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As I write my last weekly president’s message and reflect upon our outstanding Centennial event last week, I would like to offer up some “Thank-Yous”.
Thank you for the opportunity to be your President this year. The experience has been extraordinary.
Thank you to all of you who make our club such a vibrant, caring and giving organization. Our club is truly special.
Thank you to our club for sponsoring three of our sons to participate in the Rotary Youth Exchange program. This program truly changes lives and creates a small step towards achieving world peace.
Thank you Lyn Sheffer. You are truly special.
Lastly, I fell woefully short of my goal to have Eva Marie and I share a meal with each one of you along with your spouse, partner, significant other, etc. during my year as President. For those of you with whom we did share a meal, those meals were one of the many highlights of my year as President. This process was such a positive experience, Eva Marie and I have decided to simply extend our timeline and continue to reach out to everyone with hopes of sharing a meal with all of you. We plan to continue this course of action until we have shared a meal with all of you.
We need 3 or 4 volunteers to help build two raised planter boxes at the Garden this Wednesday June 26 @ 5:00 p.m.
We will need basic hand tools including a power drill. Steve O'Malley will bring what he has, but it would be helpful if someone else brought tools too. Should take about an hour or so to complete. The short video link shows what we will be building.
This week at Rotary we will welcome Dr. Tom Nebel, Senior Assoicate at GiANT Worldwide. GiANT Worldwide is a global company dedicated to leadership transformation through intentional apprenticeship.
Dr. Tom Nebel’s earliest recollections are those of being a successful entrepreneur. At the age of six he would construct small wooden ships, pack them in his wagon, and sell them to soft-hearted workers as they finished their shift at the local shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Since those days he has dedicated himself to creating organizations that work, both in the profit and not-for-profit sectors, and helping others to do the same. He has authored six books on the subject of starting and growing new ventures, having directed organizations at local, regional, national, and international levels.
Tom is recognized as an engaging public communicator and an effective coach of those seeking to increase their personal and organizational capacity. He specializes in recognizing and removing the obstacles which stand in the way of success. His personal interests include fitness, history, travel, reading, a family cottage in Door County, Wisconsin, and the National Football League. A Wisconsin native, he makes his home in Madison–or at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, where he is a season-ticket holder.
Rotarians from our club and district celebrated our Rotary Club's Centennial last Thursday evening at the La Crosse Center. It was an amazing night of celebration and fellowship. Stephanie Urchick - Rotary International Director Elect 2019-2021 was our guest speaker. We had a surprise visit from Paul Harris (aka Rick Kyte).
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, August 13th at the new La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN.
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. Downtown Rotarians $20 and guests $35 (NO Rotary meeting on August 15th).
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 Avenue of Service Dinner page on our web site....LINK. Deadline to submit nominations is July 15th.
SAVE THE DATE: Lucia will be heading home on July 27th. Lucia's flight home leaves at 9:57 am from the La Crosse Airport. Come at 9:00 to help send her off. She has been a delight to host this year and she will be missed!
Lucia is leaving this week for her Youth Exchange trip out West. She will be back in July and hopefully you will be able to wish her well at her last Rotary meetings in July.
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.
We are teaming up with the Riverfest Commodores with a fundraiser. They are selling raffle tickets to benefit their Riverfest Commodore Foundation, Inc....each ticket is $10 or 3 for $25. and you get a free car wash with each ticket....every ticket we sell we will get $5. First place will be four club seats to a Packer Game - plus 2nd- 4th place prizes will be awarded. Last year we made $2,100 from this fundraiser and our club had 3 of the 5 winners! Drawing will be Tuesday night, September 5th at 7 pm at Shenanigan's.
Thank you to Grant Withrow who will chair this fundraiser. Tickets will be for sale at our upcoming meetings. Sell to your family, friends and coworkers.
Happy Birthday Brian Reitzel - June 16 Tim Ehler - June 18 Kathryn Sexauer - June 18 Tim Gillespie - June 20 Grant Withrow - June 20 Tara Johnson - June 23 Beth Franklin - June 24 Trish Grathen - June 27 Craig Ubbelohde - June 28 Steve O'Malley - June 30 Joe Zoellner - June 30
Happy Wedding Anniversary Tom (Laurie) Berkedal - June 16 John (Diann) Honadel - June 20 Greg (Kathy) Curti - June 21 Mary Kay (Matthew) Wolf - June 25 Peter (Krin) Krause - June 27 Brian (Joyce) Mlsna - June 28 AJ (Anita) Frels - June 29
Rotary Anniversary Anna Prinsen - June 19 - 5 years Eva Marie Restel - June 19 - 5 years Josh Trust - June 19 - 1 year Jeff Odom - June 21 - 12 years Candice Tlustosch - June 25 - 4 years Petra Roter - June 28 - 18 years Bob Riutzel - June 29 - 30 years
Rotarian Elmer and his wife Lil Grassman are residents of Bethany St. Joseph, 2501 Shelby Road, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Rotarian Cary Heyer was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He had surgery April 2nd and the surgery went well. Cary was a former member of our club and a past president (2011-12) he moved to the Madison area and is now a member of the Madison Club. Cary was hoping to attend our Centennial Celebration...his mind said yes but his body said no. Please keep Cary in your thoughts and prayers. His home address is W11004 Eagle Dr., Lodi WI 53555
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 June 6th - 53% June 13th - 53% June 20th - NO meeting
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.
100% Attendance Winners July - Sheila Wieser August - Bob Riutzel September - Peter Grabow October - Chuck Hanson November - Grant Withrow December - Tami Woods January - Kenna Christians February - Cindy Erickson March - Ed Neuman April - Cindy Erickson
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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This week at Rotary we will welcome Dr. Tom Nebel, Senior Assoicate at GiANT Worldwide. GiANT Worldwide is a global company dedicated to leadership transformation through intentional apprenticeship. 
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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. Downtown Rotarians $20 and guests $35 (NO Rotary meeting on August 15th). 
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