ROTARY MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC WITH ST. CLARE HEALTH MISSION
Rotary Clubs in the Coulee Region have a goal to raise $80,000 to help fund a Mobile Clinic for St. Clare Health Mission. The eight Coulee Region Rotary Clubs are applying for a Rotary International foundation grant. If approved, our $80,000 goal will be multiplied, bringing the total amount raised to $240,000. Your donation matched through our Rotary Foundation can make an impact. Every $1 = $3!
Sig Gundersen Family: Sig Gundersen 96, a former member of our club passed away on January 26th. He joined our club in 1997 and was a member for over 19 years. Link to Sig's Obit
Great memory of us celebrating his 90th birthday at Rotary...
Benefits of sponsoring an ad on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site: Enhance your business' public relations and image. Advertise an upcoming event. Opportunity to sponsor and support the Rotary Club of La Crosse and your community. Sharing with fellow Rotarians in our club and other local clubs who would like to know what you do.
Why advertise on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site?The majority of visitors to our website are members and friends of our club. This makes our site's web sponsorship an ideal opportunity for small and large businesses to promote their products, services or an upcoming event in our community. Moreover 100% of the advertising revenue goes back to our club; this in turn supports the local community.
Cost is $20 per month up to $120 per year . . . . click here for form and more information. We will include your logo/link on our web site, send one email blast to all Rotarians and include an initial mention in our newsletter and on our Facebook page.
Click on the logos under Web Site Sponsors...located on right side of our home page and in each newsletter.
NEW SPONSOR THIS MONTH
Seeking Executive Director
Oak Grove Cemetery Association is seeking an Executive Director to manage a historic, non-profit cemetery situated in a park-like setting. The Executive Director provides the leadership and strategic direction to the Association, its mission and staff. The position is responsible for the day-to-day general operation of the cemetery including leading a team of staff providing compassionate customer service and facility and landscaped grounds care. Full-time position; competitive salary and benefits. For more information on the position and how to apply, visit: https://www.oakgrovecemetery.com/about/careers
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.