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OFFSITE THIS WEEK! Meeting will be held at the Coulee Recovery Center at 933 Ferry St. La Crosse, WI 54601. Rotarians attending the meeting may park on the street or in the Mayo Clinic Health System parking LOT and parking RAMP directly across from the Coulee Recovery Center, as well as in Mayo parking lots on the corner of Ferry and 10th (map here). Plan to leave early as it may take a little additional time to find parking.
MENU Boxed Lunch from Festival Foods - Submarine Sandwiches, Chips, and Brownies
"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cheryl Hancock, Executive Director, Coulee Recovery Center
OFFSITE MEETING AT COULEE RECOVERY CENTER! 933 Ferry St. La Crosse, WI 54601
The Coulee Recovery Center provides confidential help to individuals and families impacted by addiction and leads the community in prevention, education and awareness. Learn more at: http://www.couleecouncil.org/
Tours of the new facility will be available following the meeting.
Scott Bradford - Classification Talk: Scott Bradford is a Financial Advisor at Mutual of Omaha. He serves clients by helping them achieve clarity and a sense of security as it relates to their financial goals. In addition to financial wellness, he believes in strengthening our community and the relationships within it as an active member of the La Crosse Downtown Rotary as well as the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce.
Reminder: On February 27th we will be meeting at the Coulee Council on Addictions - Recovery Center at 933 Ferry St. La Crosse, WI 54601. Rotarians attending the meeting may park on the street or in the Mayo Clinic Health System parking LOT and parking RAMP directly across from the Coulee Recovery Center, as well as in Mayo parking lots on the corner of Ferry and 10th (map here). Plan to leave early as it may take a little additional time to find parking. Rotarian Cheryl Hancock and Executive Director of Coulee Council on Addictions will be our speaker. Tours of the building will be available after the meeting.
We would also like to fill their food pantry - if you would like to donate, please bring non-perishable food items to the meeting.
Traveling....want to do a Rotary makeup? You can find a club on the RI website - Locate a Rotary Club LINK OR Rotary International also has the Rotary Club Locator App (info below).
This is great opportunity to meet other Rotarians and find out what their clubs are doing...and bring ideas back to our club! If you are planning on visiting a club on your travels, pick up a banner and one of our Brain Game Books to bring as a gift. Great way to promote our Brain Game...we also have Brain Game brochures available.
Rotary Club Locator app
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Note that when you search for nearby clubs, the map won’t display e-clubs. Use a keyword search to find information on e-clubs.
If you have never been on a Rotary Friendship Exchange, now is your chance! The fall Brazil Friendship Exchange will take place from October 3rd through the 14th in central Brazil in Belo Horizonte. Never been on a Friendship Exchange then you have priority! Bring your spouse, bring your son or daughter, bring a friend! For details, contact Mark Etrheim, 608-769-7200 or MARK@MCHLAX.COM. Read more for extra details.
We fly into Rio de Janerio and then a short flight to Belo Horizonte where we get picked up by local Rotarians. Fall break? Bring the family! We typically spend ...3 nights at 3 different clubs, stay in home-hosted accommodations and each club doing its best to show their home towns off. Always an adventure of the best kind. Cost is your airfare (?900-$1200?) and maybe a few hundred dollars for any meals not provided, entry fees, and souvenirs. It will be warm during our stay as they are in the southern hemisphere and is late summer there. Rotary makes friends fast! For details, contact Mark Etrheim, 608-769-7200 or MARK@MCHLAX.COM
Rotary Friendship Exchanges are exchanges between groups of Rotarians for the purpose of creating connections and friendships. The magic of Rotary happens when these friendships morph into relationships from which projects can be born! Anyone Rotarian can participate in a Friendship Exchange. Anyone with connections in certain parts of the world is encouraged to consider leading a Friendship Exchange. More information on the DISTRICT FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE PAGE.
ROTARIAN DAVE KNUTSON MEMORIAL YOUTH SPONSORSHIP FUND
From Rotary After Hours
On December 16th 2019, our friend David Knutson passed away unexpectedly. He was an active member of the Rotary Club of La Crosse-After Hours with a passion for supporting Rotary youth programs. To honor Dave's memory, our club is determined to create an endowed sponsorship for a student to attend Rotary District 6250 - RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) annually, in his name. Our goal is to raise $4,200.
HOLMEN ROTARY SERVICE AUCTION - Save the Date - March 26th, 2020 - 5:30 PM Social, 6:30 PM Auction. Lunda Center, WTC. 319 7th St. N. Visit their website for additional details and to view a list of live auction items.
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.
Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings 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. Make ups can be made up anytime during the year.
100% Attendance Winners July - Jim Salmo August - Dan Howes September - Kenna Christians October - Kenna Christians November - Tim Kolek December - Todd Restel
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.
If you would like to volunteer for Rotarians in the News, be a greeter, a hospitality greeter, raffle ticket seller, scrip seller or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Duty Roster Coordinator that are listed above....just click on their name. If you would like to give your classification talk please contact Program Committee Chair Sarah Arendt-Beyer.
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